Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes: Davis's memoirs, recording his long naval career and the ships he served on; speeches and lectures, particularly relating to torpedoes; operational papers from the Second World War onwards; a large number of naval photographs, particularly from the 1950s and also a set of official Admiralty photographs of the D-Day landings; correspondence on naval subjects and history, including Davis's memories of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma.

Scope and Contents Lectures and notes on subjects including: the duties, ships and operations of the Navy; India, c 1920; naval history; torpedo development (including letters and notes from Bernard Haigh [Professor of Applied Mechanics, Royal Naval College, Greenwich] and Engineer-Captain Francis Haigh [Superintendent, Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock],1927); Davis's reflections on China and Japan, 1934-35; the situation in Germany, Oct-Dec 1933.Also includes a letter and poems from Davis's...

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Lectures on "Mittel Europa", or public opinion in Central Europe, particularly in Germany, Austria and Hungary, and "Little Ships and Torpedoes", on the importance of small naval ships and their use of torpedoes.

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Memoirs of HMS Vernon, 1872-1986
HMS Vernon, at Portsmouth, was a torpedo training ship, 1872-6, and the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch, 1876-1986

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Lectures and an article by Davis on: torpedoes, their use and development during the war; underwater weapons and devices of the future; and a discussion on individual interdepartmental problems regarding underwater weapons.

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Memoranda on mines and torpedoes, and the maintenance of electrical machinery, while Davis was serving in the Tactical Staff Division, Admiralty and as Fleet torpedo officer and staff officer, plans, Home Fleet. Also includes a letter from Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse [Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet] on naval training.