London Marathon this Sunday

Cutty Sark will be closed on Sunday 27 April until 2pm due to the London Marathon. All other sites are open to visitors and spectators as normal, but please check road closures before you travel and allow extra time as the area will be busy. Parking at the National Maritime Museum is unavailable all day.

Correspondence with Admiral Curt von Prittwitz, 1904.

Correspondence between Noel on the battleship HMS GLORY (1888) at Weihaiwei, and Admiral Curt von Prittwitz, commander of the German cruiser squadron at Chefoo, dated 4-12 August 1904 (with envelope). The letters discuss a misunderstanding in communications between the battleship HMS OCEAN (1898) and the German light cruiser THETIS (1900) off the Shantung Promontory on 2 August 1904. A typescript explanation of the event (in German with English translation) is included.

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Item reference:	NOE/52/2/2
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	5 sheets; 1 envelope
Date made:	1881; 1892 1893 1896 1902 1904 1904-1906
Creator:	von Prittwitz und Gaffron, Curt Otto Bernhard
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Noel, Sir Gerard Henry Uctred, Admiral of the Fleet, 1845-1918. (Manuscript) (NOE)
- Correspondence, 1881-1915. (Manuscript) (NOE/52)
  - Correspondence relating to the China Station, 1904-1906. (Manuscript) (NOE/52/2)

London Marathon this Sunday

Correspondence with Admiral Curt von Prittwitz, 1904.

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