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| − | '''''The Technical History and Index''''', subtitled ''A Serial History of Technical Problems Dealt With By Admiralty Departments'', was a series of official publications prepared by the Technical History Section | + | '''''The Technical History and Index''''', subtitled ''A Serial History of Technical Problems Dealt With By Admiralty Departments'', was a series of official publications prepared by the Technical History Section and other departments of the Admiralty in the years following the Great War. There are incomplete sets at The National Archives, Kew,<ref>The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=8355807&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+275%2F19 ADM 275/19.]</ref> and the Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.<ref>National Maritime Museum. PBB2521.</ref> |
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| + | The uneven nature of the topics for each part is incredible. Those of "Defensive Armament of Merchant Ships" and "Fire Control in H.M. Ships" seem so expansive and weighty when set alongside "Darkening Ship" that one must wonder what bureaucratic underpinning could envisage them as chapters to be so blithely interspersed in a record of any kind. | ||
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| Submarine v. Submarine. | | Submarine v. Submarine. | ||
| − | | 1 | + | |rowspan=12 valign=center align=center|1 |
| − | | 1 | + | | 1 |
| − | | March, 1919 | + | | March, 1919 |
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| − | | Darkening Ship | + | | Darkening Ship |
| − | + | | 2 | |
| − | | 2 | + | | March, 1919 |
| − | | March, 1919 | + | |
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| − | | Naval Medical transport During the War | + | | Naval Medical transport During the War |
| − | + | | 3 | |
| − | | 3 | + | | March, 1919 |
| − | | March, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Aircraft v. Submarine | + | | Aircraft ''v.'' Submarine |
| − | + | | 4 | |
| − | | 4 | + | | March, 1919 |
| − | | March, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Height Measurement by Barometer and Thermometer | + | | Height Measurement by Barometer and Thermometer |
| − | + | | 5 | |
| − | | 5 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Instruction of the Mercantile Marine in Defensive Measures | + | | Instruction of the Mercantile Marine in Defensive Measures |
| − | + | | 6 | |
| − | | 6 | + | | April, 1919 |
| − | | April, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Anti-Submarine Division of the Naval Staff | + | | The Anti-Submarine Division of the Naval Staff |
| − | + | | 7 | |
| − | | 7 | + | | July, 1919 |
| − | | July, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Scandinavia and East [Coast?] Convoy Systems: 1917-1918 | + | | Scandinavia and East [Coast?] Convoy Systems: 1917-1918 |
| − | + | | 8 | |
| − | | 8 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Poisoning by Nitrous Gases | + | | Poisoning by Nitrous Gases |
| − | + | | 9 | |
| − | | 9 | + | | July, 1919 |
| − | | July, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Admiralty Oil-Fuel Pipe-Line from the Clyde to the North | + | | Admiralty Oil-Fuel Pipe-Line from the Clyde to the North |
| − | + | | 10 | |
| − | | 10 | + | | July, 1919 |
| − | | July, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Lethal Gases | + | | Lethal Gases |
| − | + | | 11 | |
| − | | 11 | + | | August, 1919 |
| − | | August, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Instrument Branch of the Hydrographic Department | + | | The Instrument Branch of the Hydrographic Department |
| − | + | | 12 | |
| − | | 12 | + | | August, 1919 |
| − | | August, 1919 | + | |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Defensive Armament of Merchant Ships | + | | Defensive Armament of Merchant Ships |
| − | | 2 | + | | 2 |
| − | | 13 | + | | 13 |
| − | | August, 1919 | + | | August, 1919 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Atlantic Convoy System: 1917-1918 | + | | The Atlantic Convoy System: 1917-1918 |
| − | | 2 | + | | 2 |
| − | | 14 | + | | 14 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Convoy Statistics and Diagrams | + | | Convoy Statistics and Diagrams |
| − | | 2 | + | | 2 |
| − | | 15 | + | | 15 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare | + | | The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare |
| − | | 2 | + | | 2 |
| − | | 16 | + | | 16 |
| − | | October, 1919 | + | | October, 1919 |
| − | | (Second Edition | + | | (Second Edition) |
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| − | | Escort Supplement to "The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare (2nd Edition) | + | | Escort Supplement to "The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare (2nd Edition)" |
| − | | 2 | + | | 2 |
| − | | 17 | + | | 17 |
| − | | October, 1919 | + | | October, 1919 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Evasion Supplement to "The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare (2nd Edition) | + | | Evasion Supplement to "The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare (2nd Edition)" |
| − | | 2 | + | | 2 |
| − | | 18 | + | | 18 |
| October, 1919. | | October, 1919. | ||
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Geographical work of the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, 1915-1919 | + | | The Geographical work of the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, 1915-1919 |
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| − | | 19 | + | | 19 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Development of the Gyro-Compass Prior to and During the War | + | | The Development of the Gyro-Compass Prior to and During the War |
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| − | | 20 | + | | 20 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Submarine Administration, Training and Construction | + | | Submarine Administration, Training and Construction |
| − | | 3 | + | | 3 |
| − | | 21 | + | | 21 |
| − | | October, 1921 | + | | October, 1921 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The War Work of the Hydrographic Department, 1914-1918 | + | | The War Work of the Hydrographic Department, 1914-1918 |
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| − | | 22 | + | | 22 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Fire Control in H.M. Ships | + | | Fire Control in H.M. Ships |
| − | | 3 | + | | 3 |
| − | | 23 | + | | 23 |
| − | | December, 1919 | + | | December, 1919 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Storage and Handling of Explosives in Warships | + | | Storage and Handling of Explosives in Warships |
| − | | | + | | 3 |
| − | | 24 | + | | 24 |
| − | | | + | | October, 1919 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Production of Smoke for Screens | + | | Production of Smoke for Screens |
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| − | | 25 | + | | 25 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Naval Anti-Gas Devices | + | | Naval Anti-Gas Devices |
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| − | | 26 | + | | 26 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Colour Filters | + | | Colour Filters |
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| − | | 27 | + | | 27 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Guns and Gun Mountings | + | | Guns and Gun Mountings |
| − | | 4 | + | | 4 |
| − | | 28 | + | | 28 |
| − | | March, 1920 | + | | March, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Ammunition for Naval Guns | + | | Ammunition for Naval Guns |
| − | | | + | | 4 |
| − | | 29 | + | | 29 |
| − | | | + | | May, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Control of Mercantile Movements: Part 1 | + | | Control of Mercantile Movements: Part 1 |
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| − | | 30 | + | | 30 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Control of Mercantile Movements: Part 2 | + | | Control of Mercantile Movements: Part 2 |
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| − | | 31 | + | | 31 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Control of Mercantile Movements: Plans for Use in Conjunction with Pt. 30 and Pt. 31 | + | | Control of Mercantile Movements: Plans for Use in Conjunction with Pt. 30 and Pt. 31 |
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| − | | 32 | + | | 32 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Provision of Armaments for the Auxiliary Services | + | | The Provision of Armaments for the Auxiliary Services |
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| − | | 33 | + | | 33 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships During the War | + | | Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships During the War |
| − | | 4 | + | | 4 |
| − | | 34 | + | | 34 |
| − | | May, 1920 | + | | May, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| Naval Guns used for Miscellaneous Services During the War. | | Naval Guns used for Miscellaneous Services During the War. | ||
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| − | | 35 | + | | 35 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Gunnery Training During the War | + | | Gunnery Training During the War |
| − | | 4 | + | | 4 |
| − | | 36 | + | | 36 |
| − | | May, 1920 | + | | May, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Inception and Development of the Northern Base | + | | Inception and Development of the Northern Base |
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| − | | 37 | + | | 37 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Not issued | + | | Not issued<ref>Marder. p. 389.</ref> |
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| − | | 38 | + | | 38 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Miscellaneous Convoys | + | | Miscellaneous Convoys |
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| − | | 39 | + | | 39 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December, 1916 | + | | Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December, 1916 |
| − | | | + | | 5 |
| − | | 40 | + | | 40 |
| − | | | + | | September, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | The Development of Model M.N. Eight Valve Amplifier | + | | The Development of Model M.N. Eight Valve Amplifier |
| | | | ||
| − | | 41 | + | | 41 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Supply and Distribution of Harbour and Sea-Going tugs | + | | Supply and Distribution of Harbour and Sea-Going tugs |
| − | | | + | | 5 |
| − | | 42 | + | | 42 |
| − | | | + | | December, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Admiralty Airship Sheds | + | | Admiralty Airship Sheds |
| − | | | + | | 5 |
| − | | 43 | + | | 43 |
| − | | | + | | August, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Oil Fuel Reservoir at Rosyth | + | | Oil Fuel Reservoir at Rosyth |
| | | | ||
| − | | 44 | + | | 44 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Minelaying Bases at Grangemouth, Dalmore and Glen-Albyn | + | | Minelaying Bases at Grangemouth, Dalmore and Glen-Albyn |
| − | | | + | | 6 |
| − | | 45 | + | | 45 |
| − | | | + | | September, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | War Measures Adopted Affecting Navigation and Pilotage in Home Waters | + | | War Measures Adopted Affecting Navigation and Pilotage in Home Waters |
| − | | | + | | 6 |
| − | | 46 | + | | 46 |
| − | | | + | | September, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | H.M. Dockyard Rosyth. Notes on Construction, etc., During Period of War, 1914-1919 | + | | H.M. Dockyard Rosyth. Notes on Construction, etc., During Period of War, 1914-1919 |
| − | | 6 | + | | 6 |
| − | | 47 | + | | 47 |
| − | | September, 1920 | + | | September, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Coastal Motor Boat Bases | + | | Coastal Motor Boat Bases |
| − | | 6 | + | | 6 |
| − | | 48 | + | | 48 |
| − | | | + | | September, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Technical Notes on Echo Detection | + | | Technical Notes on Echo Detection |
| − | | 6 | + | | 6 |
| − | | 49 | + | | 49 |
| − | | | + | | December, 1920 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Mobilisation of the Fleet: Demobilisation Records, 1918-1919 | + | | Mobilisation of the Fleet: Demobilisation Records, 1918-1919 |
| − | | 6 | + | | 6 |
| − | | 50 | + | | 50 |
| − | | January, 1921 | + | | January, 1921 |
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| − | | Development of the Paravane | + | | Development of the Paravane |
| − | | | + | | 6 |
| − | | 51 | + | | 51 |
| − | | | + | | July, 1921 |
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| + | ==Footnotes== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | {{refbegin}} | ||
| + | *Marder, Arthur (1972). Higham, Robert D. S.. ed. ''A Guide to the Sources of British Military History''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ISBN 0710072511. | ||
| + | {{refend}} | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Technical History and Index}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Source]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:51, 5 December 2021
The Technical History and Index, subtitled A Serial History of Technical Problems Dealt With By Admiralty Departments, was a series of official publications prepared by the Technical History Section and other departments of the Admiralty in the years following the Great War. There are incomplete sets at The National Archives, Kew,[1] and the Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.[2]
The uneven nature of the topics for each part is incredible. Those of "Defensive Armament of Merchant Ships" and "Fire Control in H.M. Ships" seem so expansive and weighty when set alongside "Darkening Ship" that one must wonder what bureaucratic underpinning could envisage them as chapters to be so blithely interspersed in a record of any kind.
| Title | Volume | Part | Published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submarine v. Submarine. | 1 | 1 | March, 1919 | |
| Darkening Ship | 2 | March, 1919 | ||
| Naval Medical transport During the War | 3 | March, 1919 | ||
| Aircraft v. Submarine | 4 | March, 1919 | ||
| Height Measurement by Barometer and Thermometer | 5 | |||
| Instruction of the Mercantile Marine in Defensive Measures | 6 | April, 1919 | ||
| The Anti-Submarine Division of the Naval Staff | 7 | July, 1919 | ||
| Scandinavia and East [Coast?] Convoy Systems: 1917-1918 | 8 | |||
| Poisoning by Nitrous Gases | 9 | July, 1919 | ||
| Admiralty Oil-Fuel Pipe-Line from the Clyde to the North | 10 | July, 1919 | ||
| Lethal Gases | 11 | August, 1919 | ||
| The Instrument Branch of the Hydrographic Department | 12 | August, 1919 | ||
| Defensive Armament of Merchant Ships | 2 | 13 | August, 1919 | |
| The Atlantic Convoy System: 1917-1918 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Convoy Statistics and Diagrams | 2 | 15 | ||
| The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare | 2 | 16 | October, 1919 | (Second Edition) |
| Escort Supplement to "The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare (2nd Edition)" | 2 | 17 | October, 1919 | |
| Evasion Supplement to "The Elements of Convoy Defence in Submarine Warfare (2nd Edition)" | 2 | 18 | October, 1919. | |
| The Geographical work of the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, 1915-1919 | 19 | |||
| The Development of the Gyro-Compass Prior to and During the War | 20 | |||
| Submarine Administration, Training and Construction | 3 | 21 | October, 1921 | |
| The War Work of the Hydrographic Department, 1914-1918 | 22 | |||
| Fire Control in H.M. Ships | 3 | 23 | December, 1919 | |
| Storage and Handling of Explosives in Warships | 3 | 24 | October, 1919 | |
| Production of Smoke for Screens | 25 | |||
| Naval Anti-Gas Devices | 26 | |||
| Colour Filters | 27 | |||
| Guns and Gun Mountings | 4 | 28 | March, 1920 | |
| Ammunition for Naval Guns | 4 | 29 | May, 1920 | |
| Control of Mercantile Movements: Part 1 | 30 | |||
| Control of Mercantile Movements: Part 2 | 31 | |||
| Control of Mercantile Movements: Plans for Use in Conjunction with Pt. 30 and Pt. 31 | 32 | |||
| The Provision of Armaments for the Auxiliary Services | 33 | |||
| Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships During the War | 4 | 34 | May, 1920 | |
| Naval Guns used for Miscellaneous Services During the War. | 35 | |||
| Gunnery Training During the War | 4 | 36 | May, 1920 | |
| Inception and Development of the Northern Base | 37 | |||
| Not issued[3] | 38 | |||
| Miscellaneous Convoys | 39 | |||
| Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December, 1916 | 5 | 40 | September, 1920 | |
| The Development of Model M.N. Eight Valve Amplifier | 41 | |||
| Supply and Distribution of Harbour and Sea-Going tugs | 5 | 42 | December, 1920 | |
| Admiralty Airship Sheds | 5 | 43 | August, 1920 | |
| Oil Fuel Reservoir at Rosyth | 44 | |||
| Minelaying Bases at Grangemouth, Dalmore and Glen-Albyn | 6 | 45 | September, 1920 | |
| War Measures Adopted Affecting Navigation and Pilotage in Home Waters | 6 | 46 | September, 1920 | |
| H.M. Dockyard Rosyth. Notes on Construction, etc., During Period of War, 1914-1919 | 6 | 47 | September, 1920 | |
| Coastal Motor Boat Bases | 6 | 48 | September, 1920 | |
| Technical Notes on Echo Detection | 6 | 49 | December, 1920 | |
| Mobilisation of the Fleet: Demobilisation Records, 1918-1919 | 6 | 50 | January, 1921 | |
| Development of the Paravane | 6 | 51 | July, 1921 |
Footnotes
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
- ↑ National Maritime Museum. PBB2521.
- ↑ Marder. p. 389.
Bibliography
- Marder, Arthur (1972). Higham, Robert D. S.. ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ISBN 0710072511.
