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Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 673 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 20 May 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/246
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Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting sighting of enemy submarine by British submarine B.11, on patrol off Smyrna [typescript copy].

Dates: 20 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/251-252
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Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, on collaboration with French forces [typescript copy].

Dates: 24 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 May 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/254
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Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, report that Submarine E.11 had sunk a large Turkish gunboat. Also reporting that at Anzac Cove the Turks had requested a suspension of hostilities to bury their dead, that a suspension had been granted for 9 hours and that the Turks had buried over 3,000 mostly within a few yards of Allied lines [typescript copy].

Dates: 25 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/1
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Telegram from Admiralty to Admiral Superintendent, Malta, orders for "Colne", "Jed", "Welland", "Chelmer" and "Kennett" to be put in for repair for service in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 04 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/6
Scope and Contents Telegram from Admiralty to Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, on desirability of misleading the enemy about future destination of Battle Cruisers, ordering HMS "Invincible" to return to Britain, but this was to be kept secret and the impression given that the ship was proceeding to join the North America Squadron, and HMS "Inflexible to relieve HMS "Indefatigable" at the Dardanelles. Stating that when she sailed it should be ostensibly for the West Indies but that she should return eastward...
Dates: 12 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/8
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Telegram from Admiralty to Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, orders for HMS "Inflexible" to proceed to Malta for repairs before she relieved "Indefatigable" in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 16 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/9
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Telegram from Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, to Admiralty, reporting that repairs to HMS "Inflexible" would be completed by 19 Jan, asking if she should proceed directly to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 17 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/10
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Admiralty to Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, orders for HMS "Inflexible" to proceed to the Dardanelles, as soon as repairs were completed [typescript copy].

Dates: 17 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/14
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Telegram from Admiralty to Admiral Superintendent, Malta, orders for HMS "Indefatigable" to be back in the Dardanelles by 12 Feb after refit [typescript copy].

Dates: 26 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Feb 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/18
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Telegram from Admiralty to Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, reporting that HMS "Queen Elizabeth" should join the flag of Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 07 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/21
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Telegram from Admiralty to Admiral Superintedent, Malta, on escort of HMS "Queen Elizabeth" to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1915 - 30 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/81
Scope and Contents

Admiralty History Section precis of telegrams on German submarines in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 22 Apr 1915 - 30 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/96
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Telegram from Admiralty to Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, on escort of ammunition ship "Carmania" to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 08 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/105
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Telegram from Admiral Superintendent, Malta to Admiralty, reporting that the French Cruiser "Ernest Renan" had been attacked by a German submarine off Cape Bon. Stating his opinion that there were now three enemy submarines in the Mediterranean, threatening the rear of the Dardanelles Fleet [typescript copy].

Dates: 16 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/130
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles to Admiralty, on german submarine menace in the Aegean Sea [typescript copy].

Dates: 29 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/58
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Telegram from G.O.C., Egypt to War Office, advising against maintaining base at Lemnos, stating that troops could be sent directly to the Dardanelles from Alexandria, where there were good facilities [typescript copy].

Dates: 12 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/60
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Telegram from Admiralty to C. in C., East Indies, Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, on need for barges and lighters for landing troops in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 24 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/61
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Telegram from Admiralty to C. in C., Cape, ordering HMS "Goliath" to proceed to Suez to join the Flag of C. in C., East Indies, and to be held in reserve for the Dardanelles Fleet [typescript copy].

Dates: 25 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Mar] 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/63
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Draft Admiralty telegram ordering cruisers in Egypt to reach the Dardanelles the night before the decisive attack [typescript copy].

Dates: [Mar] 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/64
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Telegram from Admiralty to C. in C., East Indies, ordering him to send ships to the Dardanelles to support landings [typescript copy].

Dates: 28 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/73
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Admiralty, to Robinson, Finance, Cairo, asking how many of the 20,000 troops in Egypt could be moved to the Dardanelles immediately [typescript copy].

Dates: 27 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/74
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Admiralty, to Robinson, Finance, Cairo, on movement of 20,00 troops from Egypt to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 27 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/75
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Robinson, Finance, Cairo, to Admiralty, on movement of 20,00 troops from Egypt to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 27 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/78
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Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, orders to send cruisers "Euryalus" and "Bacchante" to help with the defence of the Suez Canal [typescript copy].

Dates: 29 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67/82
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Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting that ships could not be spared for the defence of the Suez Canal [typescript copy].

Dates: 30 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open