The Royal Navy resisted switching from Lyddite to Amatol for its shells because it considered Amatol was too hygroscopic ( water-absorbing ) to be suitable for use at sea, and instead used pure TNT as its high-explosive replacement for Lyddite.
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The Royal Navy resisted switching from Lyddite to Amatol for its shells because it considered Amatol was too hygroscopic ( water-absorbing ) to be suitable for use at sea, and instead used pure TNT as its high-explosive replacement for Lyddite.
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After World War I, remaining stocks of Lyddite-filled naval shells were redesignated " H . E . shell filled Lyddite ", and henceforth the term H . E . encompassed all Lyddite, TNT and subsequent high-explosive shell types.
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After World War I, remaining stocks of Lyddite-filled naval shells were redesignated " H . E . shell filled Lyddite ", and henceforth the term H . E . encompassed all Lyddite, TNT and subsequent high-explosive shell types.
25.
After World War I, remaining stocks of Lyddite-filled naval shells were redesignated " H . E . shell filled Lyddite ", and henceforth the term H . E . encompassed all Lyddite, TNT and subsequent high-explosive shell types.
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In 1908 she was converted for use as a target ship, being fitted with fully backed and supported modern armour plates; the intention was to test and measure the effect on these plates of oblique impact by armour-piercing shells filled with lyddite, the most potent explosive of the period.
27.
When World War I began Britain was replacing lyddite with modern " high explosive " ( HE ) such as TNT . After World War I the term " common lyddite " was dropped, and remaining stocks of lyddite-filled shells were referred to as HE ( high explosive ) shell filled lyddite.
28.
When World War I began Britain was replacing lyddite with modern " high explosive " ( HE ) such as TNT . After World War I the term " common lyddite " was dropped, and remaining stocks of lyddite-filled shells were referred to as HE ( high explosive ) shell filled lyddite.
29.
When World War I began Britain was replacing lyddite with modern " high explosive " ( HE ) such as TNT . After World War I the term " common lyddite " was dropped, and remaining stocks of lyddite-filled shells were referred to as HE ( high explosive ) shell filled lyddite.
30.
When World War I began Britain was replacing lyddite with modern " high explosive " ( HE ) such as TNT . After World War I the term " common lyddite " was dropped, and remaining stocks of lyddite-filled shells were referred to as HE ( high explosive ) shell filled lyddite.
