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ROLLS-ROYCE ROCKET DEPARTMENT, DERBY

Catalogue reference: GB 0026 D4907

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This record is about the ROLLS-ROYCE ROCKET DEPARTMENT, DERBY dating from 1949-1967.

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Reference: GB 0026 D4907
Title: ROLLS-ROYCE ROCKET DEPARTMENT, DERBY
Date: 1949-1967
Description: Papers relating to the Blue Streak Missile Project of the Rolls-Royce Rocket Department, Derby.
Related material: <p>For a fuller series of papers and photographs from the Rocket Department see D5290.</p>
Held by: Derbyshire Record Office
Language: English
Creator(s): <corpname>Rolls-Royce Ltd, Rolls-Royce Rocket Department, Derby</corpname>
Physical description: 15 files
Immediate source of acquisition: These files were donated by a private individual in 1968.
Administrative / biographical background: The Rocket Department at Rolls-Royce, Derby, headed by Dr A V Cleaver, was involved in the Air Ministry's Blue Streak Missile Project, part of Britain's proposed independent nuclear deterrent strategy. The project continued life as part of the European rocket programme. The cancellation of Blue Streak and other changes led to disbandment of the Rocket Department in the later 1960s. It appears that at this time most of the departmental records were destroyed by the company.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/aa8dad42-d6f7-44d2-b2f3-1563b34bfb21/