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(Untitled), 08 May 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/28/15-16

Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on German submarines, stating that Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Admiralty] was "digging out" with submarines which he was building ostensibly for others. Fisher comments that he played the same game himself when 1st Sea Lord and advises WSC to drop a Dreadnought and build 20 submarines in lieu. [Hand-written, with typescript copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 08 May 1914

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Copyright: Lord Fisher

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume II, Part 3, p.1976

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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