REFERENCE DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
- OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY DOCUMENTS -
Updated 26-Jan-2008
In this section of the site you will find transcriptions of various Admiralty documents related to the Dreadnought Era, 1904-1945. The original documents are held at The National Archives, Kew, London, except where otherwise noted. The records are Crown Copyright and reproduced here due to copyright waiver or otherwise by kind permission of The National Archives. Help in transcribing these documents or converting transcriptions to html is always welcomed. If you are interested in helping with either of these processes please contact us.
ADM 1 (Admiralty & Secretarial Papers)
ADM 1/8397/365 – Warship Design, 1914–1922
ADM 1/8586/70 – Final Report of the Post-War Questions Committee (1920)
ADM 1/9387 – Capital Ships: Protection (1935)
ADM 1/9421 – Main Characteristics of 1937 Capital Ship (1933 & 1935)
ADM 1/10139 – Battleship and Battle Cruiser strength (1939)
ADM 186 (Admiralty Publications)
ADM 186/251 – Progress in Naval Gunnery (1921)
ADM 186/259 – Progress in Gunnery Material, 1922 & 1923
ADM 186/339 – Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914–1936
ADM 186/349 – Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1938 Edition
ADM 199 (War History Cases & Papers)
ADM 199/391 – Force "H" War Diaries
ADM 213 (Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison: Reports)
ADM 213/378 – Tests of German Armour
ADM 239 (Confidential Reference Books, CB Series)
ADM 239/137 – Progress in Gunnery Material (1939)
ADM 239/261 – The Fighting Instructions (1939 Royal Navy guide for conducting naval operations)
ADM 239/268 – C.B.04039, Armour Protection (1939)
ADM 267 (Damage Reports and Files, Torpedoes and Mines)
ADM 267/111 – Prince of Wales (includes extracts of narrative of operations against "Bismarck")
CAB Series (Cabinet Office)
CAB 16/147 – Capital Ships: Vulnerability to Air Attack (1936)
CAFO (Confidential Admiralty Fleet Orders)
1941 CAFO 290 – Non-Chalking Matt Paints (Feb. 1941)
1941 CAFO 302 – Camouflage of H.M. Ships (Feb. 1941)
1941 CAFO 889 – Anti-fouling Compositions Supplied by The British Anti-fouling Composition Co., Ltd. (Feb. 1941)