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).
Telegram reporting a gudgeon pin boss failure and subsequent connecting rod breakage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0274 | |
| Date | 30th October 1916 | |
| 332 CCC 4.3 1450 16 CHATEAUROUX 20. HIVES ROYCAR DERBY = CAUSE OF FAILURE GUDGEON PIN BOSS BROKE AWAY CONNECTING ROD BREAKING AFTERWARDS STOP SEND ONE VOUCHER = HANCOCK + | ||