15 cm SK L/35
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The 15 cm Schnelladekanone Länge 35, abbreviated as 15 cm SK L/35, was a German naval gun developed in the years before World War I. 'Schnelladekanone' is German for Quick-firing gun, and this is cons
15 cm SK L/35 on ship carriage in 1890
15 cm SK L/35 C/80
15 cm SK L/35 on slide mount
12 cm SK L/40 on cylinder mount
SMS Kaiserin Augusta
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SMS Kaiserin Augusta was a unique protected cruiser, built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1890s. Named for Empress Augusta, who died in January 1890, she was laid down in 1890, launche
15 cm SK L/35
…Also in 1892, the charge was given as 6.6 kg of W.P. C/89 gunpowder. This gave a velocity at the muzzle of 656 m/s. At 1,000 m this was 568 m/s. SMS Kaiserin Augusta - This protected cruiser had six 15 cm SK L/35 guns per side, amidships as its primary armament after an 1896 refit. Kaiser Franz Joseph I class - This…
SMS Kaiserin Augusta in 1893
SMS Prinzess Wilhelm of the Irene class, which provided the basis for the initial version of the Kaiserin Augusta design
Kaiserin Augusta leaving New York, from an 1895 lithograph
Kaiserin Augusta with Seeadler in New York City, 1893