Ordinance Identification

[Flying10uk]

Thank you for your reply. I did measure it with calipers. There are no markings nor stamping so on the shell. I'm going to study the HMS Belfast now. I love this stuff!

One of her sister ships, HMS Edinburgh, was sunk during WW2 while transporting Russian gold which was later salvaged in more recent times. I have personally seen the ship's bell from HMS Edinburgh which now resides in the Scottish War museum, Edinburgh Castle. The bell shows some signs of "battle damage" which I assume was caused during the loss of the ship and while looking at it, it made me think of the losses at sea on the Russian convoys; a reality of war.
Link to photo of the bell: https://www.milsurps.com/showthread....179#post413179

I looked at the BL 6" on the British Naval Cruisers and they looked nothing like the G profile of that particular projectile, a further point is the OP does not state where the 152.4mm measurement was taken the body or the driving band I found these but again the profile is wrong

If the shell accurately measures up as 6" or 152.4mm, if you prefer, then surely it has to be a 6" shell. I don't see how it can somehow morph into something larger such as a 155mm shell. A 6" British naval shell is just a suggestion because it was commonly used but it could equally well be a U.S. naval shell or it could be a shell for field artillery.

If someone is able to explain why a shell that measures 6"/152.4mm in diameter is in reality something bigger, please, would they give an explanation here.

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[browningautorifle]

I don't see how it can somehow morph into something larger such as a 155mm shell.

Nope, we were still working out had it been measured and with what...but I don't think it's metric, it would be inch.