10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun
# 10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun

The 10.5 cm SK L/40 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 40-caliber long barrel) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.

## Description

The 10.5 cm SK L/40 gun weighed 1,555 kilograms (3,428 lb), had an overall length of 4.475 m (14 ft 8.2 in). It used a horizontal sliding-block breech design.

## Naval use

* Bremen-class
* Dresden-class
* Gazelle-class
* Iltis-class
* Königsberg-class
* SMS Cap Trafalgar

## Surviving examples

* From Königsberg:
   * Nr. 369L is on display at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa
   * A second is on display at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya
   * A third is located on a traffic island in Jinja, Uganda
* From Emden:
   * A gun is on display at Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia
   * A second is located at the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre in HMAS Kuttabul, the main naval base in Sydney
   * A third is on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra
* From the Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) Prinz Eitel Friedrich
   * A gun is on display at Memorial Park, Cambridge, NY, United States
