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Coll 6/20 'Red Sea: Reports of proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [‎15r] (29/493)

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The record is made up of 1 file (245 folios). It was created in 2 Feb 1931-30 Nov 1945. 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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(iii) Second pe riGd:- 1 8th - 25th November .
^a) Information was received on 16tn Kovember that two
Officers from Palestine would be ready to join the
ship at AKAEA on 18th November.
XX XX
Ship proceeded to AKA BA and the Officers arrived by
air at 0955 on 18th November -
Plight Lieutenant Windsor, R .... P.
(Special service Officer, AMAAN).
Mr.Musgrave, Assistant Superintendent
Palestine Police - personal assiiant to
Deputy Inspector General, Criminal
Investigation Department.
(b) During the period 18th - 25th November these Officers
were shown the whole area and took opportunity to
visit various places and people of interest. No^
landings were made, however, in SA , IJDI ARABIA. They
returned to Jerusalem by air from Suez on 26th
November. .
(e) Mr.Musgrave showed me tn police Pile on Anas
smuggling through AKABA. There was nothing in this
of interest to the naval service which has not
already been reported, except that 1 was impressed
with the stir caused by the arrival in the
Gulf on 10th October of the Destroyers, indeed they
caused some alarm and at least one authority,
reporting the sighting of strange ships, advocated
urgent!/ the presence of Red Bea escort Vessels in
the Gulf. As late as 14th November, Colonel Peake
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. (Officer Commanding Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan Levies) was^
still unable to confirm their nationality, but had
heard that they were British. If this^ then, was
the situation on our side our enemies were probably
in the same position though, in their case, their
fears would march more nearly with the realities.
(d) In conversation with Plight Lieutenant Windsor and
Mr.Musgrave I gathered the following:-
(i) There is very little traffic in arms from
SA’DUI ARABIA and that little is mostly
absorbed by the inhabitants of Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
for personal use. _
(ii) A steady arms traffic sets frora DamABOuo, a
fair ’’run 11 being 120 rifles.
( iii It is believed that there is smuggling of
' / arras on a more gran (lose scale from G.RNNCN,
using the Mediterranean seaboard.
(iv) The original report of a large shipment
through the Gulf of AKABA came from an
excellent and most reliable source. ihere do
not seem to have been any further shipments
since September and the assumption is that
those responsible are waiting for the removal
of the warship patrols. I understand that
land patrols have now been establisned in
Southern Palestine, when large shipments
through the Gulf will be a matter of some
difficulty. , ^ ? .
( e ) general conclusions on the special Arms jr
form the subject of a separate report.
with regard to the origin of these ar is, • '
at least a permissible guess, where are considerable
quantities captured in 1935 and useless to the
Italian authorities. The snips
HA3SAWA and the northward are t ila ^^ y 1 ^ R ^o.ae rrtSte
to be able to leave their route and ^dhows
spot, maybe for 48 hours or more,
to take illegal cargoes. In spite oi objectio
X X X X

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This file consists of copies of extracts from (approximately) monthly reports of the proceedings of His Majesty's ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden during the years 1931-1945, which have been forwarded by the Admiralty to the Under-Secretary of State, 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. .

Most of the extracts are attributed to the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops, the Commander-in-Chief of Mediterranean Station, or commanding officers of particular British ships. Prominently featured ships include the following: HMS Lupin , HMS Penzance , HMS Londonderry , and HMS Weston .

The extracts vary in their range of subject matter. Some of the extracts are largely concerned with local affairs along the Yemeni coast; others report on matters relating to the region as a whole, such as Saudi-Yemeni relations.

Matters discussed in the extracts include the following:

  • The slave trade.
  • The transportation of a British medical mission to Yemen in December 1931, headed by a female doctor named P W R Petrie, for the purpose of treating the Imam of Yemen's [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn's] granddaughter.
  • The passage of pilgrims through Kamaran.
  • A visit by the Chief Commissioner of Aden [Bernard Rawdon Reilly] to Abd el Kuri [Abd al Kuri] and Socotra, on board HMS Penzance , in 1933.
  • The presence of Saudi forces in Asir.
  • Relations between Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Imam of Yemen.
  • The Saudi-Yemeni conflict of 1934, including details of the evacuation of Yemeni troops from Hodeida [Al Ḩudaydah] and the subsequent entry of Saudi troops.
  • Italian naval posts in the Red Sea.
  • Yemeni concerns that Italy, following on from events in Abyssinia, might also become aggressive towards Yemen.
  • The importance of Kamaran as a Red Sea trading port.
  • Details of a special arms patrol carried out by HMS Weston in the Gulf of Akaba [Aqaba] in 1938.

The correspondence concludes with a copy of an intelligence report of the Red Sea area, dated 17 October 1945 and produced by the Naval Intelligence Centre, Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. and East Mediterranean.

In addition to report extracts, the file includes a small sketch map of the Aden Protectorate and the surrounding area.

The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (245 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 246; 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. An external leather cover wraps around the documents, the front inside of which has been foliated as folio 1. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-245; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.

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