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).
Clarifying the procedure for handling defective Mark V matrices, specifying they be returned to the Repair Dept. and replaced with renovated units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0216 | |
| Date | 22th June 1937 | |
| To Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} c. to D/BP. c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} 340 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.5/JH.22.6.37. Referring to your/Br/G8/M.18.6.37. we would refer you to our Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.11/AP.14.6.37. wherein we have instructed that in future any defective Mark V matrices should be returned to the Repair Dept. and not to the Experimental Dept., further that renovated Mark V matrices should be used as replacements and not new Mark VI matrix units. Will you please see that this procedure is adhered to. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||