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ADM 239/261: The Fighting Instructions
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Updated 05-Nov-2004

This document is a modern transcription of Admiralty file ADM 239/261, "The Fighting Instructions," published 1939. This particular portion deals with pages 113-124. The original document is held at the The National Archives at Kew, London. This Crown Copyrighted material is reproduced here by kind permission of The National Archives.

(Pages 113-124)

INDEX

A	No. of Clause or other reference
Abandoning advanced asdic screen-conditions affecting	46
Abandoning A/S air patrols-considerations	40
Abandoning-disabled ship	27
ACTION between equal but unbalanced forces	500-519
" broken off at dusk-instructions	400-429
" fleet by day-general instructions	360-399
" night-instructions for all units of the fleet	8-9 ; 430-459
" on similar courses-duties of all ships	263
" on opposite courses-duties of all ships	264
" observation aircraft-duties	274
" when retiring-duties of all ships	266
" with a retiring enemy-duties of all ships	265
Advanced asdic screens-requirements and duties	48-49
Advanced flotillas-definition	326
AIR attacks at dawn-instructions for aircraft	465
" attacks by day-instructions for aircraft	263-266; 275-279
" attack by enemy-considerations affecting cruising dispositions	102-103
" attacks by night-instructions	407-408

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