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).
Departmental memo regarding a Lanchester gearbox that arrived damaged and the subsequent claim for repairs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\3\ Scan056 | |
| Date | 15th August 1912 | |
| R.R. 475 (100 Bks (X 967. 22.5.12) E.P. 1898 Re Lanchester Gearbox. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). P41/L15812. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. X440 Mr. Platford. 15-8-12. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}14/T14812. We regret to note that the gearbox forwarded to Mr. Royce has arrived damaged and we are today writing the Rly. Co. instructing them to arrange for their inspector to examine so that we may claim as necessary for the repairs. Perhaps you will take the matter up with Mr. Royce and advise him of this and give us particulars of the damage. p.p. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} DeLooze, B.P. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||