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(Untitled), [1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/187-189
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary to the Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene] on the public and secret memoranda for Canada concerning the Canadian emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].

Dates: [1912]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes.
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/1-6
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], criticising the Admiralty's shipbuilding programme for failing to match Germany: Fisher advocates lightly armoured battle cruisers with 15 inch guns and also submarines. Fisher also mentions the harm done by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and his "scare revelations" in Germany and the Navy's oil supply. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/16/1-3].

Dates: [Jan] [1912]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/9-12
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] offering congratulations on his "splendid memorandum", which was "Napoleonic in its audacity and Cromwellian in its thoroughness". Fisher advises WSC not to spend money on major repairs to ships, as they went out of date so quickly, but to build new; he states that he once told the German Naval Attache that he could arrange for him to steal plans for ships more than a year old, and alleges that the Attache...
Dates: 10 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/13-17
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on warship design, criticising proposals from Sir William White [former Director of Naval Construction] for small battleships: Fisher states that "Size gives Safety", and that size also shortened the battle line, increasing the power of gun concentration. Fisher adds that he had been invited to meet Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of the Conservative Party], and that the Conservative opposition were very confident...
Dates: 14 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 16 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/18-24
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on warship design and construction, advocating the use of the three classes: the "Super Lion" [Battle Cruiser], the "Super Swift" [Scout] and the "Super Submarine", stating that aviation had knocked out all intermediate types. Fisher also criticises Arthur Lee, [former Civil Lord of the Admiralty], "a sneak of the lowest type", and Sir George Armstrong "a Royal pimp". [See CHAR 13/16/9-12 for typescript...
Dates: 16 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/25-43
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Notes and aphorisms by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher on subjects including ship design, the Marconi wireless system, ship armour and gun size, the "Super-Swift" and "Super-Active" classes, and submarines. [See CHAR 13/16/13-17 for typescript copies].

Dates: [Jan] [1912]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 28 Jan 1912 - 01 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/48-52
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on anti-British sentiments in Germany, stating that his source of information was much better than "anything the Foreign Office gets". Fisher presses WSC to adopt the "two keels to one" standard over the German navy, enclosing a letter from Rear-Admiral Sir Sidney Eardley-Wilmot about the "Big Gun" and the need to develop a 16 inch gun following the production of 14 and 15 inch guns in Germany and the...
Dates: 28 Jan 1912 - 01 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1912 - 13 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/53-58
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on his speech [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February] on the Navy in Glasgow [Scotland]; Fisher comments on warship design and construction, advising strongly against announcing building programmes two years ahead, and building ships known to be obsolete; includes press cuttings from the Times on ship design and extract from the Fleet showing Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe,...
Dates: 19 Jan 1912 - 13 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/60-65
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel], to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval construction programme, particularly urging the building of big submarines, and the re-appointment of Captain Sydney Hall as Commander of the Submarine Service. Fisher also sends a "secret and private note" on the Home Fleet, which was being "worked to death": he states that it was necessary to have some relaxation, and suggests that ships be sent to...
Dates: 25 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1912 - 05 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/67-85
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on subjects including: relations with Germany; praising WSC's speech in Glasgow [Scotland] on Naval Defence [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February]; criticising the visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Germany; warship design and construction, particularly of the "Super-Swift" and "Super-Active" classes; the importance of aircraft and submarines;...
Dates: 02 Mar 1912 - 05 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 13 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/86-91
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval gunnery and on the morale of the Home Fleet. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/16/42-44].

Dates: 13 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/99-107
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]), to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] criticising him for appointments of Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux [earlier Hedworth Lambton], [as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth], Admiral Sir Berkeley Milne [as Commander-in- Chief, Mediterranean], and Admiral Sir Reginald Custance. Fisher states that WSC had betrayed the Royal Navy with these three appointments, that Milne was unfitted to be Senior Admiral afloat, and...
Dates: 22 Apr 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 17 May 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/115-116
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]), to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fuel. [See CHAR 13/16/56 for typescript copy].

Dates: 17 May 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 03 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/120-121
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] (Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on members and work of the Commission. [See CHAR 13/16/58-59 for typescript copy].

Dates: 03 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/122-131
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] (Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]), to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the composition and remit of the Commission. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/16/61-63].

Dates: 17 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/133-136
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Note by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher on "Battleships and Trade in the Mediterranean", stressing the necessity of holding up or destroying hostile flotillas of submarines and destroyers before a war or trade fleet could be at large there. [See CHAR 13/16/65-67 for typescript copy].

Dates: 24 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 24 Jul 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/147-151
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fuel and ship design.

Dates: 24 Jul 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1912 - 26 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/155-159
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Letter from Engineer Lieutenant Charles Hawkes, Joint Secretary, Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, enclosing a report on a meeting with William Reavell, on the manufacture of internal combustion engines in Europe. [See CHAR 13/16/79-83 for typescript copy].

Dates: 24 Aug 1912 - 26 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 29 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/14/160-164
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Commission, particularly meeting with Dr George Beilby on the possibility of producing oil from coal. Fisher asks WSC to keep the letter "deadly secret and never mention it", stating that it was not a dream, nor the "outpouring of a diseased imagination". [See CHAR 13/16/85-86 for typescript copy].

Dates: 29 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/2-16
Scope and Contents Transcript of a letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] on oil storage, the fleet's peacetime consumption of oil, the work of the Commission, equipment for the storage of oil, the need for reserves and the price of oil. Encloses copy of information sent to Fisher [at CHAR 13/15/17-48]. [Manuscript (not in Fisher's handwriting) on Admiralty notepaper....
Dates: 31 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), [Aug 1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/17-48
Scope and Contents Transcript of replies from Captain William Pakenham, 4th Sea Lord and President of the Admiralty Oil Fuel Committee, to questions by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] on the oil supply and consumption, including: reduction in temperature of the flash point; the Standard Oil Company and the Shell Transport Company; oil production by various countries; and the consumption of oil by various naval stations. [Manuscript on Admiralty note paper. Sent...
Dates: [Aug 1912]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/49-51
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fired battleships. [See CHAR 13/16/93-94 for typescript copy].

Dates: 04 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 05 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/52-55
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fired ships. [See CHAR 13/16/95-96 for typescript copy].

Dates: 05 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 11 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/56-57
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Commission, particularly the possibility of distilling oil from coal. Encloses a cutting on a 15,000 ton oil-fired vessel being built in Germany. [See CHAR 13/16/97-98 for typescript copy].

Dates: 11 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/15/58
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel], (Kilverstone Hall, Thetford, Norfolk) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the proposed oil-fired battleship "The Incomparable", which would be able to go around the earth without refuelling. [See CHAR 13/16/99 for typescript copy].

Dates: 13 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher: Correspondence.

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