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Date: 20.04.2017 T N A _____ U.K. NATIONAL ARCHIVES (formerly known as the "PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE") NATIONAL ARCHIVES NATIONAL ARCHIVES Chancery Lane Ruskin Avenue London WC2A 1LR Kew Tel.(01)405 0741 Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU Tel.(01)876 3444 LIST OF FILES AT THE U.K. NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THE FORMER 'PRO' (PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE) FOR WHICH SOME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE (IN MOST CASES JUST THE RECORD-TITLE) OR FROM WHICH COPIES WERE ALREADY OBTAINED. FILES LISTED REFER MAINLY TO DOCUMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE USEFUL TO A PERSON INTERESTED IN GERMAN WARSHIPS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND RELATED SUBJECTS. THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. RECORDS LISTED MAY BE SEEN ONLY AT THE NA, KEW. THERE ARE LEAFLETS (IN THE LOBBY AT KEW) ON MANY OF THE MOST POPULAR SUBJECTS OF STUDY. THESE COULD BE CHECKED ALSO TO SEE WHICH CLASSES OF RECORDS ARE LIKELY TO BE USEFUL. * = Please check the separate enclosure for more information on this record. Checks by 81 done solely with regard for attacks of escort vessels on Uboats. GROUP LIST ADM - ADMIRALTY ADM 1: Admiralty, papers of secretariat, operational records 7: Miscellaneous 41: Hired armed vessels, ships' muster books 51: HM surface ship's logs, till ADM54 inclusive 91: Ships and vessels 92: Signalling 93: Telecommunications & radio 116: Admiralty, papers of secretariat, operational records 136: Ship's books 137: Historical section 138: Ships' Covers Series I (transferred to NMM, Greenwhich) 173: HM submarine logs 177: Navy list, confidential edition 178: Sensitive Admiralty papers (mainly court martials) 179: Portsmouth station reports (including operations in the Channel) 182: Admiralty fleet orders & confidential fleet orders 186: Admiralty publications 187: ('Pink') Lists with stations and movements of Allied and RN ships 189: Torpedo & anti-submarine school (HMS VERNON) papers 195: Civil engineer-in-chief's dockyard photographs 199: War history cases, operational records 1 204: Admiralty research laboratory reports 205: First Sea Lord's reports 206: RN Scientific Service Journals 1945-1970 207: Operations record books FAA squadrons 212: Experiments, Admiralty research laboratories 213: Admiralty centre for scientific information and liaison 214: Civil Engineer-in-Chief: papers 217: Station records, Western Approaches Command (Liverpool) - to chk from ADM217/383 onwards 218: Admiralty Scientific Research and Experiment Department 219: Directorate of naval operational studies - to chk from ADM219/148 220: Admiralty surface weapon tests 223: Admiralty intelligence, O.I.C., N.I.D. 226: Admiralty experiments 227: Admiralty engineering & electrical tests 228: British naval commander-in-chief, Germany 1940-1949 229: Director of naval construction's papers 231: Naval intelligence papers 234: OU & BR series of publications, naval staff monographs, battle summaries 237: Convoys 239: Admiralty reference books, CB series 247: Admiralty chemical advisory panel 257: Admiralty Naval Ordnance Inspection Department 263: Admiralty Gunnery Establishment 280: Amiralty and MoD Underwater Explosion Research Establishment 281: Admiralty Naval Construction Department 283: Admiralty Department of Scientific Research and Experiment 290: Admiralty, Royal Navy Torpedo Factory and Torpedo Experimental Establishment 292: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department AIR - AIR MINISTRY AIR 2: Miscellaneous papers - RAF (correspondence) 4: Aircrew's flying log books 8: Chief of air staff papers 9: Directorate of plans 10: Air publications 14: Bomber command, HQ-papers 15: Coastal command, HQ-papers 16: Fighter command, HQ-papers 18: Judge Advocate General's Office, RAF. Mainly court martial proceedings 20: Miscellaneous - unregistered papers 22: Operational summaries, including intelligence summaries 24: Operations record books - commands 25: Operations record books - groups 26: Operations record books - wings 27: Operations record books - squadrons, including FAA 28: Operations record books - stations 29: Operations record books - miscellaneous units 34: Central interpretation unit 36: Air component of N.W.Expeditionary Force (Norway) 1940 40: Directorate of intelligence - RAF 41: Air historical branch - monographs, narratives 42: Combined operations planning committee (USAAF + RAF) 45: RAF Delegation, Washington, Joint Staff Mission 47: Operation Torch 48: US-SBS reports 50: Combat reports Coastal Command, including FAA 52: Office of Scientific Research and Development, US National Defence Research Committee 2 55: Air Ministry, British Air Forces of Occupation AVIA - ROYAL RADAR ESTABLISHMENT AVIA 7: Telecommunications research establishment papers (TRE) 26: Reports + memos BT - BOARD of TRADE BT 211: Board of Trade, German Division, Allied Control Authorities CAB - CABINET MEETINGS CAB 44: Historical section - official war history 62: International committee - non-intervention in Spain 1936 - 1945 65: War cabinet minutes 1939 - 1945 66: War cabinet memoranda, till CAB68 inclusive 69: War cabinet defence committee (operations) 1940 -1945 78: War cabinet committees - miscellaneous 79: War cabinet chief of staffs committee 80: War cabinet chief of staffs memoranda 81: War cabinet chief of staffs sub-committee 82: War cabinet deputy chiefs 86: War cabinet committees on battle of the Atlantic & anti-uboat war 90: War cabinet scientific advisory committee 97: War cabinet scientific advisory committee (?) 98: War cabinet miscellaneous 100: War cabinet - daily situation reports 101: Official war history 106: Historical collection (see also foreign document section, IWM) 140: Official historians correspondence 1942 - 1975 146: Enemy documents section CN 1 Photographs extracted from ADM-documents, separately referenced CN 5 Photographs extracted from AIR-series documents DEFE - RECORDS of the MINISTRY of DEFENCE DEFE 3: Admiralty, Operational Intelligence from enemy radio messages 1939 - 1945 FO - FOREIGN OFFICE FO 188: Embassy archives Sweden FO 371: Political Departments, general correspondence 1906-1966 FO 688: Embassy archives Poland FO 1038: Control Office for Germany, Control Commission for Germany, Military Division Files FO 1062: Control Office for Germany, Control Commission for Germany, Disarmament Branch HO - HOME OFFICE HO 191: Ministry of home security: research and experiments department, unregistered papers HO 192: Ministry of home security: research and experiments department 3 HW - RECORDS CREATED/INHERITED by GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS (GCHQ) HW 1: GCCS: signals intelligence passed to the prime minister HW 2: Cheadle war diaries (Cheadle=RAF station) HW 3: Personal papers HW 4: Far east HW 5: GCCS, German section (reports of German army & air force machine decrypts) HW 7: Room 40, WWI official histories HW 8: GCCS naval section: reports, working aids, correspondence - chk HW 9: Government communication HQ HW 10: Glossary of terms HW 11: GCCS: WWII official histories HW 12: Diplomatic section and predecessors HW 13: WWII intelligence summaries, based on SIGINT HW 14: Directorate: 2nd WW policy papers HW 15: Communication HQ: VENONA project HW 16: German police section HW 17: decrypts of communist intelligence messages (committee) HW 18: GCCS naval section: reports of German and other naval decrypts HW 19: GCCS: decrypts of German Secret Service (Abwehr) messages HW 20: GCCS: tactical SIGINT forwarded to Allied commando's, summaries HW 21: GCCS: air section MFQ - Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various dept. of the TNA MFQ 1: Maps and plans extracted from (amongst others) the ADM-series of doc's. WO - WAR OFFICE WO 205: 21 Army Group WO 219: Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force WO 223: Staff College Camberley, course notes WO 252: Admiralty, Inter-Service Topographical Department; MoD, Joint Intelligence Bureau Library WO 267: British Army of the Rhine, quarterly historical reports WO 281: Royal Engineer units from 1951 WO 291: V1, V2 WO 297: Maps WW2 4 A D M 1 Admiralty, papers of secretariat, operational records The ADM1 catalogue has been checked for promising records (by looking at their title that is), series I completely, and series II, binder 1 (1-31): 1st 3rd (→5: Admiralty) →nothing of interest Some section headings 3 action with enemy 83 engagements 10 economic warfare 84 coast guard 11 armaments 85 honours and awards 27 convoys 86 royalty 29 boards of inquiry 87 salvage 30 foreign ships lost + damaged 88 ceremonial 31 HM ships lost + damaged 89 tolls and taxes 52 foreign countries 90 aviation 57 hydrography 91 ships + vessels 81 machinery, electrics, refueling 92 signalling 82 stategy and tactics 93 telecommunication + radio ADM1/09728 submarine construction programme, 1930-1938 ADM1/09759 GRAF SPEE, action off river Plate ADM1/09777 Checked not copied submarine intelligence summaries No 3 - 6, covering the period 31/10 - 8/12/39. Each report, of approx. 4 pages, covers the positions of the own forces in Home Waters, Enemy Surface ships, Enemy merchant and raiders ships, Enemy Submarines, Enemy Minelaying, Enemy A/S forces and Neutrals, and Navigational information. This report is of no help re. the loss of HMS Gipsy on 21/11/1939 (destroyer sailed on mine in Chatham approaches). ADM1/09977 German surface raiders - need for care in signalling ADM1/09986 importance of ability to save sunken German submarine, disposal of salvage vessel ZEBO, ref.: NID 01403/1939 ADM1/10075 asdic operations report by R Adm S/M, ref.: ADM912/1939 ADM1/10094 submarine salvage & rescue equipment & methods, report by foreign naval authorities, 1930-1939 ADM1/10140 Checked not copied German submarine