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).
Letter from Wellworthy Piston Rings regarding missing drawings and returning obsolete prints for the Mark III Gun.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\3\ img184 | |
| Date | 26th August 1940 | |
| ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY, INDIA OFFICE LISTS WELLWORTHY PISTON RINGS LIMITED PISTON & PISTON RING SPECIALISTS LYMINGTON - HANTS WORKS & HEAD OFFICE: STANFORD RD SERVICE DEPOTS LONDON 89 BLACKFRIARS RD S.E.1 172 GT. PORTLAND ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} W.1 119 LEYTONSTONE RD STRATFORD E.15 BIRMINGHAM 143 SUFFOLK STREET MANCHESTER 232 DEANSGATE NEWCASTLE MILLICANS BUILDINGS, MARKET ST SERVICE DEPOTS LIVERPOOL 75 PARADISE STREET LEEDS 82 WOODHOUSE LANE CROYDON 246 HIGH STREET SOUTHAMPTON 17, PORTSWOOD ROAD HULL 265 ANLABY ROAD CANTERBURY 21 & 22 ROSE LANE TELEPHONE: LYMINGTON 520 (5 LINES) TELEGRAMS: WELLWORTHY CODE: MARCONI DIRECTORS: G.H. ALEXANDER J.W. HOWLETT C.B. KAY F.{Mr Friese} WALDEN C.W. WATERS A.J. WOOLCOTT OUR REF FW/CMM. Ext.35. YOUR REF LRS/EWC/1/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 26th August, 1940. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Experimental Department, Derby. Dear Sirs, 40 m/m Mark III Gun (Type 32). Further to our formal acknowledgment of your letter of the 16th inst., we have checked over the detailed drawings enclosed with your letter, and wish to point out that the following Part Numbers were not enclosed, and we shall be glad if you will let us have these prints along to complete, at your earliest:- C.1239 C.1954 C.1729 C.1970 In accordance with your request we are returning obsolete prints, the Part Numbers being as under:- C.1112, C.1118, C.1724, C.1731, C.1783, C.1793 C.1302, C.1732, C.1733, C.1787, C.1797, C.1777, C.1169, C.1772, C.1717, C.1711, C.1715, C.1771, C.1781, C.1782, C.1803, C.1116, C.1211, C.1450, C.1237, C.1147, C.1804 Yours faithfully, For WELLWORTHY PISTON RINGS LIMITED. (Signature) General Manager. ROLLS-ROYCE A.C.9. BEARINGS ALUMINIUM CASTINGS LABORATORY A.I.D. APPROVED CYLINDER LINERS & LINER CASTINGS Handwritten notes: Top right: 2d Centre: File (and initials) | ||