List of naval ship classes of Germany

The list of naval ship classes of Germany includes all classes of naval ships produced or operated in Germany from the late 19th century to modern day.

See also:
 * List of naval ships of Germany for a list of individual ships
 * List of German Navy ship classes for modern German type classifications


 * Displacement: 23,200 tons
 * Armament: 16 x 15 cm guns, 10 x 10.5 cm guns, 22 x 3.7 cm AA guns, 28 x 2 cm AA guns
 * Aircraft: Up to 37, including Bf 109T, Ju 87C, and Fi 167
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 8000 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER Graf Zeppelin and Flugzeugträger B
 * Service: Neither vessel was commissioned into service

Battleships (Schlachtschiff)
See list of battleships of Germany for detailed listings



Battlecruisers (Schlachtkreuzer)

 * SMS Seydlitz
 * SMS Von der Tann
 * SMS Seydlitz
 * SMS Von der Tann
 * SMS Von der Tann
 * SMS Von der Tann

[[SMS Oldenburg (1884)]]

 * Displacement: 5,652 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 24 cm guns
 * Armor:
 * Performance: Speed 13.5 knot
 * Ships in class: 1:  SMS Oldenburg (1884)
 * Service: Launched 1884


 * Displacement: 3,740 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 24 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 530 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 15 knot; Range 1490 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 6:  SMS Siegfried, SMS Beowulf, SMS Frithjof, SMS Heimdall, SMS Hildebrand, SMS Hagen
 * Service: Commissioned 1890 to 1896


 * Displacement: 3,740 tons - 4,250 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 24 cm guns; 8-10 x 8.8 cm guns; 3-4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 530 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 15 knot; Range 1490 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Odin, and SMS Ägir
 * Service: Commissioned 1890 to 1896


 * Displacement: 18,200 tons (18,400 tons for Prinz Eugen)
 * Armament: 8 x 20 cm (8") guns; 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 4 cm AA guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 32 x 2 cm AA guns; 12 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes (Prinz Eugen shipped 17 x 4 cm guns, 28 x 2 cm guns, and no 3.7 cm guns)
 * Armor: 80 mm belt; 105 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 32 knot; Range 8000 nmi at 20 knots (Prinz Eugen speed was 33 knot and range was 7200 nmi at 20 knots)
 * Ships in class: 5:  GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Hipper, GERMAN CRUISER Blücher, GERMAN CRUISER Prinz Eugen, GERMAN CRUISER Seydlitz, and GERMAN CRUISER Lützow
 * Service: Three ships completed, commissioned 1939 to 1940, two lost in World War II


 * Displacement: 14,500 tons
 * Armament: 6 x 28 cm (11") guns; 8 x 15 cm guns; 6 x 8.8 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 8 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 80 mm belt; 140 mm turret; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 18650 nmi at 15 knot
 * Ships in class: 3:  GERMAN CRUISER Deutschland (renamed GERMAN CRUISER Lützow), GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Scheer, and GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Graf Spee
 * Service: Commissioned 1933 to 1936, both lost during World War II

[[SMS Blücher]]

 * Displacement: 17,500 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 21 cm guns; 8 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 180 mm belt; 180 mm turret; 70 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 26 knot; Range 6600 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1909, sunk 1915


 * Displacement: 12,985 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 21 cm guns; 6 x 15 cm guns; 18 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 150 mm belt; 170 mm turret; 70 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 23 knot; Range 5120 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau
 * Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1908, both lost in World War I at the Battle of the Falkland Islands


 * Displacement: 10,266 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 21 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 100 mm belt; 150 mm turret; 60 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 21 knot; Range 4200 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Roon and SMS Yorck
 * Service: Commissioned 1905 to 1906, Yorck lost in World War I


 * Displacement: 9,800 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 21 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 100 mm belt; 150 mm turret; 60 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 4200 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901) and SMS Friedrich Carl
 * Service: Commissioned 1903 to 1904, both lost in World War I

[[SMS Prinz Heinrich]]

 * Displacement: 9,800 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 24 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 10 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 100 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 4580 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1902

[[SMS Fürst Bismarck (1896)]]

 * Displacement: 11,460 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 24 cm guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 200 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot; Range 4560 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1900


 * Displacement: 6,790 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 21 cm (8") guns; 6 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 5 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 100 mm turret; 100 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 19 knot; Range 3400 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 5:  SMS Victoria Louise, SMS Hertha, SMS Freya, SMS Vineta, and SMS Hansa
 * Service: Commissioned 1899

[[SMS Kaiserin Augusta]]

 * Displacement: 6,300 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 15 cm guns; 6 x 10 cm guns; 5 x 35 cm torpedo tubes (''1896 modification added 8 x 15 cm guns and 8 x 8.8 cm guns, removed all 10 cm guns; 1916 modification added 4 x 10 cm guns and 1 x 8.8 cm gun, removed 11 x 15 cm guns and all torpedo tubes)
 * Armor: 70 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 21 knot; Range 3240 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1895


 * Displacement: 8,400 tons (9,000 tons for Nürnberg)
 * Armament: 9 x 15 cm (6") guns; 6 x 8.8 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 2 cm guns; 12 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes; 120 mines (Nürnberg shipped an additional 2 x 8.8 cm guns and 2 x 4 cm AA guns)
 * Aircraft: 2 catapult launched Arado Ar 196
 * Armor: 50 mm belt; 30 mm turret; 20 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 32 knot; Range 5700 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN CRUISER Leipzig and GERMAN CRUISER Nürnberg
 * Service: Commissioned 1931 and 1935, Leipzig damaged in 1944 in collision and reduced to flak ship, both survived World War II


 * Displacement: 7,700 tons
 * Armament: 9 x 15 cm (6") guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1934 modification added 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns and replaced torpedoes with 53 cm tubes; 1940 modification added 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 1945 modification added 10 x 2 cm AA guns)
 * Armor: 70 mm belt; 20 mm turret; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 32 knot; Range 7300 nmi at 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 3:  GERMAN CRUISER Königsberg, GERMAN CRUISER Köln, GERMAN CRUISER Karlsruhe
 * Service: Commissioned 1929 to 1930, all lost in World War II


 * Displacement: 7,485 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 60 cm torpedo tubes; 200 mines
 * Performance: Speed 29 knot; Range 6000 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 10:  SMS Cöln (1916), SMS Dresden (1916), Wiesbaden, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Rostock, Frauenlob, Ersatz Köln, Ersatz Emden, and Ersatz Karlsruhe
 * Service: Seven launched, two commissioned 1918, both scuttled at Scapa Flow


 * Displacement: 7,125 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 200 mines
 * Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 4850 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  SMS Königsberg (1915), SMS Emden (1916), SMS Karlsruhe (1915), and SMS Nürnberg (1916)
 * Service: Commissioned 1916 to 1917, two scuttled at Scapa Flow

[[GERMAN CRUISER Emden]]

 * Displacement: 7,100 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 15 cm (6") guns; 3 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1944 modification replaced 8.8 cm guns with 10.5 cm guns, added 2 x 3.7 cm AA guns and 14 x 2 cm AA guns, and replaced torpedoes with 53 cm (21") tubes)
 * Armor: 50 mm belt; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 29 knot; Range 6750 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1925, damaged by bombing April 1945, scuttled May 1945


 * Displacement: 6,380 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1915 modification replaced 10.5 cm guns with 7 x 15 cm guns and added 2 x 8.8 cm guns and 2 x 50 cm tubes)
 * Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 27 knot; Range 5500 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Graudenz and SMS Regensburg
 * Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1915, one lost in World War II


 * Displacement: 6,190 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 60 mm belt; 60 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 5000 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Karlsruhe (1912) and SMS Rostock
 * Service: Commissioned 1914, both lost in World War I


 * Displacement: 5,850 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 400 mines
 * Armor: 38 mm belt; 16 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 5800 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Brummer and SMS Bremse
 * Service: Commissioned 1916, both scuttled at Scapa Flow


 * Displacement: 5,250 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
 * Armor: 80 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 27 knot; Range 4300 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Pillau and SMS Elbing
 * Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1915, one lost in World War I, one lost in World War II


 * Displacement: 5,200 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
 * Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 27 knot; Range 4800 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Wiesbaden and SMS Frankfurt
 * Service: Commissioned 1915, one lost in World War I


 * Displacement: 4,900 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 100 mines (''1917 modification replaced 10.5 cm guns with 6 x 15 cm guns and 2 x 8.8 cm guns)
 * Armor: 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 26 knot; Range 3250 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  SMS Kolberg, SMS Augsburg, SMS Cöln (1909), and SMS Mainz
 * Service: Commissioned 1909 to 1911, two lost in World War I


 * Displacement: 4,570 tons
 * Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
 * Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 27 knot; Range 5820 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  SMS Magdeburg, SMS Breslau, SMS Stralsund, and SMS Strassburg
 * Service: Commissioned 1912, two lost in World War I

[[SMS Gefion]]

 * Displacement: 4,275 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 3500 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1894


 * Displacement: 4,250 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 10 x machineguns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 100 mm belt; 25 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 25 knot; Range 3600 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  SMS Dresden (1907), and SMS Emden (1908)
 * Service: Commissioned 1908 to 1909, both lost in World War I


 * Displacement: 3,800 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 8 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Armor: 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 25 knot; Range 4170 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  SMS Königsberg (1905), SMS Nürnberg, SMS Stettin, and SMS Stuttgart
 * Service: Commissioned 1904 to 1907, two lost in World War I


 * Displacement: 3,700 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes (''1916 modification added 2 x 15 cm guns and removed 4 x 10.5 cm guns)
 * Armor: 50 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 23 knot; Range 4690 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 7:  SMS Bremen, SMS Berlin, SMS Danzig, SMS Hamburg, SMS Leipzig, SMS München, and SMS Lübeck
 * Service: Commissioned 1904 to 1907, two lost in World War I, one lost in World War II


 * Displacement: 2,900 tons
 * Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 14 x machineguns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
 * Armor: 25 mm deck
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 3570 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 10:  SMS Gazelle (1900), SMS Niobe, SMS Nymphe, SMS Thetis, SMS Ariadne, SMS Amazone (1900), SMS Medusa, SMS Frauenlob, SMS Arcona, and SMS Undine
 * Service: Commissioned 1900 to 1904, three lost in World War I, two lost in World War II

[[SMS Greif]]

 * Displacement: 2,266 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 10 x 3.7 cm revolving cannon
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 3500 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1887

[[SMS Hela]]

 * Displacement: 2,080 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 3000 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1896, sunk 1914


 * Displacement: 1,860 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 10.5 cm guns; 5 x revolver cannon; 2 x 35 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot; Range 3040 nmi at 9 knot
 * Ships in class: 3:  SMS Seeadler, SMS Geier, and SMS Condor
 * Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1893, one lost in World War I

(Type 103)

 * Displacement: 4,720 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 127 mm guns; 2 x 20 mm autocannon; 1 x Mark 13 launcher with 40 missiles; 2 x Mark 49 launchers with 42 missiles; 6 x 324 mm torpedo tubes; 1 x ASROC launcher with 8 rockets
 * Performance: Speed 32 knot
 * Ships in class: 3:  GERMAN DESTROYER Lütjens, GERMAN DESTROYER Mölders, and GERMAN DESTROYER Rommel
 * Service: Commissioned from 1969, last decommissioned 2003

(Type 101)

 * Displacement: 4,360 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 100 mm DP guns; 4 x twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 x twin MM38 Exocet launchers; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti submarine rocket launchers; 10 x depth charges; 90 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 3400 nmi at 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  GERMAN DESTROYER Hamburg, GERMAN DESTROYER Schleswig-Holstein, GERMAN DESTROYER Bayern, and GERMAN DESTROYER Hessen
 * Service: Commissioned from 1964, last decommissioned 1994, all scrapped

Type 1936C

 * Displacement: 3,680 tons
 * Armament: 6 x 12.8 cm DP guns; 6 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 14 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 37 knot; Range 2500 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 2
 * Service: Neither completed

Type 1936A

 * Displacement: 3,600 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 5 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 37 knot; Range 2175 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 8 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z23 to GERMSN DESTROYER Z30)
 * Service: Commissioned 1940 to 1941, 4 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1958

Type 1936A (Mob)

 * Displacement: 3,590 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 37 knot; Range 2240 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 7 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z31 to GERMAN DESTROYER Z34 and GERMAN DESTROYER Z37 to GERMAN DESTROYER Z39)
 * Service: Commissioned 1942 to 1943, 2 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1964

Type 1936B

 * Displacement: 3,540 tons
 * Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 16 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 76 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 2600 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 5 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z35, GERMAN DESTROYER Z36, and GERMAN DESTROYER Z43 to GERMAN DESTROYER Z45)
 * Service: Three ships commissioned 1943 to 1944, all lost in World War II

Type 1936

 * Displacement: 3,400 tons
 * Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 4 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 40 knot; Range 2050 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 6 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z17 to GERMAN DESTROYER Z22)
 * Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1939, 5 lost in World War II, survivor scrapped 1956

Type 1934

 * Displacement: 3,150 tons
 * Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 1900 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 4 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z1 to GERMAN DESTROYER Z4)
 * Service: Commissioned 1937, three sunk 1940, survivor scrapped 1947

Type 1934A

 * Displacement: 3,110 tons
 * Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 2040 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 12 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z5 to GERMAN DESTROYER Z16)
 * Service: Commissioned 1937 to 1939, 7 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1958

Type 1942

 * Displacement: 2,720 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 50 mines
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 5500 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 1 (GERMAN DESTROYER Z51)
 * Service: Launched but never commissioned

Flottentorpedoboot

 * Displacement: 2,587 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm gun; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 16 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 50 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 2350 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 3
 * Service: None commissioned

Type 1916

 * Displacement: 2,415 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 15 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 4 x 60 cm torpedo tube; 40 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 37 knot; Range 2500 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 12 (SMS S113 to SMS S115, SMS V116 to SMS V118, SMS G119 to SMS G121, and SMS B122 to SMS B124)
 * Service: 11 launched, 2 commissioned 1918 to 1919, all scrapped by 1939

(Type 119)

 * Displacement: 2,050 tons
 * Armament: 5 x 5" guns; 10 x 40 mm AA guns; 10 x 20 mm AA guns; 2 x quintuple 21" torpedo tubes; 6 x depth charge launchers; 2 x depth charge racks
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot
 * Ships in class: 6
 * Service: Ex-USN World War II destroyers, commissioned from 1959, last decommissioned 1981

Torpedobootzertörer

 * Displacement: 1,843 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 12 mines
 * Performance: Speed 37 knot; Range 2620 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 8 (SMS B97, SMS B98, SMS V99, SMS V100, and SMS B109 to SMS B112)
 * Service: Commissioned 1915, one lost in World War I, five scuttled at Scapa Flow

Type 212

 * Displacement: 1,830 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 12 x torpedoes; 24 x mines external; IDAS missiles
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot submerged; Range 420 nmi at 8 knot submerged, 8000 nmi at 8 knot surfaced; Depth 700 m
 * Ships in class: 4 (U-31 to U-34), 2 ordered, 6 more planned
 * Commissioned: 4 commissioned

Type XXI

 * Displacement: 1,819 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 23 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot submerged; Range 340 nmi at 5 knot submerged, 15500 nmi at 10 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 118 (U-2501 to U-2531, U-2533 to U-2536, U-2538 to U-2546, U-2548, U-2551, U-2552, U-3001 to U-3035, U-3037 to U-3041, U-3044, and U-3501 to U-3530)
 * Commissioned: 1944
 * Fate: Few were ever launched, and all were captured by Allied Forces at the end of the World War II.

Type XVIII

 * Displacement: 1,652 tons submerged
 * Armament: 23 x torpedoes
 * Performance: Speed 24 knot submerged; Range 202 nmi at 24 knot submerged, 3000 nmi at 17 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 2 (U-796 and U-797)
 * Commissioned: None
 * Fate: Cancelled while building March 1944

Type IXD

 * Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 24 x torpedoes or 48 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 57 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 23700 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
 * Ships in class: 30 (U-177 to U-182, U-195 to U-200, U-847 to U-852, U-859 to U-864, and U-871 to U-876
 * Commissioned: 1942
 * Fate:

Type IXC/40

 * Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 x torpedoes or 44 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 63 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 13850 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
 * Ships in class: 87 (U-167 to U-170, U-183 to U-194, U-525 to U-550, U-801 to U-806, U-841 to U-846, U-853 to U-858, U-865 to U-870, U-877 to U-881, U-889, and U-1221 to U-1235)
 * Commissioned: 1942
 * Fate:

Type IXC

 * Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 x torpedoes or 44 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 63 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 13450 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
 * Ships in class: 54 (U-66 to U-68, U-125 to U-131, U-153 to U-166, U-171 to U-176, and U-501 to U-524)
 * Commissioned: 1941
 * Fate:

Type IXB

 * Displacement: 1,178 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 (32) x torpedoes or 44 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 78 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 10500 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
 * Ships in class: 14 (U-64, U-65, U-103 to U-111, and U-122 to U-124)
 * Commissioned: 1939
 * Fate:

Type IX

 * Displacement: 1,152 tons submerged
 * Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 (32) x torpedoes or 44 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 78 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 10500 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
 * Ships in class: 8 (U-37 to U-44)
 * Commissioned: 1938
 * Fate: Six sunk in World War II

Type VIIC/42

 * Displacement: 1,099 tons submerged
 * Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 16 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 80 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 12600 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 270 m
 * Ships in class: 164 ordered
 * Commissioned: None
 * Fate: All contracts cancelled 1943

Type IA

 * Displacement: 983 tons submerged
 * Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm deck gun; 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 28 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 78 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 7900 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 200 m
 * Ships in class: 2 (U-25, U-26)
 * Commissioned: 1936
 * Fate: Both sunk 1940

Type VIIC/41

 * Displacement: 871 tons submerged
 * Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 80 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 8500 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 250 m
 * Ships in class: 91
 * Commissioned: 1943
 * Fate:

Type VIIC

 * Displacement: 871 tons submerged
 * Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 80 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 8500 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
 * Ships in class: 568
 * Commissioned: 1941
 * Fate:

Type VIIB

 * Displacement: 857 tons submerged
 * Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 90 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 8700 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
 * Ships in class: 24 (U-45 to U-55, U-73 to U-76, U-83 to U-87, and U-99 to U-102)
 * Commissioned: 1938
 * Fate:

Type VIIA

 * Displacement: 745 tons submerged
 * Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 11 x torpedoes or 22 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 94 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 6200 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
 * Ships in class: 10 (U-27 to U-36)
 * Commissioned: 1936
 * Fate: All lost during World War II

Type 206A

 * Displacement: 498 tons submerged
 * Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 8 x torpedoes; 24 x mines external
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot submerged; Range 228 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 4500 nmi at 6 knot surfaced; Depth > 100 m
 * Ships in class: 18 (U-13 to U-30)
 * Commissioned: 1973-1975
 * Fate: 7 remain in active service

Type 205

 * Displacement: 500 tons submerged
 * Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot submerged; Range 228 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 4200 nmi at 5 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 11 (U-1, U-2, U-4 to U-11)
 * Commissioned: 1963
 * Fate: Decommissioned 2005

Type 201

 * Displacement: 450 tons submerged
 * Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 8 x torpedoes or 16 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot submerged
 * Ships in class: 4 (U-1 to U-4)
 * Commissioned: 1962
 * Fate: Decommissioned by 1967 for rebuilding to Type 205A standard

Type IID

 * Displacement: 364 tons submerged
 * Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 56 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 5650 nmi at 8 knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
 * Ships in class: 16 (U-137 to U-152)
 * Commissioned: 1939

Type IIC

 * Displacement: 341 tons submerged
 * Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 42 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 3800 nmi at 8 knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
 * Ships in class: 8 (U-56 to U-63)
 * Commissioned: 1937

Type IIB

 * Displacement: 328 tons submerged
 * Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 43 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 3100 nmi at 8 knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
 * Ships in class: 20 (U-7 to U-24, U-120, U-121)
 * Commissioned: 1935

Type IIA

 * Displacement: 303 tons submerged
 * Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 35 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 1600 nmi at 8 knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
 * Ships in class: 6 (U-1 to U-6)
 * Commissioned: 1935
 * Fate: Three lost in World War II, survivors stricken 1944

Type XXIII

 * Displacement: 258 tons submerged
 * Armament: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 2 x torpedoes
 * Performance: Speed 12 knot submerged; Range 194 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 2600 nmi at 8 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 61 (U-2321 to U-2369, U-2371, U-4701 to U-4707, and U-4709 to U-4712)
 * Commissioned: 1944
 * Fate: 7 lost in World War II

Type UC-90 (or UC-III) long-range mine laying submarine

 * Displacement: 571 tons submerged
 * Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 x 3.4 in gun; and 14 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 11.5 knot surfaced; 6.6 knot submerged
 * Ships in class: UC-97 and ???
 * Commissioned: never commissioned
 * Fate: launched on 17 March 1918; sunk 7 June 1921 in target practice by the USS Wilmette in Lake Michigan about 20 nmi east of Highland Park, IL.

Type UE-II long-range mine laying submarine

 * Displacement: 2,177 tons submerged
 * Armament: ??? and mines
 * Performance:
 * Ships in class: U-117 and ???
 * Commissioned: 28 March 1918
 * Fate: U-117 sunk in 1919 as a target in tests by Billy Mitchell.

Type XB mine laying submarine

 * Displacement: 2,177 tons submerged
 * Armament: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 15 x torpedoes and 66 x SMA mines
 * Performance: Speed 7 knot submerged; Range 93 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 18450 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
 * Ships in class: 8 (U-116 to U-119, U-219, U-220, U-233, and U-234)
 * Commissioned: 1941
 * Fate: Six lost in World War II

Type XIV supply submarine

 * Displacement: 1,932 tons submerged
 * Armament: 3 x AA guns
 * Performance: Speed 6 knot submerged; Range 55 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 12350 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 240 m
 * Ships in class: 10 (U-459 to U-464 and U-487 to U-490)
 * Commissioned: 1941
 * Fate:

Type VIIF torpedo supply submarine

 * Displacement: 1,181 tons submerged
 * Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 75 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 14700 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 200 m
 * Ships in class: 4 (U-1059 to U-1062)
 * Commissioned: 1943
 * Fate:

Type VIID mine laying submarine

 * Displacement: 1,080 tons submerged
 * Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines and 15 x SMA mines
 * Performance: Speed 8 knot submerged; Range 69 nmi at 4 knot submerged, 11200 nmi at 10 knot surfaced; Depth 200 m
 * Ships in class: 6 (U-213 to U-218)
 * Commissioned: 1941
 * Fate: Five lost in World War II

Type XVIIB research submarine

 * Displacement: 337 tons submerged
 * Armament: None
 * Performance: Speed 25 knot submerged; Range 123 nmi at 25 knot submerged, 3000 nmi at 8 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 12 (U-1405 to U-1416)
 * Commissioned: Three from 1944
 * Fate: Three scuttled May 1945, nine cancelled while building

Hans Techel class (Type 202)

 * Displacement: 137 tons submerged
 * Armament: 2 x short torpedo tubes with 2 x torpedoes or 4 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 13 knot submerged
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN SUBMARINE Hans Techel and GERMAN SUBMARINE Friedrich Schürer
 * Service: Commissioned from 1965, both decommissioned 1966 and scrapped

Type XVIIA research submarine

 * Displacement: 309 tons submerged
 * Armament: None
 * Performance: Speed 25 knot submerged; Range 127 nmi at 20 knot submerged, 2910 nmi at 8 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 4 (U-792 to U-795)
 * Commissioned: 1943
 * Fate: All scuttled May 1944

Type XXVIIB5 Seehund

 * Displacement: 17 tons submerged
 * Armament: 2 x torpedoes
 * Performance: Range 300 m at 7 knot; Depth 50 m
 * Ships in class: 285
 * Commissioned: 1944
 * Fate: 35 lost during World War II

Type XXVII Hecht

 * Displacement:
 * Armament: 1 x torpedo or 1 x limpet mine
 * Performance: Range 40 nmi at 6 knot submerged or 78 nmi at 3 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 53
 * Commissioned: 1944
 * Fate:

Molch

 * Displacement: 11 tons
 * Armament: 2 x torpedoes
 * Performance: Range 40 nmi at 5 knot submerged
 * Ships in class: 393
 * Commissioned: 1944
 * Fate:

Biber

 * Displacement: 6.5 tons
 * Armament: 2 x torpedoes
 * Performance: Range 9 nmi at 5 knot submerged or 130 nmi at 6 knot surfaced
 * Ships in class: 324
 * Commissioned: 1944
 * Fate:

(Type 124)

 * Displacement: 5,690 tons
 * Armament: 1 x VLS with 56 missiles; 42 x RAM missiles; 8 x Harpoon missiles; 1 x 76 mm DP gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 2 x triple torpedo launchers
 * Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for two Sea Lynx or MH90 helicopters
 * Performance: Speed 29 knot; Range 4000 nmi at 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 3:  GERMAN FRIGATE Sachsen, GERMAN FRIGATE Hamburg, GERMAN FRIGATE Hessen
 * Service: Commissioned from 2004, all currently in service

(Type 125)
hineguns, water cannons
 * Displacement: 7,200 tons
 * Armament: 8 x anti-ship/land-attack missiles; 42 x RAM missiles; 1 x 127 mm gun; 2 x MLG 27 autocannon; 5 x 12.7 mm remote machineguns; 2 12.7 mm mac
 * Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for two helicopters
 * Performance: Speed 27 knot; Range 4000 nmi at 18 knot
 * Ships in class: None
 * Service: Under development

(Type 123)

 * Displacement: 4,900 tons
 * Armament: 1 x Mark 41 VLS with 16 missiles; 2 x Mark 49 launcher with 42 missiles; 4 x Exocet missiles; 1 x 76 mm DP gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 4 x 324 mm torpedo tubes
 * Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for Sea Lynx helicopters
 * Performance: Speed 29 knot; Range 4000 nmi at 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  GERMAN FRIGATE Brandenburg, GERMAN FRIGATE Schleswig-Holstein, GERMAN FRIGATE Bayern, and GERMAN FRIGATE Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
 * Service: Commissioned from 1994, all currently in service

(Type 122)

 * Displacement: 3,680 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 76 mm guns; rocket launchers; 1 8 cell launch system, 16 Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles; 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers; 2 MK 49 launcher, 21 RAM each;  2 MLG 27 mm autocannons; 2 Mark 32 324 mm twin torpedo launchers with 8 Mark 46 torpedoes
 * Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for Sea Lynx helicopters
 * Performance: Speed 30 knot; Range more than 4000 nmi at 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 8:  GERMAN FRIGATE Bremen, GERMAN FRIGATE Niedersachsen, GERMAN FRIGATE Rheinland-Pfalz, GERMAN FRIGATE Emden, GERMAN FRIGATE Köln, GERMAN FRIGATE Karlsruhe, GERMAN FRIGATE Augsburg, and GERMAN FRIGATE Lübeck
 * Service: Commissioned from 1982, all currently in service

(Type 120)

 * Displacement: 2,969 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 100 mm guns; 2 x twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers; depth charges; mines
 * Performance: Speed 34 knot; Range 2700 nmi at 22 knot
 * Ships in class: 6:  GERMAN FRIGATE Köln, GERMAN FRIGATE Emden, GERMAN FRIGATE Augsburg, GERMAN FRIGATE Karlsruhe, GERMAN FRIGATE Lübeck, and GERMAN FRIGATE Braunschweig
 * Service: Commissioned from 1961, last decommissioned 1989

(Type 130)

 * Displacement: 1,840 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 42 x RAM missiles; 4 x RBS-15 missiles; mines
 * Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for unmanned aerial vehicles
 * Performance: Speed 26 knot; Range 4000 nmi at 15 knot
 * Ships in class: 5:  GERMAN CORVETTE Braunschweig, GERMAN CORVETTE Magdeburg, GERMAN CORVETTE Erfurt, GERMAN CORVETTE Oldenburg, and GERMAN CORVETTE Ludwigshafen
 * Service: Five ships in service, at least five more planned

Flottenbegleiter

 * Displacement: 1,030 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 1965 nmi at 13 knot
 * Ships in class: 10
 * Service: Commissioned 1936 to 1938, four lost in World War II, many converted to other roles

Type 1916 (Mob)

 * Displacement: 1,560 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 10.5 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 40 mines
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 2000 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 33 (SMS V170 to SMS V177, SMS S178 to SMS S185, and SMS H186 to SMS H202)
 * Service: 4 commissioned 1919 to 1921

Type 1924

 * Displacement: 1,320 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 2000 nmi at 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 6
 * Service: Commissioned 1928 to 1929, all lost in World War II

Type 1916 (Mob)

 * Displacement: 1,290 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm gun; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 40 mines
 * Performance: Speed 34 knot; Range 1960 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 46 (SMS G96, SMS V125 to SMS V130, SMS S131 to SMS S139, SMS V140 to SMS V144, SMS H145 to SMS H147, SMS G148 to SMS G150, SMS I51, SMS S152 to SMS S157, SMS V158 to SMS V165, SMS H166 to SMS H169)
 * Service: 36 launched, 20 commissioned 1916 to 1918, one lost in World War I, nine scuttled at Scapa Flow

Type 1923

 * Displacement: 1,250 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
 * Performance: Speed 33 knot; Range 1800 nmi at 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 6
 * Service: Commissioned 1926 to 1927, all lost in World War II

Type 1937

 * Displacement: 1,100 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm gun; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 1070 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 9 (SMS T12 to SMS T21)
 * Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1942, four lost in World War II, all but one scrapped by 1952

Type 1935

 * Displacement: 1,100 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm gun; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
 * Performance: Speed 35 knot; Range 1070 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 12 (SMS T1 to SMS T12)
 * Service: Commissioned 1939 to 1940, seven lost in World War II, all but one scrapped by 1952

Type 1913

 * Displacement: 1,100 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 24 mines
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 1800 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 71 (SMS V25 to SMS V30, SMS S31 to SMS S36, SMS G37, SMS G38, SMS G39, SMS G40, SMS G41, SMS G42, SMS V43, SMS V44, SMS V45, SMS V46, SMS V47, SMS V48, SMS S49 to SMS S66, SMS V67 to SMS V84, and SMS G85 to SMS G95)
 * Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1917

Type 1906

 * Displacement: 800 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 34 knot; Range 1250 nmi at 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 59 (SMS S138 to SMS S149, SMS V150 to SMS V164, SMS S165 to SMS S168, SMS G169 to SMS G175, SMS S176 to SMS S179, SMS V180 to SMS V191, and SMS G192 to SMS G197)
 * Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1911

Type 1911

 * Displacement: 750 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 34 knot; Range 1150 nmi at 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 24 (SMS V1 to SMS V6, SMS G7 to SMS G12, and SMS S13 to SMS S24)
 * Service: Commissioned 1912 to 1913

Type 1898

 * Displacement: 600 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 32 knot; Range 1500 nmi at 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 49 (SMS S90 to SMS S133 and SMS G134 to SMS G137)
 * Service: Commissioned 1899 to 1907, 12 lost in World War I, last scrapped in 1921

Type 1916

 * Displacement: 390 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 1 x 45 cm torpedo tube; depth charges
 * Performance: Speed 28 knot; Range 800 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 68 (SMS A56 to SMS A113)
 * Service: 40 launched, 36 commissioned 1917 to 1918, 9 lost in World War II, most scrapped by 1923

Type 1915

 * Displacement: 250 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 1 x 45 cm torpedo tube; depth charges
 * Performance: Speed 26 knot; Range 690 nmi at 20 knot
 * Ships in class: 30 (SMS A26 to SMS A55)
 * Service: Commissioned 1916 to 1917

Type 1897

 * Displacement: 175 tons
 * Armament: 3 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 26 knot; Range 1600 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 8 (SMS S82 to SMS S89)
 * Service: Commissioned 1897 to 1898, all scrapped in 1921

Type 1892

 * Displacement: 175 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 23 knot; Range 1700 nmi at 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 16 (SMS S66 to SMS S81)
 * Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1896, four lost in World War I, last scrapped in 1921

Type 1885

 * Displacement: 150 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 22 knot; Range 2250 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 59 (SMS S7 to SMS S65)
 * Service: Commissioned 1885 to 1892, 15 lost in World War I, last scrapped 1921

Type 1914

 * Displacement: 148 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 4 mines
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 440 nmi at 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 25 (SMS A1 to SMS A25)
 * Service: Commissioned 1915

(Type 143)

 * Displacement: 398 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x Exocet missiles; 2 x torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 40 knot
 * Ships in class: 10 (S61 to S70)
 * Service: Commissioned from 1976, last decommissioned 2005

(Type 143A)

 * Displacement: 391 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 4 x Exocet missiles; 21 RAM missiles; 2 x MG50 machine guns; mines
 * Performance: Speed 40 knot
 * Ships in class: 10 (S71 to S80)
 * Service: Commissioned from 1982, currently in service

(Type 148)

 * Displacement: 265 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 4 x Exocet missiles; 1 x 40 mm gun; 8 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot
 * Ships in class: 20 (S41 to S60)
 * Service: Commissioned from 1972, last decommissioned 2002

(Type 142)

 * Displacement: 205 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 42 knot
 * Ships in class: 10 (S31 to S40)
 * Service: Commissioned from 1961, last decommissioned 1984

(Type 141)

 * Displacement: 190 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 x depth charges
 * Performance: Speed 43 knot
 * Ships in class: 10 (S6 to S11 and S25 to S28)
 * Service: Commissioned from 1958, last decommissioned 1976

(Type 140)

 * Displacement: 183 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 x depth charges (optionally may ship 2 x minelaying ramps instead of two tubes)
 * Performance: Speed 42 knot; Range 700 nmi
 * Ships in class: 20 (S1 to S5, S12 to S24, S29, and S30)
 * Service: Commissioned from 1957, last decommissioned 1975

Type 1939/40

 * Displacement: 110 tons
 * Armament: 6 x 3 cm AA gun; 2 x 2 cm AA gun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 8 mines
 * Performance: Speed 41 knot
 * Ships in class: 220 (S26 to S29, S38 to S53, S62 to S150; S159 to S232; S301 to S328; S701 to  S709)
 * Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1945, many scrapped before completion

Type 1939

 * Displacement: 102 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 8 x machineguns; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 6 mines
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 800 nmi at 30 knot
 * Ships in class: 16 (S30 to S37, S54 to S61)
 * Service: Commissioned 1939 to 1941, twelve lost in World War II

Type 1937

 * Displacement: 105 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 40 knot; Range 700 nmi at 35 knot
 * Ships in class: 8 (S18 to S25)
 * Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1939, one lost in World War II

Type 1934

 * Displacement: 105 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 37 knot; Range 500 nmi at 32 knot
 * Ships in class: 4 (S14 to S17)
 * Service: Commissioned 1936 to 1938, two lost in World War II, others turned over to Allies

Type 1933

 * Displacement: 90 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 36 knot; Range 600 nmi at 30 knot
 * Ships in class: 7 (S7 to S13)
 * Service: Commissioned 1934 to 1935, one scuttled in World War II, remainder turned over to Allies

(Type 152)

 * Displacement: 398 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x Exocet missiles; 2 x torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 40 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Hugin and GERMAN FAST ATTACK CRAFT Munin
 * Service: Commissioned from 1960, both decommissioned 1964

Type 1931

 * Displacement: 57 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
 * Performance: Speed 33 knot; Range 580 nmi at 22 knot
 * Ships in class: 4 (S2 to S5)
 * Service: Commissioned 1932, all to Spain in 1936

Leichte Schnellboote

 * Displacement: 12 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 2 cm guns; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 4 mines
 * Performance: Speed 40 knot; Range 300 nmi at 30 knot
 * Ships in class: 12
 * Service: Commissioned 1940 to 1944, all but one lost during World War II

Sperrbrecher

 * Displacement: 7,500 tons (typical)
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 15 x 2 cm AA guns (typical)
 * Performance: Speed 14 knots (typical)
 * Ships in class: Around 100
 * Service: Converted from merchant ships through World War II, about 50 lost, many returned to merchant duties after the war

Type 1935

 * Displacement: 870 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 1 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers; 30 mines
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot; Range 5000 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 69
 * Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1943, 34 lost during World War II, five served with German Federal Navy

Type 1943

 * Displacement: 821 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 8 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers; 24 mines
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot; Range 3600 nmi at 11 knot
 * Ships in class: 17
 * Service: Commissioned 1944 to 1945, one lost during World War II

Type 1941

 * Displacement: 775 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 10 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot; Range 4000 nmi at 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 131
 * Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1944, 63 lost during World War II, five served with German Federal Navy

(Type 352)

 * Displacement: 650 tons
 * Armament:
 * Bofors 40 mm/L70 dual-purpose gun (to be upgraded to 2 Mauser MLG27 27 mm remote-controlled guns)
 * Fliegerfaust 2 surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS)
 * Mine-laying capabilities (60 mines)
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 5: GERMAN MINESWEEPER Ensdorf, GERMANMINESWEEPER Auerbach/Oberpfalz, GERMAN MINESWEEPER Hameln, GERMAN MINESWEEPER Pegnitz and GERMAN MINESWEEPER Siegburg
 * Service: Commissioned from 1990, all in active service

(Type 332)

 * Displacement: 660 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 40 mm DP gun; mines (currently upgrading to 1 x MLG 27 mm autocannon)
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 12:  GERMAN MINEHUNTER Frankenthal, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Weiden, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Rottweil, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Bad Bevensen, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Bad Rappenau, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Grömitz, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Datteln, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Dillingen, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Homburg, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Fulda, and GERMAN MINEHUNTER Weilheim
 * Service: Commissioned from 1992, all in active service

(Type 333)

 * Displacement: 645 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 40 mm DP guns (currently upgrading to 1 x MLG 27 mm autocannon); 2 x anti-aircraft missile launchers; mines
 * Performance: Speed 18 knot
 * Ships in class: 5:  GERMAN MINEHUNTER Kulmbach, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Überherrn, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Herten, GERMAN MINEHUNTER Passau, and GERMAN MINEHUNTER Laboe
 * Service: Commissioned from 1989, all in active service

Seehund ROV (part of the TROIKA Plus system of the Ensdorf-class minesweepers)
Seehund can be controlled remotely or manually by an onboard crew (usually 3) for maneuvering in harbours or in training (the Seehund is too large to be carried by Ensdorf-class vessels). A life raft is carried for this reason.
 * Length: 25 m
 * Displacement: 97.8t
 * Propulsion: Schottel Z-drive
 * Max speed: 9-10kts
 * Ships in class: 18: all in active service

Type 1916

 * Displacement: 630 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 30 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 16 knot; Range 2000 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 120 (M57 to M176)
 * Service: 91 launched, 81 commissioned 1918 to 1920, 8 lost in World War I

Type 1915

 * Displacement: 510 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 30 x mines (''some boats shipped 3 x 8.8 cm guns instead of 2 x 10.5 cm guns)
 * Performance: Speed 16 knot; Range 2000 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 30 (M27 to M56)
 * Service: Commissioned 1916, 10 lost in World War I

Type 1914

 * Displacement: 475 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 1 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 30 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot; Range 1680 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 26 (M1 to M26)
 * Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1917, 11 lost in World War I

Flachgehende Minensuchboote

 * Displacement: 205 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun
 * Performance: Speed 14 knot; Range 650 nmi at 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 66 (FM1 to FM66)
 * Service: 54 launched, commissioned 1918 to 1919, 6 lost in World War II

Minenräumboot

 * Displacement: 155 tons
 * Armament: 1 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 3 x 2 cm AA guns; 1 x 8.6 cm Föhn launcher
 * Performance: Speed 19 knot
 * Ships in class: 300
 * Service: About 160 lost during World War II

[[SMS Albatross (1908)]]

 * Displacement: 2,500 tons
 * Armament: 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 288 x mines
 * Performance: Speed 20 knot; Range 3680 nmi at 9 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1908, scrapped 1921

Auxiliary mine layer (Hilfsminenleger)

 * Displacement: 300 to 4,200 tons
 * Ships in class: 16 conversions
 * Service: Converted from various merchant and passenger ships, commissioned as mine layers in 1914, all survived World War I, most returned to civil duties

Küstenminenleger

 * Displacement: 19 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 2 cm guns; 4 mines
 * Performance: Speed 32 knot; Range 225 nmi at 25 knot
 * Ships in class: 36 (KM1 to KM36)
 * Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1943

(Type 520)

 * Displacement: 430 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 20 mm autocannon; mines
 * Capacity: 150 t
 * Performance: Speed 11 knot
 * Ships in class: 22
 * Service: Commissioned from 1965, two remain in active service

Type 554

 * Displacement: 375 tons
 * Armament: 2 x 12.7 mm machineguns
 * Capacity: 125 t or 400 troops
 * Performance: Speed 11 knot; Range 1200 nmi at 9 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: 1958 to 1964

Type 521

 * Displacement: 111 tons
 * Armament: Small arms
 * Capacity: 53 t
 * Performance: Speed 11 knot
 * Ships in class: 28
 * Service: Commissioned from 1965, decommissioned

Type 552

 * Displacement: 13 tons
 * Capacity: 0.4 t or 36 troops
 * Performance: Speed 10 knot; Range 80 nmi
 * Ships in class: 9
 * Service: 1958 to 1964

(Type 702)

 * Displacement: 20,240 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 27 mm autocannon; Fliegerfaust 2 missiles
 * Aircraft: Helicopter deck with hangar for two large helicopters
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN AUXILIARY Berlin and GERMAN AUXILIARY Frankfurt am Main
 * Service: Commissioned from 2001, both in active service, 2 more planned (GERMAN AUXILIARY Bonn and 1 other)

(Type 704A)

 * Displacement: 14,170 tons
 * Capacity: 44,760 m$3$
 * Performance: Speed 16 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN TANKER Rhön and GERMAN TANKER Spessart
 * Service: Commissioned from 1966, two remain in active service

(Type 404)

 * Displacement: 3,586 tons
 * Armament: 2 x Fliegerfaust missiles; 2 x 20 mm autocannon
 * Aircraft: Helicopter deck, no hangar
 * Capacity: 700 m$3$ fuel; 60 m$3$ aviation fuel; 280 m$3$ fresh water; 160t ammunition; 40t supplies
 * Performance: Speed 15 knot; Range 2600 nmi
 * Ships in class: 12:  GERMAN AUXILIARY Elbe, GERMAN AUXILIARY Mosel, GERMAN AUXILIARY Rhein, GERMAN AUXILIARY Werra, GERMAN AUXILIARY Main, and GERMAN AUXILIARY Donau
 * Service: Commissioned from 1993, all in active service

(Type 703)

 * Displacement: 2,190 tons
 * Capacity: 1,100t fuel; 60t fresh water
 * Performance: Speed 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 4:  GERMAN TANKER Walchensee, GERMAN TANKER Ammersee, GERMAN TANKER Tegernsee, and GERMAN TANKER Westensee
 * Service: Commissioned from 1966, two remain in active service

(Type 423)

 * Displacement: 3,200 tons
 * Performance: Speed 21 knot; Range 500 nmi
 * Ships in class: 3:  GERMAN AUXILIARY Oste, GERMAN AUXILIARY Oker, and GERMAN AUXILIARY Alster
 * Service: Commissioned from 1988, all in active service

(Type 753)
Note: Alliance is a ship of the NATO under German flag and command.
 * Displacement: 2,744 tons
 * Performance: 17 knot
 * Ships in class 1: GERMAN RESEARCH SHIP Alliance
 * Service: In active service

(Type 751)

 * Displacement: 3,500 tons
 * Performance: Speed 15 knot
 * Ships in class: 1: GERMAN RESEARCH SHIP Planet
 * Service: Commissioned in 2005, in active service

(Type 748)

 * Service: 3 in active service: GERMAN TRIALS AND SUPPORT SHIP Helmsand, GERMAN TRIALS AND SUPPORT SHIP Kronsort, GERMAN TRIALS AND SUPPORT SHIP Stollergrund

(Type 741)

 * Service: 1 in active service

(Type 722)

 * Displacement: 798 tons
 * Performance: Speed 12 knot
 * Ships in class: 6:  GERMAN TUG Wangerooge, GERMAN TUG Spiekeroog, GERMAN TUG Langeoog, GERMAN TUG Baltrum, GERMAN TUG Norderney, and GERMAN TUG Juist
 * Service: Commissioned from 1968, two remain in active service

(Type 720)

 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN TUG Helgoland and GERMAN TUG Fehmarn
 * Service: Commissioned from 1966, Fehmarn remains in active service

(Type 721)

 * Displacement: 560 tons
 * Performance: Speed 14 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN ICEBREAKER Eisvogel and GERMAN ICEBREAKER Eisbär
 * Service: Commissioned from 1961, both decommissioned, one sold, one scrapped

[[GERMAN TRAINING CRUISER Deutschland]] (Type 440)

 * Displacement: 3,200 tons
 * Armament: 4 x 100 mm guns; 2 x twin 40 mm guns, 2 x 40 mm guns; 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti submarine rocket launchers, 2 x depth charge rails; mines
 * Performance: Speed 21 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1966, decommissioned 1990

[[ Gorch Fock]] (Type 441)

 * Displacement: 1,760 tons
 * Performance: Speed 13 knot
 * Ships in class: 1
 * Service: Commissioned 1958, in active service

(Type 760)

 * Displacement: 4,042 tons
 * Performance: Speed 17 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN TRANSPORT Westerwald and GERMAN TRANSPORT Odenwald
 * Service: Commissioned from 1967, Westerwald remains in active service

(Type 738)

 * Displacement: 650 tons
 * Performance: Speed 10 knot
 * Ships in class: 2:  GERMAN OIL RECOVERY SHIP Bottsand and GERMAN OIL RECOVERY SHIP Eversand
 * Service: 2 in active service