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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

Chronological Copy.                                 File No.

Cablegram Sent April 9, 1918  MJK

To     Opnav Washington.                    Serial No. 6255

Prep. by      N-3           SX     D.R.

                                      29 ADR

VERY SECRET.

6255. Your 4641.1 In October last there were six Holland type submarines2 being assembled at Micolaev [Mykolaiv, Ukraine] , Black Sea, which were shipped from Van Couver [Vancouver]. The five shipped from United States in 1916 and assembled at Revel [Tallinn] and Helsingfors [Helsinki] have all been sunk. As far as known, there are no unassembled submarines at Petrograd. 17209 6255

SIMS.

Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B.

Footnote 1: While this cable has not been found, for more information, see: Sims to Benson, 6 April 1918.

Footnote 2: The Holland-class submarine was the first submarines built for the British Royal Navy from 1901 to 1903.

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