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'''Simon Harley''' is a 25 year old student devoted to defending the good name of the Royal Navy during the [[Dreadnought Era]].  The ''only'' way to be sure of doing this properly, is to present every possible detail on the men, the machinery and the organisation which made up Britain's "sure shield".  The same approach will be applied to the other navies featured on this website.
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[[File:Confing.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The editor presenting a paper based on [[A Direct Train of Cordite]] at the British Commission for Maritime History's New Researchers' Conference, 2013.]]
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My name is '''Simon Harley''' and I am a thirty-eight year old researcher of the Royal Navy in the [[Dreadnought Era]].
  
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He currently lives on the North West coast of England, and is studying for a law degree.  His first article, on [[Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour|Balfour]] at the [[Admiralty]], is in preparation for publication.  
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I currently live on the North-West coast of England.  For the past 16 years I've been accumulating material on the [[Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War]], which will eventually form the basis of a multi-volume history of the Royal Navy, from Lord Fisher's going to sea up to the Treaty of Versailles.  By providing a background to these Flag Officers' services from 1854 to 1914, their actions in the Great War will be put into their proper context.
  
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===The National Archives===
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, and the consequent closure of archives, I started a new project on cordite handling at the Battle of Jutland which has (as of March 2024) matured into a 600 page work on the subject.
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Items which I have in full are shaded green; items which I have part of are in yellow; material which I want and intend to get is in pink. {{SIMON}}
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If you have any questions or material relating to the subjects of this website, please [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/contact.php get in touch] or email me at simon AT-SIGN dreadnoughtproject.org.  I would be especially happy to hear from descendants of naval officers who served in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| ADM 1/7377 || Admiralty. || Tactics of New Armoured Cruisers as Affecting their Design. || 1898
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| ADM 1/7461B || Study of Naval Tactics. ||  || 1900
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| ADM 1/8328 || Gunnery in the Royal Navy: Conference at the Admiralty. ||  || 1911-1912
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| ADM 1/8346 || Firings to be Carried Out at "Empress of India". ||  || 1913
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| ADM 1/8383/179 || Battle and Cruiser Squadrons - Programme. ||  || 1914
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| ADM 1/8396/356 || Court of Enquiry on ''Aboukir'', ''Cressy'', and ''Hogue''. ||  || 1914
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| ADM 1/8463/176 || Cause of Explosion in British Warships, When Hit by Enemy Shell. ||  || 1916
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| ADM 6/461 || Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11<sup><u>th</u></sup> November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist. ||  ||
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| ADM 116/900B || War Orders, 1899-1907. ||  ||
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| ADM 116/1464 || Defensively Armed Merchant Ships || Related to cordite handling at Jutland. ||
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| ADM 116/1803 || Re-organisation of Naval Staff Divisions. || D.N.O., D.N.A. & T. || 1917-1921
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| ADM 116/3454 || Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher. || || 1914-1917
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| ADM 116/3381 || First Lord of the Admiralty. || Papers relating to 1913 Naval Manœuvres. ||
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| ADM 137/260 || Home Fleets General Orders, July 1914. ||  || 1914
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| ADM 137/266 || Grand Fleet Signal Orders. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/293 || Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. ||  || 1915-1918
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| ADM 137/818 || War Plans and War Orders, Home Fleets and Detached Squadrons. ||  || 1913-1914
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| ADM 137/1062 || Southwest Approaches. || Related to the ''Lusitania'' sinking. || 1915
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| ADM 137/1165 || Grand Fleet. || Jan.-June, 1916.  Much of interest according to Black. ||
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| ADM 137/1322 || Convoy. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/1645 ||  || Conferences concerning Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet || 1916
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| 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
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| ADM 137/1946 ||  || Need ff. 128-552. ||
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| ADM 137/2018 || Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda ||  || 1914
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| ADM 137/2019 || Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda ||  || Jan.-June, 1915
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| 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. || July-Dec., 1915
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| ADM 137/2021 || Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda ||  || Jan.-June, 1916
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| ADM 137/2027 || Committees Formed to Consider Experience at Jutland. || Part I.  Copied up to f. 285. ||
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| ADM 137/2134 || Committee on Construction of Battle Cruisers. || Related to cordite handling. ||
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| ADM 137/2771. || Convoy. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/3680 || Loss of H.M.S. ''Vanguard''. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/3681 || Loss of H.M.S. ''Vanguard''. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/4052 || Grand Fleet Orders. || Copied to p. 236. ||
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| ADM 137/4067 || Actions and Operations. || Intercepted German signals during the war. ||
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| ADM 137/4156 || ''Signalbuch der Kaiserlichen Marine''. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/4374 || ''Verkehrsbuch''. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/4375 || ''Verkehrsbuch''. ||  ||
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| ADM 137/4822 || Extract of Gunnery Practices in Grand Fleet, 1914&mdash;1918. ||  ||
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| ADM 144/17 || Home and Channel Fleets. ||  ||
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| ADM 186/164 || List of H.M. Ships Showing their Armament, April, 1915. ||  ||
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| ADM 186/166 || Projectile Committee: Final Report of the President. ||  || 1917
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| ADM 186/167 || Shell Committee: Interim Report. ||  || 1917
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| ADM 186/168 || Shell Committee: Second Interim Report. ||  || 1918
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| ADM 186/169 || Shell Committee: Reports, 1917 and 1918. ||  || 1918
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| ADM 186/190 || Hydraulic Manual.  13.5-inch B.L. Mountings Mark II. ||  ||
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| ADM 186/192 || Addenda to the Hydraulic Manual.  13.5-inch B.L. Mountings Mark II,** ||  || 1914
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| ADM 186/227 || The Director Firing Handbook. || C.B. 1259. || 1917
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| ADM 186/229 || ''Vengeance'' Flash Trials, 1917 and 1918. || C.B. 1451. || 1918
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| ADM 186/234 || Director Firing Handbook, Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers. ||  || 1917
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| ADM 186/241 || Reports of the Grand Fleet Dreyer Table Committee, 1918-1919 || C.B. 1533. || 1919
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| ADM 186/244 || Progress in Gunnery Material ||  || 1920
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| ADM 186/257 || Progress in Naval Gunnery || Copied pp. 126-140 relating to ''Baden'' tests. || 1921
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| ADM 186/611 || History of the White Sea Station 1914-1919. ||  ||
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| ADM 186/631 || Remarks on Handling Ships and Fleet Navigational Subjects. ||  ||
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| ADM 186/659 || Flotilla Signal Book. ||  || 1908
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| ADM 203/8 || In-Letters, Royal Naval College || Copied Letter N-13629, relating to Full Pay for Commanders and Captain studying. || 1900
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| ADM 203/64 || History of the War College. ||  ||
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| ADM 203/69 || Royal Naval War College. ||  ||
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| ADM 203/99 || War College Roster. ||  ||
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| ADM 203/100 || Royal Naval War College and Naval Staff College, Greenwich. ||  ||
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| ADM 234/434 || ''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''. || Staff History of the Staff. || 1929
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| AIR 1/279/15/226/127 || Air Services - organisation and duties of the Admiralty, June 1917 - February, 1918. ||  ||
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| 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. ||
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| SUPP 6/175 || Minutes of the Ordnance Board. || Jellicoe request on shell, either dated 28 Oct., 1910, or Minute No. 3284. || Jan.-June, 1910
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===Royal Naval Museum===
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My personal website and blog can be found at [http://www.simonharley.com http://www.simonharley.com].
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*MSS 255/4.  A series of 107 letters received by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson as First Sea Lord from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, June 1915 - November 1916.
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Elected an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2024.
  
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===Command Papers===
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One of the first recipients of the [https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/news-and-events/the-first-colin-bell-award-winners-announced/ Colin Bell Award from Churchill College, Cambridge.]
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*''Report of the Committee Appointed by the Admiralty to Inquire into the System of Training Naval Cadets on Board H.M.S. Britannia, Together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, and a Summary of the Evidence''.  C. 1154 (1875).
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*''Regulations Respecting Naval Cadets''.  C. 2780 (1881).
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Invited to present a paper at the 2017 McMullen Naval History Symposium at the United States Naval Academy.
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*''Memorandum Dealing with the Entry, Training, and Employment of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and of the Royal Marines''.  Cd. 1385 (1902).
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*''Selection of Candidates for Nomination as Naval Cadets.  Reports of Members of the Interview Committees''.  Cd. 1962 (1904).
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Speaker at the 2013 New Researchers in Maritime History Conference hosted by the British Commission for Maritime History.
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*''Results of Prize Firing in H.M. Fleet, 1903''. Cd. 1995.
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*''Result of Gunlayers' Competition in His Majesty's Fleet, 1904''. Cd. 2511.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1905''. Cd. 2703.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1905''. Cd. 2704.
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*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00253359.2016.1167397 "'It's a Case of All or None': 'Jacky' Fisher's Advice to Winston Churchill, 1911"]. ''The Mariner's Mirror''. '''102''' (2): 174–190. doi:10.1080/00253359.2016.1167397.
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*''A Statement of Admiralty Policy''. Cd. 2791 (1906).
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*''Reports of Departmental Committees Appointed to Consider Certain Questions Concerning the Extension of the New Scheme of Training for Officers of the Navy, &c.''. Cd. 2841 (1906).
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*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00253359.2016.1202488 "'A Distinct Point in Modern Naval Tactics'"]. ''The Mariner's Mirror''. '''102''' (3): 325–330. doi:10.1080/00253359.2016.1202488.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1906''. Cd. 3276.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1906''. Cd. 3321.
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*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00253359.2016.1240978 "Vice-Admiral Bethell's Third Fleet Battle Orders, about 1914"]. ''The Mariner's Mirror''. '''102''' (4): 442–443. doi:10.1080/00253359.2016.1240978.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1907''. Cd. 3900.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1907''. Cd. 3943.
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*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00253359.2017.1304709 "The Promotion of David Beatty to Rear-Admiral"]. ''The Mariner's Mirror''. '''103''' (2): 213–216. doi:10.1080/00253359.2017.1304709.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1908''. Cd. 4480.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1908''. Cd. 4514.
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*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00253359.2017.1348040 "War Course Attendance at Greenwich from 1900 to 1904"]. ''The Mariner's Mirror''. '''103''' (4): 471–474. doi:10.1080/00253359.2017.1348040.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1909''. Cd. 5042.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1909''. Cd. 5089.
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===Links===
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1910''. Cd. 5445.
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*[[User:Simon Harley/Library|Library]] &mdash; A list of ''some'' of my books.  I'm always willing to share information or the books themselves on request.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1910''. Cd. 5592.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1911''.  Cd. 5957.
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*[[User:Simon Harley/Archives|Archives]] &mdash; A list of ''some'' of the archival (i.e. primary) sources I have and need. If you can help acquire them, or are interested in the contents of some of them, please get in touch.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1911''. Cd. 5958.
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1902''.  Cd. 6758.
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*[[User:Simon Harley/Acknowledgements|Acknowledgements]] &mdash; Research like this requires a lot of time, luck, effort, and ''help''.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1912''.  Cd. 6765.
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*''Result of Battle Practice in His Majesty's Fleet, 1913''. Cd. 7366.
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===External Links===
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns and Light Q.F. Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1913''.  Cd. 7387.
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Simon_Harley My Wikipedia user page.]
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*''Correspondence Regarding the Naval and Military Assistance Afforded to His Majesty's Government by His Majesty's Oversea Dominions''.  Cd. 7607 (1914).  
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*[https://twitter.com/simonharley My 𝕏/Twitter page.]
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*''Result of Test of Gunlayers with Heavy Guns and Light Q.F. Guns in His Majesty's Fleet, 1914''.  Cd. 7919.
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[[User:Simon Harley/Templates]]
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==Works in Progress==
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Far too many to list.
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''Review copies of new publications are always welcome.''

Latest revision as of 16:07, 24 March 2024

The editor presenting a paper based on A Direct Train of Cordite at the British Commission for Maritime History's New Researchers' Conference, 2013.

My name is Simon Harley and I am a thirty-eight year old researcher of the Royal Navy in the Dreadnought Era.

I currently live on the North-West coast of England. For the past 16 years I've been accumulating material on the Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War, which will eventually form the basis of a multi-volume history of the Royal Navy, from Lord Fisher's going to sea up to the Treaty of Versailles. By providing a background to these Flag Officers' services from 1854 to 1914, their actions in the Great War will be put into their proper context.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, and the consequent closure of archives, I started a new project on cordite handling at the Battle of Jutland which has (as of March 2024) matured into a 600 page work on the subject.

If you have any questions or material relating to the subjects of this website, please get in touch or email me at simon AT-SIGN dreadnoughtproject.org. I would be especially happy to hear from descendants of naval officers who served in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

My personal website and blog can be found at http://www.simonharley.com.

Elected an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2024.

One of the first recipients of the Colin Bell Award from Churchill College, Cambridge.

Invited to present a paper at the 2017 McMullen Naval History Symposium at the United States Naval Academy.

Speaker at the 2013 New Researchers in Maritime History Conference hosted by the British Commission for Maritime History.

Author of:

Links

  • Library — A list of some of my books. I'm always willing to share information or the books themselves on request.
  • Archives — A list of some of the archival (i.e. primary) sources I have and need. If you can help acquire them, or are interested in the contents of some of them, please get in touch.
  • Acknowledgements — Research like this requires a lot of time, luck, effort, and help.

External Links

Works in Progress

Far too many to list.

Review copies of new publications are always welcome.

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