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 from Chateauroux, France reporting a connecting rod big end bearing failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\4\ scan0139 | |
| Date | 16th April 1925 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Y8940 No. of Telegram 0013 Office Stamp. DERBY 16APR25 Received here at 9/25 M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 16 C IBX CHATEAUROUX 16 8.5 12 HIVES + HIVES ROYCAR DERBY ANGLETERRE = NUMBER TWO CONROD BIG END BEARING GONE = HAN | ||