ADM 1 (Admiralty & Secretarial Papers)
ADM 1/1319 – Mutiny Rumours
ADM 1/8590/106 – Report of Proceedings of H.M.S. Hood. German convoy escorted and examined during operation "DY" Aug 1920.
ADM 1/8662/111 – Special Service Squadron, Empire Cruise. Table money and Flag allowances. Question of its operation on all occasions when the Light Cruisers are detached from the Battle Cruisers (1924)
ADM 1/8753/219 – Report of proceedings of the Battle Cruiser Squadron, Jun– Jul 1931
ADM 1/8759/201 – Celebration of His Majesty's birthday at Guernsey by H.M.S. Hood on 30th Jun 1932
ADM 1/8770/139 – Publication in the Daily Mail of rumours of mutiny on H.M.S. Hood: Discussion of the procedure for dealing with rumours & reports (1933)
ADM 1/9209 – Battle Cruisers: design (1916)
ADM 1/9210 – Hood class: armour and deck protection (1916)
ADM 1/9226 – Summary of 'Hood' Trials for Information of Post War Questions Committee
ADM 1/9555 – Battle Cruiser Squadron: transfer to and from the Mediterranean; duties of Rear-Admiral First Battle Squadron (1935–1938)
ADM 1/10321 – Oran (exact content not established)
ADM 1/10633 – H.M.S. Hood and Warspite: report of movements between 9–18 Feb (1940)
ADM 1/11585 – Landing of Naval Wire Barrage equipment from HM Ships after loss of H.M.S. Hood
ADM 1/11726 – Loss of Hood in action with German battleship Bismarck: report of Board of Inquiry
ADM 1/19140 – Sinking of H.M.S. Hood: conflicting reports by German officers. Sinking of Hood by Long Range Torpedoes.
ADM 1/19999 – Sinking of German Battleship Bismarck: Publication of dispatch submitted by C-in-C Home Fleet
ADM 1/23040 – Allocation of first 40 UP projectors (unrotating projectile mountings) (1940)
ADM 1/30817 – Loss of H.M.S. Hood
ADM 53/78910 – Ship's Log, 29 Mar 1920–19 Mar 1921
ADM 53/78911 – Ship's Log, 20 Mar 1921–10 Mar 1922
ADM 53/78912 – Ship's Log, 11 Mar 1922– 01 Mar 1923
ADM 53/78913 – Ship's Log, 02 Mar 1923–15 May 1923
ADM 53/78914 – Ship's Log, 16 May 1923– 30 Apr 1924
ADM 53/78915 – Ship's Log, 01 May 1924– 18 Apr 1925
ADM 53/78916 – Ship's Log, 19 Apr 1925–06 Jan 1926
ADM 53/78917 – Ship's Log, 07 Jan 1926–29 Jan 1927
ADM 53/78918 – Ship's Log, 30 Jan 1927–21 Feb 1928
ADM 53/78919 – Ship's Log, 22 Feb 1928–15 Feb 1929
ADM 53/78920 – Ship's Log, 16 Feb 1929–17 May 1929
Refit at Portsmouth 18 May 1929–09 Mar 1931 (no logs)
ADM 53/78921 – Ship's Log, 10 Mar 1931–31 Mar 1931
ADM 53/78922 – Ship's Log, Apr 1931
ADM 53/78923 – Ship's Log, May 1931
ADM 53/78924 – Ship's Log, Jun 1931
ADM 53/78925 – Ship's Log, Jul 1931
ADM 53/78926 – Ship's Log, Aug 1931
ADM 53/78927 – Ship's Log, Sep 1931
ADM 53/78928 – Ship's Log, Oct 1931
ADM 53/78929 – Ship's Log, Nov 1931
ADM 53/78930 – Ship's Log, Dec 1931
ADM 53/78931 – Ship's Log, Jan 1932
ADM 53/78932 – Ship's Log, Feb 1932
ADM 53/78933 – Ship's Log, Mar 1932
ADM 53/78934 – Ship's Log, Apr 1932
ADM 53/78935 – Ship's Log, May 1932
ADM 53/78936 – Ship's Log, Jun 1932
ADM 53/78937 – Ship's Log, Jul 1932
ADM 53/78938 – Ship's Log, Aug 1932
ADM 53/78939 – Ship's Log, Sep 1932
ADM 53/78940 – Ship's Log, Oct 1932
ADM 53/78941 – Ship's Log, Nov 1932
ADM 53/78942 – Ship's Log, Dec 1932
ADM 53/78943 – Ship's Log, Jan 1933
ADM 53/78944 – Ship's Log, Feb 1933
ADM 53/78945 – Ship's Log, Mar 1933
ADM 53/78946 – Ship's Log, Apr 1933
ADM 53/78947 – Ship's Log, May 1933
ADM 53/78948 – Ship's Log, Jun 1933
ADM 53/78949 – Ship's Log, Jul 1933
ADM 53/78950 – Ship's Log, Aug 1933
ADM 53/78951 – Ship's Log, Sep 1933
ADM 53/78952 – Ship's Log, Oct 1933
ADM 53/78953 – Ship's Log, Nov 1933
ADM 53/78954 – Ship's Log, Dec 1933
ADM 53/78955 – Ship's Log, Jan 1934
ADM 53/78956 – Ship's Log, Feb 1934
ADM 53/78957 – Ship's Log, Mar 1934
ADM 53/78958 – Ship's Log, Apr 1934
ADM 53/78959 – Ship's Log, May 1934
ADM 53/78960 – Ship's Log, Jun 1934
ADM 53/78961 – Ship's Log, Jul 1934
ADM 53/78962 – Ship's Log, Aug 1934
ADM 53/78963 – Ship's Log, Sep 1934
ADM 53/78964 – Ship's Log, Oct 1934
ADM 53/78965 – Ship's Log, Nov 1934
ADM 53/78966 – Ship's Log, Dec 1934
ADM 53/97652 – Ship's Log, Jan 1935
ADM 53/97653 – Ship's Log, Feb 1935
ADM 53/97654 – Ship's Log, Mar 1935
ADM 53/97655 – Ship's Log, Apr 1935
ADM 53/97656 – Ship's Log, May 1935
ADM 53/97657 – Ship's Log, Jun 1935
ADM 53/97658 – Ship's Log, Jul 1935
ADM 53/97659 – Ship's Log, Aug 1935
ADM 53/97660 – Ship's Log, Sep 1935
ADM 53/97661 – Ship's Log, Oct 1935
ADM 53/97662 – Ship's Log, Nov 1935
ADM 53/97663 – Ship's Log, Dec 1935
ADM 53/97664 – Ship's Log, Jan 1936
ADM 53/97665 – Ship's Log, Feb 1936
ADM 53/97666 – Ship's Log, Mar 1936
ADM 53/97667 – Ship's Log, Apr 1936
ADM 53/97668 – Ship's Log, May 1936
ADM 53/97669 – Ship's Log, Jun 1936
ADM 53/97670 – Ship's Log, Jul 1936
ADM 53/97671 – Ship's Log, Aug 1936
ADM 53/97672 – Ship's Log, Sep 1936
ADM 53/97673 – Ship's Log, Oct 1936
ADM 53/97674 – Ship's Log, Nov 1936
ADM 53/97675 – Ship's Log, Dec 1936
ADM 53/104194 – Ship's Log, Jan 1937
ADM 53/104195 – Ship's Log, Feb 1937
ADM 53/104196 – Ship's Log, Mar 1937
ADM 53/104197 – Ship's Log, Apr 1937
ADM 53/104198 – Ship's Log, May 1937
ADM 53/104199 – Ship's Log, Jun 1937
ADM 53/104200 – Ship's Log, Jul 1937
ADM 53/104201 – Ship's Log, Aug 1937
ADM 53/104202 – Ship's Log, Sep 1937
ADM 53/104203 – Ship's Log, Oct 1937
ADM 53/104204 – Ship's Log, Nov 1937
ADM 53/104205 – Ship's Log, Dec 1937
ADM 53/104206 – Ship's Log, Jan 1938
ADM 53/104207 – Ship's Log, Feb 1938
ADM 53/104208 – Ship's Log, Mar 1938
ADM 53/104209 – Ship's Log, Apr 1938
ADM 53/104210 – Ship's Log, May 1938
ADM 53/104211 – Ship's Log, Jun 1938
ADM 53/104212 – Ship's Log, Jul 1938
ADM 53/104213 – Ship's Log, Aug 1938
ADM 53/104214 – Ship's Log, Sep 1938
ADM 53/104215 – Ship's Log, Oct 1938
ADM 53/104216 – Ship's Log, Nov 1938
ADM 53/104217 – Ship's Log, Dec 1938
ADM 53/109191 – Ship's Log, Jan 1939
ADM 53/109192 – Ship's Log, Feb 1939
ADM 53/109193 – Ship's Log, Mar 1939
ADM 53/109194 – Ship's Log, Apr 1939
ADM 53/109195 – Ship's Log, May 1939
ADM 53/109196 – Ship's Log, Jun 1939
ADM 53/109197 – Ship's Log, Jul 1939
ADM 53/109198 – Ship's Log, Aug 1939
ADM 53/109199 – Ship's Log, Sep 1939
ADM 53/109200 – Ship's Log, Oct 1939
ADM 53/109201 – Ship's Log, Nov 1939
ADM 53/109202 – Ship's Log, Dec 1939
ADM 53/112443 – Ship's Log, Jan 1940
ADM 53/112444 – Ship's Log, Feb 1940
ADM 53/112445 – Ship's Log, Mar 1940
ADM 53/112446 – Ship's Log, Apr 1940
ADM 53/112447 – Ship's Log, May 1940
ADM 53/112448 – Ship's Log, Jun 1940
ADM 53/112449 – Ship's Log, Jul 1940
ADM 53/112450 – Ship's Log, Aug 1940
ADM 53/112451 – Ship's Log, Sep 1940
ADM 53/112452 – Ship's Log, Oct 1940
ADM 53/112453 – Ship's Log, Nov 1940
ADM 53/112454 – Ship's Log, Dec 1940
ADM 53/114434 – Ship's Log, Jan 1941
ADM 53/114435 – Ship's Log, Feb 1941
ADM 53/114436 – Ship's Log, Mar 1941
ADM 53/114437 – Ship's Log, Apr 1941
May 1941 log lost with the ship.
ADM 53/114888 – Prince of Wales's Log, May 1941
ADM 101 (Medical Department of the Navy: Medical Journals)
ADM 101/565 – "Hood"–"Impregnable" (a review of medical happenings aboard a number of ships to include Hood)
ADM 116 (Admiralty & Secretariat Cases)
ADM 116/1881 – Visit of Battle Cruiser Squadron to Scandinavian Ports (1919–20)
ADM 116/2219 – Empire Cruise of the Special Service Squadron (Volume 1)
ADM 116/2220 – Empire Cruise of the Special Service Squadron (Volume 2)
ADM 116/2254 – Special Service Squadron–Letters of Proceedings (Volume 1)
ADM 116/2255 – Special Service Squadron–Letters of Proceedings (Volume 2)
ADM 116/2256 – Special Service Squadron–Letters of Proceedings (Volume 3)
ADM 116/2257 – Special Service Squadron–Letters of Proceedings (Volume 4)
ADM 116/3516 – Spanish Civil War: Proceedings of rear Admiral 2nd Battle Squadron Apr to Aug 1939
ADM 116/3517 – Spanish Civil War: Proceedings of HM Ships in Northern Spanish Waters
ADM 116/4351 – Loss of H.M.S. Hood in action with German battleship Bismarck: Boards of Inquiry
ADM 116/4352 – Loss of H.M.S. Hood in action with German battleship Bismarck: Boards of Inquiry
ADM 136 (Ships' Books, Series II)
ADM 136/13 – Ship: H.M.S. Hood (Ship's books–Several large volumes containing technical/financial data on ship work plus manpower data, etc.). A 54 item extraction of this record is available from The National Archives as Reference MPI 1/308
ADM 156 (Admiralty Courts Martial Cases and Files)
ADM 156/65 – Amendments to regulations on conduct of preliminary investigations and admissibility of confessions. Question of authority of Metropolitan Police on duty at dockyard gates. Mr T Jupp. Warrant Instructor in Cookery. H.M.S. Hood. Theft etc.
ADM 156/107 – Collision between HM Ships Hood and Renown. Rear-Admiral SR Bailey CB, CBE, DSO, RN commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, and others. Hazarding of vessels.
ADM 167 (Board of Admiralty: Minutes and Memoranda, Series II)
ADM 167/83 – Board of Admiralty: Minutes and Memoranda 1931 (Invergordon Mutiny)
ADM 167/89 – Board of Admiralty: Minutes and Memoranda 1933 (Invergordon Mutiny)
ADM 178 (Naval Courts Martial Cases, Boards of Inquiry Reports, and Other Papers)
ADM 178/40 – Desertion of A Cannon AB of H.M.S. Hood and subsequent impersonation by AV Culley
ADM 178/64 – Question of enforcement of second affiliation order in favour of different mother: Stoker WJ Davies H.M.S. Hood
ADM 178/75 – Consideration of appointment as Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet of Admiral Tomkinson or Admiral Tyrwitt following Invergordon Mutiny
ADM 178/79 – Mutiny in the Atlantic Fleet at Invergordon – memoranda by Board members regarding
ADM 178/82 – Petty Officers reverted for unsuitability: question of later re-advancement. FW Cobb H.M.S. Hood
ADM 178/110 – Invergordon Mutiny Narrative of events by RADM Tomkinson, Senior Officer Atlantic Fleet
ADM 178/113 – Invergordon Mutiny – men discharged
ADM 178/129 – Invergordon Mutiny reports
ADM 178/171 – The Mutiny at Invergordon by LtCdr Edwards RN retired: Protests from various naval officers.
ADM 186 (Admiralty Publications)
ADM 186/249 – 15" Mark II mountings, H.M.S. Hood, handbook
ADM 186/253 – Handbook for Naval Range-Finders and Mountings (1921)
ADM 186/254 – Handbook for Naval Range-Finders and Mountings: Plates (1921)
ADM 186/255 – Manual for power-worked Mountings (1921)
ADM 186/256 – Manual for power-worked Mountings: Plates (1921)
ADM 186/260 – Fire Control Pocket Book, 1920 (1923)
ADM 186/262 – Handbook of Vickers 40 mm quick-firing 2-pdr Pom-Pom Mark II* (1924)
ADM 186/281 – Tables showing particulars in regard to Naval Ordnance (1927)
ADM 186/291 – Director Firing Gear (1929)
ADM 186/302 – Instructions for the Maintenance of Naval Ordnance & Gun Mountings (1930)
ADM 186/316 – Pamphlet on the Director for the 2 pdr "M" Mark V Pom-Pom (1932)
ADM 186/331 – Turret Gun Drill for 15" Mark I Guns on Twin Marks I & II Mountings (1935)
ADM 186/332 – Drill for 2 pdr quick-firing Mark II* Pom-Pom Guns on high angle Mark II Mountings (1935)
ADM 186/345 – Handbook of the Admiralty Fire Control Table Mark V (1937)
ADM 186/784 – Fleet Signal Book (1934)
ADM 186/785 – Fleet Signal Book: Appendix (1934)
ADM 186/787 – Signalling instructions 1934
ADM 186/797 – Operations against French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, 3–6 Jul 1940
ADM 199 (War History Cases & Papers)
ADM 199/1187 – Pursuit and destruction of German Battleship Bismarck
ADM 199/1188 – Pursuit and destruction of German Battleship Bismarck
ADM 202 (Royal Marines War Diaries)
ADM 202/422 – Operation "Primrose" Operations by Royal Marines in Norway, 1940
ADM 205 (First Sea Lord's Papers)
ADM 205/4 – Minutes of First Lord's meetings: possibly containing information on the battle of Oran
ADM 205/12 – The papers of Admiral Sir Frederick C Dreyer (retired) Inspector of Merchant Navy gunnery and advisor on small ships (RN) gunnery
ADM 212 (Rangefinder Correspondence and Papers)
ADM 212/69 – Correspondence and notes regarding a backlaying periscope for H.M.S. Hood (1927–33)
ADM 220 (Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment and predecessors: RADAR Records)
ADM 220/76 – Reports of performance in H.M.S. Hood and other vessels of Type 279M radar (1941)
ADM 220/1542 – The electrical characteristics of aerial outfit ASF (radar type 284 M3/4)
ADM 226 (Admiralty Experiment Works: Reports)
ADM 226/23 – H.M.S. Hood analysis of results of speed trials
ADM 226/24 – H.M.S. Hood: results of shallow water trials
ADM 226/39 – H.M.S. Hood: suction effect on sea bed
ADM 229 (Department of the Director of Naval Construction: Directors' Papers)
ADM 229/20 – DNC's Reports (concerning proposed reconstruction of Hood and other vessels) (1938–1939)
ADM 230 (Private and Private Office Papers Between Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell and Sir Roger Keyes)
ADM 230/1 – Correspondence with Sir Roger Keyes GCB following the Invergordon Mutiny
ADM 234 (Navy Reference Books)
ADM234/317 – Operations against French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, 3–6 Jul 1940
ADM 234/321 – No. 5 Chase and Sinking of German Battleship Bismarck 23–27 May 1941
ADM 234/322 – No. 5 Chase and Sinking of German Battleship Bismarck 23–27 May 1941
ADM 234/509 – Sinking of the Bismarck 27 May 1941: Official Dispatches
ADM 234/510 – Sinking of the Bismarck 27 May 1941: Plans
ADM 267 (Damage Reports and Files, Torpedoes and Mines)
ADM 267/64 – Hood: Board of enquiry into loss
ADM 267/111 – Damage Reports (Hood and other ships. Also includes damage received by Prince of Wales during the operations against "Bismarck")
ADM 267/137 – Notes on sinking of the German Battleship "Bismarck"
ADM 275 (Navy Reference Books, OU Series)
ADM 275/9 – Naval magazine & explosives regulations and naval cordite regulations, 01 Jan–31 Dec 1935
ADM 275/10 – Handbook of Gunnery Organisation, 01 Jan–31 Dec 1941
ADM 275/11 – Handbook on ammunition, 1935 Jan 01–1935 Dec 31
ADM 275/21 – Handbook of 21 inch Mk X* and XX* torpedoes, Jan 01–31 Dec 1939
AIR Series (Air Ministry)
AIR 15/204 – Bismarck: Reports on sinking
AIR 15/415 – Bismarck: Reports on sinking (includes report from Sunderland aircraft of Hood's loss)
AVIA Series (Ministry of Aviation)
AVIA 6/9459 – Unrotated projectiles 7": tests (1940)
AVIA 7/3461 – Transmitter type 284 for long-range detection of surface vessels: Dover liaison with Signal School
CAFO (Confidential Admiralty Fleet Orders)
Held at Royal Navy Library, Portsmouth
1940 - CAFO 437 – Helmets for Protection From Blast – REPORTS
1940 - CAFO 534 – Trolleys, Pattern 46, with Chocks for Transport of Bombs
1940 - CAFO 2201 – 21-in. Fixed A.W. Torpedo Tubes – Modification
1940 - CAFO 2205 – Filtration Units – Containers in – Inspection Scheme
1941 - CAFO 67 – Ammunition – Q.F., 4-in., Mark V and XVI–Ready-use Lockers–Modifications
1941 - CAFO 112 – Rangefinder Range Receivers
1941 - CAFO 339 – D.G. Equipment – Adjustment of "M" Coil with Change of Latitude
1941 - CAFO 389 – Casualties – Notification to Next-of-kin of ex-French Ratings
1941 - CAFO 448 – Fuzes, No. 401, Mark II, in lieu of Fuzes, No. 206 – Issue
1941 - CAFO 494 – Guns – B.L., 6-in., Mark XXIII ; Q.F., 4.5-in., Mark III, and Q.F., 4-in., Mark XVI – Endorsement of Muzzle Velocities on Memoranda of Inspection
1941 - CAFO 501 – Nomenclature of Armaments (Capital Ships & Aircraft Carriers.)
1941 - CAFO 509 – W/T – Types 79, 79Y, 271, 279, 280, 281, 282,284, 285, 286, 289 and 290–Allocation to Ships
DSIR Series (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Reports and Papers)
DSIR 23/1463 – Screening of bridge of H.M.S. Hood from wind: experiments (1920)