Visit to Woolwich Arsenal and Short Bros. to discuss installing an evaporatively-cooled Phantom II engine in tanks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\1\ Scan008 | |
| Date | 17th January 1930 | |
| EXTRACT FROM : COPY. X7900 To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} - From Lr. {Mr Ellor} Lr {Mr Ellor} 2/H.17.1.30. " Rg. {Mr Rowledge} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. F. {Mr Friese} c. Lp. {Mr Lappin} Re: VISIT TO WOOLWICH ARSENAL & SHORT BROS. As requested by Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} I accompanied BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to Woolwich to discuss with the Mechanical Warfare Dept. the possibility and attendant problems of installing an evaporatively-cooled Phantom ll engine in the Tanks. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} is preparing a report. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).