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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/2/54-56

Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, [Switzerland]) to WSC with thanks for seeing Sir Marcus Samuel [later 1st Lord Bearsted], the founder of the Shell Oil Company, to discuss question of oil fired ships, listing the advantages of oil over coal, but stating that he would have problems getting the "old women" of the Admiralty to accept the argument; includes press cutting on a new Marconi Company telegraph station. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/128].

Dates

  • Creation: 10 Dec 1911

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Lord Fisher

Extent

3 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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