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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/2
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Report of Proceedings of HMS "Doris" off the Syrian Coast, 14-27 Dec 1914 [printed].

Dates: 08 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/3
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Admiralty memorandum on German declaration that the English Channel, the north and west coasts of France and the waters round the British Isles were a "war zone" [printed].

Dates: 06 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/18
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Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, "The Naval Situation at Home" [printed Cabinet Paper].

Dates: 30 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/19
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Admiralty Air Department memorandum on the Disposition of Aircraft [printed].

Dates: 30 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Oct 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/21
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Admiralty memorandum "Report on the Court of Enquiry into loss of the three Bacchante Class cruisers, "Aboukir" "Cressy" and "Hogue" on 22 Sep 1914 [printed Cabinet Paper].

Dates: Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/59/1
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Admiralty War Staff report on the Naval Action off Coronel [printed Sept 1915].

Dates: 01 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Sep 1914 - Dec 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/59/2-3
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Minutes and paraphtases of Admiralty Telegrams relating to the Naval Actions off Coronel and the Falklands [priinted, 2 copies].

Dates: Sep 1914 - Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Oct 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/59/4
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Admiralty memorandum "Report on the Court of Enquiry into loss of the three Bacchante Class cruisers, "Aboukir" "Cressy" and "Hogue" on 22 Sep 1914 [printed Cabinet Paper].

Dates: Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/55/73-87
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Statement by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty on the resignation of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher as 1st Sea Lord, mainly over the Dardanelles [carbon].

Dates: [May] 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/55/88
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Telegram from the Admiralty to Vice Admiral John De Robeck, on precaution against attack by submarines in the Dardanelles [carbon].

Dates: [May] 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/55/100-110
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Admiralty statement on the operations leading to the destruction of the German Pacific Squadron, including the destruction of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's squadron off Coronel and the sinking of the "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" at the Battle of the Falklands [carbon].

Dates: 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/2-4
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on superiority of German submarine design, blaming the former Controller of the Navy, Vice Admiral Charles Briggs, also on coastwise coal traffic and North Sea fishing.

Dates: 02 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/8
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Minute from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, setting out his views on British Naval Policy.

Dates: 04 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/15-18
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Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, on the relative strengths of the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet [typescript, initialled by WSC, with handwritten annotations by Fisher,].

Dates: 20 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/21
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the appointment of the recently retired Vice-Admiral Nelson Ommanney to a position at the Admiralty, stating that he knew more about fleet handing than anyone else in the Navy, suggesting that he should be given a Battle Squadron, also on the bombardment of Zebrugge.

Dates: 23 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/23
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on his resignation "I think it really desirable...that I should gracefully disappear and revert to roses at Richmond", and on the Dogger Bank action, which proved conclusively the "absolute necessity for a big prepondance" of battle cruisers.

Dates: 28 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/24
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Dogger Bank action, urging him not to say that British wireless turned back the Germans, also criticising the movements of Rear-Admiral Archibald Stoddart's South East Coast of America Squadron, for failing to locate the German cruiser "Dresden".

Dates: 25 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/26
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, commenting on Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee's despatch on the Battle of the Falklands, and his failure to sink the "Dresden".

Dates: 07 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/56/27
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on question from Lord Stamfordham, PS to King George V., on the publication of Sir Doveton Sturdee's Falkland Island Despatches.

Dates: 16 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/14-15
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the possibility of major action in the North Sea.

Dates: 23 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Apr 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/16
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, reporting meeting with Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, who had been staying with his son, Captain Michael Seymour, aboard HMS "Centurion", who spoke of the trust and love of the Grand Fleet for Sir John Jellicoe. Also stating that "had it not been for the Dardanelles forcing me to stick to you through thick and thin I would have gone out of the Admiralty yesterday never to return".

Dates: 25 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/17
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on rumour that Gen Sir Ian Hamilton in the Dardanelles had carte blanche to send for more troops from Egypt.

Dates: 27 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/18-22
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, enclosing formal memorandum setting out his views on the Dardanelles. Stating that he had "looked with misgiving on the steady drain of our Naval force to the Dardanelles" over the past four months, and that a purely Naval action, unsupported by the Army , "would merely lead to heavy loss of ships and invaluable men".

Dates: 11 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/60/135
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Telegram from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, C.in C., Grand Fleet to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, stating that it was quite impossible for Sir David Beatty to command, or be second in command of the Grand Fleet, (during Jellicoe's indisposition) while retaining command of the Battle Cruisers, for which he was eminently suited. Strongly urging him to leave Beatty in command of the Battle Cruisers [typescript copy].

Dates: 03 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/60/150
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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, C. in C., Grand Fleet, stating that in view of Jellicoe's advice, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney would command the Grand Fleet during his incapacity. Also on Battle Cruiser organisation [typescript copy].

Dates: 04 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open