Maritime transport
Found in 380 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941
Telegram from the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to WSC regretting port statistics cannot be provided until Admiral Turner [? Vice-Admiral Frederick Turner, Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet] takes office; visit by [Reginald] Stewart Mactier [Deputy Director of Port and Transit Control, Ministry of War Transport] to review allocation of ports to increased volume of shipping.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
Letter and memorandum from Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] to WSC urging greater defence to maintain convoys to the Soviet Union.
(Untitled), 20 May 1941
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt commenting on the severity of the battle of Crete [Greece] and asking for sightings of German convoy including Bismarck and Prince Eugen recently departed from Bergen [Norway]. With memorandum on US naval patrols and U-Boat action in the Atlantic, with list of ships sunk west of 26 degrees west between 31 March and 20 May 1941.
(Untitled), 12 Jul 1945
Minute from [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster-General] to WSC arguing for a "genuine guarantee" from the Services that an expansion of Britain's commitment in the Far East will not inflate further their manpower demands and slow down demobilisation, commenting on exports and imports, and the food situation in Britain and liberated Europe. [signed; flagged "B"].
(Untitled), 1947
Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Battle of Sirte [Libya] of 22nd March, 1942", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Station (2 June), and Rear Admiral Philip Vian, Commanding Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron (31 March), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945
Bar chart showing British, Allied and neutral merchant tonnage "lost by enemy action" between September 1939 and May 1945.
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945
Bar charts showing British, Allied, and neutral merchant tonnage lost by aircraft, surface craft, mines, and U-boats between September 1939 and May 1945.
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1945
Bar chart showing the total monthly tonnage of oil and other imports into the United Kingdom between September 1939 and May 1945.
(Untitled), 1948
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1948
Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] to WSC commenting on the despatches concerning Mediterranean convoy operations to Malta, suggesting the most important operation was "Pedestal" in August 1942. [initialled; annotated by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly].
(Untitled), [1948]
(Untitled), 31 Jul [1947]
Comments by [Commodore George Gordon] Allen on [the proofs of the London Gazette supplement of] "The Battle of Sirte [Libya]" [for the supplement see CHAR 20/241/218-227]. [initialled].
(Untitled), 25 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC comparing the risks of ships sailing in convoy and independently. [Copy; given running number 244].
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on a fall in the number of entrances of British ships with cargo. [annotated copy; given running number 241].
(Untitled), [Feb] [1941]
Aide-memoire [by F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] for WSC on importing capacity, requirements of materials and food, and future outlook. [Copy; given running number 240].
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the levels of sinking of ships in convoys and those sailing independently. [Copy; given running number 238].
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the rate of salvage of ships in relation to repair facilities, attaching a draft minute to the Import Executive [see CHAR 20/258A/55]. [Copy; given running number 236].
(Untitled), [20] [Feb] [1941]
Draft minute [prepared by F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to the Import Executive on the salvage organisation and shipping capacity. [Copy].
(Untitled), 14 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on providing [Harry] Hopkins [Special Advisor and Assistant to the President of the United States] with shipping figures. [Copy; given running number 232].
(Untitled), 08 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the low level of the "entrance of ships with cargo". [Copy; given running number 226].
(Untitled), 08 Feb 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the low level of the "entrance of ships with cargo". [Copy; given running number 226].
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on U-boat sinkings in September. [Copy; given running number 213].
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on British and United States ship-building capacity, referring to "W.P.(G) (41) 5". [Copy; given running number 205].
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1941
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on increasing recruitment for forge work and increased [shipping] orders from the United States, attaching a possible reply to the Minister [of Supply, Sir Andrew Duncan, see CHAR 20/258A/105]. [Copy; given running number 204].