Doug, I would suspect that the shells refered to in the manifest were probably just that; the sea type that is, as I would expect them to have been recorded as cartridges having set sail from Britain.
Thanks Michael, I would say you are correct. Thanks Pete and Douglas Tate on the Dragon's Blood...probably not used any more with the advent of 'modern' chemistry...?
Firearms were probably listed as something they were not for obvious reasons....like J.P. Sauer shipping potato's that eightbore mentioned...?....
The Renault Automobile that was made so famous by the movie is not shown on the manifest...so that leads one to believe the ships manifest does not list all the passenger merchandise that was shipped in the cargo holds, even insured or bulk items....?....
There were a number of rich Americans returning on the Titanic and I am sure many fine firearms went down that night, after all, everyone owned and shot guns back in those days......
