22 German cig. cards: German / international warships of 20th Cent., issued 1934

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Offered here are 22 German cigarette cards of international warships of the 1930s, issued in 1934 by the Garbaty Cigarette Co. for the album
Saba Schiffsbilder
(Saba Pictures of Ships). Pictured here are:
No. 30:
The German Battleship “Kaiser”, built in England, was launched in 1874. It has a displacement of 7,670 tons and a top speed of 14 knots. It was 85.3 meters long and 19 meters wide.
No. 151:
The American Battleship “Florida” with a displacement of 22,200 tons and a top speed of 22 knots. It is armed with ten 30.5-cm cannons, twelve 12.7-cm cannons, eight 7.6-cm cannons and four 4.7-cm guns.
No. 155:
German Armored Cruiser "Bluecher" with a displacement of 15,800 tons and a top speed of 25.8 knots. It was armed with twelve 21-cm guns, eight 15-cm guns, and sixteen 8.8-cm guns.
No. 160:
Danish Armored Coastal Patrol Boat "Olfert Fischer" with a displacement of 3,700 tons and a top speed of 16 knots. It was armed with two 24-cm guns, four 15-cm guns, six 7.5-cm guns and two 3.7-cm guns.
No. 180:
The British Cruiser “Shropshire” with with a displacement of 10,000 tons and a top speed of 32 knots. It was armed with eight 20.3-cm cannons, four 10.2-cm cannons, four 4.7-cm cannons and four 4-cm guns.
No. 194:
German Gunboat “Jaguar” with a displacement of 900 tons and a top speed of 14 knots. It was armed with four 8.8-cm guns and six 3.7-cm guns.
No. 197:
The British Gunboat “Falcon” with a displacement of 300 tons and a top speed of 16 knots. It was armed with two 7.6-cm cannons.
No. 198:
the Finnish gunboat “Turunmaa” with a displacement of 350 tons and a top speed of 15 knots. It was armed with two 7.5-cm guns.
No. 203:
The German Submarine “UB-49” with an above-water displacement of 516 tons and a top speed above water of 13.5 knots (under water 7.5 knots). It was armed with five torpedo tubes and one 10.5-cm cannon.
No. 214:
Estonian Torpedo Boat / Destroyer "Wambola" with a displacement of 1,600 tons and a top speed of 30 knots. It was armed with four 10-cm guns, one 4-cm gun and nine 45-cm torpedo tubes on deck.
No. 234:
The U-Boat Lifting Vessel “Vulkan” with a displacement of 1,600 tons and a top speed of 16 knots. It was unarmed.
No. 241:
The British Aircraft Carrier “Eagle” with a displacement of 23,300 tons and a top speed of 24 knots. It was armed with nine 15-cm cannons and five 10.2-cm guns and it carried 60 aircraft.
No. 243:
The British Submarine Mother Ship "Medway" with a displacement of 15,200 tons and a top speed of 16 knots. It was armed with six 10.2-cm guns.
No. 245:
The Aircraft Carrier “Bearn” with a displacement of 22,500 tons and a top speed of 21 knots. It was armed with eight 15.5-cm cannons, six 7.5-cm cannons, eight 3.7-cm guns and carried 40 planes.
No. 10:
The German Cruiser “Berlin”. Length: 110.6 meters, width: 13.2 meters. It displaced 3,650 tons and had a top speed of 22 knots. It was armed with eight 10.5-cm guns.
No. 19:
Danish Torpedo Boat “Hvalen” with a displacement of 290 tons and a top speed of 28 knots. It was armed with two 7.5-cm cannons and eight 45-cm torpedo tubes on deck.
No. 22:
The Estonian Destroyer “Lennuk”. Length: 105 meters; width: 9.4 meters. It displaced 1,400 tons and had a top speed of 32 knots. It was armed with five 10-cm cannons, one 7.6-cm gun and nine 45-cm torpedo tubes on deck.
No. 23:
The Finnish Armored Coast Guard Ship “V
äin
ämoinen”. It was 23 meters long and 16 meters wide with a displacement of 4,000 tons and a top speed of 15 knots. It was armed with four 25.4-cm cannons and eight 10.5-cm guns.
No. 40:
Greek Cruiser “Helli”. Length: 98 meters; width: 11.9 meters. It had a displacement of 2,650 tons and a top speed of 20 knots. It was armed with three 15.2-cm cannons, one 7.6-cm cannon and four 5.7-cm guns.
No. 60:
Latvian Cannon Boat “Virsaitis”. It is 56 meters long and 7.6 meters wide, has a displacement of 520 tons and a top speed of 17 knots. It is armed with two 8.6-cm cannons and two 5.7-cm guns.
No. 131:
The Chinese Cruiser “Jing Swei” with a displacement of 2,850 tons and a top speed of 20 knots. It was armed with two 15.2-cm cannons and four 10.2-cm guns.
No. 137:
The Japanese Cruiser “Naschi”. Length: 183 meters, width: 18.8 meters. It displaced 10,000 tons and had a top speed of 33 knots. It was armed with ten 20.3-cm cannons and six 12-cm guns.
The smaller cards measure 2 and 3/8 inches by 1 and 5/8 inches; the larger cards measure 2 and 3/8 inches by 1 and 7/8 inches.
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