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Admiralty Fleet Order C.W.6154
7th July 1920
NAVAL CLASPS
His Majesty the King has been
graciously pleased to approve of the award of Naval Clasps to the
British War Medal under the following conditions, viz :
The particular services for which
clasps will be awarded are as follows :
(A)
General actions at sea
Under this heading the following
clasps will be awarded :
"
heligoland, 28 Aug. 14 " To be awarded to the Officers and men of those ships
actually engaged.
"
falkland islands, 8 Dec. 14
" To be awarded to the Officers and men of all ships of
Vice Admiral Sir F. C. D. Sturdee's squadron, which left Port
Stanley on December 8th, 1914, with the intention of engaging the
enemy.
"
dogger bank, 24 Jan.
15 " To be awarded to all ships which took part in
the action resulting in the sinking of the " Blucher," 24th January
1915.
"
jutland, 31 May 16
" To be awarded to the Officers and men of those ships and
vessels named in the list attached to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's
Despatch.
(B) single ship actions
Under this heading the following
clasps will be awarded :
" cap
Trafalgar, 14 Sept. 14 " - To be awarded
to the Officers and men of H.M.S. " Carmania," present in the
action.
"
Emden, 9 Nov. 14
" - To be awarded to the Officers and men of H.M.A.S.
" Sydney," present in the action.
"
KONIGSBERG, July 15
" -To be awarded to the Officers and men who served on board the "
Severn " and " Mersey," and in the aeroplanes, in the Rufigi River
on July 6th and 11th 1915, in the operations resulting in the
destruction of the " Konigsberg."
"
leopard, 16 March 17
" - To be awarded to the Officers and men of " Achilles " and "
Dundee," present in the action.
"21
April 17 " -To be awarded to the Officers and men of
H.M. Ships " Swift " and " Broke," present in the action.
(C) fighting at sea in
particular areas
Under this heading the following clasps will be awarded :
"
north sea 1914 " etc., up to 1918.
"
narrow seas 1914 " etc., up to 1918.
"
home
seas 1914 " etc., up to 1918.
"
arctic 1914 " etc., up to 1918.
" Baltic 1914
" etc., up to 1918.
" Mediterranean 1914 " etc., up to 1918.
Limits of Particular Areas
North Sea.
Southern Limit A line drawn from
Cromer to the Texel.
Eastern Limit Up the coast of
Holland, Germany and Denmark, down the east coast of Denmark, across
the northern exits to the Belts and Sound to the Swedish coast,
north along the coasts of Sweden and Norway as far as the meridian
of 30° E., and then true north along this meridian.
Western Limit From Cromer up the
east coasts of England and Scotland to Cape Wrath, thence to a
position in Lat. 64° N., Long. 30° W., thence true north.
Narrow Seas.
Northern Limit A line drawn from
Cromer to the Texel.
Southern Limit A line drawn from
Dungeness to Boulogne. (Ships based on Boulogne will be included.)
Home Seas.
Eastern Limit Line joining Cape
Spartel and Cape Trafalgar, thence west and north along the coasts
of Spain and Portugal, the coast line of the Bay of Biscay, along
the French coast to Boulogne, thence to Dungeness, thence along the
south and west coasts of England and Scotland to Cape Wrath.
Northern Limit From Cape Wrath to a
position in Lat. 64° N., Long. 30° W.
Southern Limit From Cape Spartel
west true to the meridian of 30° W.
Western Limit The meridian of 30°
W. as far as Lat. 64° N.
Arctic.
Southern Limit Along the parallel
of 60° N. between the meridians of 30° E. and 50° E.
Eastern Limit The meridian of 50°
E.
Western Limit The meridian of 30°
E.
Baltic.
Within the Baltic inside the Northern
exits to the Belts and Sound
Mediterranean.
The whole Mediterranean within a line
joining Cape Spartel and Cape Trafalgar, including the Black Sea,
Sea of Marmora, and the harbour of Port Said, but excluding the Suez
Canal.
Qualifying
Service for " Area " or " Service " Clasps
(a) One clasp to be given for each
calendar year, 19141918.
(b) Qualifying service to be one
month for 1914, and three months for the other years. Service in
bona fide seagoing ships only to count. Service in Depot ships and
other vessels which occasionally go to sea from port to port not be
regarded as qualifying service.
(c) Service within the calendar year
need not be continuous.
(d) Only one " Area " or " Service "
clasp to be given for any one year. If an Officer or man
qualifies in more than one area in any one year, he shall receive
the clasps for the area in which he has served the longest.
(e) In the case of any Officer or
man who has been killed or mortally wounded in action, the clasp for
that year will be granted irrespective of the length of service.
(D) special services not
confined to particular areas
Under this head the following clasps will be awarded :
"
minesweeping " - To be awarded as follows :
(a) To each rank and rating who
formed one of the official crew of a vessel employed regularly as a
minesweeper between 4th August 1914 and 11th November 1918, provided
that the applicant's vessel formed one of a Minesweeping Unit which
swept up enemy's moored mines when the applicant was present in that
vessel.
(b) To each rank and rating who
formed one of the crew of a vessel temporarily employed on
minesweeping for clearing or ensuring a passage in the Dardanelles.
note Auxiliary
Patrol and other vessels fitted for minesweeping who occasionally
passed their sweeps in conjunction with their patrol duties not to
be entitled to the Mines weeping Clasp.
"
minelaying "
To be awarded to Officers and men who made ten minelaying trips
within the undermentioned areas, including Officers and men serving
in Submarine E24 when that vessel was lost:
i. Within the British
Notified Areas, i.e., the area comprising all the waters except the
Netherlands and Danish territorial waters lying to the southward and
eastward of a line commencing 3 miles from the Coast of Jutland on
the parallel of Lat. 57° 08' N., and passing through the following
positions :
(1) Lat. 57° 08' N., Long. 6° 00' E.
(2) Lat. 56° 00' N., Long. 5° 10' E.
(3) Lat. 54° 45' N., Long. 4° 17' E.
(4) Lat. 53° 29' N., Long. 4° 04' E.
(5) Lat. 53° 00' N., Long. 4° 10' E.
thence along the parallel of Lat. 53°
00' N. to a position 3 miles from the Netherlands coast, thence to
the northward and eastward following the limit of Netherlands
territorial waters.
2. Within 20 miles of the Belgian
coast between Zeebrugge and Nieuport; also within a radius of 20
miles from (a) Zeebrugge Mole, (b) Nieuport Harbour.
3. Between lines drawn east true
from the Skaw and Syr Point, Lasso Island, to the Swedish coast.
(Admiralty chart No. 2114.)
4. Within 20 miles of the eastern
shore of the Adriatic.
5. The area enclosed between the
meridians of 28° 30' E., and 25° 45' E., and the parallels of 36°
50' N. and 40° 30' N.
"
' Q ' ships " - To be awarded to all Officers and men
who served during the war in " Q " or " Decoy " ships, employed on
anti-submarine duties, and were in action in its widest sense with
enemy submarines.
"
submarines "
To be awarded to Officers and men who served in submarines for not
less than twelve months during the war.
"
Baltic
S/Ms " - To be awarded to Officers and men who served
in submarines in the Baltic within the limits for the Baltic shown
under heading (c).
To be held in lieu of and not in
addition to " Submarines
" clasp.
"
heligoland bight S/Ms
" - To be awarded to Officers and men who operated in submarines in
the Heligoland Bight within the British Notified Area. (See Area I,
under " Minelaying.")
To be held in lieu of and not in
addition to " Submarines
" clasp.
"Marmora
S/Ms."- To be awarded to the Officers and men of all
submarines who penetrated through into the Sea of Marmora and
operated there between midnight, 18th and 19th February 1915 and 8th
January 1916. The award to include Officers and men of Submarine "
B.11," which torpedoed the " Messudieh " on 31st December 1914, and
Submarine " E.15," which made the pioneer attempt and grounded on
Kephez Point in the Dardanelles on i5th April 1915.
To be held in lieu of and not in
addition to " Submarines
" clasp.
note Officers and
men of Minelaying Submarines to be also eligible for " Minelaying "
clasp in addition to any submarine clasps, under the conditions laid
down above.
(E)
actions with enemy's land forces
Under this head the following clasps will be awarded :
"
Belgian coast " - To be awarded to the Officers
and men serving in ships which operated between 4th August 1914,
and midnight 19th-20th October 1918 (the date of the enemy's
evacuation) in an area within twenty miles of the Belgian coast
between Zeebrugge and Nieuport; also within a radius of 20 miles
from (1) Zeebrugge Mole, (2) Nieuport Harbour.
N.B. The "Belgian
Coast" clasp not to be awarded for the operations at
Zeebrugge 23rd April 1918, and Ostend, 23rd April and l0th May 1918.
(See below.)
"Dardanelles
" To be awarded to the Officers and men of H.M. Ships which took
part in the operation in the Dardanelles from midnight, February 18
- 19th 1915 to midnight, March 18 - 19th 1915. Those eligible shall
be the Officers and men serving in the ships mentioned in the
despatches of Vice-Admirals Carden and De Robeck, dated March 17th
1915 and March 26th 1915. (See London Gazette, 31322, 7th
Supplement, April 29th 1919.)
"
Gallipoli landing
" To be awarded to all naval ranks and ratings who left transports
with a view to landing ; to the Officers and crews of those small
ships, vessels, and boats which worked inshore or actually assisted
in the disembarkation of troops ; and to all ranks and ratings of
the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine on board the " River Clyde " ;
between midnight, April 24 - 25th and midnight, April 26 - 27th
1915. Off-shore covering vessels, transports, etc., not to be
included.
note Transports for
this purpose are held to mean all floating craft that carried
troops.
"
Gallipoli "
To be awarded to the Officers and men of all ships employed off the
Gallipoli Peninsula within the area mentioned below from midnight,
March 18-19th 1915, to the date of the final evacuation, January 8th
1916.
Area To the eastward of a line
drawn from Yukyeri Point (Lat. 39° 50' 40" N., Long. 26° 9' 45" E.
approx.) through a point in Lat. 39° 53' N., Long. 26° 00' E.,
thence direct to Cape Gremea (Lat. 40° 35' N., Long. 26° 6' E.
approx.).
"
tsIngtau "
To be awarded to the Officers and men of all ships employed off
Tsingtau during the operations resulting in its capture, north of
Lat. 35° 30' N. and between meridians of 120° and 121° E.
"
Suez canal "
To be awarded to the Officers and men of those ships and vessels
which took part in the engagement on February 2nd to 4th 1915,
resulting in the repulse of the Turkish attack, that is, to ranks
and ratings serving in ships which operated between a position 2
miles north of Kantara and the northern end of the Bitter Lakes.
"
zeebrugge. Ostend " To be awarded to the Officers
and men present in the ships and vessels named in Article 45 of Sir
Roger Keyes' amended despatch of May 9th 1918, published in " London
Gazette," No. 31189, of 19th February 1919.
"
Ostend, 10 May 1918
" To be awarded to the Officers and men present in the ships named
in the Appendix to Sir Roger Keyes' despatch dated 15th June 1918.
(F)
operations in connection with those on land
Under this head the following clasps will be awarded :
"
Mesopotamia " - To be awarded to all Naval Officers
and men who served in the Persian Gulf within the Straits of Ormuz,
from November 1st 1914, the date of Turkey's entry into the War,
until noon, October 3ist 1918.
"
red
sea
" To be awarded to the Officers and men of H.M.
Ships who were actually stationed in the Red Sea or the Suez Canal,
north of and including Aden, and south of the Mediterranean,
excluding the harbour of Port Said, between November 1st 1914 and
noon on October 31st 1918. Ships proceeding through the Suez Canal
or Red Sea on passage not to be included in the award.
"
German
east Africa
" To be awarded to the Officers and men
of H.M. Ships employed off the coast and outlying islands of East
Africa between Mombasa and Delagoa Bay, both inclusive, throughout
the war; also to those Naval ranks and ratings serving on the
African Lakes.
"German
S.W. Africa" To be awarded to the Officers and men
of H.M. Ships employed on the coast of German S.W. Africa between
Luderitz Bay and Swakopmund between September 15th 1914 and July 9th
1915.
"
pacific islands
" To be awarded to all Naval
Officers and men who took part in the following operations :
New Britain ( Sept. 11 - 21st
1914.)
New Ireland (Sept. 6 - Oct. 8th
1914.)
Kaiser Wilhelm Land (Sept. 24th
1914.)
Admiralty Islands (Nov. 21st
1914.)
Naura (Nov. 6th 1914.)
German Samoa (Aug. 29th 1914.)
"
Cameroons "
To be awarded to the Officers and men of all H.M. Ships, vessels and
boats, including the Nigerian Marine personnel, who were present on
the Cameroons' waters and rivers between 29th August 1914 and 31st
January 1916 inclusive.
(G) services in Serbia and Russia, and post armistice operations
Under this head the following clasps
will be awarded :
"
north Russia, 1918/19
" To be awarded to all naval ranks and ratings who served afloat
or ashore in North Russia, within the area specified below, between
midnight, 11-12th November 1918 and 12th October 1919.
Southern Limit Along the parallel
of 60° N. between the meridians of 30° E. and 50° E.
Eastern Limit The meridian of 50°
E.
Western Limit The meridian of 30°
E.
"
eastern Baltic, 1918-19
" To be awarded to all naval ranks and ratings who
served within the Gulf of Finland and in the Baltic east of 20° E.
between midnight,11-12th November 1918, and midnight, 31st December
I919-1st January 1920.
"
mine clearance, 1918-19
" To be awarded to those Officers and men who actually signed a
Mine Clearance Contract, and were accepted and employed under the
terms M.0.972/19. Limiting
dates and areas as follows :
(a) In Home
Waters, including North Sea European littoral, between 11th November
1918, and midnight, 30th September-1st October 1919.
(b) Within the Mediterranean,
between 11th November 1918, and midnight, 30th November-1st December
1919.
(c) Within the Baltic, between 11th
November 1918, and midnight, 30th November-1st December 1919.
(d) In other foreign areas where
British vessels have carried out mine clearance, between 11th
November 1918, and midnight, 31st July-1st August 1919.
"
SERBIA " To all those in the Naval contingent, and
in the attached hospital, serving under the orders of Rear Admiral
Sir E. C. T. Troubridge during the defence of Belgrade, and the
subsequent retreat through Serbia across the Albanian frontier to
the sea, between 14th December 1914, and 1st January 1916, and who
are eligible for no other clasp for the same service.
"
SIBERIA, 1918-19
" (a) To the naval personnel of the British Naval Mission in
Siberia under Commander J. Wolfe Murray, up till 13th September
1919, and who are eligible for no other clasp for the same service.
(b) To the personnel of the naval
detachment who were employed on the Kama River, Siberia, up till
28th June 1919, and who are eligible for no other clasps for the
same service.
"
RUSSIA " (a)
To-naval ranks and ratings who were employed with the armoured cars
serving with the Russian forces throughout the war, and who are
eligible for no other clasp for the same service.
(b) To members of the Naval Mission
who were serving in South Russia 1919-1920, and who are eligible for
no other clasp for the same service. The determining dates in this
case will be announced later.
" BLACK SEA,
1918-20 " To be awarded to Officers and men serving on
board H.M. Ships and vessels which operated in the Black Sea or in
the Bosphorus within the line joining Stefano Point and Farnar Burnu
(at the Sea of Marmora exit from the Bosphorus) subsequent to 11th
November 1918. The terminal date will be announced later.
This clasp is not to be held in
addition to the clasp for "
Russia " by members of the Naval Mission mentioned in
paragraph (b), " Russia," above.
"
CASPIAN " To be awarded to all Naval
Officers and men who were employed in the Caspian Sea, or on the
shores thereof,
between July 1918 and 27th August 1919
see also:
Admiral Sir John
Jellicoe's Despatch on the Battle of Jutland.
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