Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Reigate Priory, Surrey) to [WSC], on senior naval appointments; also recommending that WSC give close personal attention to the question of promotion to commissioned rank from the lower deck, stating that he should "fight like hell" against increasing entry of cadets, and that the remedy was to promote more "Bluejackets" and Marines from Warrant Officers. [Hand-written, with carbon copy].

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 of CHAR 13/2/6-9].

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 of CHAR 13/2/13-15].

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 J Freeth (Cardiff [Glamorgan, Wales]) addressed to "My dear General" about the possibility of a general strike in the coal industry over the issue of minimum wages which he thinks will take place in October, and which would threaten the coal supply to the Admiralty. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty] to WSC informing him that the Admiralty is making efforts to ensure the early delivery of coal because of the possibility of a coal strike. He thanks WSC for sending him a letter from J Freeth [see CHAR 12/12/46]. Signed manuscript.

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].

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 of CHAR 13/2/51-52].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher 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 of CHAR 13/2/61-66].

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].