Uncatalogued: Wireless Messages concerning German Fleet Surrender during First World War transmitted by John William Raker.

Wireless messages between Admiral Beatty, Commander and Chief Grand Fleet and Admiral Meurer Commander and Chief German High Seas Fleet during the November 1918 Armstice. Rosyth Shore Station transmitting for Admiral Beatty (Great Britain). Wilhelsmhaven Shore Station transmitting for Admiral Meurer (Germany). Hand written, dated, log of messages transmitted in November 1918.

Administrative / biographical background
Hugo Meurer (28 May 1869–4 January 1960) was a Vice-Admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy). Meurer was the German naval officer who handled the negotiations of the surrender of the German fleet in November 1918 at the end of World War I.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/93/026; MSS/93/026.0
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1918-01-01 - ?; 1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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