Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Director of the Intelligence Division, Admiralty [Captain (William) Reginald Hall], asking for a comparison of expenditure on the first instalments of the British and German 1914-15 naval programmes. [Carbon].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]), to WSC, on naval gunnery and warship design, advocating "size and subdivision" against the "torpedo bogey". [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/33-35].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher ("in the train") to WSC on senior naval appointments, stating that if Rear-Admiral Charles Briggs did not remain as 3rd Sea Lord and Controller, Captain Arthur Waymouth would make be an excellent successor. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/40].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]), to WSC, on senior naval appointments, advising him to "make no appointment afloat for anyone senior to [Vice-Admiral] Sir John Jellicoe otherwise you will be in a fix in two years time when you wish him to be Admiralissimo". [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/41-44].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC, on senior naval appointments, and on the composition of the Defence Committee stating that the Naval members "ought really to dominate in view of the relative importance of the two services", and at least to have equal representation to the five Generals. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/50].

Statistics on changes in military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC to the Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty, correcting his statement that Britain follows a standard of 100 per cent superiority over Germany in destroyers; WSC states that the figure is closer to 60 per cent. [Carbon].

Minute [by WSC] on requirements for 50 per cent naval superiority over Germany. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the future building programme for destroyers, light cruisers and submarines. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the decision of the Committee of Imperial Defence that Britain should maintain a fleet in the Mediterranean capable of meeting the next strongest power excluding France. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the need to provide for a powerful fleet for foreign service, in addition to the Home Fleet. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 3rd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore], on the report from [? Captain William Boyle, later 12th Lord Cork and Orrery], British Naval Attache at Rome [Italy], on an increase in the Italian naval programme of four battleships of the "Queen Elizabeth" type, and the implications for British battleships. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] with a forecast for the Battle Fleet of 1920. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], with a forecast for the Battle Fleet of 1920. [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], with a comparison of British and German naval expenditure and construction, 1908-15. [Carbon copy, with hand-written annotations by WSC].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on retaining 60 per cent superiority over Germany in Dreadnoughts. [Carbon].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, [Switzerland]) to WSC with thanks for seeing Sir Marcus Samuel [later 1st Lord Bearsted], the founder of the Shell Oil Company, to discuss the question of oil fired ships, listing the advantages of oil over coal, but stating that he would have problems getting the "old women" of the Admiralty to accept the argument. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/54-56].

Letter from Admiral Sir John Fisher, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (Admiralty House, Portsmouth [Hampshire]), to Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg [Director of Naval Intelligence, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on submarine warfare, stating that the submarine would displace the gun and revolutionise naval tactics, and suggesting that the output of submarines should be doubled at any cost. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/67-69, with annotations by Fisher, written in 1911].

Letter from Admiral Sir John Fisher [Commander-in- Chief, Portsmouth] (Admiralty House, Portsmouth [Hampshire]) to Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister] on submarine warfare, stating that the submarine would displace the gun and revolutionise naval tactics, suggesting that the output of submarines should be doubled at any cost. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/70-75, with annotations by Fisher, written in 1911].

Letter from Engineer-Commander Charles Taylor, (HMS Superb, Home Fleet) to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, on engineering training in the Royal Navy, and opposition to the [1902] training scheme, particularly within the Engineering Branch. [3 typed copies of CHAR 13/2/46-47].

Admiralty minute to the First Lord of the Admiralty [WSC] on the Home Fleet gunnery practice for September 1911. [Unsigned manuscript].