Texts and notes of speeches by Davis on subjects including: the centenary of Michael Faraday; the British Legion; HMS Shannon and the Relief of Lucknow, 1857; the role of the Navy within NATO; tribute to 6th Lord Carrington, First Lord of the Admiralty; the future of the Navy; the Royal Naval Division; staff work.

Also includes the text of a lecture by Admiral 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma on command of the Allied naval and maritime air forces in the Mediterranean, 1955.