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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎94r] (196/540)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1902-23 Dec 1908. It was written in English and French. 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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communication of 16th February on the subject, I beg leave to report as
follows:—
2. The requirements necessary for the steamer as enumerated by General
Swayne require a larger vessel than has apparently been contemplated, and it
is to be observed that neither of the three steamers of which the particulars are
enclosed with the correspondence would offer anything approaching the combi
nation of qualities required, even if the age of the two larger ones did not
preclude them from favourable consideration. A similar remark would apply
to a converted North Sea fishing steamer which would not have the required
cargo-carrying power and speed, and would be capable of affording but limited
accommodation.
3. The size and style of the steamer referred to in Messrs. Cochrane
and Sons’ let r er to Messrs. C. W. Kellock and Company would be alto
gether inadequate for the purpose in view. She would not be well con
structed, would carry little cargo, and would have a low speed. I can readily
believe that even under these circumstances the price quoted for this vessel
allows a very small margin of profit, although the cost of construction is
cut down to the lowest possible limit; and I am afraid that this price, in
the absence of particulars as to her cargo-carrying power^ and speed, has
proved misleading when the probable cost of a vessel combining the desired
requirements has been under consideration. Few persons who are not closely
acquainted with such investigations understand how greatly the cost is in
creased by requiring so large a proportionate weight of cargo to be carried
in combination with such a speed as 12 knots when loaded. From this point
of view offers for boats carrying little cargo, or none at all, are most
misleading.
4. I have prepared and enclose herewith an outline sketch of a steamer, in
which I have combined the requirements mentioned by General Swayne as far
as can be done in a vessel of moderate size and cost; but I have found it
necessary, even in this boat, to reduce the deadw eight of cargo to be carried and
to adopt a lower speed, and even with these reductions the steamers will cost
considerably more than the sum of £9,000 mentioned.
5 This proposed vessel has a length of 160 feet and 11 feet moulded
depth On the draught of 8 feet she will be capable of carrying a total
deadweight of coal and cargo of about 230 tons. She will have speed of
11 knots per hour when loaded to 8 feet draught. ^ I have found necessary
to adopt twin screw machinery in order to obtain a sufficient immersion of
the propellers, because a single screw would require to be of excessive dia
meter in proportion to the limited draught. The bunkers provided have a
capacity for about 100 tons of coal, which quantity 1 calculate will be amp.e
for 2,000 miles steaming. The total carrying power of the vessel on a draught
of 8 feet being 230 tons, the w eight of cargo which can he carried wmen
the hunkers are full is therefore only 130 tons. It is to be observed, however,
that a greater weight of cargo could be carried without increasing the
draught at any time when circumstances do not require the bunkers to be
full, & because the holds are of ample size, the forward hold having a capacity
for about 147 tons of cargo, reckoned at 50 cubic feet to the ton, and the
after one for about 89 tons, or a total of 236 tons. I may also remark that
if at any time it should not be necessary to strictly limit the draught of the
vessel to 8 feet, a larger total deadweight than 230 tons coal and cargo
together could be carried, the free-board as designed being quite sufficient
to allow of her being safely immersed 6 inches or even 9 inches more, each
inch increasing the weight-carrying power by about 7 ¥ tons.
6. I have been obliged to limit the speed of the vessel to 11 knots, because
the adoption of the 12 knots speed mentioned by General Sway re would have
carried the design still further away from the size and cost of the vessel which
be seems to consider would suffice to embody his requirements. To obtain a
sueed of 12 knots per hour with the same total deadweight of 2o0 tons on a
draught of 8 feet, it would be necessary to increase the length ot the vessel i have
proposed by m arly 10 feet and her breadth by 1 foot, and to increase the

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This volume is the second of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels Regulations, 1904’ and the ‘Aden Sea-traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902’. There is substantial correspondence about amending the 1902 regulation, together with revised drafts made in 1907 and 1908. Correspondents are officials at the Foreign Office, the 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. and the Admiralty in London and the British Ambassador at Paris, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station, the Commander and Senior Naval Officer for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence are English translations of several letters sent and received by Sultan Ahmed Fadthl, The Abdali of Yemen (also referred to as the Abdali Sultan) in 1905 and 1907, and also by Said Faisal the Sultan of Oman in 1907.

The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of a letter from the Italian Consul at Aden to the First Assistant Resident at Aden in 1906 and a letter from the French Consul at Muscat to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat in 1907. The diplomatic correspondence also includes several English translations of notes from the Italian Ambassador and the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at London, to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1907 and 1908.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (266 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 869 (Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/32-34. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 264; 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 front and back covers, along with the leading and ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 145-264 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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