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).
Visit to Woolwich Arsenal and Short Bros. to discuss installing an evaporatively-cooled Phantom II engine in tanks.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\1\ Scan008 | |
Date | 17th January 1930 | |
EXTRACT FROM : COPY. X7900 To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} - From Lr.{Mr Ellor} Lr{Mr Ellor}2/H.17.1.30. " Rg.{Mr Rowledge} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. F.{Mr Friese} c. Lp.{Mr Lappin} Re: VISIT TO WOOLWICH ARSENAL & SHORT BROS. As requested by Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} I accompanied BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to Woolwich to discuss with the Mechanical Warfare Dept. the possibility and attendant problems of installing an evaporatively-cooled Phantom ll engine in the Tanks. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} is preparing a report. | ||