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 reporting a completely broken piston skirt on engine number five.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0206 | |
| Date | 18th August 1937 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS Office Stamp: DERBY No. 4975 Handwritten Ref: X4/53 From: 376 CCC 3:4 1528 18 CHATRAUROUX 18 To: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY Message: NO FIVE PISTON SKIRT COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF ON SPLIT SIDE INFORM HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} OR RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} = HANCOCK + | ||