| Title |
Force H |
| Reference |
SMVL 7 |
|
| Further information |
Much of the material relating to Force H has been published in Michael Simpson, "The Somerville Papers", Navy Records Society, vol. 134 (1995). |
| Index Terms |
| Second World War (1939-1945) |
| Churchill/SMVL 7 contains: |
|
1
|
Account of a trip to Calais.
1 file; Typewritten. |
May 1940 |
|
2
|
Report of Admiral Ramsay on Operation Dynamo.
1 file. |
18 June 1940 |
|
3
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
4 July 1940–2 September 1940 |
|
4
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
3 September 1940–6 November 1940 |
|
5
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
7 November 1940–30 December 1940 |
|
6
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
30 December 1940–28 February 1941 |
|
7
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
1 March 1941–28 April 1941 |
|
8
|
Reports on Force H. Including Operation Tiger (Malta convoy).
1 file. |
28 April 1941–12 May 1941 |
|
9
|
Reports on Force H. Including Operation Splice, Rocket and Tracer (planes to Malta) and the attack on the Bismarck.
1 file. |
12 May 1941–15 June 1941 |
|
10
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
15 June 1941–21 July 1941 |
|
11
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
27 July 1941–14 August 1941 |
|
12
|
Reports on Force H. Including Operation Mincemeat (attack on the southern French coast).
1 file. |
15 August 1941–26 August 1941 |
|
13
|
Reports on Force H. Including Operation Status (planes to Malta).
1 file. |
26 August 1941–14 September 1941 |
|
14
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
14 September 1941–24 September 1941 |
|
15
|
Reports on Force H. Including Operation Halberd (Malta convoy).
1 file. |
24 September 1941–30 September 1941 |
|
16
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
30 September 1941–9 November 1941 |
|
17
|
Reports on Force H. Including Operation Perpetual I (planes to Malta).
1 file. |
10 November 1941–13 November 1941 |
|
18
|
Reports on Force H.
1 file. |
14 November 1941–31 December 1941 |
|
19
|
Papers and reports about Operation Catapult (the attack on the French fleet at Mers el-Kebir, in Algeria). Including papers on Force H and reports of proceedings, 27 June - 4 July 1940.
1 file. |
July 1940 |
|
20
|
Report on Operation Collar (Mediterranean convoy and fleet action).
1 file. |
December 1940 |
|
21
|
Papers and reports about a board of inquiry into Operation Collar.
1 file. |
December 1940 |
|
22
|
Report on the bombardment of Genoa.
1 file. |
February 1941 |
|
23
|
Reports on the destruction of the Bismarck.
1 file. |
June 1941 |
|
24
|
Report and papers about Operation Substance (Malta convoy).
1 file. |
August 1941 |
|
25
|
Statement by Admiral Sir Dudley North on his removal from North Atlantic command.
1 file. |
October 1940 |
|
26
|
Papers about the removal of Admiral Sir Dudley North from North Atlantic command.
1 file. |
October 1940 |
|
27
|
Naval messages to and from Force H.
1 file. |
1940–1941 |
|
28
|
Miscellaneous reports and papers about Force H.
1 file. |
1940–1941 |
|
29
|
Miscellaneous unofficial correspondence about Force H.
1 file. |
1940–1941 |
|
30
|
Correspondence with the Admiralty about publication of despatches.
1 file. |
1946–1948 |
|
31
|
Letters from Lieutenant Mark Somerville (nephew). About the Fleet Air Arm, including a paper on the shortcomings of fighter direction in HMS Ark Royal. Mark Somerville was killed in action, May 1941.
1 file. |
1940–1941 |
|
32
|
Photographs of Force H.
1 file; photograph. |
1940–1941 |
|
33
|
Naval Intelligence Department reports on the sinking of HMS Royal Oak in 1939 and the Tirpitz in 1944.
1 file. |
1945 |
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