‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’

Title:

‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’

Date:

1942/1942

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) to the Secretary of State for India, dated 16 May 1942, concerning compensation for loss by enemy action, and reporting of the two lost dhows (ff 2-3); a copy of a report, dated 16 April 1942, sent by the Assistant Collector of Salt Revenues at Camp Malvan to the Staff Officer (Intelligence) at Bombay, reporting that thirty-five crewmen had arrived from one of the sunk vessels at Malvan, and enclosing a testimony of the attack and sinking by one of the crewmen (f 6).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Submarine warfare
Merchant shipping

Geographic region:

Indian Ocean

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00007e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00007e_en
IOR/R/15/2/730
IOR/R/15/2/730

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