Tentative estimates of cordite stocks and British production

Could a ship carry thousands of tons of cordite?

An offhand estimate suggests low thousands of tons for a battleship when charges for all its guns are included. The figures are recalled from memory, with a correction during the answer.

An offhand estimate puts a battleship's cordite in the low thousands of tons when charges for all its guns are included. The estimate includes propellant for smaller guns as well as the main battery. British annual production before the First World War is first estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 tons, then corrected to roughly 7,500 to 9,500 tons, with capacity around 13,000 tons. These are offhand figures recalled with a correction during the answer. D-Day is also cited as an operation that reduced Britain's cordite stocks.