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What do you think to these? Poss chem/experimental shells?

I think the one on the right of the last picture is 4.5" naval due to the very shallow ogive, but is the white spot a filling plug?

edit: in fact the one on the right in the last pic appears to be an expended 4.5" illum, as the weakened portion in the base is protruding out of it in the other pic

The one with the double driving band is interesting, quite an unusual feature
 
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The left hand one in the last picture is Naval, however there's nothing to suggest any of these are chemical.
They look as though they've come out of the sea.

Pete
 
The one with the double drive bands, I think has three driving bands, one at the base, and two (bourrelet) at the shoulder. This makes it a good candidate for being a 3.7" Mk VI Probert projectile. It was an AA projectile and to the best of my knowledge only came in HE.

Regards

TimG

P.S Amended to correct error re - bourrelet
 
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