Requesting the allocation of an engine to test Whitemetal Main Bearings for the Wraith model, supplied by the Hoyt Metal Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0300 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1938 | |
| 1020 Files To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 5/VS. {J. Vickers} 3.11.38. SVDC - See me Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} WRAITH MAIN BEARINGS. We have received from the Hoyt Metal Company three sets of Whitemetal Main Bearings of standard Wraith type EW.1822-29. Will you therefore kindly allocate an engine in which tests may be carried out before giving further consideration to this source of supply for production requirements. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} [Signature] | ||
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).