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).
Concerning an Admiralty contract for a 40 MM gun, discussing parts supply and potential conflicts with an Air Ministry order.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\3\ img056 | |
| Date | 29th September 1940 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rn.{Mr Robinson} Copy to Rs.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} re ADMIRALTY CONTRACT - 40 MM. GUN I presume that you are arranging for B.U.S.M. not to send 40 m.m. gun parts to Derby in excess of the requirements for the first few guns which you are assembling. I know that we have an order for fifteen guns for the Air Ministry and that the parts for these will probably be sub-contracted by B.U.S.M., but since we have not yet got a specification for the Air Ministry guns, we do not think that we can interfere with their programme, which was promised to the Admiralty. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Handwritten notes: tH c 2 | ||