Papers relating to the bombardment of Gallipoli, Yeni Keui and Examile, 2 July 1915.
Memoranda, reports and signals relating to the bombardment of Gallipoli, Yeni Keui and Examile by the battleship HMS VENERABLE (1899) and the cruiser HMS CHATHAM (1911) in the Gulf of Xeros on 2 July 1915. The spotting was carried out by 3 Kite Balloon Section, Royal Naval Air Service, operating from the requisitioned auxiliary HMS HECTOR (1895). Included are a fall of shot chart for the town of Gallipoli, some pages from a sketchpad and an ink drawing of Suvla Bay.
Record Details
| Item reference: | BUC/3/1; REG12/000300.19 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder containing 48 sheets |
| Date made: | 1904-1907; 1904-1933 1915-06-28 - 1915-07-09 1915-07-13 - 1915-07-16 1915 1915-1931 1918-1931 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Papers relating to the bombardment of Gallipoli, Yeni Keui and Examile, 2 July 1915. (Manuscript) (BUC/3/1)
- Papers relating to the bombardment of Gallipoli, Yeni Keui and Examile, 16 July 1915. (Manuscript) (BUC/3/2)
- Papers relating to the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of Forth, 21-22 November 1918. (Manuscript) (BUC/3/3)
- Naval signals relating to events at Sevastopol, April 1919. (Manuscript) (BUC/3/4)
- Papers relating to demonstrations against British rule in Cyprus, October-November 1931. (Manuscript) (BUC/3/5)
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