List of naval ships of Germany

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The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors.

See also:

• List of German Imperial Navy ships
• List of Kriegsmarine ships
• List of German Federal Navy ships
• List of German Navy ships
• List of German Navy ship classes
• List of U-boats
• List of German battleships

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A

• Admiral Graf Spee: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, launched 1933
• Admiral Hipper: 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, launched 1937
• Admiral Scheer: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, launched 1934
• Adolf Lüderitz: Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940
• Ägir: 3,700 ton Odin class coastal armored ship, launched 1895
• Albatros: Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 4 May 1940
• Albatros: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
• Albatros: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Albatross: 2,000 ton Nautilus class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1907
• Albert Leo Schlageter: Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship Sagres II
• Alk: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
• Alk: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Alster: Oste class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
• Amazone: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
• Ammersee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker
• Anton Schmitt: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
• Arcona: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser, launched 10 August 1900, commissioned 18 May 1901, recommissioned 27 May 1940 as a floating flak battery, scrapped 1948
• Ariadne: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
• Atlantis HSK 2: 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Auerbach: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper, become Oberfalz
• Augsburg: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1909
• Augsberg: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988
• Augsburg: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate

B

• Bad Bevensen: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Bad Rappenau: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Baden: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1880
• Baden: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, launched 1915
• Barbe: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Bayern: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1878
• Bayern: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, launched 1915
• Bayern: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
• Bayern: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
• Beowulf: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1890
• Berlin: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser
• Berlin: Berlin class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
• Bernd von Arnim: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Bismarck: 42,000 ton Bismarck class battleship, launched 1939
• Blücher: 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908
• Blücher: 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, launched 1937
• Brandenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891
• Brandenburg: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
• Brasse: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Braunschweig: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1901
• Braunschweig: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1964 to 1989
• Braunschweig: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, building
• Bremen: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1903
• Bremen: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Bremse: 4,400 ton Brummer class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
• Bremse: Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941
• Breslau: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
• Brommy: Hunt class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Eggesford, commissioned 1959 to 1965
• Brummer: 4,400 ton Brummer class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
• Brummer: Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940
• Brummer: Minelayer, former Norwegian Olav Tryggvason, captured 11 April 1940
• Bruno Heinemann: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Bussard: 1,650 ton Bussard class light cruiser, launched 1890
• Bussard: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
• Bussard: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Butt: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

C

• Carl Peters: Fleet tenders, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940
• Castor: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
• Clemenceau: Richelieu class battleship captured from France under construction, not completed
• Coburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Cöln: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1909
• Cöln II: 5,600 ton Cöln class light cruiser, launched 1916
• Coronel: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Cuxhaven: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000

D

• Dachs: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
• Dachs: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
• Danzig: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1906
• Datteln: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Delphin: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Derfflinger: 27,000 ton Derfflinger class battlecruiser, launched 1913
• Detmold: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969
• Deutschland: 7,600 ton Kaiser class heavy cruiser, launched 1872
• Deutschland: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1904
• Deutschland: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939
• Diether von Roeder: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
• Dillingen: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Dommel: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974
• Dommel: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Donau: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Donau: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
• Dorsch: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Dresden: 3,700 ton Dresden class light cruiser, launched 1907
• Dresden: 5,600 ton Cöln class light cruiser, launched 1917
• Düren: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000

E

• Eber: Iltis class gunboat, launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917
• Eider: Isles class (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy HMS Flint
• Eisbär: Eisvogel class (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997
• Eismöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
• Eisvogel: Eisvogel class (Type 721) icebreaker
• Elbe: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Elbe: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
• Elbing: Pillau class light cruiser, launched 1914
• Elsaß: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1903
• Elster: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
• Elster: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Emden: 3,700 ton Dresden class light cruiser, launched 1908
• Emden: 6,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1925
• Emden: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1983
• Emden: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Emden II: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1916
• Ensdorf: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
• Erfurt: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, planned
• Erich Giese: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Erich Koellner: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Erich Steinbrinck: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer

F

• Falke: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
• Falke: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Fehmarn: Helgoland class (Type 720) tug
• Felchen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Flensburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1970, upgraded to Type 331
• Flensburg: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1972 to 1991
• Flunder: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Forelle: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Fulda: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, decommissioned 1992
• Frankenthal: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Frankfurt: Wiesbaden class light cruiser, launched 1915
• Frankfurt am Main: Berlin class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
• Frauenlob: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
• Frettchen: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1983
• Frettchen: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
• Freya: 5,700 ton Viktoria Louise class heavy cruiser, launched 1897
• Freiburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Friedrich Carl: 9,000 ton Prinz Heinrich class heavy cruiser, 1901
• Friedrich der Große: 6,800 ton Preußen class armored frigate, launched 1874
• Friedrich der Große: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
• Friedrich Eckoldt: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Friedrich Ihn: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Friedrich Schürer: Type 202 submarine
• Frithjof: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1892
• Fuchs: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
• Fuchs: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Fulda: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to present, upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade
• Fulda: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Fürst Bismarck: 10,700 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1897

G

• Gazelle: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser, launched 1898
• Gefion: 3,700 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1893
• Geier: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
• Geier: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Georg Thiele: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
• Gepard: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
• Gepard: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
• Glücksburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Gneisenau: 11,600 ton Scharnhorst class heavy cruiser, launched 1906
• Gneisenau: 35,000 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser, launched 1936
• Gneisenau: Black Swan class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Oakley, commissioned 1958 to 1966
• Goeben: 23,000 ton Moltke class battlecruiser, launched 1911
• Gorch Fock: Sail training ship, launched 1933, became Soviet training ship Tovarishch
• Gorch Fock II: Type 441 unique sail training barque, launched 1958
• Göttingen: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
• Göttingen: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1997
• Graf Spee: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1964
• Graf von Götzen: commissioned 1914
• Graf Zeppelin: 28,000 ton Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier, launched 1938 but never completed
• Graudenz: Graudenz class light cruiser, launched 1913
• Greif: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
• Greif: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Großer Kurfürst: 6,800 ton Preußen class armored frigate, launched 1875
• Großer Kurfürst: 26,000 ton König class battleship, launched 1913
• Grömitz: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter

H

• Habicht: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
• Habicht: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Hagen: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1893
• Häher: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
• Häher: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Hai: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2365
• Hamburg: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1903
• Hamburg: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
• Hamburg: Sachsen class (Type 124) frigate
• Hameln: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
• Hameln: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
• Hannover: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1905
• Hans Lody: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Hans Lüdemann: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
• Hans Techel: Type 202 submarine
• Hansa: 5,700 ton Viktoria Louise class heavy cruiser, launched 1898
• Hansa: 19,200 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Hecht: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2367
• Heimdall: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1892
• Hela: 2,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1895
• Helgoland: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1909
• Helgoland: Helgoland class (Type 720) tug, decommissioned 1997
• Hermann Künne: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
• Hermann Schoemann: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Hermelin: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
• Hermelin: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
• Herten: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
• Hertha: 5,700 ton Viktoria Louise class heavy cruiser, launched 1897
• Hessen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1903
• Hessen: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
• Hessen: Sachsen class (Type 124) frigate, planned commission December 2005
• Hildebrand: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, possibly not completed
• Hindenburg: 27,000 ton Derfflinger class battlecruiser, launched 1915
• Hipper: Black Swan class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Actaeon, commissioned 1959 to 1964
• Homburg: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Horst Wessel: Sail training ship, launched 1936, became United States Coast Guard USCGC Eagle
• Hugin: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1973
• Hyäne: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
• Hyäne: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

I

• Iltis: Iltis class gunboat, launched 4 August 1898, commissioned 1 December 1898 to 28 August 1914
• Iltis: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1975
• Iltis: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Inger: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Isar: Mosel class (Type 402) tender

J

• Jaguar: Iltis class gunboat, launched 19 August 1898, commissioned 4 April 1899, scuttled 7 November 1914
• Jaguar: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957 to 1973
• Jaguar: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned

K

• Kaiser: 7,600 ton Kaiser class battleship (1872), launched 1872
• Kaiser: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship (1911), launched 1911
• Kaiser Barbarossa: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich class battleship, launched 1900
• Kaiser Friedrich III.: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich class battleship, launched 1896
• Kaiser Karl der Große: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich class battleship, launched 1899
• Kaiser Wilhelm II.: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich class battleship, launched 1897
• Kaiser Wilhelm der Große: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich class battleship, launched 1899
• Kaiserin: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
• Kaiserin Augusta: 6,000 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892
• Karl Galster: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
• Karlsruhe: Karlsruhe class light cruiser, launched 1912
• Karlsruhe: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1915
• Karlsruhe: 7,200 ton Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1927
• Karlsruhe: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Karpfen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Koblenz: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
• Koblenz: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1999
• Kolberg: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1908
• Köln: 7,200 ton Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1928
• Köln: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982
• Köln: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Komet HSK 7: 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Kondor: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
• Kondor: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• König: 26,000 ton König class battleship, launched 1913
• König Albert: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1912
• König Wilhelm: unique amoured frigate, 9,700 tons, launched 1868; rebuilt 1897 into heavy cruiser
• Königsberg: Stettin class light cruiser, launched 1905
• Königsberg: 7,200 ton Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1925
• Königsberg II: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1915
• Konstanz: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1980, upgraded to Type 351 and recommissioned 1989 to 2000
• Kormoran HSK 8: 19,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Kormoran: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
• Kormoran: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Kranich: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
• Kranich: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Krebs: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1973
• Kronprinz: Original name for 1914 battleship Kronprinz Wilhelm
• Kronprinz Wilhelm: 26,000 ton König class battleship, renamed from Kronprinz in 1918
• Kronprinz Wilhelm: 24,900 ton auxiliary cruiser, built as a civilian liner in 1901, commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in 1914, surrendered to the US in 1915
• Kulmbach: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
• Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891

L

• Laboe: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
• Lachs: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
• Lahn: Lahn class (Type 403) tender
• Lech: Lahn class (Type 403) tender
• Leipzig: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1905
• Leipzig: 8,000 ton Leipzig class cruiser, launched 1929
• Leberecht Maass: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
• Leopard: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
• Leopard: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Lindau: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
• Lindau: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 2000
• Lothringen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1904
• Löwe: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1975
• Löwe: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Lübeck: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1904
• Lübeck: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1963 to 1988
• Lübeck: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Luchs: Gunboat, launched 18 October 1899, commissioned 15 April 1900, blown up 28 August 1914
• Luchs: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1972
• Luchs: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Ludwigshafen: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, planned
• Lüneburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Lütjens: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
• Lützow: 27,000 ton Derfflinger class battlecruiser, launched 1913
• Lützow: 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, sold before completion to Soviet Union in 1939, never commissioned
• Lützow: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, renamed from Deutschland in 1939

M

• Magdeburg: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
• Magedeburg: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, building
• Main: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Main: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
• Mainz: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1909
• Makrele: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Marburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
• Marburg: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 2000
• Marder: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1972
• Marder: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Markgraf: 26,000 ton König class battleship, launched 1913
• Mars: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
• Max Schultz: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
• Mecklenburg: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1901
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
• Medusa: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
• Meersburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Michel HSK 9: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Minden: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
• Minden: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
• Mira: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1960—1973) is for sale click for details: - here
• Mölders: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
• Moltke: 23,000 ton Moltke class battlecruiser, launched 1910
• Mosel: Mosel class (Type 402) tender
• Mosel: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
• Mühlhausen: Type 742 diver support ship
• München: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1904
• Munin: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1964
• Muräne: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

N

• Nassau: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
• Nautilus: 2,000 ton Nautilus class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1907
• Neckar: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Nerz: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
• Nerz: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
• Niedersachsen: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Niobe: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
• Niobe: Sail training ship, launched 1913
• Norderney: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug, decommissioned
• Nürnberg: Stettin class light cruiser, launched 1906
• Nürnberg: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1916
• Nürnberg: 8,000 ton Leipzig class cruiser, launched 1934, became Soviet Admiral Makarow
• Nymphe: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser

O

• Oberpfalz: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper, former Auerbach
• Odenwald: Westerwald class (Type 760) ammunition transport ship, decommissioned
• Odin: 3,700 ton Odin class coastal armored ship, launched 1894
• Offenburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Oker: Oste class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
• Oldenburg: 5,250 ton Oldenburg class coastal armored ship, launched 1884
• Oldenburg: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1910
• Oldenburg: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, planned
• Orion HSK 1: 15,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Orion: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
• Oste: Oste class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
• Ostfriesland: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1909
• Ozelot: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
• Ozelot: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

P

• Paderborn: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
• Panther: Iltis class gunboat, launched 1 April 1901, commissioned 15 March 1903, sold 1931, scrapped
• Panther: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
• Panther: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Passau: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
• Passau: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
• Paul Jacobi: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Pegnitz: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
• Pelikan: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
• Pelikan: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Peter Straßer: 28,000 ton Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier, never launched
• Pfeil: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1965
• Pillau: Pillau class light cruiser, launched 1914
• Pinguin HSK 5: 17,600 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Pinguin: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1973
• Pinguin: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Plötze: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Pollux: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
• Pommern: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1905
• Posen: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
• Preußen: 6,800 ton Preußen class armored frigate, launched 1873
• Preußen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1903
• Prinz Adalbert: 9,000 ton Prinz Heinrich class heavy cruiser, 1901
• Prinz Eugen: 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, launched 1938
• Prinz Heinrich: 9,000 ton Prinz Heinrich class heavy cruiser, 1900
• Prinzregent Luitpold: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
• Puma: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1981
• Puma: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

R

• Raubmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
• Raule: Hunt class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Albrighton, commissioned through 1967
• Regensburg: Graudenz class light cruiser, launched 1914
• Regulus: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
• Reiher: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973
• Reiher: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Renke: Landing craft, decommissioned
• Rhein: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Rhein: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
• Rheinland: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
• Rheinland-Pfalz: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
• Rhön: Röhn class (Type 704) tanker
• Richard Beitzen: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
• Rochen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Rommel: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
• Roon: 10,000 ton Roon class heavy cruiser, launched 1903
• Rostock: Karlsruhe class light cruiser, launched 1912
• Rottweil: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Ruhr: Rhein class (Type 401) tender

S

• Saar: Mosel class (Type 402) tender
• Saarburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
• Sachsen: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1877
• Sachsen: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, not completed
• Sachsen: Sachsen class (Type 124) frigate
• Salm: Landing craft, decommissioned
• Scharnhorst: 11,600 ton Scharnhorst class heavy cruiser, launched 1906
• Scharnhorst: 35,000 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser, launched 1936
• Scharnhorst: Black Swan class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Mermaid, commissioned 1959 to 1968
• Scheer: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1967
• Schlei: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
• Schlesien: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1906
• Schleswig: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
• Schleswig-Holstein: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1906
• Schleswig-Holstein: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
• Schleswig-Holstein: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
• Schwaben: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1901
• Schwarzwald: Schwarzwald class (Type 706) replenishment ship
• Seeadler: 1,650 ton Bussard class light cruiser, launched 1892
• Seeadler: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1976
• Seeadler: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Seydlitz: 25,000 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1912
• Seydlitz: 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, selected while under construction for conversion to an aircraft carrier, never completed
• Siegburg: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
• Siegen: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
• Siegfried: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1889
• Silbermöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
• Sirius: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1990)
• Sovietskaya Ukraina: Captured from the Soviet Union under construction, not completed
• Sperber: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
• Sperber: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Spessart: Röhn class (Type 704) tanker
• Spica: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
• Spiekeroog: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug
• Stettin: Stettin class light cruiser, launched 1907
• Stier HSK 6: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Stör: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Storch: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
• Storch: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Straßburg: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
• Strahl: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962 to 1967
• Stralsund: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
• Sturmmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
• Stuttgart: Stettin class light cruiser, launched 1906
• Sulzbach-Rosenberg: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter

T

• Tegernsee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker
• Thetis: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
• Theodor Riedel: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Thor HSK 4: 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Thüringen: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1909
• Tiger: Iltis class gunboat, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914
• Tiger: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974
• Tiger: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Tirpitz: 42,000 ton Bismarck class battleship, launched 1939
• Trave: Isles class (Type 139) trawler
• Tübingen: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
• Tübingen: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
• Tümmler: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

U

• Überherrn: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
• Ulm: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned (1959 to 1978, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 1999
• Undine: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser, launched 1902

V

• Vegesack: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
• Victoria Louise: 5,700 ton Viktoria Louise class heavy cruiser, launched 1897
• Vineta: 5,700 ton Viktoria Louise class heavy cruiser, launched 1897
• Völkingen: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
• Völklingen: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1999
• Von der Tann: steampowered gunboat, 1849 to 1862
• Von der Tann: 19,400 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1909

W

• Walchensee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
• Wangerooge: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug
• Weißenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891
• Weiden: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Weihe: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972
• Weihe: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Weilheim: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995
• Weilheim: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
• Wels: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Werra: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Werra: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
• Weser: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
• Westensee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
• Westerwald: Westerwald class (Type 760) ammunition transport ship
• Westfalen: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
• Wettin: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1900
• Wetzlar: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
• Wetzlar: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995
• Widder HSK 3: 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
• Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden class light cruiser, launched 1915
• Wiesel: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984
• Wiesel: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
• Wildschwan: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964
• Wilhelm Bauer: Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2549
• Wilhelm Heidkamp: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
• Wittelsbach: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1900
• Wolf: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975
• Wolf: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
• Wolfgang Zenker: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
• Wolfsburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
• Worms: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
• Wörth: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1892
• Württemberg: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1878
• Württemberg: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, not completed

Y

• Yorck: 10,000 ton Roon class heavy cruiser, launched 1904

Z

• Zähringen: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1901
• Zander: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
• Zobol: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1982
• Zobel: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

Named by Number

• EF3: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S116), commissioned 1957 to 1964
• U1 through U6: Type IIa submarines
• U1: Type 201 submarine, later rebuilt to Type 205
• U2: Type 201 submarine, later rebuilt to Type 205
• U3: Type 201 submarine, decommissioned 1974
• U4: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
• U5: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
• U6: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
• U7: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
• U7 through U24: Type IIb submarines
• U8: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
• U9: Type 205 submarine
• U10: Type 205 submarine
• U11: Type 205 submarine
• U12: Type 205 submarine
• U13: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U14: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U15: Type 206A submarine
• U16: Type 206A submarine
• U17: Type 206A submarine
• U18: Type 206A submarine
• U19: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U20: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U21: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U22: Type 206A submarine
• U23: Type 206A submarine
• U24: Type 206A submarine
• U25: Type Ia submarine
• U25: Type 206A submarine
• U26: Type Ia submarine
• U26: Type 206A submarine
• U27: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U27 through U36: Type VII submarines
• U28: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U29: Type 206A submarine
• U30: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
• U31: Type 212A submarine
• U32: Type 212A submarine
• U33: Type 212A submarine (commission planned for 2006)
• U34: Type 212A submarine (commission planned for 2006)
• U37 through U44: Type IX submarines
• U45 through U55: Type VIIb submarines
• U56 through U63: Type IIc submarines
• U64 and U65: Type IXb submarines
• U66 through U68: Type IXc submarines
• U73 through U76: Type VIIb submarines
• U83 through U87: Type VIIb submarines
• U99 through U102: Type VIIb submarines
• U69 through U72: Type VIIc submarines
• U77 through U82: Type VIIc submarines
• U88 through U98: Type VIIc submarines
• U103 through U111: Type IXb submarines
• U116 through U119: Type Xb submarines
• U120 and U121: Type IIb submarines
• U122 through U124: Type IXb submarines
• U125 through U131: Type IXc submarines
• U132 through U152: Type IId submarines
• U153 through U166: Type IXc submarines
• U167 through U170: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U171 through U176: Type IXc submarines
• U177 through U182: Type IXd submarines
• U183 through U194: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U195 through U200: Type IXd submarines
• U201 through U212: Type VIIc submarines
• U213 through U218: Type VIId submarines
• U219 and U220: Type Xb submarines
• U221 through U232: Type VIIc submarines
• U233 and U234: Type Xb submarines
• U235 through U328: Type VIIc submarines
• U331 through U394: Type VIIc submarines
• U396 through U458: Type VIIc submarines
• U459 through U464: Type XIV submarines
• U465 through U486: Type VIIc submarines
• U487 through U490: Type XIV submarines
• U501 through U524: Type IXc submarines
• U525 through U550: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U551 through U683: Type VIIc submarines
• U701 through U722: Type VIIc submarines
• U731 through U768: Type VIIc submarines
• U771 through U779: Type VIIc submarines
• U801 through U806: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U821 through U822: Type VIIc submarines
• U825 through U828: Type VIIc submarines
• U841 through U846: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U847 through U852: Type IXd submarines
• U853 through U858: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U859 through U864: Type IXd submarines
• U871 through U876: Type IXd submarines
• U877 through U881: Type IXc 40 submarines
• U899: Type IXc 40 submarine
• U901: Type VIIc submarines
• U903 through U907: Type VIIc submarines
• U921 and U930: Type VIIc submarines
• U951 through U994: Type VIIc submarines
• U995: Type VIIc submarine
• U997 through U1010: Type VIIc submarines
• U1013 through U1025: Type VIIc submarines
• U1051 through U1058: Type VIIc submarines
• U1059 through U1062: Type VIIf submarines
• U1063 through U1065: Type VIIc submarines
• U1101 through U1110: Type VIIc submarines
• U1131 and U1132: Type VIIc submarines
• U1161 through U1172: Type VIIc submarines
• U1191 through U1210: Type VIIc submarines
• U1221 through U1235: Type IXc 40 submarine
• U1271 through U1279: Type VIIc submarines
• U1301 through U1308: Type VIIc submarines
• U2321 through U2371: Type XXII submarines
• U2501 through U2531: Type XXI submarines
• U2533 through U2546: Type XXI submarines
• U2548: Type XXI submarine
• U2551 and U2552: Type XXI submarines
• U3001 through U3041: Type XXI submarines
• U3044: Type XXI submarine
• U3501 through U3530: Type XXI submarines
• U4701 through U4707: Type XXII submarines
• U4709 through U4712: Type XXII submarines
• UW10: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993
• UW11: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964
• Z1: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Anthony, commissioned 1959 to 1972
• Z2: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Ringgold, commissioned 1959 to 1981
• Z3: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Wadsworth, commissioned 1959 to 1980
• Z4: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Claxton, commissioned 1959 to 1981
• Z5: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Dyson, commissioned 1960 to 1982
• Z6: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Charles Ausburne, commissioned 1960 to 1967
• Z23 through Z30: Type 1936A destroyers
• Z31 through Z34: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
• Z35 through Z36: Type 1936B destroyers
• Z37 through Z39: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
• Z43 through Z45: Type 1936B destroyers
• Z51: German Type 1942 destroyer launched 1944

References

• Hansen, Hans Jürgen, "Die Schiffe der deutschen Flotten 1848-1945" (Urbes, Gräfelfing vor München, 1974, ISBN 3-924896-06-2).
• Gibbons, Tony, "The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships" (Salamander Books, London, 1983, ISBN 0-517-37810-8).
• Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung, "Schiffsnummernverzeichnis für Schiffe, Boote und Betriebsfahrzeuge der Deutschen Marine und des Wehrtechnischen Bereichs", 2002

See also

• List of German Navy ship classes

External links

• Deutsche Marine - Schiffsliste janmaat.de
• Kriegsmarine ships

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