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 to the British Power Boat Co. regarding a change by the Admiralty to a lightened, pedestal type of gun mounting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img160 | |
| Date | 16th September 1940 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/ML. 16.9.40. G.S.Selman,Esq., The British Power Boat Co., HYTHE, [struck through] Southampton. Dear Selman, Further to my letter of 11.9.40. The Admiralty have now changed their minds and you are getting the lightened, pedestal type of mounting. The change is putting back the delivery date a bit but we still hope to get the gun down by the end of the week. The shield may have to follow the gun. We hope it's weight may be more reasonable than the one we fitted up on the Oerlikon mounting. Yours sincerely, | ||