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).
Typed memo from France reporting a broken rear axle tube and a pump failure due to heat.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0178 | |
| Date | 7th August 1933 | |
| X + VE-3a Hotel de France. Chateauroux. Indre. 7.8.33. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From G.W.H. I. B. IV. We have sent you the following telegram: REAR AXLE OFF SIDE TUBE BROKEN AT FLANGE CLOSE TO DIFF BOX We found that the axle had broken this morning when we started to fit the steel brake shoes. The broken flange has been sent to you by post. In our opinion the tube section is too weak. We have received Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2KT/5/8/33 you will have received a report of the failure of our pump due to heat. We shall be pleased to fit the electrical pumps and will endeavour to find the most suitable place. We are enclosing charts of Water and Oil temp. taken every 25 miles. G.W.H. | ||