Cordite Cartridge: Difference between revisions
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Simon Harley (talk | contribs) (Created Page.) |
(move from old Bibliography Templates to new, Citable Source Templates) |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:12-inch Cordite Cartridge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A cordite charge for the 12-inch 45 calibre gun.]] | [[File:12-inch Cordite Cartridge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A cordite charge for the 12-inch 45 calibre gun.]] | ||
As a propellant, the [[Royal Navy]] used [[cordite]] contained in silk bags, the whole then being termed a '''cartridge'''. Silk was used as it burnt-up when the cordite burned. At one end was sewn an igniter: a shalloon bag containing R.F.G.<sup>2</sup>.<ref>''Gunnery Drill Book, Book I, 1913''. p. 626.</ref> Charges were always loaded with the igniter towards the breech end of the gun.<ref>''Gunnery Drill Book, Book I, 1913''. p. 87.</ref> | As a propellant, the [[Royal Navy]] used [[cordite]] contained in silk bags, the whole then being termed a '''cartridge'''. Silk was used as it burnt-up when the cordite burned. At one end was sewn an igniter: a shalloon bag containing R.F.G.<sup>2</sup>.<ref>''Gunnery Drill Book, Book I, 1913''. p. 626.</ref> Charges were always loaded with the igniter towards the breech end of the gun.<ref>''Gunnery Drill Book, Book I, 1913''. p. 87.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Cartridge Case]] | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| Line 6: | Line 9: | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
<small> | <small> | ||
* | *{{UKGunDB1913I}} | ||
</small> | </small> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:17, 14 September 2012
As a propellant, the Royal Navy used cordite contained in silk bags, the whole then being termed a cartridge. Silk was used as it burnt-up when the cordite burned. At one end was sewn an igniter: a shalloon bag containing R.F.G.2.[1] Charges were always loaded with the igniter towards the breech end of the gun.[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1913). Gunnery Drill Book for His Majesty's Fleet. (Book I.) (Instructions for Power-Worked Mountings). London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd..
