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).
Telegram reporting the failure of conrod big ends and requesting two new high-speed rods to continue testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\4\ scan0268 | |
| Date | 9th May 1925 | |
| RR 144A (50BKS.) (SK 871 23-5-23) MP 272631 ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. X8030 TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE. Stamp: F.T.I.E.D MAY 1925 REC'D Time Received: 12-0 Date: 9-5-25 To: Angleterre Hives Roycru Derby By: WGA from: Chateauroux onq th/d-20 Number six conrod big end gone number one metal loose impossible. Stop number four metal cracked in cap stop to continue test we require two new rods for high speed THIS SHEET MUST BE FILED. | ||