Janus: The Papers of Reginald McKenna

Churchill/MCKN 3 contains:
1	"Private Correspondence of the Right Honourable Reginald McKenna"
2	Correspondence with King Edward VII and King George V
3	Correspondence with members of the Cabinet
4	Correspondence with 1st Sea Lord
5	Correspondence with other members of the Board of Admiralty
6	Correspondence with Admiralty officials
7	Correspondence with officials outside the Admiralty
8	Correspondence with flag officers
9	Correspondence with flag officers
10	Correspondence with flag officers
11	Correspondence with Lord Cawdor
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The Papers of Reginald McKenna

Title	Correspondence with 1st Sea Lord
Reference	MCKN 3/4
Covering Dates	Apr 1908-Dec 1910
Extent and Medium	1 file

Content and context

Correspondence with Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher on subjects including: naval estimates; submarine numbers and distribution; American warships; economies to the naval manoeuvres; the attitude and proposed dismissal of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford; Germany's accelerated shipbuilding programme and its effect on the British naval estimates; defence policy; reorganisation of the Home and Channel Fleets; King Edward VII's visit to Russia; Brazilian dreadnoughts; relations with Turkey and Germany; turbine development; an engineers' strike; HMS Indomitable; the success of 12-inch shrapnel; Admiral Sir Percy Scott; Winston Churchill [President of the Board of Trade] and the naval estimates; Beresford's naval enquiry; efficiency of the Home Fleet; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson's appointment as 1st Sea Lord; Fisher's own departure from the Admiralty.

Other correspondents include: Rear-Admiral Alfred Winsloe [4th Sea Lord]; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson on servicemen's facilities for voting in the General Election.

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