Newspaper clippings covering the 1919 Baltic Campaign.
Book of newspaper clippings following the Coastal Motor Boats in the Baltic Battle. Includes a small newspaper clipping stating that Sub-Lieutenant Giddy who has first been thought to have been killed in action was actually now confirmed prisoner of the Bolsheviks - Surrey advertiser, dated 6 September 1919. Also includes aerial photograph of Bolshevik ships in Kronstadt Harbour the day before the Coastal Motor Boat raid.
Administrative / biographical background
The British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919 was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was "Operation Red Trek". The intervention played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and Latvia but failed to secure the control of Petrograd by White Russian forces, which was one of the main goals of the campaign.
Administrative / biographical background
The British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919 was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was "Operation Red Trek". The intervention played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and Latvia but failed to secure the control of Petrograd by White Russian forces, which was one of the main goals of the campaign.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADL/Z/48/12 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1916 -; 1916 - 1920 1919 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Record of Coastal Force Action during World War Two. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/1)
- Composition of Flotilla's both home and abroad. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/2)
- Summary of different naval actions including hand written notes on the attack on Kronstadt Harbour; E - Boat raids and summary of actions fought by Motor Gun Boats. Includes reference to (MGB) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/3)
- Record of the Defence of Hong Kong and the relationship with the US Navy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/4)
- Record of Anti-Gas Organisation. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/5)
- Lecture timetable and lecture notes on Coastal Force. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/6)
- History on Coastal Forces. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/7)
- Notes on Coastal Motor Boas with pamphlet. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/8)
- Manuscript titled 'Normandy, 1944 by Lieutenant Commander Peter Scott.' (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/9)
- Letter and notes on Lieutenant Commander Robert Peverell Hichens book. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/10)
- Miscellaneous: Booklets, photographs and Newspapers and notes. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/11)
- Newspaper clippings covering the 1919 Baltic Campaign. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48/12)
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