Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Naval Intelligence Department, Naval History, and Admiralty War Planning, 1887–1904
- 2 Early Planning against Germany, 1902–6
- 3 The Scandinavian Dimension and War Planning, 1906–7
- 4 War Planning, 1908–9
- 5 Probes into Admiralty War Planning, 1908–9
- 6 The Solidification of Dual Strategies, 1911–14
- 7 Offensive Planning and Operational Realities, 1914–18
- Conclusion
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Naval Intelligence Department, Naval History, and Admiralty War Planning, 1887–1904
- 2 Early Planning against Germany, 1902–6
- 3 The Scandinavian Dimension and War Planning, 1906–7
- 4 War Planning, 1908–9
- 5 Probes into Admiralty War Planning, 1908–9
- 6 The Solidification of Dual Strategies, 1911–14
- 7 Offensive Planning and Operational Realities, 1914–18
- Conclusion
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Naval Intelligence Department
Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI)
Assistant Directors of Naval Intelligence (ADNI)
From 1887 to 1902, there were two ADNIs. With the expansion of the department in 1902, and the inclusion of the Trade Division, the number of ADNIs was increased to four. Each ADNI was the head of a division. In 1905, a fifth ADNI was added to deal with coastal defences.
Mobilisation Division
Mobilization arrangements; Peace manoeuvres; Auxiliary requirements of Home ports for war; Control of railway traffic in time of war; Retired officer lists and war appointments; Armed merchant cruisers (personnel).
War Division
War Orders for Fleet C-in-C's; General questions of strategical policy (including war plans when directed by First Sea Lord and DNI); Consideration of plans for expeditions; Preparations on and reports for British manoeuvres and tactical exercises; Distribution of intelligence; Submarine cables; All questions related to Indian and Colonial defences; Wireless telegraphy.
Foreign Division
Naval policy and strategy of all foreign countries; Contraband of war; Questions of international law; Notation and reports on matériel; Movement, mobilization, manoeuvres; Estimates, personnel and mercantile marine of foreign powers; Correspondence with naval attachés; Naval administration, coast defences, government and private shipyards, arsenals, factories, naval ordnance, and communications of foreign powers.
Trade Division (added 1902 – abolished 1909)
Questions related to defence of British trade in war; Statistics relating to ocean commerce and trade routes
Coastal Defences Division (added in 1905)
Took over duties of Foreign Division with the notation and reports on the coastal and port defences of foreign powers.
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- Strategy and War Planning in the British Navy, 1887-1918 , pp. 235 - 236Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012