title: 10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun
text: # 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
  