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).
Failed starting attempt using a pump without suction arrangements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\2\ Scan148 | |
| Date | 20th April 1933 | |
| -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.19/KT.20.4.33. An attempt to start, using the pump in its normal manner, without any suction arrangements, was abandoned after 1 mins. running on starter motor. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.S.Steadman. | ||