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Smokeless propellant
Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant. Cordite
Cordite
Genus of beetles
Cordites is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species: Cordites armillata (Thomson, 1868) Cordites pubescens
Cordites
Species of beetle
Cordites pubescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1868, originally under the genus Apamauta. It
Cordites_pubescens
Species of beetle
Cordites armillata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1868. It is known from Brazil. BioLib.cz - Cordites
Cordites_armillata
Historic site
heritage-listed military installation and former munitions factory located at Cordite Avenue, Maribyrnong, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria
Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong
Defence_Explosive_Factory_Maribyrnong
Former factory in Dorset, England
The Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath (RNCF) was set up at Holton Heath, Dorset, England, in World War I to manufacture cordite for the Royal Navy
Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath
Royal_Naval_Cordite_Factory,_Holton_Heath
Smokeless propellant made from two high explosives
"Paul Vieille, Cordite & Ballistite". Icon. 15: 40–60. ISSN 1361-8113. JSTOR 23787093. Bergman, Yoel (January 2009). "Paul Vieille, Cordite & Ballistite"
Ballistite
Piston engine starting system
engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the 1930s and 1940s. It used a cordite cartridge to move a piston, which cranked the engine. The Coffman system
Coffman_engine_starter
Chemical compound
Navy had its own factory at the Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, in Dorset, England. A large cordite factory was also built in Canada during World
Nitroglycerin
Naval gun
The BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII naval gun was designed for the new cordite propellants and was the first British wire-wound gun of this calibre. The guns were
BL_9.2-inch_Mk_VIII_naval_gun
government-owned explosives factories was National Explosives Factory; the cordite factory at Gretna was known as HM Factory, Gretna. These Second World War
Explosive_ROFs
Subtribe of beetles
longhorn beetles of the tribe Onciderini, containing the following genera: Cordites Euthima Furona Hesycha Hypselomus Hypsioma Ischiocentra Lingafelteria Lydipta
Hypsiomatina
World War II. The British Cordite Limited was built by the Explosives Department of the Imperial Munitions Board to produce Cordite. Construction started
Nobel,_Ontario
1916 major naval battle during World War I
Cordite was very sensitive to variations of temperature, and acid propagation/cordite deterioration would take place at a very rapid rate. Cordite MD
Battle_of_Jutland
Black powder hunting caliber
lighter, more accurate and less cumbersome Nitro Express calibers and cordite propellant. In the mid-1870s, Selous favoured a four bore black powder
4_bore
British rimless rifle cartridge
successful big game hunting cartridge. The first was the development of cordite in the UK in 1889 and second the development of the Magnum Mauser 98 action
.416_Rigby
1984 novel by Iain Banks
Eric attempts to destroy the house by setting light to the large stock of cordite kept in the cellar. Frank stops him, and Eric runs into the distance. Frank's
The_Wasp_Factory
Naval gun
fired the same 380-pound (170 kg) shell using the same 120-pound (54 kg) cordite charge as the British service Mk X gun, and it may be assumed that its
BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
BL_9.2-inch_Mk_IX_–_X_naval_gun
UK large hunting rifle cartridge
general case type as the .500 Black Powder Express but was loaded with cordite instead of black powder and appeared on the scene sometime in the 1890s
.500_Nitro_Express
British parliamentary motion
confidence in the Rosebery ministry of 21 June 1895, also known as the Cordite vote, was the occasion on which the Liberal Government of the Earl of Rosebery
1895 vote of no confidence in the Rosebery ministry
1895_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Rosebery_ministry
2025 film by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
forces you to taste the dust and the choking panic, smell the fear and the cordite and the tinny metallic tang of spilled blood", and favorably compared it
Warfare_(film)
Scientist trained in the study of chemistry
Analytical chemists testing samples of explosives at Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath during World War II
Chemist
Simplest secondary alcohol
synthesized in 1853 by Alexander William Williamson and later produced for cordite preparation. It is produced through hydration of propene or hydrogenation
Isopropyl_alcohol
Rifle cartridge
lengths with smokeless cordite. The .450/400 23⁄8 inch Nitro Express was loaded with a 400 gr. RN bullet with 42 or 43 grains of cordite, and meant for use
.450/400_Nitro_Express
Class of British battlecruisers
towed back to port. During the Battle of Jutland, Lion suffered a serious cordite fire that could have destroyed the ship. Her sister ship, Princess Royal
Lion-class_battlecruiser
Fission-based nuclear weapon
The hollow cylindrical shape made it subcritical. It was powered by a cordite charge. The uranium target spike was about 57.3 pounds (26 kg). Both the
Gun-type_fission_weapon
Centerfire rifle cartridge
BPE was loaded with cordite to become the .500/450 Magnum Nitro for Black, the same cartridge loaded with mild loadings of cordite, carefully balanced
.500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express
.500/450_Magnum_Black_Powder_Express
Artillery batteries
range; neither was turret-mounted. Their separate and well-camouflaged cordite and shell magazines were buried under deep layers of earth and connected
Dover_Strait_coastal_guns
British rifle cartridge
Martini–Henry service rifle, originally loaded with blackpowder but later used cordite propellant. The various rifle cartridges fired a 480 gr (31 g) bullet made
.577/450_Martini–Henry
Naval Gun, Coastal Defence
breech-loading naval guns designed for the higher pressures generated by the new cordite propellant of the 1890s, and Britain's first large wire-wound gun. It represented
BL_12-inch_Mk_VIII_naval_gun
Rifle cartridge
the then popular .450 Black Powder Express case with 70 grains (5 g) of Cordite and a 480-grain (31 g) jacketed bullet. Muzzle velocity is listed at 2
.450_Nitro_Express
Cordite Production Plant in Gretna, Scotland, during the First World War
H.M. Factory, Gretna was Britain's largest cordite factory during the First World War. The government-owned facility was adjacent to the Solway Firth
HM_Factory,_Gretna
Short range anti-aircraft rocket, developed for the Royal Navy
considered as practical weapons of war. A new propellant, solvent-less cordite (Cordite SC) was invented. In July 1936, Crow took over a new Projectile Development
Unrotated_Projectile
Service rifle
grains (130 mg) of cap composition. The charge was about 31 grains (2.0 g) Cordite. The bullet consisted of 98 per cent lead and 2 per cent antimony. It had
Lee–Metford
Fire-resistant personal protective equipment
of British warships had been destroyed or damaged by flash from burning cordite propellant passing through the shell handling room into the magazine. It
Anti-flash_gear
Class of Royal Navy battlecruisers
Admiral Jellicoe's investigation blamed the loss of the ships on faulty cordite handling procedures that allowed fires in the turrets or hoists to reach
Admiral-class_battlecruiser
American military rifle cartridge
numeral indicates that it used a nitrocellulose propellant rather than cordite. Marks of ammunition were originally designated with Roman numerals (i
.30-06_Springfield
Naval gun
three were removed from service in 1920 and served as proving guns for cordite tests. Two were scrapped in 1933 and the last one survived until it was
BL_18-inch_Mk_I_naval_gun
Naval gun
propellants but from the mid-1890s onwards were adapted to use the new cordite propellant. They were superseded on new warships by the QF 6-inch gun from
BL_6-inch_Mk_II–VI_naval_gun
Russian philosopher and literary theorist (1895–1975)
Paul (2013), "Poetry as Extorreor Monolothe: Finnegans Wake on Bakhtin", Cordite Poetry Review, 41. Maranhão, Tullio (1990), The Interpretation of Dialogue
Mikhail_Bakhtin
Political head of the Royal Navy (1628–1964)
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty
Unitary authority area in Kent, England
the Isle of Grain when an internal explosion (most likely the result of cordite charges stored alongside a boiler room bulkhead and failure to follow guidelines
Medway
French writer and politician (1802–1885)
Balladino's song based on Victor Hugo's poem Two poems by Victor Hugo, Cordite Poetry Review France of Victor Hugo; Archived 29 March 2017 at the Wayback
Victor_Hugo
Tribe of beetles
Carenesycha Cherentes Chitron Cicatrodea Cipriscola Clavidesmus Cnemosioma Cordites Cydros Cylicasta Delilah Ecthoea Ephiales Esonius Eudesmus Eupalessa Euthima
Onciderini
British military rifle cartridge
Ballistite, Cordite, and Rifleite. Ballistite was a stick-type smokeless powder composed of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. Cordite was a stick-type
.303_British
British poet (1936–2026)
Hall. Cordite Poetry Review (2013). "The Huntsman of the Rubáiyat: J H Prynne and Peter Henry Lepus Go to Abu Ghraib" by Simon Eales. Cordite Poetry
J._H._Prynne
Unit of the British Royal Navy
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
West_Africa_Squadron
Rifle cartridge
for Black" cartridges, the same cartridges loaded with mild loadings of cordite carefully balanced through trial to replicate the ballistics of the black
.450/400_Black_Powder_Express
UK's female TNT shell makers of World War I
explosives, and filling shells and bullets. Munitionettes manufactured cordite and TNT, and those working with TNT were at risk of becoming "Canary Girls
Canary_Girls
British handgun cartridge
powder. All subsequent .455 designs used cordite propellant. In 1894 some Mark I cartridges were loaded with cordite (identified by a case cannelure and "C"
.455_Webley
Former British Army ministry in England
Ministry of Supply, World War II, Explosive ROF. It was built to manufacture cordite and the site was located adjacent to what is now known as the East Coast
ROF_Ranskill
Chemical compound
that time, small arms and large artillery increasingly began to depend on cordite, a smokeless powder. Blackpowder remains in use today in black powder rocket
Potassium_nitrate
Family of light 57mm naval guns
bore, using propellant of 1 lb 15 oz (0.88 kg) Q.F. black powder or 7¾ oz cordite size 5. Text Book of Gunnery, 1902, Table XII, Page 337. Hogg&Thurston
QF_6-pounder_Hotchkiss
Village in Tamil Nadu, India
is also connected via the Nigiri Mountain Railway (NMR). It houses the cordite factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories. It is one of the oldest
Aruvankadu
Military unit
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
British_Forces_Gibraltar
Address on 11 August 1892 and resigned the same day Was defeated on the Cordite Vote on 21 June 1895 and resigned that day Rogers, Simon (16 November 2012)
List of United Kingdom general elections
List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections
British recoilless rifle
("Wallbuster") 3.45 inches (8.8 cm) Type: HESH Propellant: 11.125 pounds (5.046 kg) cordite Filling : plastic explosive Weight (complete round): 16.25 pounds (7.37 kg)
Ordnance,_RCL,_3.45_in
Poetry award name after Val Vallis
Retrieved 2021-08-25. "2022 Queensland Poetry Val Vallis Award Winners". Cordite. Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 1 September 2022. "2023 Queensland Poetry
Val_Vallis_Award
1847 novel by Emily Brontë
Scharper's Perdita". Critics at Large. Grae, Tanya (2017). "Wuthering". Cordite Poetry Review. 57 (Confession). ISSN 1328-2107. Archived from the original
Wuthering_Heights
James Dewar (1842–1923), inventor of the Thermos flask and co-developer of cordite William Dickson (1860–1935), motion picture camera and the world's first
List_of_Scots
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
acetone production method was of great importance in the manufacture of cordite explosive propellants for the British war industry during World War I.
Chaim_Weizmann
Large caliber gun
through 1900. It spawned the .577 Express around 1890, which used smokeless cordite instead of black powder, and then the .577 Nitro Express in 1900, which
Elephant_gun
American author
The Early Journals. eBookIt.com. ISBN 978-1-4566-2928-1. "Kiran Bhat". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "What Rough Beast | Poem for
Kiran_Bhat
Formation of the Royal Navy, active from 1654 to 1967
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
Mediterranean_Fleet
Home for retired sailors (1692–1869)
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
Greenwich_Hospital,_London
Coordinated missions, operations and projects
(2005) — Australian name for UN peace keeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS). [1] Cordite (2004) — South African observer mission to the African Union mission in
List_of_military_operations
Species of tree in the soapberry family
Weizmann to produce acetone for use as a solvent for the production of cordite, which was then used in military armaments. Weizmann's process could use
Aesculus_hippocastanum
Video game series
focuses on Angela Deth, and Ironclad by Matt Wallace focuses on Ironclad Cordite. They were included in the game's "Digital Deluxe Edition". Fountain of
Wasteland_(video_game_series)
British naval gun
which led to short barrel life, and poor accuracy due to inconsistent cordite propellant burning, hampered the gun. The Mk XII derived from it suffered
BL 12-inch Mk XI – XII naval gun
BL_12-inch_Mk_XI_–_XII_naval_gun
Military site in Monmouthshire, Wales
the Navy to supplement the ouptut of the, First World War, Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath (RNCF Holton Health) which was to remain in use.
Caerwent_Training_Area
British Army tank of World War II
with a larger turret fuel tank - 130 imperial gallons (590 L). It used cordite instead of compressed air as a flame-fuel propellant. The type never saw
Matilda_II
British government statement of 1917
new process for the production of acetone in order to reduce the cost of cordite production; the popular suggestion that this role influenced the decision
Balfour_Declaration
Autocannon
Velocity of 1,800 ft/second, firing 1-pound projectile with 1 oz 90 grains Cordite. Hogg & Thurston 1972, pp. 22–23 The Waverley pictorial dictionary (Volume
QF_1-pounder_pom-pom
American writer and film director (1947–2024)
September 2007 (audio) George Dunford interviews Paul Auster, interview with Cordite Poetry Review in August 2008 Interview: Paul Auster on His Newest Novel
Paul_Auster
Payload-carrying projectile
in 1891 as Cordite Mark 1. Its main composition was 58% nitro-glycerine, 37% guncotton and 3% mineral jelly. A modified version, Cordite MD, entered
Shell_(projectile)
thereafter sticks of cordite bound together with an igniter pad, if necessary, in a cloth bag, usually silk. The "stick" nature of cordite gave the cartridges
Glossary of British ordnance terms
Glossary_of_British_ordnance_terms
Pistol cartridge designed by J.M. Browning
designation stands for cartridges loaded with nitrocellulose rather than cordite. Cartridge, S.A., pistol, .45-inch Colt Automatic, ball (1917) was the
.45_ACP
Rifle cartridge
The 3-inch and 31⁄4-inch cartridges were later loaded with smokeless cordite to create the .500 Nitro Express, with the 3-inch version becoming the
.500_Black_Powder_Express
British field gun
12-pounder 6 cwt gun was thus developed in 1892, when the new more powerful cordite replaced gunpowder, as a lighter alternative. It had a barrel 18 inches
Ordnance_BL_12-pounder_7_cwt
Initial officer training establishment of the British Royal Navy
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
Britannia_Royal_Naval_College
Russian poet (1940–1996)
without a needing a supple branch': Joseph Brodsky and the Poetics of Exile Cordite Poetry Review 19 February 1996 "Death of a Poet Laureate: Joseph Brodsky
Joseph_Brodsky
Naval gun
naval guns. It was optimised for the modern smokeless propellants, such as cordite, and could be loaded and fired far more rapidly than the BL 5-inch gun
QF_4.7-inch_Mk_I–IV_naval_gun
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
powder and fuses, not cordite. The two cordite magazines at Enoggera were in fact constructed prior to the Commonwealth's first cordite-processing explosives
Enoggera_Magazine_Complex
Rifle cartridge
3+1⁄8-inch variant of the .577/500 Black Powder Express with smokeless cordite. The latter was developed by necking down the .577 Black Powder Express
.577/500_Nitro_Express
Rifle cartridge
later be loaded with cordite to become the .577/500 Nitro Express. For some time the .577/500 No. 2 BPE was loaded with cordite to become the .577/500
.577/500 No. 2 Black Powder Express
.577/500_No._2_Black_Powder_Express
Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
metropolitan area. During World War I the Canning Street bridge was known as Cordite Bridge as it led to the Department of Defence Explosives Factory. A password
Avondale_Heights
Type of propellant
powders, dislodged foulings).[citation needed] Black powder Smokeless powder Cordite Brown powder Shimose powder "powder". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved
Firearm_propellant
8th-century classical Arabic poet
Nuwas. The Knitting Circle – Abu Nuwas Al-Funu.Org: Abu Nuwas Horse, Hawk, and Cheetah: Three Arabic Hunting Poems of Abū Nuwās Cordite Poetry Review
Abu_Nuwas
Indigenous people of South America
Postcolonial Poetics': Cordite Poetry Review, 2014 'Fogarty & Garrido: A Bilingual Conversation between Four Poems': Cordite Poetry Review, 2012 'Trilingual
Mapuche
Rifle cartridge
powder charges were available with either 80 gr (5.2 g) or 85 gr (5.5 g) of cordite. W. J. Jeffery & Co. offered an alternate loading, known as the .475 No
.475_No_2_Nitro_Express
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
to HMS Queen Elizabeth. Royal Navy History HMS Queen Elizabeth loading cordite and shells for firing. Maritimequest HMS Queen Elizabeth Photo Gallery
HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(1913)
Type of combat tank
with poisonous carbon monoxide, fuel and oil vapours from the engine, and cordite fumes from the weapons. Temperatures inside could reach 50 °C (122 °F)
British heavy tanks of the First World War
British_heavy_tanks_of_the_First_World_War
Ordnance factory in Renfrewshire, Scotland,
built to manufacture the propellant cordite for the British Army and the Royal Air Force. It also later produced cordite for the Royal Navy. The Ministry
ROF_Bishopton
Greek poet and diplomat (1900–1971)
Καλοστέφανος) (published posthumously, 2007) George Seferis's 'On a Winter Ray' Cordite Poetry Review [Greek and English texts] Three Secret Poems, trans. Walter
Giorgos_Seferis
Women's branch of the British Army
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1986) De Groot, Gerard J. "'I love the scent of cordite in your hair': Gender dynamics in mixed anti-craft batteries" History,
Auxiliary_Territorial_Service
Former naval fleet of the Royal Navy
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Royal Naval Cordite Factories Royal Naval Propellant Factory Royal Naval College Royal Naval
Home_Fleet
2020[update]. Previous UK rocket motors, like those on the RP-3, used Cordite as their propellant, formed into a solid using various binders and then
Summerfield_Research_Station
Admiral-class battlecruiser
exploded in the aft 4-inch magazine, igniting its cordite propellant, which in turn ignited the cordite in the adjacent aft 15-inch magazine. Rapid expansion
HMS_Hood
Type of firearm propellant
in 1891 as Cordite Mark 1. Its main composition was 58% nitroglycerine, 37% guncotton and 3% petroleum jelly. A modified version, Cordite MD, entered
Smokeless_powder
Chemical process
the primary process used to produce acetone, which was needed to make cordite, a substance essential for the British war industry during World War I
Acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation
Acetone–butanol–ethanol_fermentation
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