Confirming a scheme for recoil shields for Type BD 40 m.m. guns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img089 | |
| Date | 20th August 1940 | |
| GUN 3 To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. to HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /HB. {C. E. Harcombe} c.c. to Ver. c.c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /PJH. c.c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /oBc. (for Blackstone) re Recoil Shields. Type BD. {Mr Berend} 40 m.m. guns. We confirm that we handed to you today SPL.125 showing a scheme for the recoil shield for the 40 m.m. gun. The scheme was approved by Ve. during his last visit. ZV. | ||
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).