THE NAVAL MEMOIRS of ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR ROGER KEYES Scapa Flow to the Dover Straits 1916 - 1918	Link to publishing details displayed over front cover move cursor aside if necessary. 416 pages 150 mm. x 220 mm. x 40 mm 1st.Published 1935

A blue/grey cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine which has sunned slightly darker; with some rubbing to extremities but the page block is very tight, bright and clean with all maps and plates intact in Very Good condition. This second volume was published a year after the first and was given a different coloured cloth; even when new they were not the same.. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO VOLUMES

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Contents

1. FOREWORD
   I EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN—Re-organisation of sea communications ; Salonika, Visits to British and French Fronts ; Visits to Mitylene and Gulf of Smyrna ; Partridge drive on Long Island ; Enemy submarines inflict heavy loss ; Allied Conference at Malta ; Re-allocation of zones ; Loss of M;o ; Loss of Russell ; News of Battle of Jutland ; Ordered home at once .
   II GRAND FLEET—I study reports of Battle of Jutland at Admiralty ; Take command of Centurion in Scapa Flow .
   III BATTLE OF JUTLAND. DAY ACTION .
   IV BATTLE OF JUTLAND. NIGHT ACTION .
   V SCAPA AND INVERGORDON—Life in the Grand Fleet ; Work and recreation ; Conference on board Iron Duke ; Centurion refits at Invergordon ; Eight days' leave ; German sortie ; Grand Fleet goes to sea ; High Sea Fleet again escapes ; Nottingham and Falmouth torpedoed ; New Naval policy .
   VI MORE SCAPA AND INVERGORDON—Grouse shooting ; Paravanes ; Commander injured ; Flag changes ; Sir David Beatty succeeds Sir John Jellicoe ; Submarine Committee reports ; Letter to Everett ; Promoted Rear-Admiral ; Centurion docks at Invergordon ; Attend Dardanelles Commission .
   VII SCAPA AGAIN—My flag hoisted in Colossus ; The King's visit ; Vanguard blows up ; Fleet Boxing Competition ; Discussions with Beatty .
   VIII ROSYTH—A tactical exercise ; Garden fete at Aberdour ; Fortune teller's prophecy ; Pulling Regatta ; Kite balloon adventure ; Visit of Sir Rosslyn Wemyss ; Appointed Director of Plans at Admiralty ; Last shoot ; Farewell to Grand Fleet .
   IX AT THE ADMIRALTY—London air raids ; Plans and projects ; Channel Barrage Committee ; Visit to Dover and Dunkirk
   X PLANS FOR BLOCKING ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND—Previous expedition in 1798 ; Bayly's and Tyrwhitt's proposals ; Staff appreciation sent to Dover .
   XI ANTI-SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN—Extension of deep minefield ; Patrol and illumination of mined area recommended ; Rejected by Bacon ; Submarines continue to stream through Straits ; Bacon summoned to Admiralty ; He submits his Zeebrugge Plan ; Ordered to patrol and illuminate minefield ; Submarine destroyed by new measures ; Visit to Scapa ; Sir John Jellicoe succeeded by Sir Rosslyn Wemyss . .
   XII THE INVASION BOGY—Naval and Military Conference ; Report on invasion possibilities ; Appointed to command Dover Patrol .
   XIII DOVER PATROL—Take command of Dover Patrol as Acting Vice-Admiral ; Interview officers ; Abandon old anti-submarine barrage ; Institute new patrol arrangements ; Visit units ; Organise Staff ; Study records of German raids
   XIV ANTI-SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN PROVOKES RETALIATION—Minelaying off Zeebrugge ; Preparations to meet a raid on Straits ; Attack delivered on Yarmouth and Southwold ; Four German submarines destroyed ; Germans retaliate by destroyer raid ; Submarine shells Dover ; Aeroplane raid ; A Court Martial ; German account of raid . .
   XV GERMAN RAID ON DUNKIRK—Tower Scheme approved ; Destruction of U58 ; Two submarines rush Straits in mist ; Correspondence with Admiralty ; German raid on Dunkirk ; Two German torpedo-boats sunk ; The Botha torpedoed ; H.M.S. Terror bombards Ostend Naval Base ; Naval aircraft bomb Bruges Naval Base .
   XVI FOREWORD TO BELGIAN COAST OFFENSIVE —Objectives ; Views of American naval officers ; My object .
   XVII ORGANISATION OF " Z.O." PLAN—Admiral Bacon's advice ; Reject monitor plan ; Boarding and blocking ships selected ; Importance of smoke ; Enlist Wing-Commander Brock's services ; Explain my plan to Sea Lords ; Admiralty approval . .
   XVIII PERSONNEL—Selection of Commanding Officers and Leaders of Units . .
   XIX PREPARATIONS AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL—Choice of position for blockships and Vindictive ; Fitting out of blockships and boarding ships ; Description of Zeebrugge Mole ; Arrangements for destruction of viaduct ; Expedition delayed ; Training and equipment of personnel ; Camouflage ; Concentration in the Swin
   XX DISAPPOINTMENT—Co-operation of Naval Aircraft with Army in France ; Dunkirk bombarded ; The King crosses to France ; Heavy trans-port of troops ; Survey of " Z.O." route ; C.M.B. activities; Wind and smoke-screens; Disclose plan to officers ; Issue general order ; Expedition sails ; Returns owing to change of wind; Second attempt abandoned owing to rough sea ; Admiralty's decision
   XXI SUSPENSE—Secrecy precautions ; Revised instructions ; A General Order ; Vacancies filled ; Bombardments ; Submarines in minefield ; Decide to start on St. George's Eve
   XXII " Z.O." ATTACK ON THE MOLE—Expedition sails ; A general signal ; Blockships disembark surplus crews ; Smoke-makers and destroyers advance ; Vindictive arrives off Mole ; Daffodil pushes her alongside ; Assaulting force lands ; Iris's difficulties ; C3 blows up viaduct ; Picket-boat saves crew ; Blockships seen entering Canal ; Boarding ships retire ; North Star sunk ; Phabe saves crew ; Warwick picks up blockship survivors .
   XXIII " Z.O." BLOCKING THE CANAL—C.M.B. and M.L. operations ; The Thetis enters harbour ; Heavily shelled ; Sinks outside Canal ; Intrepid and Ipbigenia follow ; Sink in Canal ; Heroic rescue work by M.L.s ; Warwick picks up survivors .
   XXIV THE RETURN TO DOVER—Ships re-assemble at Thornton Ridge ; Warwick passes Vindictive home-ward bound; Wounded discharged to Liberty; Message to Admiralty ; Vindictive arrives ; Announcement in House of Commons ; Ostend Operation ; Daffodil and Iris return ; King's Message ; Honours and Congratulations ; Dinner at Fleet House ; Decide to repeat Ostend Operation ; Queen of the Belgians' visit ; Air Raids ; A meeting with Wemyss ; Visit Sir Douglas Haig and Admiral Ronarc'h ; V.C. Ballot ; Marine Battalion dispersed ; Funeral and Memorial Service ; Enemy submarines active ; Two sub-marines sunk ; German prisoners' report
   XXV GERMAN STORIES—German official reports ;
   British reports ; Captain Schultz' account
   XXVI SECOND ATTEMPT TO BLOCK OSTEND—Visit King of the Belgians ; Enemy reinforcements ; Vindictive and Sappho sail for Ostend ; Sappho's mishap ; Commodore Lynes and Crutchley's reports ; Warwick picks up ML254 ; Warwick mined ; Return to Dover ; Government announcement ; Gallant deeds ; Prepare for third attempt .
   XXVII HONOURS AND DECORATIONS—Preparations for third attempt to block Ostend ; Admiralty decision ; Aerial photographs ; Honours and Decorations ; Air raids and counter raids ; Difficulties over Decorations ; Visit to Admiralty ; Sub-marines destroyed ; Visits to France and Flanders ; The King visits Dunkirk ; Successful minelaying .
   XXVIII BELGIAN COAST OFFENSIVE—UB109 sunk in controlled minefield ; Visit to Cassel ; Accompany Sir Douglas Ilaig to England ; Correspondence about Army reinforcements ; Glatton explosion ; Fly to France and Flanders ; Plans for Belgian Coast Offensive ; The offensive opens ; Great Advance ; Brought to a standstill ; Visits to London, Ypres and G.H.Q. train .
   XXIX BELGIAN COAST OFFENSIVE RENEWED—Offensive renewed ; A reconnaissance ; Land at Ostend ; Withdraw under fire ; Return after dark with King and Queen of Belgians ; A German minefield ; Land on Zeebrugge Mole ; The Armistice . .
   XXX AFTER THE ARMISTICE—The Duke of Connaught's visit ; An Allied Commission ; State Entry into Brussels ; Return to Dover; Submarine Graveyard; Flight to see German submarines at Harwich; The King visits France; The Generals return to England ; President Wilson arrives ; Tour of Battlefields; Presentation of D.S.C. to Dunkirk; Appointment to Battle Cruisers ; Scapa again ; Visit to Aberdeen; The Victory March; The Baltic ; Dover Memorial ; Visit to Laeken ; Appointed Deputy Chief of Naval Staff; Difficulties with Air Ministry ; Washington Treaty ; Lausanne ; Zeebrugge Memorial

APPENDIX
Guns on Belgian Coast
Report on " Z.O. " operations
Extract from Victoria Cross Warrant
Extracts of letter to Admiralty on change of R.N.A.S.

INDEX

List of Illustrations

Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, 1918
Shells from German battery falling near monitor and M.L. making smoke-screen
Twelve-inch gun of Kaiser Wilhelm II Battery, Knocke .
St. George's Eve, 1918. Expedition on its way to Zeebrugge
Gap in viaduct made by submarine C3
Blockships in canal. Taken from German aeroplane, 23rd April, 1918 .
Iris and Daffodil at Dover, 23rd April, 1918
Vindictive entering Dover, 23rd April, 1918
Zeebrugge Canal blocked, dead low water .
Kaiser looking at blockslrips in the Canal at Zeebrugge, 23rd April, 1918
The Goeben Battery .
Zeebrugge–Bruges canal entrance, 25th May, 1918
Warwick being towed back to Dover, l0th May, 1918
Submarine shelter at Bruges
Aerial Photo of Bruges, 25th May, 1918 .
'Photo taken by the Queen of the Belgians at La Panne
The King and Sir Roger Keyes on the bridge of the Whirlwind
The King and Queen of the Belgians and Prince Leopold riding into Bruges . .
The King, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Roger Keyes at Boulogne, 18th November, 1918
Arrival of Generals at Dover after Armistice, 19th December, 1919 . .
Sir Roger Keyes presenting D.S.C. to Dunkirk, 18th March, 1918

LIST OF MAPS

Battle of Jutland. First Phase—The Battle Cruiser Action .
Battle of Jutland. Second Phase—Leading the enemy north-ward . .
Battle of Jutland. 6.5 5 to 7.15 p.m. Scheer returns eastward and again turns away .
Battle of Jutland. 7.22 p.m. Torpedo attack to 7.45 p.m. Both Fleets reforming on south-westerly course .
Battle of Jutland. 8.15 to 8.36 p.m.—advanced forces again in action
Battle of Jutland. The Night Actions, showing relative positions of the Fleets throughout the night .
North Sea. August 19th, 1916 .
Straits of Dover. February 14th-15th, 1918 March zest, 1918 .
Proposed Positions of Boarding Ships and Blockships Section of Canal entrance, Zeebrugge .

LIST OF DIAGRAMS

Plan of Vindictive's boat deck
Section of Blockship .
Sketch plan of Zeebrugge 'Mole
Zeebrugge Mole
Cross-section of Viaduct
Connection between seaward end of Viaduct and shoreward end of Mole .
Plan of Operations for blocking Ostend and Zeebrugge, April 22nd-23rd, 1918
Forces engaged in " Z.O." (showing passage formations) Landing on Mole
Plan of British Attack on Zeebrugge .
Ostend Force .
West Pier, Ostend
Straits of Dover. November rith, 1918

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