Footnotes to Pre-war Attitudes & Wartime Experience;
and Tentative Conclusions
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115. |
PRO: ADM 53/26500; and ADM 53/18654B 10th November 1908. Also ADM 186/604 p.4 |
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116. |
PRO: ADM 189/33 pp.72-74 |
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117. |
PRO: ADM 53/19112 - ADM 53/19117; and ADM 53/23545 - ADM 53/23547 |
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118. |
PRO: ADM 53/25776 - ADM 53/25779; and ADM 53/31405 - ADM 53/31408 |
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119. |
PRO: ADM 189/33 p.77 |
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120. |
PRO: ADM 1/8042 X1549 Sturdee’s report 24th March 1910 |
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121. |
Ibid. Greatorex’s report 23rd March 1910 |
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122. |
PRO: ADM 189/31 p.77 |
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123. |
Ibid. |
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124. |
PRO: ADM 53/22213 2nd June 1911 |
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125. |
PRO: ADM 53/24312 13th June 1912 |
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126. |
PRO: ADM 1/8209 A1654/1911 file 10th May 1911 |
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127. |
PRO: ADM 1/8065 G18631/1909 |
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128. |
PRO: ADM 1/8209 A1654/1911 file 25th April 1912 |
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129. |
PRO: ADM 186/604 p.5 |
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130. |
Example PRO: ADM 1/7995 minority report by de Brock 20th November 1908 |
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131. |
PRO: ADM 1/7995 Appendix II |
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132. |
PRO: ADM 1/8042 minuted comments Controller 30th November & First Sea Lord 1st December 1909 |
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133. |
Ibid. memo 9th June 1910 |
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134. |
Ibid. minuted comments "Mining Exercises" 18th November 1910 |
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135. |
Ibid. Letter Greatorex to FO 3rd & 4th Divisions HF 18th January 1910 |
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136. |
Examples PRO: ADM 189/33 p.75 & pp.80-84; and ADM 189/31 p.73 |
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137. |
Examples PRO: ADM 189/30 pp.128-130; and ADM 189/25 p.49 |
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138. |
PRO: ADM 189/30 p.126 |
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139. |
Jon Tetsuro Sumida: In Defence of Naval Supremacy - finance, technology and British naval policy 1889-1914 (London: Routledge, 1993) Table 16 |
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140. |
PRO: ADM 1/7981 D306 correspondence |
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141. |
PRO: CAB 16/3A pp.69-70, pp.72-73, p.81 & pp.86-87 |
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142. |
Ibid. pp.172-173 |
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143. |
Ibid. pp.231-233 |
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144. |
In this case I use the term ‘torpedo’ to encompass mines as well as locomotive and other types of torpedoes |
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145. |
Ruddock F. Mackay: Fisher of Kilverstone (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973) pp.376-378 |
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146. |
PRO: ADM 116/158 pp.10-11 |
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147. |
Mackay: Fisher p.49, p.60, pp.115-116, p.118 & p.130 |
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148. |
Ibid. p118 |
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149. |
PRO: ADM 1/7725. Also, Mackay: Fisher pp.297-300 |
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150. |
PRO: ADM 1/8042 Wilson minute 9th June 1910 and file "Moray Firth Exercises" 13th July 1910 |
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151. |
Norman Dixon: On the Psychology of Military Incompetence (London: Pimlico, 1994) |
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152. |
PRO: ADM 116/866B |
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153. |
Sumida: Naval Supremacy Table 16 |
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154. |
PRO: ADM 189/33 p.75 |
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155. |
PRO: ADM 186/604 p.6 |
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