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(Untitled), 12 May 1915

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/215-216

Scope and Contents

Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, reporting that two more infantry divisions were to be sent out, and that the presence of German submarines in Turkish waters made it undesirable to expose "Queen Elizabeth", which was to sail for home at once with all despatch and utmost secrecy. and that instead he would have the older battleships "Exmouth" and "Venerable", and that the two new Monitors "Admiral Farragut" and "Stonewall Jackson" would be sent out before the end of the month [typescript copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 12 May 1915

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

328

Bibliography

Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume III, Part 2, p.867

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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