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 Messrs. Hampton & Sons Ltd. regarding the production of two sample belts for a 40mm gun.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img127 | |
| Date | 5th September 1940 | |
| EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Bm/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}10/ET. Messrs. HAMPTON & Sons Ltd., Pall Mall, LONDON S.W. 1. 5th September, 1940. Dear Sirs, 40 mm. Type B.D. Gun. (Mark III) ---------- We enclose herewith two prints QPL.128 and QPL.132, which show a revised body strap in connection with the above. We understand from our Mr. Evernden that the belt already in our possession is only a rough sample. Will you please produce two belts, in accordance with the enclosed drawings, complete with fittings, these to be representative samples of what we may order. Will you please confirm and state possible delivery date. Yours faithfully, | ||