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Shell base
Base of shell on piece of broken deck which wrecked the sick bay of HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland.
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Object details
| ID: | KTP1234 |
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| Collection: | Weapons |
| Type: | Shell base |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Lion (1910) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Earl Beatty Collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1983. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 mm x 17.5 kg; Diameter: 210 mm |
| Parts: | Shell base |