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armament accessory: case, cartridge
armament accessory: case, shell
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armament t&e, ammunition: base, shell
armament t&e, ammunition: case, shell
armament t&e, ammunition: shell
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Dodd, William E.
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
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Wright, Henry
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Admiral Graf Spee (1934)
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Barham (1914)
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Calliope (1914)
Carnarvon Castle (1926)
Deutschland 1904 (German: battleship)
Exeter (1929)
Inflexible (1907)
Juno (1895)
Lion (1910)
Lutzow 1913 (German: battle cruiser)
Mentor 1914 (HMS: destroyer)
Prince of Wales (1939)
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Beatty, David
Dodd, William E.
Fawssett, A. C.
Gulliver, Alfred
Rich, Bertram
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Watson, B. C.
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Cail's shell for smooth bore guns (Shell pattern)
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A fragment of German shell recovered from the battlecruiser HMS Inflexible (1907) during the battle of Jutland (Shell fragment)
Shell
Maxim 1pdr (Shell case)
Shell pattern cradle
Shell base
A German shell fragment recovered from the battleship HMS Warspite (1913) after the battle of Jutland (Shell fragment)
Shell, 5in (Shell)
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