unexploded shell

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• Unexploded ordnance — UXO redirects here. For the canceled video game, see Ultima X: Odyssey. British and Belgian officers stand beside an unexploded German shell in Flanders, during the First World War. Unexploded ordnance (or UXOs/UXBs, sometimes acronymized as UO)… …   Wikipedia

• Shell (projectile) — This article is about the artillery projectile. For the small arms ammunition, see Shotgun shell. Some sectioned shells from the First World War. From left to right: 90 mm fragmentation shell, 120 mm pig iron incendiary shell, 77/14 model 75 mm… …   Wikipedia

• shell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on eggs/nuts/some animals ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, hard, outer, protective, thick ▪ She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• unexploded — adj. Unexploded is used with these nouns: ↑bomb, ↑shell …   Collocations dictionary

• T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion — Residents of Morgan, NJ flee from the Morgan Depot explosions to Perth Amboy. Date October 4, 1918 Time 7:30 p.m. Eastern time Locati …   Wikipedia

• un·ex·plod·ed — /ˌʌnıkˈsploʊdəd/ adj of a bomb : not yet exploded : ↑live unexploded bombs/mines an unexploded shell …   Useful english dictionary

• USS Ludlow (DD-438) — USS Ludlow (DD 438), a Gleaves class destroyer, was the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. The second and third Ludlow ships were named for Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow, second in command of the USS Chesapeake . He was, like… …   Wikipedia

• USS Kearsarge (1861) — USS Kearsarge , a Mohican class sloop of war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War. The Kearsarge was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Kearsarge in New… …   Wikipedia

• Alfred Wintle — Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Daniel Wintle MC, better known as A.D. Wintle, (30 September 1897–11 May 1966) was a British military officer in the 1st The Royal Dragoons who served in the First and Second World Wars. Early life The son of a diplomat …   Wikipedia

• Shelling of Newcastle — The Shelling of Newcastle was the last attack on the Australian state of New South Wales during the Second World War.At 2.15am on 8 June 1942, Japanese submarine I 21 under the command of Captain Kanji Matsumura, began to fire shells at the… …   Wikipedia

• Frederick Alfred Pile — General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, 2nd Baronet GCB DSO MC (14 September 1884 14 November 1976) was a British Army officer who served in both World Wars. In the Second World War he was General Officer Commanding Anti Aircraft Command; one of the… …   Wikipedia