Special Charts and Publications produced by the Hydrographic Department Volume I (Text) Admiralty 1949 C.B. 3200A

Through the courtesy of the UK Hydrographic Office Taunton, and with concurrence of the National Archives, Kew, the Defence Surveyors’ Association has included the Technical Staff Monograph C.B. 3200A on its web site as a companion document to Maps & Survey, H.M.S.O. 1952.

Maps and Survey records the work of the Geographical Section, General Staff in World War 2. C.B. 3200A similarly records the work of the Hydrographic Department in producing special operational charts and diagrams additional to its normal work of producing Fleet navigational charts.

A companion volume of Specimen Charts and Diagrams is contained in Volume II. This is too large to scan but the contents are listed in Volume I and a copy may be consulted at Taunton or in the National Archives, Kew at ADM239/238. Volume I also is at ADM 239/237.

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Document cover.

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Olsolescence letter relating to C.B. 3200A and C.B. 3200B.

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Fly sheet.

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Fly sheet - page 2.

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Preface and Contents.

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Contents (continued) and Page 1 - Section 1 - Administrative Charts; Airfield Reference Charts.

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Page 2 - Section 1 (continued) and Page 3 - Section 2 Operational Charts and Diagrams: Charts showing Azimuth Curves from radio Stations; Gnomonic D/F Charts; Indicator Loop Charts.

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Pages 4 and 5 - Section 2 (continued): Local Reference Chart; Route Slips; Standard Route Chartlets; Mines and Searched Channel Charts; Mines Charts.

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Pages 6 and 7 - Section 2 (continued): German-Swept Channel Charts; Route and Passage Chartlets; English Channel Handbook; Chart-Maps; Beach Chartlets; Z9M) Charts - Mosaics; Tidal Stream and Astronomical Tables.

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Pages 8 and 9 - Section 2 (continued): Captured Ports - Navigational Information; Mulberries and Gooseberries; Assault Maps; Bombardment Charts; Overcover Charts; Wreck Charts; Charts showing War Wrecks.

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Pages 10 and 11 - Section 2 (continued): British Islands: Western Approaches, English Channel and North Sea Wreck Charts in 7 Sheets; Aircraft Plotting Charts; Gridded Charts; Gee-Lattice Charts; Decca Charts; Loran Charts; Radar Charts.

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Pages 12 and 13 - Section 2 (continued): Radar Chartlets - PPI; Bomb Plotting Diagrams; Oceanographical Charts; Meteorological Charts; Horoscopes; Ryde Night Illumination Diagrams.

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Pages 14 and 15 - Section 2 (continued): Foreign Goverment Charts - Reproduction; Abbeviation Sheets; Lifeboat Charts; Miscellaneous Charts.

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Pages 16 and 17 - Section 2 (continued): Miscellaneous Charts (continued).