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Monday 2 January 2017

American magazine claiming that the German König-class battleships were armed with 10,5cm anti aircraft guns according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1916-1917 no. 5

König-class

An item referred to the Scientific American dated 17th June reported that on board of the new German battleships of the Kronprinz-class the 10.5cm guns also were to be used as anti aircraft guns.(1)

Note
1. The Kronprinz was part of the König-class consisting of the König, Markgraf, Kronprinz and Grosser Kurfürst, succeeded by the Kaiser-class and succeeded by the Bayern-class. The armament consisted of 5x2-30,5cm.12” guns, 14x1-15cm/5.9” guns and 10-8.8cm/3.5” guns.