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).
Completing tests to improve slow running on the 20/25 model and replacing a unit with the next standard 25/30 Wraith unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0406 | |
| Date | 19th September 1936 | |
| x560 To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/KW.19.9.36. GLG-5. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}10/E.15.9.36. We are at the present moment completing some tests on improving the slow running on the 20/25. We should like to replace your unit with one that will represent our next standard 25/30; in other words, the Wraith unit. We are going ahead with the necessary parts. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||