Footnotes
to Wartime Operations
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43. |
Otto Groos: Der Krieg zur See
1914-1918: Der Krieg in der Nordsee (Berlin:
Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn,
1920) volume I p.65. Badly worded, in order to check what this apparently said
I also researched both British and German diplomatic records. |
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44. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/619 pp.48-53 |
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45. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/604 p.7 |
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46. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 1/8376/111 M12321 2nd
July 1914 |
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47. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/619 p.53 |
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48. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/1002 pp.16-17 |
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49. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/619 pp.53-54 |
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50. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/604 p.9 |
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51. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/619 p.48 & p.100 |
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52. |
Ibid. pp100-103 |
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53. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/1002 pp.265-273 |
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54. |
IWM: Memoirs of Cdr. B.W.L. Owen R.N. |
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55. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 189/27 p.55 |
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56. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/970 pp.25-26; and ADM
137/971 pp.438-449 |
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57. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/970 p.443 |
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58. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/1002 pp.360-366; and ADM
137/3108 pp.369-410 |
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59. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/620 pp.23-28 |
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60. |
Guildhall Library: Lloyd’s War Losses
1914-18 (London: Lloyd’s of London, 1990) pp.2-5 & p.242 |
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61. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/619 pp.103-106 |
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62. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/3108 pp.411-412 |
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63. |
IWM: PP/MCR/310 Memoirs of Sir Basil Kemball-Cook pp.177-181 |
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64. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/3108 p.412 |
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65. |
Admiralty Library: As part of Paravanes,
Submarines and Minesweepers etc 1914-1918 |
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66. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/604 p.11 |
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67. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/1003 pp.191-203 |
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68. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/843 p.37 |
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69. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/620 pp.76-77; and ADM
137/1003 pp.132-139 |
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70. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/620 pp.60-65 &
pp.124-125 |
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71. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/2810
- Telegrams indicate, apart from MANCHESTER COMMERCE a large sailing-ship may
have been mined October 1914. Later casualties ADM 186/620 p.134 |
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72. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/620 pp.133-134 |
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73. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/621 p.88 |
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74. |
Ibid. pp1-2, pp.18-24 & p.87 |
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75. |
Ibid. pp.2-5 & pp.7-8 |
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76. |
Ibid pp.15-16 - Civilian losses Guildhall
Library: Lloyd’s War Losses pp.5-6 |
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77. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/1004 pp.37-42; and ADM
137/4172 Letter Ellison to Admiralty 17th September 1914 |
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78. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/621 p.111 |
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79. |
NMM: Lockhart Leith: British Minefields
p.7 |
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80. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/621 p.88 |
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81. |
Warrender’s movements ibid. pp.112-114
& p.121. Civilian casualties Board of Trade Enquiry returns in TNA: PRO ADM
137/1002, 1003 & 1004. Also, voluminous press-reports: national, local
and shipping |
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82. |
GL: Lloyd’s Weekly Index 5th
November 1914 p.7 |
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83. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/621 pp.124-126; and ADM
186/604 pp.14-15 |
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84. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/621 p.127; and ADM 137/2809
- Telegrams |
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85. |
GL: Lloyd’s
War Losses p.6. Losses were higher however. Apart from a missing British
steamer later deemed mined, careful private research has definitely
uncovered another unidentified sinking: with two totally independent
eye-witness accounts |
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86. |
GL: London Gazette 19th
February 1915 pp.1719-1720 |
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87. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/2809 Telegram Walters to
Admiralty 23rd December 1914 |
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88. |
GL: Lloyd’s War Losses pp.6-7 &
p.242 |
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89. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/604 p.8 |
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90. |
IWM: Diary of Revd. T.W.L. Casperz, ANTRIM, entry and diagram 15th August
1914 |
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91. |
Captain Taprell-Dorling: Swept Channels: Being an Account of
the Work of the Minesweepers in the Great War (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935) pp.41-43 & p.46 |
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92. |
TNA: PRO: ADM
1/7995 pp.3-4 Appendix II and minority report and minuted comments; ADM
1/8042 X1549 File 18th November 1910 report and minuted comments;
and ADM 1/8407/492 |
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93. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/604 pp.12-13 |
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94. |
Ibid. p.8 |
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95. |
TNA: PRO: ADM
137/976 deals with ‘hiring’ of small craft, but the files retained can only
have been examples. Similarly ADM 137/2212 - ADM 137/2215 and ADM 137/2237
are surviving records of the bases at Lowestoft and Yarmouth respectively,
but much is missing. Also, ADM 137/51-54 contains ‘Home Waters’ telegrams for
this early period. However, no real conclusions can be drawn from these
bodies of documents. |
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96. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 1/8375/105 |
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97. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/970 pp47-49 |
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98. |
British
Newspaper Library: Analysis of local press after Yarmouth raid. Specifically
the Yarmouth & East Norfolk Standard North Walsham
Post 13th November 1914 |
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99. |
Regarding
literature Samuel Hynes: The Edwardian Turn of Mind (Princeton: University
Press, 1968) pp.22-53. R.N. opnions PRO: ADM
186/619 pp.105-107 |
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100. |
Examples PRO:
ADM 137/984 p.38; and Guildhall Library: Shipping Gazette Weekly Summary 11th
September 1914 p.577. (Various items also dealing with economic matters as in
footnote 95.) |
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101. |
Example Taprell-Dorling:
Swept Channels pp.73-74 |
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102. |
Examples TNA:
PRO: ADM 137/2810 Bi-weekly mining statement 28-31 October 1914; and ADM
137/1004 pp.543-573 |
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103. |
Taprell-Dorling: Swept Channels pp.71-72 |
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104. |
Appeal for winter clothing Guildhall
Library: Shipping Gazette Weekly Summary 2nd October 1914
p.627 |
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105. |
Taprell-Dorling: Swept Channels pp.60-77; and IWM:
Memoirs of (Hon.) Lt-Cdr. Charles Evans R.N.V.R. (unpublished and undated) |
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106. |
Example TNA: PRO: ADM 1/8407/477 |
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107. |
Examples IMSG GL:
Shipping Gazette Weekly Summary 9th October 1914; scouting
TNA: PRO: MT23 314/T8464/14; and R.N.V.R. IWM: Memoirs of Lt-Cdr. Evans |
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108. |
TNA: PRO: ADM
53/37518; ADM 53/40444; and ADM 137/3893 pp.36-43 - translation of a letter
from an unnamed German reserve officer regarding the DWARF ramming incident.
(Not all details tally.) |
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109. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 1/8392/291 |
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110. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 137/1002 p.16 for 1914 appraisal.
ADM 116/942 enclosure within CinC Channel Fleet |
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111. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 231/50 NID reports 1907-8 |
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112. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 189/33 p.73 |
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113. |
TNA: PRO: ADM 186/619 p.107 |
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114. |
Lockhart Leith: British Minefields p.55
& pp.337-338 |
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