Updated 30 January 2009

10.5 cm/40 SK L/40 on the German steamer Graf von Götzen in October 1916 on the North-Western side of Lake Tanganyika near Uvira
This was the Number 6 gun salvaged from the cruiser Königsberg
Note the sliding breech mechanism, typical of Krupp guns of this period.  The sailor on the far left is holding a leather ammunition transfer bag.
Photograph courtesy of Helen Bachaus

10.5 cm/40 gun on the cruiser Bremen
Bain News Service Photograph
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-DIG-ggbain-08813

Light Cruiser Bremen in 1912
Launched in 1903, this warship was typical of the light cruisers armed with these weapons
In the background there appears to be a US ship's cagemast and funnels
Photograph from the Harris & Ewing Collection
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-DIG-hec-01142

10.5 cm/40 SK L/40
The gun pictured above and below is now at Memorial Park in Cambridge, New York.  This gun was originally on either the gunboat Tiger or the gunboat Luchs.  After those ships were moved to Tsingtau, China, early in World War I, some of their guns were removed and then mounted on the Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser) Prinz Eitel Friedrich.  Following a successful war-cruise where she sank eleven enemy merchantmen, this ship entered Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs on 11 March 1915.  She was subsequently interned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, and then officially taken over when the USA entered the war in 1917.
Photograph copyrighted by Michael Costello

10.5 cm/40 SK L/40 now at Memorial Park in Cambridge, New York
Photograph copyrighted by Michael Costello

10.5 cm/40 SK L/40 gun from the famous German raider Seeadler
Bougainville Park, City of Papeete, Tahiti Island
Photograph copyrighted by Helga67

28 December 2008 - Benchmark
30 January 2009 - Added picture of Bremen and deleted picture of Undine