Maritime warfare
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Cabinet papers on naval policy and naval statistics, 1917-07
Includes: memorandum by Winston Churchill on naval war policy, particularly the ineffectiveness of the distant blockade and the Navy's defensive approach, while submarines were attacking commercial shipping, and the advantages of inshore offensives from an overseas base close to Germany, such as the Frisian Islands, Borkum or Sylt; comparative tables for the Anglo-American and German fleets, supplied by Churchill.
Correspondence about books, 1935 - 1972
In particular "Naval Warfare" (1936) and "Sea Warfare, 1939-1945" (1950).
Including correspondence with publishers and publishers' contracts and royalty statements.
Draft chapter of the official naval history of the Second World War
Chapter entitled 'Defence against major warships, British dispositions and initial moves', never published.
Draft naval war manual, 1938-10
Papers comprising manuscripts of books, lectures, research notes and correspondence.
With Ralph Hudleston's notes on the defence of seabourne trade, 1911.
"Führer Conferences on Naval Affairs", 1947
The documents known as the "Führer Conferences" were among the German Naval Archives captured by the British and Americans at Tambach Castle during the Second World War. They are minutes of staff meetings between Hitler and his naval commanders and they were translated and published by the Admiralty in 1947.
Henry Ellis: Naval journal on 'HMS Styx' during the Xhosa [Cape Frontier] and Burmese Wars
Letter from Arthur Marder, 1973
With papers and a copy of a lecture titled "The Foundation of Tactics" given at the Royal Navy Tactical School, December 1944.
Letters about "British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century" (1972), 1972 - 1973
With press cuttings of book reviews.
Literary notes including material on Second World War naval subjects, 1944-04
Papers comprising manuscripts of books, lectures, research notes and correspondence.
With Ralph Hudleston's notes on the defence of seabourne trade, 1911.
Notes and drafts for a book on the defence of seabourne trade, 1911 - 1970
Comprising three draft chapters by John Creswell, 1935; earlier research notes on the same topic by Ralph Hudleston, 1911; letters from Hudleston, 1935 (3); letters from Guy Wyatt of the Admiralty Hydrographic Department, 1949 (2); letters from the Admiralty Historical Section, 1954 (2); and an introductory note by John Creswell, 1970.
Notes for a book on the defence of seabourne trade, 1949
With letters, 1949.
Public: Admiralty, 1906 - 1915
The Papers of Sir George Binney
Papers comprising correspondence, official reports and press cuttings.
With correspondence and notes of Ralph Barker, author of 'The Blockade Busters', 1974-80.
Mainly in English, with some items in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and French.