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).
Cablegram detailing a bearing issue and the corresponding overspeed test parameters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img055 | |
| Date | 28th January 1942 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM 1320 ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. A JAN 27 PM 8 54 MF BM 38 INDIANAPOLIS IND 36 20 NLT HIVES ROVCAR DERBY HAYES ESQ ROLLS ROYCE LTD NIGHTINGALE ROAD DERBY CURTIS FREE BEARING TROUBLE USE BALANCED CRANKS TESTS NOT SEVERE CONSIST THIRTY PERCENT OVERSPEED TWENTY SECONDS DURATION RESTORE NORMAL POWER AND SPEED TWO MINUTES REPEAT REPORT MAILED CABLE SPINK ARMS INDIANAPOLIS COVERLEY [STAMP] RECEIVED MD JAN 28 1942 | ||