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).
Letter to The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. regarding a quote and future requirements for XLS5 bearings for gun mountings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\3\ img234 | |
| Date | 17th August 1940 | |
| 2L Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/NL. 17.8.40. C.H.Smith,Esq., Messrs The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co.Ltd., CHELMSFORD. Dear Mr. Smith, We have asked you to quote for 500 XLS5 bearings, which you are doing. This bearing is being used for gun mountings and we may require 3,000 during the next eighteen months, unless you consider that there is likely to be any difficulty in obtaining these bearings owing to your production limitations. Yours sincerely, Dictated, but signed in Mr. Robotham's absence. | ||