Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [108r] (215/1203)
The record is made up of 1 file (600 folios). It was created in 25 Feb 1935-10 Aug 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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8* Our anxiety about our
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
proved well f’ounded.
When we picked her up she had only made good 32 miles
from where we had slipped her two days previously.
MUSCAT.
9* "DEPTFORD" anchored at Muscat at 1750 on 8th April.
The remainder of the party were landed and after discussing
with the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
several points in connection with
our reports of the expedition we sailed for Khasab at 1220
on 9th April*
MUSCAT TO KHOR KUWAI .
10* At 0600 the next morning two dhows were sighted
off LIMAH. we closed and when one of them was seen to
be a Jalibut we hoped we had fallen in with the slaver
CHAKAR BIN MURAD* " The search was disappointing as both
dhows were peaceful traders.
11. "DEPTFORD" anchored at Khasab at 1230 on 10th April
and the interpreter was sent ashore to inform the Wall that
we should be firing in Elphinstone Inlet on the 12th April.
The Wall said he would send and warn his people and we
sailed again and anchored at KHOR KUWAI at 1715*
COHFIDENTI/iL.
prom .The Commanding Officer, H.K.3. ”DEPTFORD'*,
at Bahrain,
Date#.....*1st May 1938. No.56.
To*.. THE SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER,
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
H.M.3. "SHOREHAM"*
LETTER OF PROCEEDINGS - 16TH - 30TH APRIL 1938*
MOVEMENTS.
Arrive.
Place.
Leave,
BAHRAIN
0700
22nd April
1300 23rd April
SHARJAH
0430
24th April
1710 24th April
DUBAI
0600
25th April
1700 26th April
KHOR KO'.VAX
0700
26th April
1100 27th April
DIBAH
1115
27th April
1920 27th April
KHOR KUWAI
0600
28th April
1616 29th April
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN.
2* The "SHOREHAM" arrived with Captain Faulknor
in command as the Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, at
1830 on 19th April. I called at 1030 next morning.
BAHRAIN TO SHARJAH.
3. "DEPTFORD" sailed at 0700 on the 22nd April
for a cruise on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. The object of this
cruise was to search dhows especially between Dubai and
Khor Kuwai. There had been reports of some slave and
gun running on this coast and it was hoped that an
/intensive
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The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sent from the Admiralty to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . The extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and ships of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division (particularly HMS Shoreham , HMS Bideford , HMS Deptford , and HMS Fowey ), and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Intelligence Report. The latter includes reports from British naval officers, British officials in the Gulf, and Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries.
The reports cover such subjects as: details of the movements of British naval vessels; affairs of local rulers; the movements of ships of the Imperial Iranian Navy (particularly the sloops HIMS Babr and HIMS Palang ); slavery; the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; artesian wells; affairs of local populations; social activities aboard British ships; the French naval presence in the region; appointments of British naval officers; European and Japanese shipping in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; trade; the Iranian armed forces; measures to control smuggling; British searches of dhows; British travellers in the region; official events and commemorations; the pearl industry; Saudi Arabian affairs; air travel; Iraq; the war between Italy and Abyssinia; communications; the oil industry; movements of oil tankers; outbreaks of smallpox; Palestine; the Arab press; and official visits.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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