 The ships also carried fourteen SK L/45 guns, also in casemates.These guns fired a projectile at , and could be trained up to 25° for a maximum range of .After 1914, two 8.8 cm guns were removed and replaced by two 8.8 cm Flak guns, and between 1916 and 1917, the remaining twelve 8.8 cm casemated guns were removed.