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DEACTIVATED INERT. British 4 inch Mark V, V*, XV and XVIII High Angle (102 x 727R) High Explosive Fixed Round Recovered From The Mined SS City of Birmingham, Mined, Sunk Off Spurn Head, in 1940 On Display Plinth. - 18950 DEACTIVATED INERT. This are an unfired British 4 inch Mark V, V*, XV and XVIII High angle guns high explosive round recovered from the SS City of Birmingham mined off Spurn Head, Great Britain in 1940 on passage to Hull, its position beings: 115 deg. 5.5 miles from Spurn Point; 2.8 miles E x N of Haile Sand buoy; 53.32.26N/00.15.30E. The wreck was part salvaged in 1940 and again in 1947. This round was recovered on the 20th August 1992 at a depth of 13 metres and is marked on a brass plaque attached to the wooden display plinth. The 4 inch Mark V, V* guns were introduced in 1914 in the Royal Navy as a secondary armament and were soon adapted to the high angle anti-aircraft role, the loading being speeded up by using a fixed round as opposed to the separate loading projectile an d cartridge case on earlier 4 inch guns. This round is an unfired 4 inch fixed high explosive round crimped into the cartridge case and is fitted with a number No 198 time fuse which is stamped No 198 IIN RL (Royal Laboratories) 3/36 (March 1936) 112 round its circumference. The brass cartridge is headstamped 4 inch Mark V, V* GUNS FIXED, also XV and XVIII, K (Kynoch) 1926 (manufacture date) L (Kynoch) LCT. The cartridge is complete with its original primer protector. A naval chart and some paperwork are enclosed as to the whereabouts and sinking of the vessel. No licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn. 18950 £795.00
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