List of naval ships of Germany

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 battleships of Germany

A

 * SMS Adler: 880 ton Habicht-class gunboat, launched 1883
 * GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Graf Spee: 12,000 ton  heavy cruiser, launched 1933
 * GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Hipper: 14,000 ton  heavy cruiser, launched 1937
 * GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Scheer: 12,000 ton  heavy cruiser, launched 1934
 * GERMAN TENDER Adolf Lüderitz: Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940
 * SMS Ägir: 3,700 ton, launched 1895
 * GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT Albatros: Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 9 April 1940
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Albatros:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Albatros:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Albatross (1871): gunboat, launched 1871
 * SMS Albatross (1907): 2,000 ton, launched 1907
 * Albert Leo Schlageter: Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship NRP Sagres III in 1961
 * SMS Alexandrine, corvette, launched 1885
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Alk:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Alk:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN RESEARCH SHIP Alliance: NATO research vessel under German flag, in service since 1988
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Alster:  (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
 * SMS Amazone (1843): 3-masted sail corvette of the Preußische Marine
 * SMS Amazone (1900): 2,700 ton  light cruiser
 * GERMAN TANKER Ammersee:  (Type 703) small coastal tanker
 * SMS Arcona (1858): frigate, launched 1858
 * SMS Arcona (1885): corvette, launched 1885
 * SMS Arcona: 2,700 ton  light cruiser, launched 22 April 1902, commissioned 12 May 1903, recommissioned 27 May 1940 as a floating anti-aircraft battery, scrapped 1948
 * SMS Ariadne (1871): corvette, launched 1871
 * SMS Ariadne: 2,700 ton  light cruiser, launched 1900
 * SMS Arminius (1864): Unique ironclad warship
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Atlantis: 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Auerbach/Oberpfalz:  (Type 352) minesweeper
 * SMS Augsburg (cruiser): 4,400 ton  light cruiser, launched 1909
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Augsburg:  (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Augsburg:  (Type 122) frigate

B

 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Bad Bevensen:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Bad Rappenau:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Baden (1880): 7,800 ton, launched 1880
 * SMS Baden: 29,000 ton, launched 1915
 * GERMAN TUG Baltrum:  (Type 722) tug
 * SMS Barbarossa: converted ocean-liner, commissioned 1849
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Barbe:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * SMS Basilisk (1862): gunboat, launched 1862
 * SMS Basilisk (1878): armoured gunboat, launched 1878
 * SMS Bayern (1878): 7,800 ton, launched 1878
 * SMS Bayern: 29,000 ton, launched 1915
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Bayern:  (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Bayern:  (Type 123) frigate
 * SMS Beowulf: 3,700 ton, launched 1890
 * SMS Berlin: 3,300 ton  light cruiser
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Berlin:  (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
 * SMS Biene: armoured gunboat, launched 1876
 * SMS Bismarck (1877): 3,000 ton, launched 1877
 * GERMAN BATTLESHIP Bismarck: 42,000 ton, launched 1939
 * SMS Blitz (1862): gunboat, launched 1862
 * SMS Blitz (1882): aviso, launched 1882
 * SMS Blücher (1877): 3,000 ton, launched 1877
 * SMS Blücher: 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908
 * GERMAN CRUISER Blücher: 14,000 ton  heavy cruiser, launched 1937
 * SMS Bonin: gunboat, launched 1833
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Bonn:  (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship (ordered)
 * GERMAN OIL RECOVERY SHIP Bottsand:, commissioned 1984
 * SMS Brandenburg: 10,500 ton, launched 1891
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Brandenburg:  (Type 123) frigate
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Brasse:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * SMS Braunschweig (battleship): 13,000 ton, launched 1902
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Braunschweig:  (Type 120) frigate, commissioned  1964 to 1989
 * GERMAN CORVETTE Braunschweig:  (Type 130) corvette, building
 * SMS Bremen (1842): corvette, launched 1842
 * SMS Bremen (cruiser): 3,300 ton  light cruiser, launched 1903
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Bremen:  (Type 122) frigate
 * SMS Bremse (1884): armoured gunboat, launched 1884
 * SMS Bremse (cruiser): 4,400 ton  mine-laying cruiser, launched 1916
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Bremse (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941
 * SMS Breslau:  light cruiser, launched 1911
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Brommy:  frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Eggesford (L15), commissioned 1959 to 1965
 * SMS Brummer (1884): armoured gunboat, launched 1884
 * SMS Brummer (cruiser): 4,400 ton  mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
 * GERMAN TRAINING SHIP Brummer (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940
 * GERMAN MINELAYER Brummer (minelayer): Minelayer, former Norwegian HNOMS Olav Tryggvason, captured 9 April 1940
 * SMS Bussard (cruiser): 1,650 ton  light cruiser, launched 1890
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Bussard:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Bussard:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Butt:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

C

 * SMS Camäleon: gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Camaeleon: armoured gunboat, launched 1878
 * SS Cap Arcona (1927): 27,500 ton Converted from ocean liner to troop ship, launched 1927, sunk 1945
 * GERMAN TENDER Carl Peters: Fleet tenders, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940
 * SMS Carola: corvette, launched 1880
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Castor:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
 * SMS Charlotte: corvette, launched 1885
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Coburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * SMS Cöln (1909): 4,400 ton  light cruiser, launched 1909
 * SMS Cöln (1916): 5,600 ton  light cruiser, launched 1916
 * SMS Comet: aviso, launched 1860
 * SMS Condor: cruiser, launched 1892
 * SMS Cormoran: Converted from merchant ship to light cruiser
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Coronel: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * SMS Crocodill (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Crocodill (1879): armoured gunboat, launched 1879
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Cuxhaven:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000
 * SMS Cyclop (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Cyclop (1874): gunboat, launched 1874

D

 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Dachs:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Dachs:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft
 * SMS Danzig (1825): gunboat, launched 1825
 * SMS Danzig (1851): corvette, launched 1851
 * SMS Danzig: 3,300 ton  light cruiser, launched 1905
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Datteln:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Delphin: gunboat, launched 1860
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Delphin:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * SMS Derfflinger: 27,000 ton, launched 1913
 * SMS Der Königliche Ernst August: corvette, launched 1848
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Detmold:  (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969
 * SMS Deutschland (1874): 7,600 ton, launched 1872
 * SMS Deutschland (1904): 13,000 ton, launched 1904
 * SMS Deutschland (1914): Auxiliary minelayer
 * GERMAN SUBMARINE Deutschland (submarine): Merchant submarine
 * SS Deutschland (1923): 21,000 ton ocean liner converted in hospital ship, launched 1923, sunk 1945
 * SCHOOL SHIP Deutschland: School ship
 * GERMAN CRUISER Deutschland (cruiser): 12,000 ton  heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939
 * GERMAN NAVAL SHIP Deutschland: Training cruiser
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Dillingen:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Dommel:  fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Dommel:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN TENDER Donau:  (Type 401) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Donau:  (Type 404) replenishment ship
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Dorsch:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * SMS Drache: gunboat, launched 1865
 * SMS Dresden (1907): 3,700 ton  light cruiser, launched 1907
 * SMS Dresden (1916): 5,600 ton  light cruiser, launched 1917
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Düren:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000

E

 * SMS Eber (1887): gunboat, launched 1887
 * SMS Eber:, launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Eider:  (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy HMS Flint
 * GERMAN ICEBREAKER Eisbär:  (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Eismöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned  1956—1967
 * GERMAN ICEBREAKER Eisvogel:  (Type 721) icebreaker
 * SMS Elbe (1831): schooner, launched 1831
 * GERMANY TENDER Elbe:  (Type 401) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Elbe:  (Type 404) replenishment ship
 * SMS Elbing:  light cruiser, launched 1914
 * SMS Elisabeth: frigate, 1868
 * SMS Elsass: 13,000 ton, launched 1903
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Elster:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Elster:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Emden (1908): 3,700 ton  light cruiser, launched 1908
 * SMS Emden (1915):  light cruiser, launched 1916
 * GERMAN CRUISER Emden (cruiser): 6,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1925
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Emden:  (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1983
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Emden:  (Type 122) frigate
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Ensdorf:  (Type 352) minesweeper
 * GERMAN CORVETTE Erfurt:  (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
 * SMS Erzherzog Johann: corvette, launched 1840
 * GERMAN OIL RECOVERY SHIP Eversand:, commissioned 1984

F

 * SMS Falke (1865): aviso, launched 1865
 * SMS Falke (1891): cruiser, launched 1891
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Falke:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Falke:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN TUG Fehmarn:  (Type 720) tug
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Felchen:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Flensburg:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1970, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Flensburg:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1972 to 1991
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Flunder:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Forelle:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Frankenthal:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Frankfurt:  light cruiser, launched 1915
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Frankfurt am Main:  (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
 * SMS Frauenlob (1855): schooner, launched 1855
 * SMS Frauenlob: 2,700 ton  light cruiser
 * SMS Frauenlob (1918): light cruiser, cancelled 1919
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Frettchen:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1983
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Frettchen:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft
 * SMS Freya (1874): corvette, launched 1874
 * SMS Freya: 5,700 ton  protected cruiser, launched 1897
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Freiburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * SMS Friedrich Carl (1867): armoured frigate, launched 1867
 * SMS Friedrich Carl: 9,000 ton  armored cruiser, launched 1902
 * SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1874): 6,800 ton, launched 1874
 * SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911): 25,000 ton, launched 1911
 * GERMAN SUBMARINE Friedrich Schürer: Type 202 submarine
 * SMS Frithjof: 3,700 ton, launched 1891
 * SMS Fuchs: gunboat, launched 1860
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Fuchs:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Fuchs:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Fulda:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to present, upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Fulda:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Fürst Bismarck (1896): 10,700 ton unique armored cruiser, launched 1897
 * SMS Fürst Bismarck (1915):, laid down in 1915 but never completed

G

 * SMS G37: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1914
 * SMS G38: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1914
 * SMS G39: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
 * SMS G40: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
 * SMS G41: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
 * SMS G42: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
 * SMS G85: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
 * SMS Gazelle (1859): frigate, launched 1859
 * SMS Gazelle (1900): 2,700 ton  light cruiser, launched 1898
 * SMS Gefion (1843): frigate
 * SMS Gefion: 3,700 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1893
 * SMS Geier: 1,900 ton cruiser, launched 1894
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Geier:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Geier:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Gepard:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Gepard:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Glücksburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * SMS Gneisenau (1879): 3,000 ton, launched 1879
 * SMS Gneisenau (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton  armored cruiser, launched 1906
 * GERMAN BATTLESHIP Gneisenau (battleship): 35,000 ton, launched 1936
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Gneisenau:, former Royal Navy HMS Oakley (L98), commissioned 1958 to 1966
 * SMS Goeben: 23,000 ton, launched 1911
 * Gorch Fock: Sail training ship, launched 1933, became Soviet training ship  Tovarishch
 * Gorch Fock: Type 441 unique sail training barque, launched 1958
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Göttingen:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Göttingen:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1997
 * SMS Graf Spee (battlecruiser):, not completed
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Graf Spee: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1964
 * Graf von Götzen: commissioned 1914
 * GERMAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER Graf Zeppelin: 28,000 ton, launched 1938 but never completed
 * SMS Graudenz:  light cruiser, launched 1913
 * SMS Greif (1886): cruiser, launched 1886
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Greif:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Greif:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Grille: aviso, launched 1857
 * SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1875): 6,800 ton, launched 1875
 * SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913): 26,000 ton, launched 1913
 * SMS Großherzog von Oldenburg: corvette, launched 1848
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Grömitz:  (Type 332) minehunter

H

 * SMS Habicht (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Habicht (1879): gunboat, launched 1879
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Habicht:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Habicht:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Hagen: 3,700 ton, launched 1893
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Häher:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Häher:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN SUBMARINE Hai: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine GS U-2365
 * SMS Hamburg (1841): corvette, launched 1841
 * SMS Hamburg (cruiser): 3,300 ton  light cruiser, launched 1903
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Hamburg:  (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Hamburg:  (Type 124) frigate
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Hameln (1959):  (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Hameln:  (Type 352) minesweeper
 * SMS Hannover: 13,000 ton, launched 1905
 * GERMAN SUBMARINE Hans Techel: Type 202 submarine
 * SMS Hansa (1847): frigate, launched 1847
 * SMS Hansa (1872): armoured corvette, launched 1872
 * SMS Hansa (1898): 5,700 ton  protected cruiser, launched 1898
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Hansa (auxiliary cruiser): 19,200 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * SMS Hay (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Hay (1881): gunboat, launched 1881
 * GERMAN SUBMARINE Hecht: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine GS U-2367
 * SMS Heimdall: 3,700 ton, launched 1892
 * SMS Hela (1852): schooner, launched 1853
 * SMS Hela: 2,000 ton unique aviso, launched 1895
 * SMS Helgoland (battleship): 23,000 ton, launched 1909
 * GERMAN TUG Helgoland:  (Type 720) tug, decommissioned 1997
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Hermelin:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Hermelin:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Herten:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Hertha (1864): frigate, launched 1864
 * SMS Hertha: 5,700 ton  protected cruiser, launched 1897
 * SMS Hessen (battleship): 13,000 ton, launched 1903
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Hessen:  (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Hessen:  (Type 124) frigate, planned commission December 2005
 * SMS Hildebrand: 3,700 ton, possibly not completed
 * SMS Hindenburg: 27,000 ton, launched 1915
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Hipper:  frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Actaeon (U07), commissioned 1959 to 1964
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Homburg:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * Horst Wessel: Sail training ship, launched 1936, became United States Coast Guard USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Hugin:  (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1973
 * SMS Hummel: armoured gunboat, launched 1881
 * SMS Hyäne (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Hyäne (1878): gunboat, launched 1878
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Hyäne:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Hyäne:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft

I

 * SMS Iltis (gunboat):, launched 4 August 1898, commissioned 1 December 1898 to 28 August 1914
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Iltis:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Iltis:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Inger:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN TENDER Isar:  (Type 402) tender
 * SMS Irene: 5,000 ton protected cruiser, launched 1887

J

 * SMS Jagd: aviso, launched 1888
 * SMS Jäger: gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Jaguar (gunboat):, launched 19 August 1898, commissioned 4 April 1899, scuttled 7 November 1914
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Jaguar:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957 to 1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Jaguar:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN TUG Juist:  (Type 722) tug
 * SMS Jupiter (1874): harbour craft, launched 1874

K

 * SMS Kaiser (1874): 7,600 ton, launched 1874
 * SMS Kaiser (1911): 25,000 ton, launched 1911
 * SMS Kaiser Barbarossa: 11,600 ton, launched 1900
 * SMS Kaiser Friedrich III: 11,600 ton, launched 1896
 * SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse: 11,600 ton, launched 1899
 * SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II: 11,600 ton, launched 1897
 * SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse: 11,600 ton, launched 1899
 * SMS Kaiserin: 25,000 ton, launched 1911
 * SMS Kaiserin Augusta: 6,000 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892
 * Kamerun: Norwegian minesweeper HNOMS Rauma (1939) captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer.
 * SMS Karlsruhe (1912):  light cruiser, launched 1912
 * SMS Karlsruhe (1916):  light cruiser, launched 1916
 * GERMAN CRUISER Karlsruhe (1927): 7,200 ton  light cruiser, launched 1927
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Karlsruhe:  (Type 122) frigate
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Karpfen:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Koblenz:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Koblenz:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1999
 * SMS Kolberg: 4,400 ton  light cruiser, launched 1908
 * GERMAN CRUISER Köln (cruiser): 7,200 ton  light cruiser, launched 1928
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Köln:  (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Köln:  (Type 122) frigate
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Komet: 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Kondor:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Kondor:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS König: 26,000 ton, launched 1913
 * SMS König Albert: 25,000 ton, launched 1912
 * SMS König Wilhelm (1868): unique amoured frigate, 9,700 tons, launched 1868; rebuilt 1897 into heavy cruiser
 * SMS Königsberg (1905):  light cruiser, launched 1905
 * SMS Königsberg (1915):  light cruiser, launched 1915
 * GERMAN CRUISER Königsberg (1927): 7,200 ton  light cruiser, launched 1925
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Konstanz:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1980, upgraded to Type 351 and recommissioned 1989 to 2000
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Kormoran (auxiliary cruiser): 19,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Kormoran:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Kormoran:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Kranich:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Kranich:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Krebs:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1973
 * SMS Kronprinz (1867): Unique ironclad, commissioned September 1867
 * SMS Kronprinz: Original name for 1914 battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
 * SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm (battleship): 26,000 ton, renamed from SMS Kronprinz in 1918
 * GERMAN LINER Kronprinz Wilhelm (auxiliary cruiser): 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
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Kulmbach:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm: 10,500 ton, launched 1891

L

 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Laboe:  (Type 332) minehunter, decommissioned 28 March 2012
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Lachs:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
 * GERMAN TENDER Lahn:  (Type 403) tender
 * GERMAN TUG Langeoog:  (Type 722) tug
 * GERMAN TENDER Lech:  (Type 403) tender
 * SMS Leipzig (1905): 3,300 ton  light cruiser, launched 1905
 * SMS Leipzig (1918):, launched 1918, not completed
 * GERMAN CRUISER Leipzig (1929): 8,000 ton, launched 1929
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Leopard:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Leopard:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Lindau:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Lindau:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 2000
 * SMS Loreley (1859): aviso, launched 1859
 * SMS Loreley (1885): gunboat, launched 1885
 * SMS Lothringen: 13,000 ton, launched 1904
 * GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT Löwe: Norwegian  HNOMS Gyller (1938) captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Löwe:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Löwe:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Lübeck (1844): corvette, launched 1844
 * SMS Lübeck (cruiser): 3,300 ton  light cruiser, launched 1904
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Lübeck:  (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1963 to 1988
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Lübeck:  (Type 122) frigate
 * SMS Luchs (1899): Gunboat, launched 18 October 1899, commissioned 15 April 1900, blown up 28 August 1914
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Luchs:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1972
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Luchs:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN CORVETTE Ludwigshafen am Rhein:  (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
 * SMS Luise: corvette, launched 1872
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Luneburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Lütjens:  (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
 * SMS Lützow (battlecruiser): 27,000 ton, launched 1913
 * GERMAN CRUISER Lützow: 14,000 ton modified  heavy cruiser, sold before completion to Soviet Union in 1939, never commissioned
 * GERMAN CRUISER Lützow: 12,000 ton  heavy cruiser, renamed from Deutschland in 1939

M

 * SMS Mackensen:, launched 1917, not completed
 * SMS Magdeburg (cruiser):  light cruiser, launched 1911
 * SMS Magdeburg (1917):, launched 1917
 * GERMAN CORVETTE Magdeburg:  (Type 130) corvette, building
 * GERMAN TENDER Main:  (Type 401) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Main:  (Type 404) replenishment ship
 * SMS Mainz: 4,400 ton  light cruiser, launched 1909
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Makrele:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Marburg:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Marburg:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 2000
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Marder:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1972
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Marder:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Marie: corvette, launched 1881
 * SMS Markgraf: 26,000 ton, launched 1913
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Mars:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
 * SMS Mecklenburg: 12,000 ton, launched 1901
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:  (Type 123) frigate
 * SMS Medusa (1864): corvette, launched 1864
 * SMS Medusa: 2,700 ton  light cruiser
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Meersburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * SMS Mercur: corvette, launched 1847
 * SMS Meteor (1865): gunboat, launched 1865
 * SMS Meteor (1890): aviso, launched 1890
 * SMS Meteor (1915): gunboat, launched 1915
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Michel: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Minden:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Minden:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Mira:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1960—1973) is for sale click for details: – here
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Mölders:  (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
 * SMS Moltke (1877): 3,000 ton, launched 1877
 * SMS Moltke: 23,000 ton, launched 1910
 * SMS Mosel: 238 ton, launched 1872
 * GERMAN TENDER Mosel:  (Type 402) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Mosel:  (Type 404) replenishment ship
 * SMS Möwe: gunboat, launched 1879
 * GERMAN NAVAL SHIP Mühlhausen: Type 742 diver support ship
 * SMS München: 3,300 ton  light cruiser, launched 1904
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Munin:  (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1964
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Muräne:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * SMS Musquito: brigg, launched 1851

N

 * SMS Nassau: 19,000 ton, launched 1908
 * SMS Natter (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Natter (1880): armoured gunboat, launched 1880
 * SMS Nautilus (1871): gunboat, launched 1871
 * SMS Nautilus: 2,000 ton, launched 1907
 * GERMAN TENDER Neckar:  (Type 401) tender
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Nerz:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Nerz:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Niedersachsen:  (Type 122) frigate
 * SMS Niobe (1849): schooner, launched 1849
 * SMS Niobe (cruiser): 2,700 ton  light cruiser
 * Niobe: Sail training ship, launched 1913
 * SMS Nix: aviso, launched 1850
 * SMS Nixe: corvette, launched 1885
 * GERMAN TUG Norderney:  (Type 722) tug, decommissioned
 * SMS Nürnberg (1906):  light cruiser, launched 1906
 * SMS Nürnberg (1916):  light cruiser, launched 1916
 * GERMAN CRUISER Nürnberg (cruiser): 8,000 ton, launched 1934, became Soviet SOVIET CRUISER Admiral Makarov
 * SMS Nymphe (1863): corvette,launched 1863
 * SMS Nymphe (cruiser): 2,700 ton  light cruiser
 * Nymphe (coastal defense ship): Norwegian HNOMS Tordenskjold captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.

O

 * GERMAN TRANSPORT Odenwald:  (Type 760) ammunition transport ship, decommissioned
 * SMS Odin: 3,700 ton, launched 1894
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Offenburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Oker:  (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
 * SMS Oldenburg (1884): 5,250 ton unique coastal armored ship, launched 1884
 * SMS Oldenburg: 23,000 ton, launched 1910
 * GERMAN CORVETTE Oldenburg:  (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
 * SMS Olga: Training ship
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Orion (auxiliary cruiser): 15,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Orion (minesweeper):  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Oste:  (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
 * SMS Ostfriesland: 23,000 ton, launched 1909
 * SMS Otter (1877): gunboat, launched 1877
 * SMS Otter (1909): river gunboat, launched 1909
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Ozelot:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Ozelot:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft

P

 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Paderborn:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
 * SMS Panther (gunboat):, launched 1 April 1901, commissioned 15 March 1903, sold 1931, scrapped
 * Panther (destroyer), Norwegian HNOMS Odin (1939) captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Panther:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Panther:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Passau (minesweeper):  (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Passau:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Pegnitz:  (Type 352) minesweeper
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Pelikan:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Pelikan:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER Peter Strasser: 28,000 ton, never launched
 * SMS Pfeil (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Pfeil (1882): aviso, launched 1882
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Pfeil: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1965
 * SMS Pillau:  light cruiser, launched 1914
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Pinguin (auxiliary cruiser): 17,600 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Pinguin:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Pinguin:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * Planet: (Type 752), commissioned 2005
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Plötze:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Pollux:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
 * SMS Pommerania: aviso, launched 1864
 * SMS Pommern: 13,000 ton, launched 1905
 * SMS Posen: 19,000 ton, launched 1908
 * SMS Preussen (1873): 6,800 ton, launched 1873
 * SMS Preussen (1903): 13,000 ton, launched 1903
 * SMS Preussischer Adler: aviso, launched 1846
 * SMS Prinz Adalbert (1864): Unique ironclad, originally ordered by the Confederate States Navy
 * SMS Prinz Adalbert (1876): corvette, launched 1876
 * SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901): 9,000 ton  armored cruiser, 1901
 * SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich: cruiser
 * GERMAN CRUISER Prinz Eugen: 14,000 ton modified  heavy cruiser, launched 1938
 * SMS Prinz Heinrich: 9,000 ton unique armored cruiser, 1900
 * SMS Prinzess Wilhelm: cruiser, launched 1887
 * SMS Prinzregent Luitpold: 25,000 ton, launched 1911
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Puma:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1981
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Puma:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft

R

 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Raubmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned  1956—1967
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Raule:  frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Albrighton (L12), commissioned through 1967
 * SMS Regensburg:  light cruiser, launched 1914
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Regulus:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Reiher:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Reiher:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Renke: Landing craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Rhein: 238 ton, launched 1872
 * GERMAN TENDER Rhein:  (Type 401) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Rhein:  (Type 404) replenishment ship
 * SMS Rheinland: 19,000 ton, launched 1908
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Rheinland-Pfalz:  (Type 122) frigate
 * GERMAN TANKER Rhön:  (Type 704) tanker
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Rochen:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Rommel:  (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
 * SMS Roon: 10,000 ton  armored cruiser, launched 1903
 * SMS Rostock:  light cruiser, launched 1912
 * SMS Rostock (1918):, launched 1918, not completed
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Rottweil:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * SMS Rover: brigg, launched 1853
 * GERMAN TENDER Ruhr:  (Type 401) tender

S

 * SMS S113: Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918
 * GERMAN TENDER Saar:  (Type 402) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Saarburg:  (Type 701) replenishment ship
 * SMS Sachsen (1877): 7,800 ton, launched 1877
 * SMS Sachsen (1916): 29,000 ton, not completed
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Sachsen:  (Type 124) frigate
 * SMS Salamander (1850): aviso, launched 1850
 * SMS Salamander (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Salamander (1880): armoured gunboat, launched 1880
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Salm: Landing craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Scharnhorst (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton  armored cruiser, launched 1906
 * GERMAN BATTLESHIP Scharnhorst (battleship): 35,000 ton, launched 1936
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Scharnhorst:  frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Mermaid (U30), commissioned 1959 to 1968
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Scheer: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1967
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Schlei:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
 * SMS Schlesien: 13,000 ton, launched 1906
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Schleswig:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
 * SMS Schleswig-Holstein (battleship): 13,000 ton, launched 1906
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Schleswig-Holstein:  (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
 * GERMAN FRIGATE Schleswig-Holstein:  (Type 123) frigate
 * SMS Schwaben: 12,000 ton, launched 1901
 * SMS Schwalbe (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Schwalbe (1887): cruiser, launched 1887
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Schwarzwald:  (Type 706) replenishment ship
 * SMS Scorpion (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Scorpion (1877): armoured gunboat, launched 1877
 * SMS Seeadler (cruiser): 1,650 ton light cruiser, launched 1892
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Seeadler:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1976
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Seeadler:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Seydlitz (battlecruiser): 25,000 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1912
 * GERMAN CRUISER Seydlitz (cruiser): 14,000 ton modified  heavy cruiser, selected while under construction for conversion to an aircraft carrier, never completed
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Siegburg:  (Type 352) minesweeper
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Siegen:  (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
 * SMS Siegfried: 3,700 ton, launched 1889
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Silbermöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956 to 1967
 * SMS Sinop: battleship, launched 1878
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Sirius:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961 to 1990
 * SMS Sophie: corvette, launched 1881
 * Sovetskaya Ukraina: Captured from the Soviet Union under construction, not completed
 * SMS Sperber (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Sperber (1888): cruiser, launched 1888
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Sperber:  (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Sperber:  (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN TANKER Spessart:  (Type 704) tanker
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Spica:  (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961 to 1992
 * GERMAN TUG Spiekeroog:  (Type 722) tug
 * SMS Stein: 3,000 ton, launched 1879
 * SMS Stettin:  light cruiser, launched 1907
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Stier: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Stör:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Storch:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Storch:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * SMS Stosch (1877): 3,000 ton, launched 1877
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Strahl: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962 to 1967
 * SMS Stralsund (1816): schooner, launched 1816
 * SMS Stralsund:  light cruiser, launched 1911
 * SMS Strassburg: light cruiser, launched 1911
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Sturmmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
 * SMS Stuttgart:  light cruiser, launched 1906
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Sulzbach-Rosenberg:  (Type 332) minehunter

T

 * GERMAN TANKER Tegernsee:  (Type 703) small coastal tanker
 * SMS Thetis (1846): frigate, launched 1846
 * SMS Thetis (cruiser): 2,700 ton  light cruiser
 * Thetis (Flak ship): Norwegian HNOMS Harald Haarfagre captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Thor: 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * Thielbek: 2,800 ton Converted from freighter to transport ship, sunk 1945
 * SMS Thorn: river gunboat, launched 1826
 * SMS Thüringen: 23,000 ton, launched 1909
 * SMS Tiger (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Tiger (gunboat):, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914
 * GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT Tiger, Norwegian HNOMS Tor (1939) captured in April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Tiger:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Tiger:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN BATTLESHIP Tirpitz: 42,000 ton, launched 1939
 * GERMAN MINELAYER Togo, Norwegian minesweeper HNOMS Otra (1939) captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer.
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Trave:  (Type 139 patrol trawler)
 * SMS Tsingtao: river gunboat, launched 1903
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Tübingen:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Tübingen:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Tümmler:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

U

 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Überherrn:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Ulm:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned (1959 to 1978, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 1999
 * SMS Undine (1869): brigg, launched 1869
 * SMS Undine: 2,700 ton  light cruiser, launched 1902

V

 * SMS V45: 1051 tons, Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
 * SMS V116: Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918
 * SMS Vaterland: river gunboat, launched 1903
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Vegesack:  (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
 * SMS Victoria Louise: 5,700 ton  protected cruiser, launched 1897
 * SMS Vineta (1863): frigate, launched 1863
 * SMS Vineta: 5,700 ton  protected cruiser, launched 1897
 * SMS Viper: armoured gunboat, launched 1876
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Völkingen:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Völkingen:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1999
 * Von der Tann: steampowered gunboat, 1848 to 1862
 * SMS Von der Tann (battlescruiser): 19,400 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1909
 * SMS Vorwärts: river gunboat, launched 1899

W

 * SMS Wacht: aviso, launched 1887
 * GERMAN TANKER Walchensee:  (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
 * GERMAN TUG Wangerooge:  (Type 722) tug
 * SMS Weissenburg: 10,500 ton, launched 1891
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Weiden:  (Type 332) minehunter, commissioned 1993 to 2006
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Weihe:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Weihe:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Weilheim:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Weilheim:  (Type 332) minehunter
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Wels:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * GERMANY TENDER Werra (tender):  (Type 401) tender
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY Werra:  (Type 404) replenishment ship
 * GERMANY TENDER Weser:  (Type 401) tender
 * SMS Wespe (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Wespe (1876): gunboat, launched 1876
 * GERMAN TANKER Westensee:  (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
 * GERMAN TRANSPORT Westerwald:  (Type 760) ammunition transport ship
 * SMS Westfalen: 19,000 ton, launched 1908
 * SMS Wettin: 12,000 ton, launched 1900
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Wetzlar:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
 * GERMAN MINEHUNTER Wetzlar:  (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995
 * GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER Widder: 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
 * SMS Wiesbaden:  light cruiser, launched 1915
 * SMS Wiesbaden (1917):, launched 1917, not completed
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Wiesel:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Wiesel:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Wildschwan: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned  1957—1964
 * GERMAN SUBMARINE Wilhelm Bauer: Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine GS U-2540
 * SMS Wittelsbach: 12,000 ton, launched 1900
 * SMS Wolf (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
 * SMS Wolf (1878): gunboat, launched 1878
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Wolf:  (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Wolf:  (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Wolfsburg:  (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
 * GERMAN MINESWEEPER Worms:  (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
 * SMS Wörth: 10,500 ton, launched 1892
 * SMS Württemberg (1878): 7,800 ton, launched 1878
 * SMS Württemberg (1917): 29,000 ton, not completed

Y

 * SMS Yorck: 10,000 ton  armored cruiser, launched 1904

Z

 * SMS Zähringen: 12,000 ton, launched 1901
 * GERMAN LANDING CRAFT Zander:  (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
 * Zick, Norwegian HNOMS Trygg (1919) captured in 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot.
 * SMS Zieten: aviso, launched 1876
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Zobel:  (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1982
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Zobel:  (Type 143A) fast attack craft

Named by Number

 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT EF3: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S116), commissioned 1957 to 1964
 * GS U-1 (1935) through GS U-6 (1935): Type IIa submarines
 * GS U-1 (S180): Type 201 submarine, later rebuilt to Type 205
 * GS U-2 (S181): Type 201 submarine, later rebuilt to Type 205
 * GS U-3 (S182): Type 201 submarine, decommissioned 1974
 * GS U-4 (S183): Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
 * GS U-5 (S184): Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
 * GS U-6 (S185): Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
 * GS U-7 (S186): Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
 * GS U-7 (1935) through GS U-24 (1936): Type IIb submarines
 * GS U-8 (S187): Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
 * GS U-9 (S188): Type 205 submarine
 * GS U-10 (S189): Type 205 submarine
 * GS U-11 (S190): Type 205 submarine
 * GS U-12 (S191): Type 205 submarine
 * GS U-13 (S192): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-14 (S193): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-15 (S194): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-16 (S195): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-17 (S196): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-18 (S197): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-19 (S198): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-20 (S199): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-21 (S170): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-22 (S171): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-23 (S172): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-24 (S173): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-25 (1936) and GS U-26 (1936): Type Ia submarine
 * GS U-25 (S174): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-26 (S175): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-27 (S176): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-27 (1936) through GS U-36 (1936): Type VII submarines
 * GS U-28 (S177): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-29 (S178): Type 206A submarine
 * GS U-30 (S179): Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
 * GS U-31 (S181): Type 212A submarine
 * GS U-32 (S182): Type 212A submarine
 * GS U-33 (S183): Type 212A submarine (commission planned for 2006)
 * GS U-34 (S184): Type 212A submarine (commission planned for 2006)
 * GS U-35 (S185): Type 212A submarine
 * GS U-36 (S186): Type 212A submarine
 * GS U-37 (1938) through GS U-44 (1939): Type IX submarines
 * GS U-45 (1938) through GS U-55 (1939): Type VIIb submarines
 * GS U-56 (1938) through GS U-63 (1939): Type IIc submarines
 * GS U-64 (1939) and GS U-65 (1940): Type IXb submarines
 * GS U-66 (1940) through GS U-68 (1940): Type IXc submarines
 * GS U-69 (1940) through GS U-72 (1940): Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-73 (1940) through GS U-76 (1940): Type VIIb submarines
 * GS U-77 (1940) through GS U-82 (1941): Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-83 (1940) through GS U-87 (1941): Type VIIb submarines
 * GS U-88 (1941) through GS U-98 (1940): Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-99 (1940) through GS U-102 (1940): Type VIIb submarines
 * GS U-103 (1940) through GS U-111 (1940): Type IXb submarines
 * GS U-116 (1941) through GS U-119 (1942): Type Xb submarines
 * GS U-120 (1940) and GS U-121 (1940): Type IIb submarines
 * GS U-122 (1939) through GS U-124 (1940): Type IXb submarines
 * GS U-125 (1940) through GS U-131 (1941): Type IXc submarines
 * GS U-132 (1941) through GS U-152 (1940): Type IId submarines
 * GS U-153 (1941) through GS U-166 (1941): Type IXc submarines
 * GS U-167 (1942) through GS U-170: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-171 through GS U-176: Type IXc submarines
 * GS U-177 through GS U-182: Type IXd submarines
 * GS U-183 through GS U-194: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-195 through GS U-200: Type IXd submarines
 * GS U-201 through GS U-212: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-213 through GS U-218: Type VIId submarines
 * GS U-219 and GS U-220: Type Xb submarines
 * GS U-221 through GS U-232: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-233 and GS U-234: Type Xb submarines
 * GS U-235 through GS U-328: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-331 through GS U-394: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-396 through GS U-458: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-459 through GS U-464: Type XIV submarines
 * GS U-465 through GS U-486: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-487 through GS U-490: Type XIV submarines
 * GS U-501 through GS U-524: Type IXc submarines
 * GS U-525 through GS U-550: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-551 through GS U-683: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-701 through GS U-722: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-731 through GS U-768: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-771 through GS U-779: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-792 through GS U-795: Type XVIIa submarines
 * GS U-801 through GS U-806: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-821 through GS U-822: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-825 through GS U-828: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-841 through GS U-846: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-847 through GS U-852: Type IXd submarines
 * GS U-853 through GS U-858: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-859 through GS U-864: Type IXd submarines
 * GS U-865 through GS U-870: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-871 through GS U-876: Type IXd submarines
 * GS U-877 through GS U-881: Type IXc 40 submarines
 * GS U-883: Type IXd 42 submarine
 * GS U-899: Type IXc 40 submarine
 * GS U-901: Type VIIc submarine
 * GS U-903 through GS U-907: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-921 through GS U-928: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-929 and GS U-930: Type VIIc 41 submarines
 * GS U-951 through GS U-994: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-995: Type VIIc submarine
 * GS U-997 through GS U-1010: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1013 through GS U-1025: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1051 through GS U-1058: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1059 through GS U-1062: Type VIIf submarines
 * GS U-1063 through GS U-1065: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1101 through GS U-1110: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1131 and GS U-1132: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1161 through GS U-1172: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1191 through GS U-1210: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1221 through GS U-1235: Type IXc 40 submarine
 * GS U-1271 through GS U-1279: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1301 through GS U-1308: Type VIIc submarines
 * GS U-1405 through GS U-1407: Type XVIIb submarines
 * GS U-2321 through GS U-2371: Type XXIII submarines
 * GS U-2501 through GS U-2531: Type XXI submarines
 * GS U-2533 through GS U-2546: Type XXI submarines
 * GS U-2548: Type XXI submarine
 * GS U-2551 and GS U-2552: Type XXI submarines
 * GS U-3001 through GS U-3041: Type XXI submarines
 * GS U-3044: Type XXI submarine
 * GS U-3501 through GS U-3530: Type XXI submarines
 * GS U-4701 through GS U-4712: Type XXIII submarines
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT UW10: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993
 * GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT UW11: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964
 * GS V-80: 76-ton experimental submarine
 * V108:
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z1 Leberecht Maass: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z1:, former United States Navy USS Anthony (DD-515), commissioned 1959 to 1972
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z2 Georg Thiele: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z2:, former United States Navy USS Ringgold (DD-500), commissioned 1959 to 1981
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z3 Max Schultz: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z3:, former United States Navy USS Wadsworth (DD-516), commissioned 1959 to 1980
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z4 Richard Beitzen: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z4:, former United States Navy USS Claxton (DD-571), commissioned 1959 to 1981
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z5 Paul Jakobi: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z5:, former United States Navy USS Dyson (DD-572), commissioned 1960 to 1982
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z6 Theodor Riedel: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z6:, former United States Navy USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), commissioned 1960 to 1967
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z7 Hermann Schoemann: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z8 Bruno Heinemann: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z9 Wolfgang Zenker: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z10 Hans Lody: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z11 Bernd von Arnim: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z12 Erich Giese: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z13 Erich Koellner: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z14 Friedrich Ihn: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z15 Erich Steinbrinck: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z17 Diether von Roeder: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z18 Hans Lüdemann: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z19 Hermann Künne: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z20 Karl Galster: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp: 2,400 ton
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z22 Anton Schmitt: 2,400 ton
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z23 through GERMAN DESTROYER Z30: Type 1936A destroyers
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z31 through GERMAN DESTROYER Z34: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z35 through GERMAN DESTROYER Z36: Type 1936B destroyers
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z37 through GERMAN DESTROYER Z39: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z43 through GERMAN DESTROYER Z45: Type 1936B destroyers
 * GERMAN DESTROYER Z51: German Type 1942 destroyer launched 1944