21 cm L/35
21 cm L/35 | |
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Type |
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Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1890–1936 |
Used by | |
Wars | |
Production history | |
Designer | Krupp |
Designed | 1886 |
Manufacturer | Krupp |
Produced | 1890 |
Variants | No. 1 and No. 2 |
Specifications | |
Mass |
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Length | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Barrel length | 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in) |
Shell weight | 140 kg (310 lb) |
Caliber | 209.3 mm (8.24 in) 35 caliber |
Muzzle velocity |
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The 21 cm L/35 were a family of German naval artillery developed in the years before World War I and used in limited numbers. This gun armed warships of the Argentine Navy, Imperial Chinese Navy, Royal Danish Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy before and after World War I.[2] It was used in the First Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion and a ship captured by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War was later used in the Russo-Japanese War.
History[]
In 1886, Krupp designed the 21 cm L/35 and started production for export customers in 1890. The 21 cm L/35 was produced in two models the No. 1 and No. 2. The main difference between the two guns was their weight, rifling, propellant charges and muzzle velocities. Otherwise their overall length and ammunition were the same.[3]
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- Argentina
- ARA Veinticinco de Mayo – one shielded 21 cm L/35 gun fore and one shielded, 21 cm L/35 gun aft[4]
- China
- Jingyuan – two 21 cm L/35 guns mounted in a forward barbette
- Laiyuan – two 21 cm L/35 guns mounted in a forward barbette
- Jiyuan – two 21 cm L/35 guns mounted in a forward barbette
- Denmark
- HDMS Valkyrien – one shielded 21 cm L/35 gun fore and one shielded 21 cm L/35 gun aft[5]
- Netherlands
- Evertsen-class coastal defence ship – two mounted 21 cm L/35 turret guns fore and one aft[6]
- Hydra-class – one forward shielded 21 cm L/35 gun after 1890s refits[7]
- HNLMS Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden – secondary armament of one shielded 21 cm L/35 gun aft[8]
- HNLMS Reiner Claeszen – one 21 cm L/35 gun in a forward turret[9]
- HNLMS Sumatra – one 21 cm L/35 gun in a forward turret[10]
Gallery[]
The forward barbette of the Jingyuan renamed Saien in IJN service which was sunk during the Russo-Japanese War.
A 21 cm L/35 gun at the German fort at Tsingtau.
References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval weapons of World War One. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848321007. OCLC 786178793.
- ^ "GR 8.2in 21 cm 35cal Krupp Single". navalhistory.flixco.info.
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval weapons of World War One. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848321007. OCLC 786178793.
- ^ "VEINTICINCO DE MAYO protected cruiser (1891) – Argentinean Navy (Argentina)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Valkyrien protected cruiser (1890) – Danish Royal Navy (Denmark)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "REINIER CLAESZEN monitor (1894) – Royal Dutch Navy (Netherlands)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "HYDRA gunboats (1873–1876) – Royal Dutch Navy (Netherlands)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "KONINGIN WILHELMINA DER NEDERLANDEN protected cruiser (1894) – Royal Dutch Navy (Netherlands)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "REINIER CLAESZEN monitor (1894) – Royal Dutch Navy (Netherlands)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "SUMATRA protected cruiser (1891) – Royal Dutch Navy (Netherlands)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
Bibliography[]
- Friedman, N. (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- Chesneau, R.; Kolesnik, E. M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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