Subjects include: visiting Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Jellicoe's poor health and concerns about German submarines; information about the Dardanelles Campaign kept from his colleagues by Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [former Secretary of State for War]; the Dardanelles Inquiry, including Winston Churchill's determination not to blame Fisher, evidence given by Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the War Cabinet] and blame being put on Fisher himself; blame for the sinking of HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue (1914); Fisher's admiration for Queen Alexandra; attacks against Fisher in the press; the development of anti-submarine devices and American submarines; Fisher's hopes of being 1st Sea Lord again; suffering from jaundice; Fisher's dislike of [William] Reginald Hall, Director of Naval Intelligence. Also includes memoranda by Fisher on State education in the Navy (1904) and on the conduct of the war (1916) and a summary of his evidence to the Dardanelles Inquiry.