User:Simon Harley
From The Dreadnought Project
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.
He currently lives on the North West coast of England, and is studying for a law degree. His first article, on Balfour at the Admiralty, is in preparation for publication.
The National Archives
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.
| Reference | Title | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADM 1/7377 | Admiralty. | Tactics of New Armoured Cruisers as Affecting their Design. | 1898 |
| ADM 1/8396/356 | Court of Enquiry on Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue. | 1914 | |
| ADM 1/8463/176 | Cause of Explosion in British Warships, When Hit by Enemy Shell. | 1916 | |
| ADM 6/461 | Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist. | ||
| ADM 116/900B | War Orders, 1899-1907. | ||
| ADM 116/1464 | Defensively Armed Merchant Ships | Related to cordite handling at Jutland. | |
| ADM 116/1803 | Re-organisation of Naval Staff Divisions. | D.N.O., D.N.A. & T. | 1917-1921 |
| ADM 116/3454 | Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher. | 1914-1917 | |
| ADM 116/3381 | First Lord of the Admiralty. | Papers relating to 1913 Naval Manœuvres. | |
| ADM 137/260 | Home Fleets General Orders, July 1914. | 1914 | |
| ADM 137/266 | Grand Fleet Signal Orders. | ||
| ADM 137/293 | Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. | 1915-1918 | |
| ADM 137/818 | War Plans and War Orders, Home Fleets and Detached Squadrons. | 1913-1914 | |
| ADM 137/1645 | Conferences concerning Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet | 1916 | |
| 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 |
| ADM 137/1946 | Need ff. 128-552. | ||
| ADM 137/2018 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | 1914 | |
| ADM 137/2019 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | Jan.-June, 1915 | |
| 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 |
| ADM 137/2021 | Grand Fleet Orders and Memoranda | Jan.-June, 1916 | |
| ADM 137/2027 | Committees Formed to Consider Experience at Jutland. | Part I. Copied up to f. 285. | |
| ADM 137/2134 | Committee on Construction of Battle Cruisers. | Related to cordite handling. | |
| ADM 137/3680 | Loss of H.M.S. Vanguard. | ||
| ADM 137/3681 | Loss of H.M.S. Vanguard. | ||
| ADM 137/4052 | Grand Fleet Orders. | Copied to p. 236. | |
| ADM 137/4067 | Actions and Operations. | Intercepted German signals during the war. | |
| ADM 137/4822 | Extract of Gunnery Practices in Grand Fleet, 1914—1918. | ||
| ADM 144/17 | Home and Channel Fleets. | ||
| ADM 186/164 | List of H.M. Ships Showing their Armament, April, 1915. | ||
| ADM 186/166 | Projectile Committee: Final Report of the President. | 1917 | |
| ADM 186/167 | Shell Committee: Interim Report. | 1917 | |
| ADM 186/168 | Shell Committee: Second Interim Report. | 1918 | |
| ADM 186/169 | Shell Committee: Reports, 1917 and 1918. | 1918 | |
| ADM 186/190 | Hydraulic Manual. 13.5-inch B.L. Mountings Mark II. | ||
| ADM 186/192 | Addenda to the Hydraulic Manual. 13.5-inch B.L. Mountings Mark II,** | 1914 | |
| ADM 186/227 | The Director Firing Handbook. | C.B. 1259. | 1917 |
| ADM 186/229 | Vengeance Flash Trials, 1917 and 1918. | C.B. 1451. | 1918 |
| ADM 186/241 | Reports of the Grand Fleet Dreyer Table Committee, 1918-1919 | C.B. 1533. | 1919 |
| ADM 186/244 | Progress in Gunnery Material | 1920 | |
| ADM 186/257 | Progress in Naval Gunnery | Copied pp. 126-140 relating to Baden tests. | 1921 |
| ADM 186/611 | History of the White Sea Station 1914-1919. | ||
| ADM 186/631 | Remarks on Handling Ships and Fleet Navigational Subjects. | ||
| ADM 203/8 | In-Letters, Royal Naval College | Copied Letter N-13629, relating to Full Pay for Commanders and Captain studying. | 1900 |
| ADM 203/64 | History of the War College. | ||
| ADM 203/69 | Royal Naval War College. | ||
| ADM 203/99 | War College Roster. | ||
| ADM 203/100 | Royal Naval War College and Naval Staff College, Greenwich. | ||
| ADM 234/434 | The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. | Staff History of the Staff. | 1929 |
| SUPP 6/175 | Minutes of the Ordnance Board. | Jellicoe request on shell, either dated 28 Oct., 1910, or Minute No. 3284. | Jan.-June, 1910 |
| SUPP 6/176 | Minutes of the Ordnance Board. | Ditto. | July-Dec., 1910 |
- ADM 137/1062. Southwest Approaches, including Lusitania and Hood. The National Archives.
- ADM 167/50. Board Minutes, 1916. The National Archives.
ADM 203/64. Introduction of a course for senior officers. The National Archives.ADM 137/818. War Orders, 1914, Home Fleets and Detached Squadrons. The National Archives.ADM 6/461. Succession Book of Flag Officers and staffs of Squadrons & Commands. The National Archives.- ADM 137/293. Grand Fleet Gunnery & Torpedo Orders, 1915-1918. The National Archives.
- ADM 137/2134. Committee on Construction of Battle Cruisers. The National Archives.
- ADM 186/659. Flotilla Signal Book, 1908. The National Archives.
- BRD/20. Typewritten service history for Admiral Sir Edward Eden Bradford, 1872-1918. National Maritime Museum.
- AIR 1/279/15/226/127. Air Services - organisation and duties of the Admiralty, June 1917 - February, 1918. The National Archives.
- CAB 38/19/49. Minutes of the 114th Meeting of the C.I.D. The National Archives.
- ADM 196/611. History of the White Sea Station. The National Archives.
- ADM 186/234. Director Firing Handbook 1917, Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers.
- ADM 186/251. Technical History and Index. The National Archives.
