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 telegram from the Admiralty regarding priority delivery instructions for gun mountings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img175 | |
| Date | 21th September 1940 guessed | |
| COPY OF TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM THE ADMIRALTY. PRIORITY ROBOTHAM ROYCAR DERBY. IMMEDIATE FROM DNO BATH YOUR RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/ML OF 16TH SEPTEMBER FIRST EQUIPMENT COMPLETE OF GUN AND PEDESTAL MOUNTING WITH SHIELD TO HYTHE SECOND DITTO TO EXCELLENT THIRD PEDESTAL MOUNTING ONLY WITHOUT SHIELD TO BE SUPPLIED TO AND RETAINED AT MELTON MOWBRAY FOR PROOF ALL SUBSEQUENT PEDESTAL MOUNTINGS WITH SHIELDS TO GUN MOUNTINGS OVERSEER COVENTRY FURTHER DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS FOR GUNS AFTER FIRST TWO WILL BE GIVEN LATER. | ||