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).
Copy of a letter from R.O.F. Nottingham confirming a contract for barrel forgings and outlining a delivery schedule.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\3\ img195 | |
| Date | 8th August 1940 | |
| COPY OF LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE R.O.F. NOTTINGHAM. R.O.F. King's Meadows, NOTTINGHAM. August 8th. 1940. Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/JMS. dated the 25th. ultimo, and have to inform you that authority has been received from the D.O.F. to carry on with this contract. Should the barrelforgings be delivered as stated, by the 12th. August, we will make our first issues at the end of August at the rate of four per week, until sixty barrels are completed, - making a total of sixty two of these barrels to Drawing No: Q.1712. Yours faithfully, (Signed) *T.J.Healey. for Superintendent. AJV/DMS. | ||