title: 10.5 cm SK L/35
text: # 10.5 cm SK L/35
  
  The 10.5 cm SK L/35 (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 35-caliber long barrel) was a German naval gun developed in the years before World War I that armed a variety of warships of the Imperial German Navy during World War I. In addition to the Imperial German Navy the 10.5 cm SK L/35 was used by the Royal Netherlands Navy, Ottoman Navy and Spanish Navy.
  
  ## Naval Use
  
  The 10.5 cm SK L/35 was used as primary or secondary armament aboard Corvettes, Gunboats, Pre-dreadnought battleships, Protected cruisers, Torpedo gunboats and Unprotected cruisers.
  
  Ships armed with the 10.5 cm SK L/35 include:
  
  * Brandenburg-class battleships
  * Bussard-class cruisers
  * Carola-class corvettes
  * Irene-class cruisers
  * Koetei-class gunboats
  * Peleng-i Deryâ-class torpedo gunboats
  
  ## Ammunition
  
  Ammunition was 105 x 656 mm R and of fixed QF type. A complete round weighed 21.4 kg (47 lb). The projectiles weighed 14 kg (31 lb).
  
  The gun was able to fire:
  
  * Armor Piercing
  * High Explosive
  
  ## Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
  
  * 10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun : Successor to the SK L/35
  * 4"/40 caliber gun : American equivalent
  * Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891 : French equivalent
  * Cannon 102/35 Model 1914 : Italian equivalent
  * QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I – III : British equivalent
  