Reports by Pakenham as naval attaché in Japan, April 1904 to June 1904.

Copies of typescript reports sent by Pakenham to Colonel Sir Claude M. MacDonald, British ambassador to Japan, between April 1904 and June 1904, covering:

(1) Notes from a visit to the Japanese naval establishment at Kure, 2 April 1904.
(2) Operations of the Japanese Fleet off Port Arthur on 12 and 13 April 1904.
(3) Report on the bombardment of Port Arthur on 16 April 1904.
(4) Miscellaneous naval subjects.
(5) Further remarks on the bombardment of Port Arthur by the KASUGA and NISSHIN on 15 April 1904.
(6) Narrative of naval co-operation with the transport and landing of the Japanese Second Army between 1 and 7 May 1904.
(7) Japanese change of front and blockade of Port Arthur.
(8) Japanese naval losses.
(9) Battleship, small craft and underwater attack.
(10) Utilisation of secondary ships.
(11) Narrative of the naval proceedings from the landing of the Japanese Second Army to the capture of Kin-chow.
(12) The future of the Russian Fleet in Port Arthur.
(13) Naval proceedings from the capture of Kin-chow to 15 June 1904.
(14) The breakout attempt by the Russian squadron on 23 June 1904.
(15) Admiral Makaroff.

Record Details

Item reference: PKM/2/1/1-15
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1904
Creator: Pakenham, William Christopher
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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