China Station telegrams, 1904-1906.

China Station telegrams:
(1) Sheaf of typescript sheets with copies of telegrams sent between the Admiralty and Commander-in-Chief, mainly concerning the withdrawal of ships from the China Station and reactions to the Russo-Japanese War, dated between 25 October 1904 and 11 March 1906 (with envelope).
(2) Typescript sheet with copies of seven telegrams concerning the closure of Weihaiwei to belligerents, 6 to 18 July 1904.
(3) Telegram warning about the possibility of an attack by the Russian Fleet, dated 21 April 1905.
(4) Telegram from the First Lord of the Admiralty stating that the order recalling the battleship HMS GLORY (1899) must be carried out, with a handwritten copy of Noel’s previous signal, dated 17 and 20 June 1905.
(5) Copies of an exchange of telegrams between Noel and the British minister in Tokyo, 8 and 9 September 1905.
(6) Typescript sheet with copies of an exchange of telegrams with Admiral Togo about the explosion on the Japanese battleship MIKASA (1900) at Sasebo, 12 to 14 September 1905.

Record Details

Item reference: NOE/51/4/2
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 20 sheets; 1 envelope
Date made: 1881; 1892 1893 1896 1902 1904-1906
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London