User:Simon Harley

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

Reference	Title	Description	Date
ADM 1/7377	Admiralty.	Tactics of New Armoured Cruisers as Affecting their Design.	1898
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 137/818	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 137/2027	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 137/4052	Grand Fleet Orders.	Copied to p. 236.
ADM 137/4067	Actions and Operations.	Intercepted German signals during the war.
ADM 144/17	Home and Channel Fleets.
ADM 186/611	History of the White Sea Station 1914-1919.
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 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.

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