(Untitled), 12 Nov 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/38/27
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Admiralty to Rear-Admiral John De Robeck, with orders to take command of a new African cruiser squadron to oppose the [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and 3 German light cruisers, if they should come to West Africa. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver [Chief of Staff], Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] and WSC. [Carbon].
Dates
- Creation: 12 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Crown copyright
Extent
1 folio(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Royal Navy (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk