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(Untitled), 03 Dec 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/2/122-123

Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, [Switzerland]) to WSC, on the new Board of Admiralty; also on warship design, criticising the Controller of the Navy [Rear-Admiral Charles Briggs] and the Director of Naval Ordnance for wanting to perpetuate battleships of the "Tortoise" type: "all armour no speed, inadequate armament and d--d costly"; advocating building 30 knot oil fired battleships as the United States was planning to do. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/58-60].

Dates

  • Creation: 03 Dec 1911

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Lord Fisher

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume II, Part 2, pp.1349-50

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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