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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [102r] (203/1203)
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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3UBJKCT - RKPORT OP
PROCSRDINO
PROM ..
The Senior Haval Officer, Persian Oulf,
H.l’.S. ";5HOS3HAM" at Bahrain.
V
DATS .. 7th May, 1938.
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No. 89/58Til
TO •• THI*; COMliODORS CC»«ll/VNDINO f 1UV INDIES STATION*
Copies to
The Secretary of the Admiralty. (Ho.15/587).
The Honourable The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. (No.12/587).
The following report 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.
, in H.M.S. H Jhoreham ,, for the period
1st to 30th April, 1938, and ships of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division
as shown in the list of enclosures, is forwarded.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
4. On 10th April Captain A. Poland, D.3.O., left by fast
mail steamer to take up his appointment as Commodore Commanding
lifcst Indies Squadron, in the absence of the Commander-in-Chief.
He will fly his Broad pendant in H.V.3. ’’NORFOLK”
which ship he joined at Colombo on 24th April.
♦ ♦ ♦
6. "3horeham” left Bahrain at 1050 on 14th April, on
her way to Kuscat to embark Captain G.K.Faulkner D.ci.C., as the
new Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Khor Kuwai was reached at 1800 on 15th.
7. "Btdpford” arrived at Muscat at 0600 on 17th and
anchored off tie
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. "Shoreham” arrived at 0606 and
anchored in the outer berth. Captain Faulkner was transferred
at 1050, leaving Lieutenant Commander R.E.Gunston in command of
”Bideford”.
A conference was held with the Politial Agent during
which the details of ’’Bideford*s’* forthcoming cruise on the
Batineh coast were settled, particularly with reference to
searching for the pirate Chakar Bin Vurad.
’’Shoreham” sailed for Bahrain at 1550.
8- Bahrain was reached at 1800 on 19th. By the
request of the Acting
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Mr. H. Weightman, no
official calls were exchanged but at a meeting with the Acting
/Political
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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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- 1 file (600 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 601; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3843
- Title
- Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:462v, 463v:601v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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