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'Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.' [39r] (77/134)
The record is made up of 1 volume (66 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1916. 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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"7 <7
J,
Hospital barges ...
Port and deep sea tugs
Motor lighters
Motor boats
i: team launches ...
Barges, up river ...
Port Barges
2
9
20
8i
40
73
35
Total
The river fleet is required, at present, solely in connection with military
operations, and its functions may be sub divided as follows :—
(«) For the maintenance and transport of the army.
(^) The requirements of the medical service.
(^) The requirements of the Port of Basrah.
{d) Miscellaneous Departmental requirements.
I will analyse these sub-heads seriatim :—
Requirements in Divisions.
(a) For the maintenance and transport of the army. —It has been
decided that Marine transport has
to be provided for :
(1) The daily requirements of 5 divisions in supplies, equipment, stores
and gear, field force canteen, ordnance stores, mail, works and
miscellaneous :
(2) A possible increase of 50 per cent, over the above:
(3) Transport for at least one division of all arms in addition to ordi
nary supply services.
We are told that 5 divisions require 725 tons of supplies per diem, which,
allowing for a possible increase of ^o per
Requirements in tons. . . * i £ o-t
^ cent, gives a total 01 1,005 tons, or say as
a maximum 1,200 tons per diem.
The fleet at present consists of vessels of all shapes and sizes and the
Committee is directed to report on the
standard type of vcsse. nature of the craft required and the various
description of vehicles (vessels?) recommended.
In deciding the class of vessel to be used on any river, four factors come
into consideration ^
(ij The speed of the current of the river.
(2) The depth of the river.
(3) The width of the river and the radius of the bends, and height of the
banks.
(4) The particular purpose for which the vessels are to be used, *.<?.,
passengers, car^o or mixed.
These factors have already been considered and the fleet on order has
been reduced to practically 3 types, and the capacity of other vessels is measur
ed by this standard.
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This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy on the administration of the Port of Basrah [Basra].
The summary also contains 'Report of Major-General G F MacMunn's Committee on the Organization of the River Service in Mesopotamia' (folios 58-66), with recommendations for the Royal India Marine Services, on the method of employing existing and forthcoming vessels, and measures for the control of the shipping traffic on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:24r, 25v:34v, 36v:66v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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