Port forward 15 cm/55 mount on Bismarck
under construction in 1939
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 83984
15 cm/55 mount on Bismarck
In the background is one of the 10.5 cm
AA mountings
15 cm/55 guns on Admiral Graf Spee
Photograph taken at Montevideo, Uruguay
in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 59659
After superstructure of Admiral Graf Spee
showing 15 cm/55 and 10.5 cm/65 guns
Note the burned-out Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane
on the catapult and the after main-director rangefinder
Photograph taken at Montevideo, Uruguay
in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 80976
15 cm/55 gun on Admiral Graf Spee after
she was scuttled
At upper left is a10.5 cm/65 twin mounting,
a photograph of which may be found here
Photograph taken on 2 February 1940 by
Ensign Richard D. Sampson, USN
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 50958
15 cm/55 gun salvaged from Admiral Graf
Spee now on display at Museo de la Armada, in Montevideo, Uruguay
Photograph copyrighted by Federico Pedrido
and used here by his kind permission
Twin 15 cm/55 Casement mount under construction
on Graf Zepplin in August 1939
Bundesarchiv Photograph RM 25 Bild-50
Twin 15 cm/55 SK C/28 mounting formerly
on Gneisenau now at Stevnsfort in southern Denmark
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
and used here by his kind permission
Interior of above mounting
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
and used here by his kind permission
Right gun of above mounting
Markings on this gun indicate that it
is serial number 1015 and that it was manufactured by Rheinmetal/Borsig
at Düsseldorf
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
and used here by his kind permission
Single 15 cm/55 SK C/28 mounting formerly
on Gneisenau now at Stevnsfort in southern Denmark
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
and used here by his kind permission
Page History
20 February 2007 - Benchmark
29 July 2010 - Added picture of Graf Zepplin
twin mount, corrected typographical error
05 September 2010 - Added pictures of
Gneisenau mountings