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Title: AFO's Admiralty Fleet Orders,
Post by: tom grant on 30 October 2018 06:11:39 pm

Greetings All
     I wonder is there any place or even a collector who would be able to tell me what one of the AFO's mentioned, I have been looking for this particular AFO for many years, but as we all know these are a thing of the past, and I guess dead and buried, in my time in the Navy I had access to AFO's on a daily bases, but what happened to these when they were no longer required,
Any help would be most appreciated as to a place or collector,
Tom Grant

Title: Re: AFO's Admiralty Fleet Orders,
Post by: PhiloNauticus on 31 October 2018 08:35:50 am

A.F.O's were replaced by D.C.I's in the 1960's.   Copies of AFO's are now held by the National Archives at Kew

See: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C1891

Title: Re: AFO's Admiralty Fleet Orders,
Post by: tom grant on 01 November 2018 06:37:57 pm

thanks for the address for the National Archives, i was aware of the change over  from AFOs to DCI, iused to deal with them on a daily bases, i am trying to see what AFO 1414/54 is about , ( i think it a reference to the official badge for fast patrol boats ) i will try my luck on the address you ,
 Thanks Tom Grant

Title: Re: AFO's Admiralty Fleet Orders,
Post by: tom grant on 02 November 2018 06:03:53 pm

 Big Sorry the AFO i am looking for is AFO 1414/56 not as first asked for 1414/54, its 56
Thanks Tom

Title: Re: AFO's Admiralty Fleet Orders,
Post by: PhiloNauticus on 03 November 2018 09:30:07 am

Then it will be in this volume:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2708019

Title: Re: AFO's Admiralty Fleet Orders,
Post by: tom grant on 03 November 2018 11:41:20 am

Greetings looks like I might be on to a winner ,thanks, I will send for a copy of this AFO
Regards Tom