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Photo # NH 80996:  After 15cm gun turrets of the German light cruiser Könisgberg, circa 1930

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the GERMAN NAVY --

Königsberg (Light Cruiser, 1929-1940) --
On Board and Close Up Views


This page features views taken on board, or close up to, the German light cruiser Königsberg (1929-1940).

For other images of this ship, see:

  • Königsberg (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 80971

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    At Swinemunde, Germany, with a sentry on guard in the foreground.
    The original photograph, from Office of Naval Intelligence files, was dated 1938. However it appears to have actually been taken earlier in that decade.
    Note Königsberg's searchlights and torpedo tubes.
    The light cruiser Leipig is in the right distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80998

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    View of the ship's forward superstructure, with visitors on the gangway and on shore in the foreground during an "open house" at a European port, circa 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 500 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81761

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on the ship's foredeck, looking aft, circa 1931. Crewmen appear to be preparing for physical training.
    Note the forward 15cm triple gun turret trained on the starboard beam.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 655 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80995

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    Halftone reproduction of a view taken on board in about 1930, looking forward from the foremast.
    Note the ship's forward 15cm triple gun turret, anchor chains, and crewmen relaxing on deck.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 485 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81760

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    View on deck amidships, looking forward on the port side, circa 1938.
    Note details of smokestacks, boat cradles, cranes and searchlights. A mounting for a 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun is visible in the lower right foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 154KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80997

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    View looking aft from the port side searchlight platform while the ship was underway, circa 1930.
    Note the gunfire control position in the foreground, 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns, and the after 15 cm triple gun turrets trained to starboard.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81763

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on the ship's after superstructure deck, looking aft, circa 1931.
    Crewmen are receiving gunnery instruction between the ship's pair of 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns.
    Her two after 15cm triple gun turrets are visible in the background. Note the different heraldic shields mounted over the doors on the rear side of each turret.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 150KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81762

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    Photograph taken on the ship's after superstructure deck, looking aft, circa 1931. Crewmen are examining the ship's battery of two 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns. Her Number Two 15cm triple gun turret is in the background, with a plaque on its face bearing the inscription "Lutzow".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81764

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on the ship's after superstructure deck, looking aft, circa 1931, showing gunnery drill with the ship's two 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns.
    Her Number Two 15cm triple gun turret is in the background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 680 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80996

    Königsberg
    (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on board, circa 1930, looking forward from the stern with her after 15cm triple gun turrets trained out on the starboard quarter.
    Note the marked offset arrangement of these turrets, and the capstan and open hatch in the foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 395 pixels

     

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • Königsberg (German Light Cruiser, 1929-1940).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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