Minute from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the importance of a paper on wireless that WSC was taking to Cabinet. Fisher also comments on the need for 32-knot battle cruisers armed with 15-inch guns. [Hand-written, with typescript copy; includes postscript at CHAR 13/28/77].

Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [Commander- in-Chief, Grand Fleet] to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] on the need for a large destroyer force to be attached to the Grand Fleet. [Typescript copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] with a memorandum for the Committee of Imperial Defence on: possible attack on Britain from overseas; the Channel Tunnel; and the protection of British shipping in time of war. [Typescript copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Masterton Smith [Private Secretary to WSC] on difficulties with Canada's contribution of battleships to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on submarine provision, stating that he felt that it should be substantially increased. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], reviewing the British fleets and squadrons at home and abroad, in response to proposals that the number of ships in full commission be reduced. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on the Naval Estimates, in particular declining to sanction a further increase in spending for naval reserves, and on replacing used ammunition. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Anglo-Australian Naval Agreement: WSC complains about the delays put in the way of a naval conference with the Australians and other Dominion representatives, and comments on the difficulty of getting officers to volunteer for Commonwealth service. [Carbon].

Minute from Surgeon-Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur May, Director-General, Medical Department, Admiralty, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the recruitment and appointment of naval medical officers on short service commissions. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Director-General, Medical Department, Admiralty [Surgeon-Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur May], proposing the division of the Royal Naval Medical Service into two divisions, Permanent and Temporary, with temporary Medical Officers recruited on short service commissions. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Mr Bourne, of the South African Government, on South Africa's desire to take a more effective part in South African and Imperial Naval Defence. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary of the Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], the Chief of Staff [Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee] and the Trade Division, proposing the formation of a National Armed Transport Service, utilising armed merchant cruisers for trade protection. [Typescript copy, on Colonial Office notepaper].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the need for decisive action against the Austrian Fleet, as taking priority over all other Mediterranean operations. [Typescript copy on Colonial Office notepaper].

Report by Admiral Sir [Archibald] Berkeley Milne [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean] to the Admiralty, on the escape of the German ships Goeben and Breslau, with comments by [Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], annotated by WSC, "The explanation is satisfactory, the result unsatisfactory". [Typescript copy].

Admiralty statement on the action off Heligoland [Germany]. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary [Sir (William) Graham Greene] and the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on Japan's offer to provide warships to relieve British warships on the China Station. WSC suggests that they ask for two armoured cruisers capable of hunting in the Marshall Islands, and two or three light cruisers to hunt for the Emden in the Indian Ocean. [Typescript copy on Colonial Office notepaper].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary [Sir (William) Graham Greene] and the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on forces available for operations in the narrow seas. WSC states that this should consist of a small number of good modern ships, and suggests that the "Bacchante" class cruisers be withdrawn from the area. [Typescript copy].

Minute from WSC, [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary [Sir (William) Graham Greene] and the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on the work of M Branch on the drafting and transmission of orders connected with the movement of ships. WSC suggests that the War Registry be made a section of M Branch, attached to the War Staff. [Typescript copy on Colonial Office notepaper].

List of reinforcements of the Fleet between the outbreak of war and the end of December 1914. [Carbon].

Admiralty list of ship movements, including Japanese ships. [Typescript].

Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [the Press] on German mine-laying operations in the North Sea and Irish Sea. [4 carbon copies].