Spies and Saboteurs: German Covert Operations against Portsmouth Dockyard

Philip MacDougall


Region:
South East
Notice Period:
Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:
Semi-professional
Fee:
Paid: 65
Category:
History
Updated:
25th March 2019
Tagged:
1910's

A talk on attempts by a newly formed specialist naval branch of the Kaiser’s secret service to prise information on naval developments in Britain in the years prior to World War One, concentrating on Portsmouth and those individuals, working either in the dockyard or the navy, who provided details of their secret work. The methods used by the German naval branch, Nachrichtenabteilung, or more simply ‘N’, will also be considered.

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About Philip MacDougall

Philip MacDougall is a much-published local historian who has written several books on subjects relating to the south of England with books published on Chichester, the Medway Towns, and Portsmouth. His more specialised interest is naval dockyards and navies of the 18th century. Among his most recent books are detailed studies of the former royal dockyards of Portsmouth and Chatham with other books on the Russian and Ottoman navies. His current fee for a standard talk is £80 plus travel.


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