Terence Munson Posted 20 September , 2016 Share Posted 20 September , 2016 (edited) The Green Book. If a merchant ship or fishing vessel was captured and sunk after the crew had taken to the ship's boat, the fate of the green book was one of the first questions ask during the during the debrief of survivors e.g.: Extract from Naval Intelligence Documents: N.I.D.- Form Ia M.F.V. "ELSIE" & others sunk 28th June 1917, Report from N.I. Officer, Grimsby dated 28th June 1917. "Skipper Reports…………The green book was in the cabin which no German entered entered & it may therefore be presumed to have gone down with the boat." "WILLIAM AND BETSY" ……….."The vessel sank taking the green book which was in the cabin into which no German had entered." "FRANCIS" (GY.903)………..Skipper reports that his green book was in his bunk & does not know whether it fell into the hands of the Germans or not. One assumes the book listed secret / confidential information such as current prohibited areas vessels must not enter and recognition signals. Can anyone confirm what the content was and if any of them exist in the archives? Thanks in advance. Terry Edited 20 September , 2016 by Terence Munson To include fishing vessels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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