The Dreadnought Project:Primary Documents
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While there are many secondary sources of true merit, the best opportunities to create uniquely informative content reside in the form of works often only found in special libraries and archives.
| Where | Reference | Title | Description | Date | Pct. | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNA | ADM 1/7377 | Admiralty. | Tactics of New Armoured Cruisers as Affecting their Design. | 1898 | 50 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 1/7461B | Study of Naval Tactics. | 1900 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8047 | "Proposals by Director of Naval Intelligence for carrying out the duties of a General Staff and Re-organisation of the Naval Intelligence Department." | 15 May, 1909 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8268 | Combined Cruise of Second Division Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet, January 1912. | 50 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 1/8328 | Gunnery in the Royal Navy: Conference at the Admiralty. | 1911-1912 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8346 | Firings to be Carried Out at "Empress of India". | 1913 | 50 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8383/179 | Battle and Cruiser Squadrons - Programme. | 1914 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8396/356 | Court of Enquiry on Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue. | 1914 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8463/176 | Cause of Explosion in British Warships, When Hit by Enemy Shell. | 1916 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8478/3 | Institution of Director of Torpedoes and Mining. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8479/22 | Papers relating to punishments during war-time. | Flogging!! | 1917 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 1/8484/61 | Controllers Department. Provisional Reorganisation 1917. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8487/94 | Torpedo and Mining Service Organisation. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8488/103 | Appointment of Escort Flag Officers. Provision of Escort ships and Breech loading guns for special Merchant vessels. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8488/104 | Shipbuilding for the Admiralty and War Office. Organisation of Controllers Department. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8489/118 | Planning Section of Naval Staff. Proposals by First Lord and First Sea Lord June 1917. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8501/232 | Admiralty Orders. | Order-in-Council of 23 October, 1917. | 1917 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 1/8512/29 | Collision of HM Subs. K1 and K4. Court of Enquiry and Court Martial on survivors of K1 and officers and men of K4. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8517/69 | Admiralty. Table of Distribution of Business. March 1918. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8520/101 | Minesweeping Division Organisation. Duties of staff. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8547/340 | Warship construction during 1914-1918 war. Records compiled by DNC Dept. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8554/84 | Admiralty Controller. Scope and General Authority. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/8559/150 | Third Sea Lord and Controller duties. Instructions for Departments under Controller's Superintendence 1919. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/9209 | Battle Cruisers: Design. | 1916 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 1/9210 | "Hood" Class: Armour and Deck protection. | 1917 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 6/461 | Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist. | 100 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 116/900B | War Orders, 1899-1907. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 116/1464 | Defensively Armed Merchant Ships | Related to cordite handling at Jutland. | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 116/1538 | H.M.S. Natal - loss by internal explosion. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 116/1803 | Re-organisation of Naval Staff Divisions. | D.N.O., D.N.A. & T. | 1917-1921 | 100 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 116/3454 | Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher. | 1914-1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 116/3381 | First Lord of the Admiralty. | Papers relating to 1913 Naval Manœuvres. | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/260 | Home Fleets General Orders, July 1914. | 1914 | 50 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/266 | Grand Fleet Signal Orders. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/293 | Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. | 1915-1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/304 | Falklands. | Who knows? | 50 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/818 | War Plans and War Orders, Home Fleets and Detached Squadrons. | 1913-1914 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/1062 | Southwest Approaches. | Related to the Lusitania sinking. | 1915 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 137/1165 | Grand Fleet. | Jan.-June, 1916. Much of interest according to Black. | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/1322 | Convoy. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/1645 | Conferences concerning Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet | 1916 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/1939 | Paper No. H.S.A. 141 | Conferences between the Commander-in-Chief and members of the Admiralty Staff; Invasion Conference. | 1914-1919 | 50 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 137/1946 | Need ff. 128-552. | 50 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/2018 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | 1914 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/2019 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | Jan-Jun, 1915 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/2020 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | I have f. 1, ff. 48-69, ff. 87-90, ff. 120-126, ff. 203-204, ff. 208-210, ff. 218-224, f. 233 (illegible), ff. 279-282, ff. 302-309, f. 316, f. 327, f. 329-330, ff. 337-338, ff. 366-371, ff. 375-377, ff., 384-385, ff. 400-407, f. 421, ff. 431-434, ff. 442-444, ff. 467-469, f. 477, ff. 486-487, ff. 489-497, ff. 499-500, f. 502, ff. 505-506, ff. 556-562, ff. 574-579. | Jul-Dec, 1915 | 50 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 137/2021 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | Jan.-June, 1916 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/2027 | Committees Formed to Consider Experience at Jutland. | Part I. Copied up to f. 285. | 50 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/2134 | Committee on Construction of Battle Cruisers. | Related to cordite handling. | 50 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/2771. | Convoy. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/3680 | Loss of H.M.S. Vanguard. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/3681 | Loss of H.M.S. Vanguard. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/4052 | Grand Fleet Orders. | Copied to p. 236. | 50 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/4067 | Actions and Operations. | Intercepted German signals during the war. | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 137/4156 | Signalbuch der Kaiserlichen Marine. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/4374 | Verkehrsbuch. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/4375 | Verkehrsbuch. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 137/4822 | Extract of Gunnery Practices in Grand Fleet, 1914—1918. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 144/17 | Home and Channel Fleets. | 50 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 156/71 | Insubordination in Atlantic Fleet at Invergordon. Reports on various officers. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 156/86 | Collisions involving HM Ships INFLEXIBLE and FEARLESS, HM Submarines K14, K22, K17, K4 and K6. Cdr. E W Leir D.S.O., R.N. HMS ITHURIEL commanding 13th submarine Flotilla: loss of HM Submarine K17. | Battle of May Island. | 1918 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 156/162 | Loss of H.M.S. Natal - Proceedings of Court Martial. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 167/51 | Minutes of the Board of Admiralty. | January - June, 1917 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 178/33 | Request by Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly for Court Martial. | 1915 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 178/45 | Retired RADM Murray F. Sueter: History of Naval Career and Grievances. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 178/123 | Loss of H.M.S. Natal - Court Martial | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 178/129 | Invergordon Reports. | The stitching up of Admiral Dreyer. | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/164 | List of H.M. Ships Showing their Armament, April, 1915. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 186/166 | Projectile Committee: Final Report of the President. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/167 | Shell Committee: Interim Report. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/168 | Shell Committee: Second Interim Report. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/169 | Shell Committee: Reports, 1917 and 1918. | 1918 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/171 | Manual of Gunnery for H.M. Fleet. | C.B. 1619. | 1922 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 186/190 | Hydraulic Manual. 13.5-inch B.L. Mountings Mark II. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 186/192 | Addenda to the Hydraulic Manual. 13.5-inch B.L. Mountings Mark II** | 1914 | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/227 | The Director Firing Handbook. | C.B. 1259. | 1917 | 100 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 186/229 | Vengeance Flash Trials, 1917 and 1918. | C.B. 1451. | 1918 | 100 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 186/234 | Director Firing Handbook, Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers. | 1917 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/241 | Reports of the Grand Fleet Dreyer Table Committee, 1918-1919 | C.B. 1533. | 1919 | 100 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 186/244 | Progress in Gunnery Material | 1920 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/257 | Progress in Naval Gunnery | Copied pp. 126-140 relating to Baden tests. | 1921 | 50 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 186/589 | The German Cruiser Squadron in the Pacific, 1914. | 1919 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/590 | Operations leading up to the Battle of Coronel, Nov 1914. | 1919 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/591 | Operation leading up to the Battle of the Falkland Islands Nov 1914. | 1919 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/592 | Naval operations in The Cameroons 1914. | 1919 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/593 | Operations in the Mediterranean 4 - 10 Aug 1914. | 1919 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/594 | The conquest of the Baltic Islands: Translation of Vice-Admiral Schmidt's despatch. | 1919 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/603 | The Economic Blockade 1914-1919. | 1920 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/604 | History of British minesweeping in the war. | 1920 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/605 | Naval Staff Monographs: CORONEL, German cruiser squadron in the Pacific, Falklands and GOEBEN and BRESLAU. | 1920 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/606 | Organisation of the Archangel River Flotilla 1919. | 1920 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/607 | Naval Staff Monographs: East Africa to July 1915 and Cameroons 1914. | 1921 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/609 | The Tenth Cruiser Squadron during the command of Admiral de Chair, 1914-1916 | 1921 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/610 | Naval Staff Monographs: the action of Dogger Bank, 24 Jan 1915. | 1921 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/611 | History of the White Sea Station 1914-1919. | 1921 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 186/626 | Battle of Jutland: Official German Account. | Hopefully the translation of Der Krieg zur See by Bagot. | 1926 | 100 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 186/631 | Remarks on Handling Ships and Fleet Navigational Subjects. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 186/659 | Flotilla Signal Book. | 1908 | 0 | SH | |
| TNA | ADM 203/8 | In-Letters, Royal Naval College | Copied Letter N-13629, relating to Full Pay for Commanders and Captain studying. | 1900 | 50 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 203/64 | History of the War College. | 100 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 203/69 | Royal Naval War College. | 100 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 203/99 | War College Roster. | 100 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 203/100 | Royal Naval War College and Naval Staff College, Greenwich. | 100 | SH | ||
| TNA | ADM 231/11 | N.I.D. Report No. 137. | Naval Manœuvres of 1887. | 1887 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/14 | N.I.D. Report No. 179. | Naval Manœuvres of 1888. | 1888 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/16 | N.I.D. Report No. 215. | Naval Manœuvres of 1889. | 1889 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/18 | N.I.D. Report No. 252. | Naval Manœuvres of 1890. | 1890 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/17 | N.I.D. Report No. 228. | Naval Manœuvres of 1891. | 1891 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/22 | N.I.D. Report No. 231. | Naval Manœuvres of 1892. | 1892 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/23 | N.I.D. Report No. 372. | Naval Manœuvres of 1893. | 1893 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/27 | N.I.D. Report No. 474. | Naval Manœuvres of 1896. | 1896 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/32 | N.I.D. Report No. 596. | Naval Manœuvres of 1900. | 1900 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/35 | N.I.D. Report No. 641. | Naval Manœuvres of 1901. | 1901 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/37 | N.I.D. Report No. 690. | Naval Manœuvres of 1902. | 1902 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 231/47 | N.I.D. Report No. 817. | Naval Manœuvres of 1906. | 1906 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 234/434 | The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. | Staff History of the Staff. | 1929 | 100 | SH |
| TNA | ADM 275/19 | Technical History and Index: serial history of technical problems dealt with by Admiralty departments. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | AIR 1/279/15/226/127 | Air Services - organisation and duties of the Admiralty, Jun 1917 - Feb, 1918. | 0 | SH | ||
| TNA | CAB 38/19/49 | Minutes of the 114th Meeting of the C.I.D. | The fall of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur K. Wilson. | 100 | SH | |
| TNA | SUPP 6/175 | Minutes of the Ordnance Board. | Jellicoe request on shell, either dated 28 Oct., 1910, or Minute No. 3284. | Jan-Jun, 1910 | 0 | SH |
| TNA | SUPP 6/176 | Minutes of the Ordnance Board. | Ditto. | July-Dec, 1910 | 0 | SH |
| NMM | DFF/15 | Duff Diary | Diary of Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, Rear-Admiral in the Fourth Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet. | 1914-1916 | 100 | SH |
| NMM | HTN/106 | Hamilton Diary | Diary of Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton, Second Sea Lord. | 1915-1916 | 100 | SH |
| NMM | OLV/12 | "Recollections." | Typescript memoirs in two volumes of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver. | 1946 | 100 | SH |
| NMM | BTY/6/14/1 | "Reminiscences of "Q" Turret by Private H. Willows, R.M.L.I." | Lion at Jutland. | 100 | SH | |
| NMM | COW/17/4 | The Wheel of Fortune. | Memoirs of Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, Bart.. | 50 | SH | |
| NMM | GEE/13 | Notes on personalities at the Admiralty. | Written by Sir William Graham Greene. | 100 | SH | |
| RNM | MSS 255/4 | ADM Jackson Letters | A series of 107 letters received by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson as First Sea Lord from Admiral Jellicoe as CiC of the Grand Fleet | Jun 1915 - Nov 1916 | 0 | SH |
