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 The British Power Boat Co. regarding the dispatch of a gun barrel extension for a Motor A/S Boat.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img201 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1940 | |
| Copies to :- Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Ve/NP.8/CB. 3rd October, 1940. The British Power Boat Co., Ltd., Hythe, SOUTHAMPTON. For the attention of Mr. Selman. Dear Sirs, We are despatching to you tomorrow morning by passenger train, an extension to be attached to the barrel of the R.R. 2 Pdr. Mark ZIV Gun installed in your Motor A/S Boat, No. 15. This device, engaging on the deflector rail which you are fitting, should ensure that shots cannot be fired at the superstructure of the boat. We should be obliged if you could fit this to the barrel as discussed on the telephone yesterday, cutting off the surplus length which has been allowed to suit your requirements. Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. (S.M. Viale) Chief Engineer, Armaments Division. | ||