Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, Battle Cruiser Fleet, on appointment of Rear-Admiral William Pakenham t command the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron [typescript copy].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Rear-Admiral William Pakenham, confirming has appointment to command the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron [typescript copy].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Rear-Admiral Lowther Grant, confiirming his appointment to command the 3rd Cruiser Squadron [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Commanding battle Cruisers, Sir David Beatty, to Admiralty, reporting that HMS "Lion" would not be able to leave the Tyne on schedule because of bad work and absence of all riveters, submitting that strong action was necessary on the Tyne to deal with the labour situation [typescript copy].

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].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] on the Commission's report, recommending oil storage on a basis of peace-time expenditure; Fisher asks Marsh to show it to WSC. Includes note from WSC saying that 4 years peacetime oil supply is excessive and would be the strongest argument for continuing to rely on coal. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/15/75-78 for original].

Note [? by Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on the extent of the grand naval manoeuvres and the advantages of extending them.

Letter from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on a request from the Greek Government for a Rear-Admiral and staff of active service officers to replace the retired officers who had been lent to Greece. Battenberg also comments on the visit of the President of France to Britain, and on retirements from the Flag List.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: a question by Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] on the Government's intentions regarding the passage of the [1909] Budget; the effect of the Government's answer on the Irish Nationalists; WSC's observations on the unstable political situation and the lack of interest shown in discussion of the naval estimates.

Letter from WSC, Admiralty, to Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on his proposed appointment as 2nd Sea Lord, stating that it was extremely important that "no whisper" about the appointment should reach the present Board for the time being, also sending some plans which he had worked out secretly for a new type of Cruiser, and asking for his views. [Hand-written copy].

Minute from WSC ("In the train"), to [Rear-Admiral Charles Madden], 4th Sea Lord, on the deficiency in 21 inch torpedoes, stressing that it was essential that all vessels completed for service should have full reserves of ammunition and torpedoes; asking for report on deficiencies in reserves of guns and ammunition. [Hand-written copy].

Letter from Ernest Pretyman [former Secretary to the Admiralty], (Orwell Park, Ipswich [Suffolk]) to WSC, on the retirement of Colonel Simeon Exham, Superintending Engineer in charge of Rosyth [Fife, Scotland] [and Portsmouth, Hampshire] Dockyards, stating that he is a man of exceptional ability and that it would be madness for the Admiralty to "part with him at this juncture".

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].