Royal Navy
Found in 1960 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1914
Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the Naval Estimates for 1915-16; annotated "Not sent". [Manuscript copy in letter book].
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1914
Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the Naval Estimates for 1915-16, commenting that his relations with the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] were "civil and sombre". [Manuscript copy in letter book].
(Untitled), 12 Feb 1914
Letter from WSC to Prince Louis of Battenberg, [later 1st Lord Milford Haven], 1st Sea Lord, on the Naval Estimates for 1914-15, stating that the Cabinet had decided that the increase in men should not exceed 4000 and the new cruiser programme should not exceed four, and that he felt both decisions were reasonable; annotated "not sent". [Manuscript copy in letter book].
(Untitled), [Mar] [1914]
Draft of speech [by WSC] to the House of Commons on the Naval Estimates, particularly on oil, praising the efforts of the Royal Commission on Liquid Fuel, and on naval aviation, stating that Britain was well behind Germany in airship design and construction. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), [Mar] [1913]
Minute from WSC, [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 3rd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore], on the need to widen the Admiralty specification in oil. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 29 Mar [1913]
Minute by WSC on oil supplies in war time. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 20 Sep [1913]
Minute by WSC on oil storage at naval depots. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), [1914]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee] on the defence of the east coast of Britain. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 26 Sep [1914]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to James Masterton-Smith [Private Secretary to WSC], asking for papers on the question of promotion by selection from Captain to Rear-Admiral. [Carbon].
(Untitled), [1912]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman] and 2nd Sea Lord, [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on fleet organisation.
(Untitled), 19 Jan [1914]
(Untitled), 12 Oct [1913]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], stating that as the German battle cruiser Goeben was now stationed permanently in the Mediterranean, the Royal Navy should consider raising its force there from four to five battle cruisers, creating a new cruiser command, which he proposed to offer to the 3rd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore]. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 01 Jun [1912]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the command of the 5th and 6th Battle Squadrons and the 2nd and 3rd Fleets. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Jul [1913]
Reply from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to a parliamentary question [? by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford] on the transfer of ships from the First to the Second Fleet. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), [1913]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson] on submarine deployment in the Mediterranean, asking for a report on the possibility of basing six "C" Class submarines at Malta. [Carbon].
(Untitled), [1913]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to [Cabinet], on the warship building programme and the Naval Estimates. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 07 Jan [1914]
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].
(Untitled), [1914]
Statement by WSC on the Naval Estimates for 1914-15. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), [1913]
Statement by WSC on the Naval Estimates for 1913-14. [Carbon].
(Untitled), [1913]
Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the "remarkable" extent to which Admiralty finance was governed by earlier decisions, citing decisions by WSC's predecessor [Reginald McKenna] to build 16 super-Dreadnoughts, strengthen battleship armament and construct 4 new flotillas. [Carbon].
(Untitled), [1914]
Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the rise in Naval Estimates, which were largely due to the increased power of the four capital ships designed under the 1912-13 programme. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 23 Nov [1913]
Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Secretary, Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], on the naval estimates for 1914-15. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), [1913]
Statistics on changes in military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 13 May [1913]
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].
(Untitled), [Sep 1913]
Minute [by WSC] on requirements for 50 per cent naval superiority over Germany. [Carbon].