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I believe theres rumour that the captain who sank the Belgrano wanted to sink a WW2 built ship with a WW2 torpedo.

Looks like hacksaw marks on the base where someone has cut the base fuze off.

Many thanks Tim, point taken about the luminous paint Dave

The auction site states that Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedoes were used in the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano. This is incorrect, although HMS...

Note the word 'Luminous' Radium-226 has a half life of about 1600 years. TimG

That's beautiful! I have the AFT end of a, Tigerfish, that is not polished, with gold colored anodized screws. This one is stunning! Jason

OX-38 is a turbine oil. so the pumps were probably used for topping up aircraft engines.

Think it was so the "3 mortar fired at bottom of tube with out the aid of firing mechanisms like the 2"

in the UK the 47mm are common, probably to to contracts not being taken, if you want to sell one you'd be lucky to get about £30 'cos most people who...

Thank you Gentlemen. Unfortunately there were no manufacturing plates on the device. Any thoughts on the hand pumps??? Thanks Cheers Drew

The Cartridge on the very right is a Mark 1 55 grain which had the centre tube. This was recovered from the tail dated 1940 which split it in two...

Yeah I agree, it's a weapon winch, used for bombs and other stuff.

The 2" mortar Balistite cartridge had a purple/blue annulus which can be found on fired 2" tail fins found today from the war. The cartridge you have...

Hello, Drew, I am pretty sure that it is a "Bombing -up Winch"-Is there a manufactureres name-plate, such as "Gyral Gears", J.Stone, Fairey,...

This is still sat in the garden, i have looked at lots of pics and a lot of the test bombs had this black and white finish, but can't place it? Any...

Bump this thread for a question : Why some cartridges are fitted with a clip and a firing pin ?

Thanks very much doppz92 and Alpini, That was just what I was looking for. Much appreciated.

...and the name "Hülsenkartuschen" or "Kartuschhülsen" means that it was separately loaded

Here's a pretty mint Gibbons No. 23 Mk III which has I'm sure, the original finish. It is still grey but has a slight greenish tint. Looks to be a...

Dave, Insulators Ltd, Leopold Road and Angel Road, Edmonton, London. They had contracts in 1941, 1942 and 1943 for the Bakelite safety cap,...

Here are a couple of pics of one of my gren bodies either a No 5 or 23. Got this from Mike Saffrey on ebay, long time ago, Looks like its been zinc...

Hi Starshell Yes "Hulskart." stands for "Hülsenkartuschen" which mean "case", and yes that's a very nice box holding 2 cases, you are only missing...

looks like someone has been on the lathe and turned out the primer