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The metallic shell locked into place with a soft click.
Better to keep the gun with a single shell locked in the chamber and all the other bullets loose.
Against the advice of Admiral Martyn Jerram, commander-in-chief of the Allied Fleet, Commander Cherkassov had given most of his crew shore leave, and left the ship with all torpedoes disarmed, and all shells locked away save for 12 rounds stowed on deck.