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Requesting a test of the Smith Type 5S motor for the 'Goshawk II'.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 51\5\  Scan112
Date  13th June 1921
  
To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}
Copy to CJ.
" " HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
" " BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
" " DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

X4342 S
ORIGINAL

R7/G13/6/21.

X.4342 S SMITH TYPE 5S MOTOR FOR "GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II".

In reply to your memo EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 7/T2/6/21, will you please test the above motor as it is.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}

RECEIVED JUN 15 FC
  
  
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).


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