| 5,0cm L/40 Marine Torpedoboot Cannon Cartridge Casing |
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| 5,0cm cartridge casing for the Krupp Kaiserliche-Marine (Imperial German Navy) Torpedoboot (Torpeedo Boat) Cannon. This is a very interesting cartridge casing as it looks like a giant rifle casing. To illustrate the size, the casing is photographed with a rare original Kaiserliche-Marine issued Torpedoboot Marine-Tellermütze issued to a sailor on Torpedoboot T-158 XII Torpedoboots Halbflottilla. Torpedoboot V158 was of the 1906 Torpedoboot-Klasse. V158 was constructed at Vulkan Stettin in 1907, launched 23 June 1908 and commissioned 08 Oct 1908. With 59 boats build, the Großes Torpedoboot 1906 design were the second largest torpedo boat class ordered by the Hochseeflotte (High Seas Fleet). 5,0cm L/40 Marine Torpedoboot Cannon Cartridge Casing Data:
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| A close-up of the head stamping on the base. Marked: PATRONENFABRIK (cartridge factory) KARLSRUHE manufactured " VIII 1911" with the standard twin flaming bombs for this manufacturer. Marine cartridge casings used Roman numerals for the month, while the Army used an abbreviation of the month. The "VIII in this case stands for August. "238" is the lot number of that batch of cases which were made during 1911. The crowned M is the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) arsenal's acceptance stamp. The hammered dot indicates the first reload, while the "III 14" indicates three reloads in 1914. |
| 5,0cm L/40 Marine Torpedoboot Cannon |
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| A period photograph of G7, a Kaiserliche-Marine (Imperial German Navy) 1911 Torpedoboot-Klasse which was almost identical to their predecessors, the Grosses 1906 Torpedoboot-Klasse. The only difference was the 1911 Torpedoboot-Klasse had an increased number of torpedo tubes, giving them a larger offensive potential. 5,0cm L/40 Marine Torpedoboots Cannon Data:
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