Report by Reuters on WSC's speech in the House of Commons on the resignation of three Sea Lords, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson [1st Sea Lord], Admiral Sir George Egerton [2nd Sea Lord] and Rear Admiral Charles Madden [4th Sea Lord]; includes covering letter from [? Alexander Murray, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, later 1st Lord Murray of Elibank] (12 Downing Street) to WSC, on the advantages of transmitting such speeches to the Colonies. [Duplicated typescript].

Notes on Senior Naval Appointments, with details of procedure to be adopted by WSC as First Lord of the Admiralty in making the appointments. [Hand-written].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]) to WSC, on senior staff appointments, recommending Maurice Hankey [Assistant Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence] to be Secretary of the Committee: "He is Napoleonic"; also on warship design, reminding WSC that "Armour is Vision" and that there were only two types to concentrate on, "the smallest Big-ship and the Biggest Small-ship". [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/95-97].

Letter from Admiral of the Lord Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]) to WSC: "I honestly think I can be a big help to you! I don't claim to be a genius, but I know a d--d fool when I see him", offering advice on senior appointments and on warship design: "Speed, Big Gun and Cheapness - these are the three fundamentals, and you can have them". [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/100-101].

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 at CHAR 13/2/112-113].

Telegram from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Folkestone Harbour [Kent]) to WSC on senior naval appointments.

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 at CHAR 13/2/114].

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 at CHAR 13/2/115-116].

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. [Typescript copies at CHAR 13/2/142-147].

Letter from Sir Marcus Samuel [later 1st Lord Bearsted] to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher on the use of the internal combustion engine by the Royal Navy, with press cutting from the Evening Standard on the German plans for a 14,000 ton liner propelled by motor engines.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, (Admiralty Yacht [HMS Enchantress]) 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 at CHAR 13/2/118-119].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC, on naval representation on the Committee of Imperial Defence, senior Naval appointments and warship design. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/120-121].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, [Switzerland]) to WSC, advocating the need for speed in warships, suggesting that he order a 30 knot battleship with eight 13.5 inch guns for 1.995 million pounds, to be delivered in two years ready for fighting. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/124-126].

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. [Hand-written copy, with annotations by Fisher, written in 1911; typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/132-134].