A paper entitled "What is the function of the Fleet" given by Tristan Dannreuther to the Hong Kong United Service Institution on 5 Feb 1909.

ID:	DAN/128
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Dannreuther, Tristan
Date made:	1909-02-05-1909-02-05
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	Dannreuther, Tristan, Captain, 1872-1963. (Manuscript) The Army & Navy Pocket Diary & Almanac for 1887 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/1) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1888 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/2) Army & Navy Octavo scribbling diary for 1888 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. Also a printed examination paper for junior officers afloat dated June 1889. (Manuscript) (DAN/3) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1889 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/4) Letts colonial rough diary for 1890 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/5) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1891 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/6) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1892 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/7) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1893 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/8) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1894 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/9) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1895 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/10) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1896 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/11) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1897 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/12) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1897 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/13) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1899 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/14) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1900 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/15) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1901 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/16) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1902 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/17) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1903 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/18) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1904 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/19) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1905 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/20) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1906 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/21) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1907 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/22) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1908 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/23) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1909 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/24) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1910 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/25) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1911 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/26) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1912 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/27) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1913 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/28) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1914 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/29) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1915 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/30) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1916 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/31) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1917 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/32) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1918 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/33) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1919 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/34) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1920 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/35) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1921 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/36) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1922 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/37) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1923 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/38) Army & Navy Octavo diary for 1924 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/39) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1925 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/40) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1926 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/41) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1927 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/42) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1928 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/43) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1929 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/44) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1930 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/45) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1931 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/46) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1932 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/47) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1933 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/48) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1934 (including some hand-written loose pages) belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/49) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1935 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/50) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1936 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/51) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1937 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/52) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1938 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther1963 (Manuscript) (DAN/53) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1939 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/54) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1940 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/55) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1941 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/56) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1942 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/57) Letts quick reference rough diary 1944 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/58) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1945 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/59) Letts diary 1947 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/60) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1948 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/61) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1949 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/62) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1950 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (Manuscript) (DAN/63) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1951 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/64) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1952 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/65) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1953 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/66) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1954 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/67) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1955 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/68) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1956 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/69) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1957 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/70) T. J. & J. Smith Datada diary 1958 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther (including some hand-written loose pages). (Manuscript) (DAN/71) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother while serving in HMS BRITANNIA 1885 - 1886. Also a letter from Hubert Dannreuther to his Mother, undated but sent while a cadet in HMS BRITTANIA. Various ephemera relating to sports days in HMS BRITANNIA in 1886. (Manuscript) (DAN/72) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother, while serving on HMS GARNET, 11 January 1886 - 30 Oct 1890, East Indies Station. Also various pencil drawings of Zanzibar from September - Oct 1888 and a chart of Zanzibar and Pemba and an article relating to the cruise of HMS GARNET from Zanzibar to Bombay, 2 - 27 January 1889. (Manuscript) (DAN/73) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother while serving in HMS TYNE, 1890 and HMS INFLEXIBLE, 1891, Mediterranean Station (mainly in Greek and Turkish waters). (Manuscript) (DAN/74) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother sent while on his Sub-Lieutenants Course 1892 and while on manoeuvres in HMS IRIS 1892. (Manuscript) (DAN/75) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother while serving in HMS FOXHOUND 1893 - 1894, based at Holyhead. (Manuscript) (DAN/76) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother while serving in HMS FIREFLY (passage to Malta, 1894) and HMS MELITA 1895 - 1897, Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (DAN/77) Letters and postcards from Tristan to his mother Dannreuther sent while serving in HMS LEANDNER 1897 - 1900, Pacific Station (West Coast and North and South America). (Manuscript) (DAN/78) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother sent while serving in HMS ARIADNE, 1901, Channel, HMS HOOD, 1902, Mediterranean (invalided home to Portsmouth) and from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1903. (Manuscript) (DAN/79) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother sent while serving in HMS LEVIATHAN 1903-04, China Station (during Russo-Japanese War). (Manuscript) (DAN/80) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother sent while serving in HMS BACCHANTE, 1905, Mediterranean and Home Fleet, HMS ROXBOROUGH, 1905, and HMS VINDICTIVE, 1906, Home Fleet. (Manuscript) (DAN/81) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother sent while serving in HMS AMPHITRITE for the passage to China in 1907 and HMS KENT, 1907 - 1909, China Station. (Manuscript) (DAN/82) Letters from Tristan Dannreuther to his mother sent while serving in HMS MARS, 1914 - 1915, Home Fleet, HMS KINFAUNS CASTLE, 1915 and HMS PATUCA, 1916 - 1919, 10th Cruiser Squadron. (Manuscript) (DAN/83) A copy of the log belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS GARNET from 1 - 21 September 1887. (Manuscript) (DAN/84) An illustrated log of HMS GARNET, East Indies Station, compiled by Tristan Dannreuther between 23 August 1887-6 July 1889 while a midshipman. (Manuscript) (DAN/85) An illustrated log of HMS GARNET, East Indies Station compiled by Tristan Dannreuther between 1 July 1889-31 May 1980 while a midshipman. (Manuscript) (DAN/86) Log and journal relating to HMS GARNET, 1 May - 31 Oct 1890 East Indies to Malta, HMS TYNE, 7 - 22 November 1890 Malta to Portsmouth, HMS TAMAR 10 - 18 Feb 1891 Portsmouth to Malta, HMS COLLINGWOOD 19 Feb - 9 March 1891, HMS HUMBER 10 - 13 March 1891 Malta to Athens and HMS INFLEXIBLE 14 mar-13 November 1891 Mediterranean Station. (Manuscript) (DAN/87) Log and journal belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS FOXHOUND, West Coast of England Station (1893 - 1904). (Manuscript) (DAN/88) HMS LEVIATHAN, China Station (1 April 1904 - 24 January 1905); HMS BACCHANTE, Mediterranean and Chatham Reserve Squadron (25 January - 14 Aug 1905); HMS ROXBURGH, Chatham Reserve Squadron and First cruiser squadron, Channel Fleet (19 August - 22 November 1905); and HMS VINDICTIVE, Chatham Reserve Squadron and Manoeuvres (20 Feb-30 September 1906). (Manuscript) (DAN/89) HMS VINDICTIVE, Sheerness Reserve Division 10 Oct - 5 November 1906; HMS ABOUKIR, Chatham Reserve Division 6 - 30 November 1906; HMS LEVIATHAN Sheerness Reserve Division and Chatham Reserve Division 1 Dec 1906 - 4 April 1907; HMS AMPHRITITE, Devonport Division, Home Fleet 9 April - 11 November 1907 and HMS KENT, China station, 12 Nov-31 Oct 1909. (Manuscript) (DAN/90) HMS KENT, China and East Indies Stations 12 November - 31 Oct 1909; HMS NIOBE, East Indies Station and Fourth Division, Home Fleet on Trooping Service 14 Dec 1909 - 25 January 1910; HMS BLANCHE 18 August - 2 September 1910; HMS EURYALUS, Dockyard trials 10 - 19 Oct 1910, HMS CANOPUS, Chatham 14 - 21 November 1910;and HMS INTREPED, Mine-laying Sub-division, 17 January 1911-31 Oct 1912. (Manuscript) (DAN/91) HMS INTREPID, 1 November 1912 - 17 January 1913, Minelayer Squadron, HMS MARS, 7th Battle Squadron, Humber Battle Squadron and Detached Service, 1 Jul 1914 - 22 Feb 1915, HMS KINSFAUNS CASTLE, Cape Station 1 June 1915 - Aug 1915, HMS PATUCA Northern Patrol 29 August 1915-July 1917. Also a handwritten record of service and a seniority list for HMS PATUCA dated 6 May 1918. (Manuscript) (DAN/92) Volume of watch, station, quarter and fire bills from the HMS GARNET 1889 belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/93) Night order book belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS INTREPID 31 March 1911 - 24 Oct 1912 including night orders for HMS KINFAUNS CASTLE 9 June - 22 August 1915 and for HMS PATCH 29 Aug-26 May 1916. (Manuscript) (DAN/94) Night order book belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS MARS 14 July 1914-31 Dec 1914. (Manuscript) (DAN/95) Night order book belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS MARS 1 January -20 Feb 1915. (Manuscript) (DAN/96) Night order book belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS PATUCA 26 May 1916-7 Dec 1917. (Manuscript) (DAN/97) Night order book belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to HMS PATUCA 29 Dec 1917-4 November 1918. (Manuscript) (DAN/98) Navigational sketch and note book belonging to Tristan Dannreuther from c. 1882 - 1895 with inserts. (Manuscript) (DAN/99) A notebook entitled "navigating officers workbook" belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to the HMS MELITA from 1895 - 1896. (Manuscript) (DAN/100) A notebook entitled "station bill" belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to the HMS MELITA from 1895 - 1896. (Manuscript) (DAN/101) A pocket notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and relating to seamanship, undated. (Manuscript) (DAN/102) A notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther entitled "Statistics Part I" from c. 1890. (Manuscript) (DAN/103) A notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and entitled "Dynamics Part II" and "Examples in Dynamics Chapters I to VI" from c. 1890. (Manuscript) (DAN/104) A notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther entitled "Examples in Statistics Chapters I to VI", "Miscellaneous Papers connected with Mechanics" and " Hydrostatics Part III" from c. 1890. (Manuscript) (DAN/105) A notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther entitled "passing sights" used during Tristan Dannreuther's period aboard HMS INFLEXIBLE dated 18 May-25 September 1891. (Manuscript) (DAN/106) A notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther headed "Seamanship Notebook" from c. 1891 containing hand written notes about HMS INFLEXIBLE and also concerning theoretical navigation. (Manuscript) (DAN/107) A notebook belonging to Tristan Dannreuther headed "Pilotage and Seamanship Notebook" from c. 1891 containing hand written notes and 2 loose charts. (Manuscript) (DAN/108) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS FOXHOUND (24 March 1893 - 20 August 1894) and HMS MELITA (7 Dec 1894-19 March 1895). (Manuscript) (DAN/109) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS FIREFLY (3 - 21 Oct 1894) and HMS MELITA (21 March 1895-12 Dec 1896). (Manuscript) (DAN/110) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS LEANDER (12 June 1897-13 Feb 1898). (Manuscript) (DAN/111) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS LEANDER (19 Feb 1898-8 March 1899). (Manuscript) (DAN/112) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS LEANDER (9 March 1899-14 June 1900). (Manuscript) (DAN/113) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS LEANDER (15 June - 20 Dec 1900) and for HMS ABOUKIR (29 Apr-23 July 1901). (Manuscript) (DAN/114) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS ADRIADNE (25 Jul - 10 August 1901), for HMS HOOD (31 Dec 1901 - 1 May 1902) and for HMS LEVIATHAN (6 July 1903-16 March 1904). (Manuscript) (DAN/115) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at 8 am or 8pm for HMS LEVIATHAN (9 July 1903-7 September 1904). (Manuscript) (DAN/116) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS LEVIATHAN (17 March 1904 - 2 January 1905) and HMS BACCHANTE (28 January-12 July 1905). (Manuscript) (DAN/117) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at 8 am or 8pm for HMS LEVIATHAN (8 September 1904 - 21 January 1905) and HMS ROXBURGH (14 May-2 November 1905). (Manuscript) (DAN/118) Navigating Officer's Report of Position of Ship at Noon for HMS BACCHANTE (13 and 15 July 1905) and HMS ROXBURGH (21 August -13 November 1905). (Manuscript) (DAN/119) A navigation workbook from Tristan Dannreuther's time aboard HMS LEVIATHAN from the China Station to the Mediterranean, 7 July 1904 - 20 January 1905 and on HMS BACCHANTE from Malta to Plymouth, 28 January-3 February 1905. Also a letter of recommendation from the captain of HMS LEVIATHAN to the Commander in Chief of the China Station dated 1 April 1904 in relation to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/120) Papers on Oceanography read by Tristan Dannreuther before the Natural History Society of British Columbia on 4 Dec 1899 and before the Malta Archaeological and Scientific Society on 25 March 1902. (Manuscript) (DAN/121) A Royal United Service Institute Naval Essay 1901 prepared by Tristan Dannreuther entitled "What should be the disposition of the material and personnel of the British Navy in time of peace and how can the peace strength be most rapidly expanded to war strength?" (Manuscript) (DAN/122) A paper entitled "Lecture No 7" relating to war policy, deployment and naval training, delivered by Tristan Dannreuther to the officers of the British Mediterranean Fleet at Admiralty House in Malta on 24 may 1902. (Manuscript) (DAN/123) Essays written by Tristan Dannreuther 1899 - 1902 while a lieutenant on HMS LEANDER, HMS HOOD and HMS ARIADNE relating to compass lights, wireless telegraphy, smoke at sea, maritime bases, deviations and blockades. (Manuscript) (DAN/124) Essay written by Tristan Dannreuther while serving on HMS LEVIATHAN in Hong Kong, dated 21 Dec 1903 entitled "liquid fuel". (Manuscript) (DAN/125) A paper by Tristan Dannreuther printed by the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty dated November 1902, Intelligence Department pamphlet No. 681, entitled 'The Tactical Organisation of a Large Fleet.' (Manuscript) (DAN/126) A copy of the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume XLVI dated 15 September 1902 (No 295), which contains an article by Tristan Dannreuther entitled "What should be the disposition of the material and personnel of the British navy in time of peace, and how can the peace strength be most rapidly expanded to war strength?" (Manuscript) (DAN/127) A paper entitled "What is the function of the Fleet" given by Tristan Dannreuther to the Hong Kong United Service Institution on 5 Feb 1909. (Manuscript) (DAN/128) Printed and typed copies of a lecture entitled "What is the function of the Fleet? Read by Tristan Dannreuther to the Hong Kong United service Institution on 5 Feb 1909 together with a synopsis of the lecture. (Manuscript) (DAN/129) An essay by Tristan Dannreuther entitled "The tactical organisation of a large fleet" with remarks by Captain A Moggridge, HMS HERMIONE, dated 18 June 1902 together with related correspondence from 1902. (Manuscript) (DAN/130) A typed essay by Tristan Dannreuther entitled "The functions of the fleet" from c. 1912. (Manuscript) (DAN/131) Essay 'How can the Colonies best help in the Naval Defence of the British Empire', 1910. (Manuscript) (DAN/132) A lecture entitled " the theory and practice of submarine mining as practised by His Majesty's Ships, period 1 April 1907 - 1 April 1910" delivered by Tristan Dannreuther at the School of Military Engineering, Royal Engineering Institute, Chatham on 28 March 1912. Also lantern slide prompt cards and negatives together with related correspondence 7 Dec 1911 - 1 April 1912. (Manuscript) (DAN/133) Essay 'The Defence of India', 1913. (Manuscript) (DAN/134) Typed notes of a lecture believed to be written by Tristan Dannreuther in relation to the Spanish American War. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/135) A typed lecture believed to be written by Tristan Dannreuther relating to "Chemical warfare and the possibilities of its use at sea" from c. 1925. (Manuscript) (DAN/136) Copes of a typed article concerning Tristan Dannreuther's service on HMS Garnet together with related correspondence from 1930- 1931. (Manuscript) (DAN/137) A printed article about victualling on HMS GARNET in 1889 by Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/138) An undated letter dated from Vice Admiral Sir Aubrey Mansergh, editor of the Naval review, to Captain Tristan Dannreuther enclosing various articles written by Tristan and rejected for publication by the Naval Review. (Manuscript) (DAN/139) Christmas Party in Constantinople' relating to Christmas 1896. (Manuscript) (DAN/140) Nineteenth century Naval Discipline. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/141) Story of an Insignificant Yacht Race relating to an event in 1896. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/142) Small Arms and Gunnery Stories, 1887 to 1916. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/143) Sentry Stories, 1887 to 1916. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/144) Stories of Ships Pets relating to 1892 to 1907. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/145) A Cipher Distribution Course relating to HMS Leander, 1898. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/146) A Central American revolution, relating to HMS Leander and a visit to Guatemala. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/147) Turpe est Laudari ab illaudatis' or 'Our Hero', relating to HMS Leander from 1897 to 1900 regarding a torpedo boat. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/148) Story of the Interregnum', relating to the time spend from 1901 to 1905 by Captain Tristan Dannreuther on a navigation course (also attended by Captain Scott) and a Royal Geographical Society practical astronomy and land surveying diploma. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/149) Acceptance Trials' referring to trials on the HMS Aboukir, HMS Ariadne and HMS Bachante, 1901 to 1905. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/150) A War Course for admirals only, relating to the war course attended by Captain Tristan Dannreuther in 1903. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/151) Reminiscences on Sir John Fisher', HMS Hood. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/152) Episodes in HMS Leviathan', 1903 to 1904. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/153) A Magnetic Variation Story', relating to 1903 to 1904. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/154) Years of Naval evolution', relating to 1903 to 1905. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/155) Last Year as a Navigator', relating to 1905. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/156) 'Navigation as a Specialism' relating to HMS LEANDER in 1907. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/157) The Cordite Story' relating to HMS Mars and HMS PATUCA, 1906. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/158) A Regatta Story', relating to HMS INTREPID, 1911. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/159) Tales of Gales' which includes the story of why Captain Tristan Dannreuther was awarded the Legion a' Honneur in 1916. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/160) Furnishing Cabins and Messes'. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/161) El Nino - a natural story'. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/162) Various notes and typed essays written by Tristan Dannreuther in 1903 concerning the theory of tides, oil fuel and liquid fuel. Undated (Manuscript) (DAN/163) Correspondence from Nov- Dec 1884 between Professor Edward Dannreuther and the Admiralty concerning the nomination of Tristan Dannreuther to compete for a naval cadetship. (Manuscript) (DAN/164) Letter from 1887 to Professor Edward Dannreuther from the Admiralty concerning the appointment of Tristan Dannreuther to HMS ALEXANDRA. (Manuscript) (DAN/165) HMS BRITANNIA examination papers belonging to Tristan Dannreuther dated Dec 1885, July 1886 and 1887 together with an examination report dated 21 July 1887. (Manuscript) (DAN/166) HMS BRITANNIA examination papers belonging to Tristan Dannreuther dated July 1886 and 1887 together with 2 hand-drawn charts dated 8 March and 18 June 1886. (Manuscript) (DAN/167) A certificate in the name of Tristan Dannreuther in relation to torpedo and gunnery examinations for a sub-lieutenant's course, undated. marks. (Manuscript) (DAN/168) Various papers 1892 - 1897 including a letter from the Admiralty relating to Tristan Dannreuther pilotage examination. (Manuscript) (DAN/169) Examination papers, reports of an examination for the rank of lieutenant, Part I dated 12 April 1892 and a form for the passing certificate in seamanship for the rank of lieutenant, both relating to Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/170) Hand-written copies of questions from the annual examination of junior officers in seamanship for 1888, 1889 and 1890. (Manuscript) (DAN/171) Printed examination papers in relation to the examinations for junior officers afloat from 1888, 1889, 1990, 1891, 1904 and 1905. (Manuscript) (DAN/172) Undated printed examination paper entitled 'examination in pilotage for first class ships'. (Manuscript) (DAN/173) Various examination papers and rough notes relating to a sub-lieutenant's examination in pilotage 1897. (Manuscript) (DAN/174) Printed examination papers in relation to the Royal Navy College Senior Offices examination 1899 - 1900. (Manuscript) (DAN/175) Various examination papers, handwritten copies of examination questions and rough notes relating thereto from 1885 - 1905. (Manuscript) (DAN/176) A list of examination subjects in relation to the promotion to the rank of Commander dated 16 July 1903. Answers to Commander-in Chief's questions on court martial procedures, undated. A programme for a course for flag officers, undated. (Manuscript) (DAN/177) Various Admiralty Circulars from 1903 - 1904 relating to the syllabus for the navigation and pilotage examinations. (Manuscript) (DAN/178) Papers dated 1885 - 1907 relating to Tristan Dannreuther's appointments to HMS BRITANNIA, HMS GARNET, HMS INFLEXIBLE, HMS FOXHOUND, HMS MELITA, HMS PRESIDENT; HMS PEMBROKE; HMS LEANDER; HMS HOOD; HMS LEVIATHAN; HMS BACHANTE; HMS ROXBURGH; HMS VINDICTIVE; HMS ABOUKIR; HMS AMPHITRITE AND HMS KENT. (Manuscript) (DAN/179) Various correspondence, letters and notes 1900 - 1923, mostly relating to Tristan Dannreuther's promotion applications, recommendations from senior officers, applications for transfers to other departments of the Royal Navy (including the War College), his retirement from the Royal Navy and lectures given by Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/180) Correspondence from the Admiralty to Tristan Dannreuther dated 16 November 1894 relating to the grounding of HMS LEVIATHAN in Yung Ching Bay on 24 July 1894. Correspondence between the Admiralty and HMS MELITA dated 16 Feb - 22 March 1895 relating to the grounding of HMS MELITA on 6 Feb 1895. A voucher for the payment of pilotage dated 9 Jun 1896 relating to the grounding of SS CANADA on 8 June 1896. (Manuscript) (DAN/181) A copy of a letter dated 3 May 1899 from Tristan Dannreuther to the Admiralty in relation to an invention for an improved method of lighting. (Manuscript) (DAN/182) Letter of authority from the Home Office for Tristan Dannreuther to wear his insignia of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour dated 2 November 1916. (Manuscript) (DAN/183) HMS BRITANNIA magazines belonging to Tristan Dannreuther dated Christmas 1885, 1887, 1889 and Summer 1889. (Manuscript) (DAN/184) Various reports belonging to Tristan Dannreuther relating to the cruise of HMS GARNET dating from 1890. (Manuscript) (DAN/185) Printed papers belonging to Tristan Dannreuther consisting of rules, charts and tables together with notes relating to a technical exercise carried out on HMS BACCHANTE in 1904. (Manuscript) (DAN/186) Papers dated 10 Aug-5 Oct 1910 relating to HMS BLANCHE including general orders for acceptance trials, programmes for steam trials and magazine cooling trials, letter of proceedings for contractors' trials and a newspaper cutting. Also a list of officers in HMS EURYALUS for steam trials (undated). (Manuscript) (DAN/187) An Admiralty letter of appreciation dated 5 January 1910 and addressed to Captain G C A Marescaux relating to the gunnery tests of HMS KENT. (Manuscript) (DAN/188) Papers dated 3 Sep-23 Dec 1910 relating to HMS CANOPUS including NORE General Orders, correspondence concerning contractor trials, inspection reports and instructions, reports and correspondence concerning war games played at Chatham with Commander Tristan Dannreuther as chief umpire. (Manuscript) (DAN/189) Papers relating to HMS INTREPID dated 18 August 1910-8 November 1913 including reports on mine-laying exercises, torpedo tests, weekly programmes, memos and correspondence. (Manuscript) (DAN/190) Papers relating the Mine-layers' Regattas of 1911 and 1912 entered by HMS INTREPID. (Manuscript) (DAN/191) Papers relating to HMS MARS 1912 -1914 including personnel lists, operational orders, navy signals, press clippings and schedules for daily routines; including war routine. (Manuscript) (DAN/192) Papers dated 16 Feb -22 August 1915 relating to Tristan Dannreuther's time on board HMS KINFAUNS CASTLE (requisitioned for war use from its owners, the Union Castle Steamship Company) including letter from Tristan Dannreuther to the Admiralty reporting on the condition of the ship, Admiralty Weekly Orders, letters of proceeding, personnel lists, signals, supply notes and notes on censorship. (Manuscript) (DAN/193) Papers dated 15 Feb-4 July 1917 relating to the sighting of submarines by HMS PATUCA and other operational movements of HMS PATUCA including the protection of merchant (Manuscript) (DAN/194) Papers dated 1 July 1917-10 Feb 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including correspondence, reports, Admiralty orders, notes, sailing orders and signals for convoys HD18, HD19, HH28, HN33, HN41, OD40 and OD50. (Manuscript) (DAN/195) Papers dated 14 Dec 1917-11 March 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including correspondence, reports, Admiralty orders, notes and signals for convoys HD13, HD24 and OD63. (Manuscript) (DAN/196) Papers dated 18 January-15 May 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including reference sheets, cargo and customs details, telegrams, cruising orders, reports, Admiralty orders, notes, sailing orders and signals for convoys HD24, HD35, HH42, HL33, HJD14, OD50, OD63 and HS30. (Manuscript) (DAN/197) Papers dated 19 Mar-20 July 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including reference sheets, sailing orders, reports and orders for convoys HD19, HD28, HJD35 and HJD7. (Manuscript) (DAN/198) Papers dated 11 Aug-September 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including sailing orders, signals, forms and instructions for convoys HL48. (Manuscript) (DAN/199) Papers dated 9 Oct 1917-29 Oct 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including reference sheets, sailing orders, signals, plans, notes, reports and orders for convoys HL48 and HL54. (Manuscript) (DAN/200) Papers dated 29 Jul 1917-26 July 1918 relating to the convoy duties of HMS PATUCA including sailing orders, signals, reports, correspondence, memos and orders for convoys HN33 and HJD14. (Manuscript) (DAN/201) Papers dated 6 November 1915-23 November 1918 relating to stores, messing arrangements and mess accounts for HMS PATUCA and a report on the establishment of a temporary naval hospital at Sierra Leone following an outbreak of influenza. (Manuscript) (DAN/202) Papers relating to HMS PATUCA including an expression of appreciation to the Tenth Cruiser squadron from the Rear Admiral and related correspondence dated 1 March 1915 - 6 March 1916 and recommendations of officers and men January-June and July -Dec 1918. (Manuscript) (DAN/203) Correspondence, memoranda and forms relating to HMS PATUCA and ship's agents dated 12 Feb 1916-6 August 1918. (Manuscript) (DAN/204) Papers relating to war games and HMS PATUCA, including signals, instructions, correspondence, reports on zig-zagging systems, patrol plans and papers relating to legal and search problems including on such aspects as ransom, slavery and piracy. (Manuscript) (DAN/205) Reports of Turning Trials relating to HMS PATUCA dated November 1915. (Manuscript) (DAN/206) General correspondence and other papers dated 1915 -1918 relating to HMS PATUCA, including signals, boarding reports, lists of vessels boarded, daily routine, reports on submarines encountered, reports on steering arrangements, reports on steaming qualities, reports concerning turning trials, a chart of permitted fishing areas and correspondence concerning a Lieutenant Bates taken prisoner by a German submarine while in charge of the prize vessel PESTALESSI. (Manuscript) (DAN/207) General correspondence and other papers dated 1915 -1918 from HMS PATUCA, mostly relating boarding reports and lists of vessels boarded. (Manuscript) (DAN/208) Papers dated 16 November 1915-20 September 1918 relating to personnel on HMS PATUCA. Also a list of "secret and confidential books issued to ships". (Manuscript) (DAN/209) Senior list of crew for HMS NIOBE dated 14 Dec 1899; crew lists from 1907 and senior lists of crew from 1904 and 1907 from HMS LEVIATHAN; crew list from 1906 for HMS VINDICTIVE; crew list from 1906 for HMS ABOUKIR; crew lists from 1907 and 1908 for HMS KENT; and crew lists from 1907 for HMS AMPHITITES. (Manuscript) (DAN/210) Various ships rules posters dated 1900 - 1916 (and undated) relating to hands stations, precautions against fire, naval salutes, watch stations, harbour routines, night watch keeping at sea, dress regulations and general regulations. (Manuscript) (DAN/211) Printed papers from 1903 - 1908 consisting of a circular from the Admiralty dated 18 Dec 1903 relating to a training scheme for gunnery and torpedo, a table of the results of a gunnery practice by HM Fleet in 1908, a table of the results of tests of gunlayers with heavy guns in 1907 and a table of the results of battle practice for torpedo boat destroyers in 1907. (Manuscript) (DAN/212) Various ships rules posters dated 1893 - 1903 (and undated) relating to the scale of pensions for long service, watch station bill, naval salutes and engine room watch and station bill at sea. (Manuscript) (DAN/213) Papers 1897 - 1907 including: papers relating to a Naval review at Spithead on 26 June 1897 including orders and a programme; papers relating to July 1897 manoeuvres including orders, rules and signal information; memoranda and programmes relating to inspections of the Home Fleet by Royalty 1906 - 1907 (Manuscript) (DAN/214) A tracing of an Italian chart dated 26 March 1895 made by Tristan Dannreuther while on the HMS MELITA, notes by Tristan Dannreuther on the Ocona anchorage in Peru, letters from the Meteorological Office of Victoria to Tristan Dannreuther dated 29 November 1899 and a letter to Tristan Dannreuther from Ettrick W Creak of the Hydrological Department of the Admiralty dated 22 Feb 1900. (Manuscript) (DAN/215) Correspondence from the Hydrographical Office of the US Navy March - November 1904, hydrographical notes from HMS FOXHOUND, HMS MELITA, HMS LEANDER and HMS LEVIATHAN April 1893 - Jul 1904. Fleet strategic exercise on 7 July 1907. (Manuscript) (DAN/216) Reports of turning trials for HMS BACHANTE, HMS LEANDER and HMS LEVIATHAN May 1899 - August 1904. LEVIATHAN. (Manuscript) (DAN/217) Boatswain and Compass naval store accounts forms January 1895 - March 1906. Lists of, and receipts relating to, various ships books for the period 1901 - 1907 in relation to HMS BACHANTE, HMS ABOUKIR, HMS LEANDER and HMS LEVIATHAN. (Manuscript) (DAN/218) Album of cuttings and documents relating to Tristan Dannreuther's service in HMS LEANDER and HMS LEVIATHAN 1897-1905 (Manuscript) (DAN/219) Printed Regulations for resident students at the Greenwich Royal Naval College dated September 1902 (Manuscript) (DAN/220) Typed up notes and diagrams on naval architecture from Tristan Dannreuther's course at the Royal Naval College Greenwich (1902 - 1903). (Manuscript) (DAN/221) Notes, mostly on naval history (1902 - 1903) from Tristan Dannreuther's course at the Royal Naval College Greenwich (1902 - 1903). (Manuscript) (DAN/222) Typed and handwritten notes and essays relating to the training of officers and men, the entry and education of cadets, the pay, position and promotion of executive officers and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines (1902 and undated) from Tristan Dannreuther's course at the Royal Naval College Greenwich (1902 - 1903). (Manuscript) (DAN/223) Typed lecture notes on naval history, British Army, commerce, coastal defence, electric lights, court martial laws of criminal evidence and imports from Tristan Dannreuther's course at the Royal Naval College Greenwich (1902-1903). (Manuscript) (DAN/224) Various typed essays by Tristan Dannreuther dated 1903 written while attending the War Course at the Greenwich Royal Naval College. (Manuscript) (DAN/225) Papers dated 1 Feb 1913-1 Feb 1914 concerning staff college, Camberley and the Royal Naval war College, Portsmouth, including standing orders, weekly programmes, lecture lists and lecture notes.Notes, orders, memoranda and printed papers. (Manuscript) (DAN/226) Papers relating to the Royal Naval war College in Portsmouth for the Spring Session 1913 including personnel lists, course notes, strategical exercises and précis of lectures on all aspects of the Navy. Course notes and printed material. (Manuscript) (DAN/227) Papers belonging to Tristan Dannreuther relating to the Russo- Japanese war of 1904. (Manuscript) (DAN/228) Volume of carbon copies of "Naval Intelligence Reports" 1903 for a hypothetical "war-game" exercise. (Manuscript) (DAN/229) Several papers belonging to Tristan Dannreuther. Hydrographer, navigation papers, 1893-1904. Various ship admin papers, ca 1901-1907. Appointments, 1885-1907. (Manuscript) (DAN/230) An ordinance survey map of Yorkshire belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and used in the March 1927 Examination of Promotion relating to "Captains-Subhead (d) (iv), Lieutenants-Subhead (2) (iv), & Lieutenants R.A. -Subhead (e) (iii)". (Manuscript) (DAN/231) Papers dated 16 Feb- 28 Feb 1901 relating to a "Moment of Inertia Experiment" together with observations of deflections, vibration, magnetic dip, the sun's azimuth and absolute declination undertaken at Kew. (Manuscript) (DAN/232) A circular letter issued by the Admiralty dated 1 Feb 1906 to all commanders of HMS Ships and Superintendents of Dockyards relating to the adjustment of hydraulic turret training engines. (Manuscript) (DAN/233) An excerpt from the Grand Fleet Orders (Number 597) dated 19 September 1916 entitled "The Blockade". (Manuscript) (DAN/234) A paper entitled "1327 Sub-Lieutenants-Seniority on Promotion to Lieutenant" dated 1 July 1937. (Manuscript) (DAN/235) An undated hand-written paper headed "Sub-Lieutenants, Whitehead Paper Final" composed of a list of exam questions. (Manuscript) (DAN/236) Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean dated Feb 1904 and published by the Hydrological Office of the US Navy. (Manuscript) (DAN/237) 2 copies of a Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean dated March 1904 and published by the Hydrological Office of the US Navy. (Manuscript) (DAN/238) A page of undated hand-written notes by Tristan Dannreuther headed relating to a plan of a bay in the Red Sea. 3 pages of undated hand-written notes relating to specific charts. (Manuscript) (DAN/239) 3 photographs of HMS LEANDER from 1900. (Manuscript) (DAN/240) An album of photographs, letters, invitations, sketches, cuttings and service papers from 1886 - 1921 (Manuscript) (DAN/241) An album of photographs, sketches, cuttings, certificates, invitations and service papers from 1896 - 1931. Also includes appointments to fellowships of The Royal Geographical Society in November 1897 and The Royal Astronomical Society in Dec 1898. (Manuscript) (DAN/242) The Daily Graphic "Guide to the Fleet" from c. 1910; a notebook containing clippings from a typed article on Beethoven. (Manuscript) (DAN/243) Photographs undated and 1889 -1907 of various ships and photos of groups of personnel on board ships (Manuscript) (DAN/244) Various newspaper clippings dated relating to naval matters and the progress of the War. (Manuscript) (DAN/245) Notes, a Discussion and Correspondence on Captive Fire read at the Meeting of the Institute of Metals, on September 19 1917. (Manuscript) (DAN/246) A printed Admiralty handbook from 1885 for the 0.45 inch Garner Gun (5 barrels) (Manuscript) (DAN/247) HMSO printed Parliamentary command papers entitled "Hydrographer's Reports on Admiralty Surveys" for the years 1896 - 1903. (Manuscript) (DAN/248) A printed booklet from 1919 called "I-Deas or Intelligence Diversions (humour and cartoons). (Manuscript) (DAN/249) A printed booklet entitled "Course of instruction in Deviation of Compass, Royal Naval College Greenwich" undated and annotated. (Manuscript) (DAN/250) A HMSO printed booklet headed "Parliament's Vote of thanks to the forces" dated 29 Oct 1917 and another printed booklet headed "The nation's thanks to its fighting forces" also dated 29 Oct 1917 (Manuscript) (DAN/251) A printed lecture entitled "Precision Time-Keeping with special reference to the New Inertia Escapement now being introduced in the "Synchronome" Astronomical Regulator" by W. H. Short dated 16 January 1912, held before the British Horological Institution, together with a printed sales description of the "Synchronome" Astronomical Regulator, undated. (Manuscript) (DAN/252) A printed paper of the Royal Geographical Society dated Oct 1904 entitled a "Description of an Astrolabe" by S. A. Ionides. (Manuscript) (DAN/253) A printed pamphlet entitled "Instructions for Calculating the Slide Rule" undated. (Manuscript) (DAN/254) Ordinance survey maps of the South of England and the French coast both from 1916 and a map of showing the interests of the Tanganyika Concessions Limited in Railways and Mineral areas in Rhodesia, Portuguese Western Africa and the Belgian Congo published by Stanford's in 1915. (Manuscript) (DAN/255) A printed booklet relating to a review of the Fleet at Spithead on 26 June 1897 by HRH, the Prince of Wales in celebration of the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. (Manuscript) (DAN/256) A printed booklet of a lecture entitled "Submarine Signalling by Means of Sound" by J.B. Millet, given to the Society of Arts on 2 May 1906. (Manuscript) (DAN/257) A Royal Naval Hydrography Report for 1895 presented to the Houses of Parliament. (Manuscript) (DAN/258) HMSO booklet from 1915 headed "Information for Naval ratings regarding discipline, character, conduct, leave, offences, pension, etc." (Manuscript) (DAN/259) A Statement of the measures adopted to intercept the sea-borne commerce of Germany presented to the Houses of Parliament in January 1916. (Manuscript) (DAN/260) A booklet entitled "The Reorganisation of the Defence Departments" dated 16 July 1963. (Manuscript) (DAN/261) Various undated notes on the history of the Dannreuther family including notes on the Ionides Family and the American branch of the Dannreuther family. (Manuscript) (DAN/262) Certificate of Merit awarded to Isolde Dannreuther from Wellington College dated 1889 (the sister of Tristan Dannreuther). (Manuscript) (DAN/263) A photograph album of Dannreuther family members belonging to Tristan Dannreuther and containing photos mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. (Manuscript) (DAN/264) An album of local postcards mostly relating to the Hastings area; a notebook with notes on music and biblical references in English and German (reference to 1877 on one of the pages). (Manuscript) (DAN/265) An official programme for a Royal Navy and Army rugby union match at Twickenham on 5 March 1938. (Manuscript) (DAN/266) A Government Gazette from Peshwar, India with a death notice for Colonel Harold Hay Thorborn dated 1937. (Manuscript) (DAN/267) Various notes and clippings relating to Tristan Dannreuther's family home, Windycroft, Hastings. (Manuscript) (DAN/268) Ephemera in relation to Tristan Dannreuther and the Hastings and St Leonard's Egyptian Society of the 1930s, the Twenty Club and the Natural History Society from 1902. (Manuscript) (DAN/269) Various newspaper clippings collected by Tristan Dannreuther in relation to family obituaries and book reviews of works by his father, Professor Edward Dannreuther; copy birth certificate of Tristan Dannreuther. (Manuscript) (DAN/270) Correspondence to and from Tristan Dannreuther from friends and relations from the 1900s to the 1950s. (Manuscript) (DAN/271) Correspondence between Edward Dannreuther and his wife mostly while he was abroad from 1878-1894. (Manuscript) (DAN/272) A desk diary belonging to Tristan Dannreuther for 1919. (Manuscript) (DAN/273) A desk diary belonging to Tristan Dannreuther for 1920. (Manuscript) (DAN/274) Various Dannreuther family photographs. (Manuscript) (DAN/275) A passenger list belonging to Tristan Dannreuther in relation to a journey on the Scandinavian American Line from New York to Denmark on 26 Oct 1916. (Manuscript) (DAN/276)

A paper entitled "What is the function of the Fleet" given by Tristan Dannreuther to the Hong Kong United Service Institution on 5 Feb 1909.

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