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Good evening, Thank you for your reply. The bases of the short ones are all very lightly stamped. This is the best picture I can get: http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah165/quantockcastings/ShellChamond_zpshu8yj2zk.jpg Just in case you can not read it, it says, St. Chammond Roumannie 31 L and wha...

Good evening, Thank you for your quick reply. 105mm Overall length 135mm Lip thickness 4mm Lip diameter 122mm Diameter inside lip 112mm 75mm Long Overall length 351mm Lip thickness 3mm Lip diameter 87mm Diameter inside lip 81mm 75mm Short Overall length 278mm Lip thickness 4mm Lip diameter 90mm Diam...

Good evening, Is it possible to identify a place of manufacture from the stamps on the base of these shell casings? They have been recovered from a recently identified WW1 shipwreck off Cornwall, England. Some of the bases are marked St. Chammond and some SMA, most are marked Roumannie. Many thanks....

Many thanks Guy,

Yes, the serial number is 4173.

The date you have given matches that stamped on the base of the 8mm bullets on the wreck 4.16.

Now all I need to do is find a ship, carrying French ammunition which sank after March 1916.......

Good evening, New here, but hoping that someone will be able to help me out. I am trying to identify a World War 1 shipwreck I have been diving for a while near Lands End in Cornwall, England. The wreck is full of 75mm live shells, with the brass shell cases attached. All of these are marked 1916. R...