Confirming a telephone order for a propeller shaft from supplier Hardy Spicers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0107 | |
| Date | 5th April 1939 | |
| 1262 To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} c. c. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /JWH. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 7/MH. {M. Huckerby} 5.4.39. We have ordered by telephone from Hardy Spicers, one propellor shaft, overall length 54 5/8, with a '1300' type joint one end and '1350' the other end. Will you please send them an official order. O {Mr Oldham} /N.52444. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).