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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/8
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Cabinet paper by WSC on the naval situation in the Mediterranean. [Printed].

Dates: 15 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/9
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Cabinet paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval situation in relation to maintaining superiority over Germany. [Printed].

Dates: 22 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/10
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Cabinet Paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the naval situation in the Mediterranean and the North Sea. [Printed].

Dates: 25 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/11
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Cabinet Paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on manning requirements for the Navy. [Printed].

Dates: 26 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/13
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Minute by Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge, Chief of War Staff, Admiralty, on conditional requirements for naval superiority over Austria and Italy in the Mediterranean, 1913-15.

Dates: 28 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/14
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Admiralty memorandum on a draft arrangement with Field Marshal Lord Kitchener [British Agent and Consul- General in Egypt] on naval forces in the Mediterranean. [Printed].

Dates: [Jun] 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/15
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Cabinet Paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the new German Navy Law. [Printed].

Dates: [Jun] 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jul 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/17
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Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval policy in the Mediterranean. [Printed, annotated "Not Circulated"].

Dates: 06 Jul 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/18
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Memorandum from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] on the naval estimates. [Printed, annotated "Not circulated"].

Dates: 11 Jul 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/19
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Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval estimates, 1912-13 and the sketch navy estimates for 1913-18. [Printed].

Dates: Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Nov 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/20
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Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the pay of the men of the Royal Navy and the harm that would be done by following proposed methods of saving on pay. [Printed].

Dates: 23 Nov 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/21
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Admiralty memorandum on the pay of the men of the Royal Navy. [Printed].

Dates: 01 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov] 1912 - 28 Dec 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/25
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Reports of the Finance Committee of the Admiralty on the Sketch Navy Estimates, 1913-14, prepared in October-November 1912. [Printed].

Dates: [Nov] 1912 - 28 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/1
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Draft Admiralty memorandum on the naval defence of the Empire for presentation to the Canadian Parliament. [Printed].

Dates: 20 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1912 - 27 Nov 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/2
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Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, including Canada's contribution. [Printed].

Dates: 26 Aug 1912 - 27 Nov 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Dec 1912 - 24 Jan 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/3
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Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, particularly the Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy. [Printed].

Dates: 18 Dec 1912 - 24 Jan 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/4
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Admiralty memorandum on the naval position of New Zealand. [Printed].

Dates: Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/5
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Letter from James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

Dates: 24 Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/6
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

Dates: 31 Jul 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/7
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Extract from speech by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] to the Canadian House of Commons on the Canadian Naval Aid Bill. [Printed].

Dates: 19 Jan 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/8
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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 [Sir Henry Jackson], asking them to discuss New Zealand's naval policy with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Typescript, initialled].

Dates: 13 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/9
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Secret memorandum on the general naval situation relating to Britain and Germany, prepared by the Admiralty for the information of Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [White Paper, published August 1914].

Dates: 26 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/1
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Letter from Admiral Sir Percy Scott (Murren [Switzerland]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval gunnery and the credit due to WSC for improving targeting.

Dates: 05 Jan 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/16-17
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Letter from Admiral Sir Alfred Winsloe, [Admiral Commanding China Station] (HMS Minotaur, Hong Kong) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with an account of his visit to the French colony at Saigon [later Vietnam], arrangements for joint British and French action against Germany in Far Eastern waters in case of war, pay levels and the problems of transferring officers from merchant shipping to the Navy.

Dates: 13 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/25-26
Scope and Contents Letter from unknown correspondent to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with a report of an inspection of the dockyards at Sheerness and Chatham [Kent] and increased pressure on the yards; he also mentions the possibility of being chosen to replace the retiring 1st Lord Knollys [as Private Secretary to King George V], the construction of Scout ships and the problems of changes in the duties of the 3rd Sea Lord, such as putting contract and dockyard administration into purely civilian...
Dates: 24 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open