The list of naval ships of Germany includes all

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s which have been in service of the

German Navy The German Navy (, ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified ''Bundeswehr'' (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Mari ...

or its predecessors. See also: *

List of German Imperial Navy ships The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine'') of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire, through to the end of ...

List of Kriegsmarine ships The list of ''Kriegsmarine'' ships includes all ships commissioned into the ''Kriegsmarine'', the navy of Nazi Germany, during its existence from 1935 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945. See the list of naval ships of Germany for sh ...

List of German Federal Navy ships The list of German Federal Navy ships includes all ships commissioned into service with the Bundesmarine, the German navy which served West Germany during the Cold War from its foundation in 1956 through the unification of Germany in 1990, af ...

List of German Navy ships The list of Germany Navy ships includes all ships commissioned into German Navy service, since the reunification of Germany in 1990. See also: * List of naval ships of Germany for naval ships which have served Germany throughout the country's hi ...

List of German Navy ship classes This is a list of naval ship classes that were in service with the ''Bundesmarine'' (navy of West Germany), or are still in service with the ''German Navy'' (navy of reunited Germany). Some projects, that were not built or future designs are also p ...

List of U-boats of Germany Germany has commissioned over 1,500 U-boats (german: Unterseeboot) into its various navies from 1906 to the present day. The submarines have usually been designated with a ''U'' followed by a number, although World War I coastal submarines and coa ...

List of battleships of Germany The German navies—specifically the and of Imperial and Nazi Germany, respectively—built a series of battleships between the 1890s and 1940s. To defend its North and Baltic Sea coasts in wartime, Germany had previously built a series of sm ...

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* ''Acheron'': hulk, launched 1877 * ''Acheron'': submarine tender, launched 1919 * ''Acheron'': minesweeper, launched 1967 * ''Adam Kuckhoff'': torpedo boat * ''Adam Kuckhoff'': torpedo boat * ''Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3''; seaplane tender * ''Adjutant'': tender, launched 1905 * : auxiliary mine-layer, launched 1937 * : 880 ton gunboat, launched 1883 * ''Adler'': training vessel, launched 1908 * ''Adler'': * : 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1933 * : 14,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1937 * : 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1934 * ''Adolf Bestelmeyer'': experimental craft, launched 1943 * : Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940 * : 3,700 ton : launched 1895 * ''Ahrenshoop'' (GS08): minesweeper * : Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 9 April 1940 * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Albatros'': submarine chaser * : gunboat, launched 1871 * : 2,000 ton : launched 1907 * ''Albert Gast'' (734): missile boat * ''Albert Leo Schlageter'': Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship in 1961 * ''Albin Köbis'': training vessel, ex-''Ernst Thälmann'' * ''Albin Köbis'' (S-712): missile boat * ''Albin Köbis'' (571): corvette * ''Aldebaran'': minesweeper, launched 1941 * ''Alders'': tender, launched 1918 * : corvette, launched 1885 * ''Alfred Merz'': buoy tender * ''Algol'': minesweeper, launched 1943 * ''Algol'': minesweeper, launched 1963 * ''Alice Roosevelt'': torpedo boat, launched 1886 * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : NATO research vessel under German flag, in service since 1988 * ''Alster'': survey vessel, launched 1961 * : (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship * ''Altenburg'' (314): minesweeper * ''Altentreptow'' (GS04): minesweeper * ''Altmark'' (H11): support ship * : 3-masted sail corvette of the

Prussian Navy The Prussian Navy ( German: ''Preußische Marine''), officially the Royal Prussian Navy ( German: ''Königlich Preußische Marine''), was the naval force of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1701 to 1867. The Prussian Navy was created in 1701 from the ...

* : 2,700 ton light cruiser * ''Amazone'': minesweeper, launched 1963 * ''Ammerland'': submarine tender, launched 1921 * : (Type 703) small coastal tanker * ''Amrum'': tug * ''Angeln'': transport, launched 1954 * : * ''Anklam'': minesweeper * ''Anklam'' (S426): minesweeper * : landing craft * ''Answald'': seaplane tender * ''Anton Saefkow'' (826): torpedo boat * ''Anton Saefkow'' (853): torpedo boat * :

Type 1936 destroyer The Type 1936 destroyers, also known as the Z17 class, were a group of six destroyers built for Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during the late 1930s, shortly before the beginning of World War II. All six sister ships were named after German sai ...

, launched 1938 * : frigate, launched 1858 * : corvette, launched 1885 * : 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 * : corvette, launched 1871 * : 2,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1900 * ''Ariadne'': minesweeper * ''Arkona'': experimental craft, launched 1918 * ''Arkona'': ''Sperling''-class buoy tender * ''Arkona'' (D113): buoy tender * ''Arkturus'': minesweeper, launched 1943 * : Unique ironclad warship * ''Artur Becker'' (828): torpedo boat * ''Artur Becker'' (816): torpedo boat * ''Arvid Harnack'' (821): torpedo boat * ''Arvid Harnack'' (813): torpedo boat * ''Atair'': minesweeper, launched 1941 * ''Atair'': minesweeper, launched 1961 * : 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * ''Atlantis'': minesweeper, launched 1961 * ''Aue'': minesweeper * : (Type 352) minesweeper * (cruiser): 4,400 ton light cruiser, launched 1909 * : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988 * : (Type 122) frigate * : corvette * ''August Lüttgens'' (732): missile boat * ''Ayesha'': schooner, launched 1907

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* : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Bad Doberan'' (242): submarine chaser * ''Bad Doberan'' (222): corvette * : (Type 332) minehunter * : 7,800 ton , la-unched 1880 * : 29,000 ton , launched 1915 * : (Type 722) tug * ''Bansin'' (G446): minesweeper * ''Bant'': Experimental craft; Stollergrund-class * ''Barbara'', training vessel, launched 1915 * : converted ocean-liner, commissioned 1849 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * : gunboat, launched 1862 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1878 * : 7,800 ton , launched 1878 * : 29,000 ton , launched 1915 * : (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned * : (Type 123) frigate * ''Belchen'', supply vessel, launched 1932 * : 3,700 ton , launched 1890 * ''Beowulf'', training vessel, launched 1916 * ''Bergen'': Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class * ''Bergen'': ''Habicht''-class mine-warfare vessel * ''Bergen'' (S425): minesweeper * ''Bergen'' (213): corvette * : 3,300 ton light cruiser * ''Berlin'', auxiliary cruiser, launched 1908 * ''Berlin'', ''Krake''-class mine-warfare vessel, launched 1957 * ''Berlin — Hauptstadt der DDR'' (412): coastal protection vessel, launched 1979 * : (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship^ * ''Bernau'' (343): minesweeper * , Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936 * ''Bernhard Bästlein'' (827): torpedo boat * ''Bernhard Bästlein'' (836): torpedo boat * ''Bernhard von Tschirschky'': Air control ship; Krischan-class * : armoured gunboat, launched 1876 * ''Biene'', escort vessel, launched 1941 * : 3,000 ton , launched 1877 * : 42,000 ton , launched 1939 * ''Bitterfeld'' (332): minesweeper * ''Blauort'': harbour tug; Klasse 729 * : gunboat, launched 1862 * : aviso, launched 1882 * ''Blitz'', remote controlled craft, launched 1910 * ''Blitz'': buoy tender * : 3,000 ton , launched 1877 * : 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908 * : 14,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1937 * ''Bochum'', mine-layer, launched 1944 * ''Bodensee'', tanker, launched 1955 * ''Boelke'': air control ship; K-V-class * ''Börde'' (H72): support ship * ''Boltenhagen'' (GS09): minesweeper * : gunboat, launched 1833 * : (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship (ordered) * ''Borkum'', tanker, launched 1939 * ''Borna'': minesweeper * ''Bottrop'', mine-layer, launched 1944 * : , commissioned 1984 * : 10,500 ton , launched 1891 * ''Brandenburg'', mine warfare vessel, launched 1936 * ''Brandenburg'': minesweeper * : (Type 123) frigate * ''

Brandtaucher ''Brandtaucher'' ( German for ''Fire-diver'') was a submersible designed by the Bavarian inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer and built by Schweffel & Howaldt in Kiel for Schleswig-Holstein's Flotilla (part of the ''Reichsflotte'') in 1850. ...

'', experimental submarine * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * (battleship): 13,000 ton , launched 1902 * : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1964 to 1989 * : (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008 * ''Breitgrund'': experimental craft; Stollergrund-class * ''Breitling'' (D26): buoy tender * : corvette, launched 1842 * (cruiser): 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1903 * : (Type 122) frigate (in commission 1982 to 2014) * : armoured gunboat, launched 1884 * (cruiser): 4,400 ton mine-laying cruiser, launched 1916 * (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941 * ''Bremse'', training vessel, launched 1940 * : light cruiser, launched 1911 * ''Brommy'', auxiliary, launched 1916 * : frigate, former Royal Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1965 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1884 * (cruiser): 4,400 ton mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915 * (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940 * (minelayer): Minelayer, former Norwegian , captured 9 April 1940 * ''Brummer'': training vessel; Wespe-class * , Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936 * ''Buéa'': E-boat tender * ''Bruno Kühn'' (822): torpedo boat * ''Bruno Kühn'' (823): torpedo boat * ''Bützow'' (244): submarine chaser * ''Bützow'' (244): coastal protection vessel * ''Buk'': tug * ''Bukarest'': seaplane tender * ''Burg'': minesweeper * (cruiser): 1,650 ton light cruiser, launched 1890 * ''Bussard'': seaplane tender; Bussard-class * ''Bussard'': submarine chaser * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

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* ''Calbe'': minesweeper * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1878 * : 27,500 tonnes converted from ocean liner to

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, launched 1927, sunk 1945 * : , auxiliary cruiser, launched 1913, sunk 1914 * ''Capella'': minesweeper; R-boat * ''Capella'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Carl F. Gauss'': survey vessel; Kondor-II-class * : fleet tender, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940 * ''Carl Zeiss'': training vessel, launched 1939 * : torpedo boat, launched 1886 * : corvette, launched 1880 * :

R-boat The R boats (''Räumboote'' in German, meaning ''minesweeper'') were a group of small naval vessels built as minesweepers for the ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) before and during the Second World War. They were used for several purposes during t ...

, commissioned 1944—1962 * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990) * : corvette, launched 1885 * ''Claus von Bevern'': experimental craft, launched 1911 * ''Cobra'': mine warfare vessel, launched 1926 * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * : 4,400 ton light cruiser, launched 1909 * : 5,600 ton light cruiser, launched 1916 * ''Colberg'': guard ship * : gunboat, launched 1860, commissioned 1861—1881 * : aviso, launched 1892 * ''Concordia'': gun sloop, launched 1848 * : cruiser, launched 1892 * : light cruiser, launched 1892, scuttled 1914 * : auxiliary cruiser, scuttled 1917 * : 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * ''Cottbus'': minesweeper * ''Cottbus'' (614): landing craft * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1879 * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000 * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : dock ship, launched 1916

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* : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * ''Dänholm'': buoy tender, ex-''Leitholm'' * : gunboat, launched 1825 * : corvette, launched 1851 * : 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1905 * ''Darss'' (E441): supply ship * ''Darsser Ort'': buoy tender * ''Darsser Ort'' (D22): buoy tender * : (Type 332) minehunter * : gunboat, launched 1860 * ''Delphin'' (1906): artillery tender and training vessel * ''Delphin'' (1918): artillery training vessel * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Delphin'' (A47): salvage tug * ''Demmin'' (GS02): minesweeper * ''Deneb'' (1943), mine warfare vessel * ''Deneb'' (1961), mine warfare vessel * : 27,000 ton , launched 1913 * : corvette, launched 1848 * ''Dessau'' (331): minesweeper * : (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969 * ''Deutschland'': frigate * : 7,600 ton , launched 1872 * : 13,000 ton , launched 1904 * : Auxiliary minelayer * : 21,000 ton ocean liner converted in

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, launched 1923, sunk 1945 * : School ship * (cruiser): 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed ''Lützow'' in 1939 * : Training cruiser * , , launched 1966 * ,

, launched 1937, scuttled 1940 * ''Dietrich von Bern'', * : (Type 332) minehunter * (1937): supply ship * ''Dithmarschen'' (1955): supply ship * : mine warfare vessel, launched 1926, sunk 1943 * : fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Donau'' (1921), submarine tender * : (Type 401) tender * : (Type 404) replenishment ship * ''Dornbusch'': buoy tender * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * : gunboat, launched 1865 * ''Drache'' (1908): artillery tender and training vessel * ''Drache'': mine-warfare ships * : 3,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1907 * : 5,600 ton light cruiser, launched 1917 * ''Dresden'': minesweeper * ''Dr. Richard Sorge'' (713): missile boat * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000 * ''Dwarsläufer'': mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class

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* : gunboat, launched 1887 * : , launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917 * ''Eberswalde'': landing craft * ''Eberswalde/Finow'' (634): landing craft * ''Eckernförde'' (1843): frigate, later renamed ''Gefion'' * '' Eduard Jungmann'' (1907): training craft * ''Egerland'' (1939): supply ship * ''Eidechse'' (1944): landing craft * ''Eider'': customs steamer * : (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy * ''Eifel'': tanker; Klasse 766 * ''Eilenburg'' (344): minesweeper * : (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997 *'' Eisbär:'' icebreaker, taken by the

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in 1946, decommissioned in 1979 * ''Eisenach'': minesweeper * ''Eisenhüttenstadt'': landing craft * ''Eisenhüttenstadt'' (615): landing craft * ''Eisleben'': minesweeper * ''Eisleben'' (312): minesweeper * :

Schnellboot E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: ''Schnellboot'', or ''S-Boot'', meaning "fast boat") of the Kriegsmarine during World War II; ''E-boat'' could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a lar ...

fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967 * : (Type 721) icebreaker *'' Eisvogel:'' icebreaker, taken by the

in 1946, decommissioned in 1972 * : schooner, launched 1831 * ''Elbe'': R-boat tender * : (Type 401) tender * : (Type 404) replenishment ship * : light cruiser, launched 1914 * : frigate, 1868 * ''Ellerbek'': harbour tug; Neuende-class * : 13,000 ton , launched 1903 * ''Elsaß'' (1930): mine warfare vessel * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Elster'': submarine chaser * : 3,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1908 * : light cruiser, launched 1916 * (cruiser): 6,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1925 * : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1983 * : (Type 122) frigate * ''Ems'' (1940): tender * ''Emsland'' (1943): tanker * : (Type 352) minesweeper * ''Erfurt'': minesweeper * : (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013 * : Type 1934A destroyer * : Type 1934A destroyer * ''Erich Kuttner'' (863): torpedo boat * : Type 1934A destroyer * ''Ermland'' (1939): supply ship * ''Ernst Grube'' (833): torpedo boat * ''Ernst Schneller'' (864): torpedo boat * ''Ernst Schneller''(851): torpedo boat * ''Ernst Thälmann'' (141): frigate * ''Erwin Wassner'' (1938): submarine escort vessel * ''Erzherzog Johann'': corvette, launched 1840 * ''Esau'' (1941): fast attack craft * ''Esper Ort'' (D28): buoy tender * ''ESSO Hamburg'' (1939): tanker * ''Etkar André'' (822): torpedo boat * ''Etkar André'' (811): torpedo boat * ''Eutin'' (1943): tanker * : , commissioned 1984

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* : aviso, launched 1865 * : cruiser, launched 1891 * : torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class * ''Falke'': seaplane tender; Bussard-class * ''Fasana'': mine-warfare ships; Fasana-class * ''Flink'': torpedo boat; Schütze-class * ''Föhr'': harbour tug; Sylt-class * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Falke'': submarine chaser * : (Type 720) tug * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Fiete Schulze'' (863): torpedo boat * ''Fiete Schulze'' (854): torpedo boat * ''Fische'' (1959): mine-sweeping vessel * ''Flensburg'': Schooner lightship, built 1910 * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1970, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1972 to 1991 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Förde'' (1967): support vessel * ''Forst'': minesweeper * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Franken'' (1939): supply ship * ''Frankenland'' (1950): tanker * : (Type 332) minehunter * : light cruiser, launched 1915 * ''Frankfurt'': Frankfurt-class * : (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship * ''Frankfurt/Oder'': minesweeper * ''Frankfurt/Oder'' (613): landing craft * : schooner, launched 1855 * : 2,700 ton light cruiser * : light cruiser, cancelled 1919 * ''Frauenlob'' (1919): tender * ''Frauenlob'' (1965): mine-sweeping vessel * ''Freiberg'': minesweeper * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * ''Freesendorf'': buoy tender * ''Freesendorf'': buoy tender * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1983 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * ''Freundschaft'': cutter * : corvette, launched 1874 * : 5,700 ton protected cruiser, launched 1897 * ''Freya'' (1960): mine-sweeping vessel * ''Freyr'' (1912): training vessel * ''Friedrich Bremse'' (1936): supply ship * : armoured frigate, launched 1867 * : 9,000 ton armored cruiser, launched 1902 * : 6,800 ton , launched 1874 * : 25,000 ton , launched 1911 * : Type 1934A destroyer * ''Friedrich Engels'' (123): frigate * : Type 1934A destroyer * :

Type 202 submarine The Type 202 submarine was a short lived class of German submarines. Design of these very small submarines started in 1957 by Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL). It was intended to build 40 Type 202 mini submarines with a six-man crew but technical d ...

* : experimental submarine * ''Friesenland'': seaplane tender * : 3,700 ton , launched 1891 * ''Frithjof'' (1916): training vessel * ''Fritz Behn'' (841): torpedo boat * ''Fritz Behn'' (851): torpedo boat * ''Fritz Gast'' (714): missile boat * ''Fritz Globis'' (573): coastal protection vessel * ''Fritz Heckert'' (866): torpedo boat * ''Fritz Heckert'' (834): torpedo boat * ''Fritz Lesch'' (865): torpedo boat * ''Fritz Riedel'' (825): torpedo boat * : gunboat, launched 1860 * ''Fuchs'' (1905): artillery tender and training vessel * ''Fuchs'' (1919): anti-aircraft training vessel * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : 10,700 ton unique armored cruiser, launched 1897 * : , laid down in 1915 but never completed * ''Fürstenberg'': training vessel * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to present, upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade * : (Type 332) minehunter

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* ''Gadebusch'' (211): submarine chaser * (211): corvette * : frigate, launched 1859 * : 2,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1898 * ''Gazelle'' (1919): tender * ''Gazelle'' (1963): mine-sweeper * ''Gedania'' (1919): supply ship * : frigate * : 3,700 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1893 * ''Gefion'' (1963): mine-sweeper * : 1,900 ton cruiser, launched 1894 * : auxiliary cruiser * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Gellen'' (D112): buoy tender * ''Gemma'' (1959): mine-sweeper * ''Gentin'' (V812): minesweeper * :

Type 1934 destroyer The Type 1934 destroyers, also known as the Z1 class or ''Leberecht Maass'' class after the lead ship, were a group of four destroyers built for the German Navy (initially called the ''Reichsmarine'' and then renamed the ''Kriegsmarine'' in 1935) ...

* : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * ''Gera'': minesweeper * ''Germania'' (1848): gun sloop * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * ''Glyndwr'': seaplane tender * : 3,000 ton , launched 1879 * (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton armored cruiser, launched 1906 * (battleship): 35,000 ton , launched 1936 * : , former Royal Navy , commissioned 1958 to 1966 * : 23,000 ton , launched 1911 * ''Görlitz'': minesweeper * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1997 * ''Gollwitz'' (D25): buoy tender * : Sail training ship, launched 1933, became Soviet training ship ''Tovarishch'' * : Type 441 unique sail training barque, launched 1958 * ''Gotha'': minesweeper * ''Graal-Müritz'' (G424): minesweeper * (battlecruiser): , not completed * : Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1964 * ''Graf von Götzen'': commissioned 1914 * : 28,000 ton , launched 1938 but never completed * ''Granitz'': supply ship * ''Gransee'' (313): minesweeper * ''Grasort'' (D27): buoy tender * : light cruiser, launched 1913 * : cruiser, launched 1886 * : auxiliary cruiser * ''Greif'' (1926): torpedo boat * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Greif'': air control ship * ''Greifswald'': minesweeper * ''Greifswald'' (V814): minesweeper * ''Greiz'': minesweeper * ''Grevesmühlen'' (213): submarine chaser * (212): corvette * : aviso, launched 1857 * ''Grille'' (1916): experimental craft * : aviso, launched 1936 * ''Grimma'' (336): minesweeper * ''Grimmen'': landing craft * ''Grimmen'' (616): landing craft * : 6,800 ton , launched 1875 * : 26,000 ton , launched 1913 * : corvette, launched 1848 * : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Güstrow'': minesweeper * (223): corvette * ''Gunther Plüschow'': air control ship * ''Gustav Nachtigal'' (1940): S-boat tender

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* : gunboat, launched 1860 * : gunboat, launched 1879 * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Habicht'': submarine chaser * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : 3,700 ton , launched 1893 * ''Hagen'' (1921): training craft * ''Hagenow'': minesweeper * ''Hagenow'' (632): landing craft * ''Hai'' (1935): escort vessel * : Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine * ''Hai'': Type M-9-463 salvage tug * ''Halle'': minesweeper * ''Halle'' (143): frigate * : corvette, launched 1841 * (cruiser): 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1903 * : (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned * : (Type 124) frigate * (1959): (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963 * : (Type 352) minesweeper * ''Hanno Günther'' (845): torpedo boat * : 13,000 ton , launched 1905 * ''Hans Albrecht Wedel'': air control ship; K-VI-class * ''Hans Beimler'' (862): torpedo boat * ''Hans Beimler'' (575): corvette * ''Hans Bürkner'' (1961): support vessel * ''Hans Christian Oderstedt'' (1943): experimental craft * ''Hans Coppi'' (863): torpedo boat * ''Hans Coppi'' (812): torpedo boat * : Type 1934A destroyer * :

* ''Hans Rolshoven'': air control ship * :

* : frigate, launched 1847 * : armoured corvette, launched 1872 * : 5,700 ton protected cruiser, launched 1898 * (auxiliary cruiser): 19,200 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * ''Hansa'' (1957): minesweeper * : minelayer * ''Harz'' (1953): tanker * ''Harz'': (H31): supply ship * ''Havel'' (1919): tender * ''Havelland'' (H51): supply ship * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : gunboat, launched 1881 * ''Hay'' (1907): artillery tender and training vessel * ''Hecht'' (1917): experimental craft * : Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine * : 3,700 ton , launched 1892 * ''Heimdall'': training craft * ''Heinrich Dorrenbach'' (711): missile boat * ''Heinz Kapelle'' (823): torpedo boat * ''Heinz Kapelle'' (811): torpedo boat * ''Heinz Roggenkamp'' (1952): experimental craft * : schooner, launched 1853 * : 2,000 ton unique aviso, launched 1895 * ''Hela'' (1919): fleet tender * ''Hela'' (1938): fleet tender * (battleship): 23,000 ton , launched 1909 * : (Type 720) tug, decommissioned 1997 * ''Heppens'': harbour tug; Neuende-class * ''Herbert Balzer'' (825): torpedo boat * ''Herbert Norkus'' (1939): sailing school ship * ''Herkules'' (1960): minesweeper * :

* : Type 1934A destroyer * ''Hermann von Helmholtz'' (1943): experimental craft * ''Hermann von Wissmann'' (1940): tender * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * : captured Greek destroyer ''Vasilefs Georgios'' * : submarine chaser, launched 1960 * : (Type 332) minehunter * : frigate, launched 1864 * : 5,700 ton protected cruiser, launched 1897 * ''Hertha'' (1961): minesweeper * (battleship): 13,000 ton , launched 1903 * : (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned * : (Type 124) frigate, commissioned 2006 * ''Hettstadt'' (315): minesweeper * ''Hiddensee'': Project 35 tanker * ''Hiddensee'': corvette; Tarantul-I-class * : 3,700 ton , possibly not completed * ''Hildebrand'' (1921): training craft * ''Hille'' (1917): minesweeper tender * : 27,000 ton , launched 1915 * : frigate, former Royal Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1964 * '' Hohenzollern'' (1876): imperial yacht * '' Hohenzollern'' (1892): imperial yacht * '' Hohenzollern'' (1914): imperial yacht * ''Holnis'' (1965): minesweeper * : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Horst Wessel'': Sail training ship, launched 1936, became United States Coast Guard * ''Hoyerswerda'': landing craft * ''Hoyerswerda'' (611): landing craft * ''Hugin'' (1917): training craft * : ''Nasty'' class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1973 * ''Hugo Ecken'' (A114): air control vessel * ''Hugo Zeye' (1940): torpedo training vessel * : armoured gunboat, launched 1881 * ''Hummel'' (1940): escort vessel * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : gunboat, launched 1878 * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * ''Hydrograph'': survey vessel

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* ''Ida'' (1859): armed steam ship * ''Ill'' (1928): supply ship * ''Ilmenau'': minesweeper * : gunboat * (gunboat): , launched 4 August 1898, commissioned 1 December 1898 to 28 August 1914 * ''Iltis'' (1905): auxiliary cruiser * ''Iltis'' (1927): torpedo boat * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1975 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Immelmann'': air control ship; K V-class * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Irben'' (1935): mine-warfare vessel * : 5,000 ton protected cruiser, launched 1887 * ''Isar'' (1930): submarine tender * : (Type 402) tender

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* ''Jade'' (1967): support ship * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : torpedo gunboat * : aviso, launched 1888 * ''Jagd'' (1919): tender * ''Jagd'' (1935): escort vessel * (gunboat): , launched 19 August 1898, commissioned 4 April 1899, scuttled 7 November 1914 * ''Jaguar'' (1928): torpedo boat * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957 to 1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Jasmund'' (K41): survey vessel * ''Jena'': minesweeper * ''Jeverland'' (1937): tanker * ''Jeverland'' (1940): replenishment ship * ''Joh. L. Krüger'': Project RL 234 research vessel * ''Johann Wittenborg'': experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916 * ''Jordan'': survey vessel * ''Jordan'': survey vessel * ''Josef Römer'': torpedo boat * ''Josef Schares'' (753): missile boat * ''Jüterbog'' (342): minesweeper * ''Juist'' (1968): diver training vessel * : (Type 722) tug * ''Julius Adler'': torpedo boat * ''Juminda'' (1894): mine warfare vessel * ''Jungingen'' (1919): tender * : harbour craft, launched 1874 * ''Jupiter'' (1944): minesweeper * ''Jupiter'' (1961): minesweeper

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* ''Kärnten'' (1914): supply ship * ''Kaiser'': Agamemnon-class * : 7,600 ton , launched 1874 * : 25,000 ton , launched 1911 * ''Kaiser'': mine-warfare ship * : 11,600 ton , launched 1900 * : 11,600 ton , launched 1896 * : 11,600 ton , launched 1899 * : 11,600 ton , launched 1897 * : auxiliary cruiser * : 11,600 ton , launched 1899 * : aviso * : light cruiser, later renamed ''Seeadler'' * : 25,000 ton , launched 1911 * : 6,000 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892 * ''Kalkgrund II'': Schooner lightship, built 1910 * ''Kalkgrund'': experimental craft; Stollergrund-class * ''Karl F. Gauss'': survey vessel * :

* ''Karl Kolls'' (1903): experimental craft * ''Kamerun'': Norwegian minesweeper captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer. * ''Kamenz'' minesweeper * ''Kamenz'' (S321): minesweeper * ''Karl Liebknecht'' (123): frigate * ''Karl Marx'' (142): frigate * ''Karl Meseberg'' (733): missile boat * ''Karl-Marx-Stadt'' minesweeper * ''Karl Meyer'': air control ship; K V-class * : light cruiser, launched 1912 * : light cruiser, launched 1916 * (1927): 7,200 ton light cruiser, launched 1927 * ''Karlsruhe'' (F223): Köln-class frigate * : (Type 122) frigate * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Kehrwieder'': mine-warfare ships; Minesweeper 1916 * ''Kiebitz'' (1938): mine warfare vessel * ''Kiel'': paddle steamer * ''Kirchdorf'' (G425): minesweeper * ''Klütz'' (G416): minesweeper * ''Knechtsand'': harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class * ''Knechtsand'': harbour tug; Nordstrand-class * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1999 * (cruiser): 7,200 ton light cruiser, launched 1928 * : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982 * : (Type 122) frigate * : 26,000 ton , launched 1913 * : 25,000 ton , launched 1912 * : unique armoured frigate, 9,700 tons, launched 1868; rebuilt 1897 into heavy cruiser * : auxiliary mine warfare vessel * ''Königin Luise'' (1934): mine warfare vessel * ''Königin Luise'' (1935): escort vessel * : light cruiser, launched 1905 * : light cruiser, launched 1915 * (1927): 7,200 ton light cruiser, launched 1925 * ''Köthen'' minesweeper * : 4,400 ton light cruiser, launched 1908 * ''Kollicker Ort'' (D116): buoy tender * ''Komet'' (1913): remote control craft * : 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruise * ''Komet'' minesweeper * ''Kondor'' (1926): torpedo boat * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1980, upgraded to Type 351 and recommissioned 1989 to 2000 * (auxiliary cruiser): 19,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Kormoran'' (A68): salvage tug * ''Kormoran'' submarine chaser * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Kranich'' submarine chaser * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1973 * ''Kreta'': fighter control vessel * ''Krischan der Große'': anti-aircraft vessel * ''Krischan II'' (from 1936 ''Gunther Plüschow)'': air control ship * ''Krischan III'' (from 1936 ''Bernhard von Tschirschk)'': air control ship * ''Krischan'': air control ship * ''Kriemhild'' (1939): Danube escort craft * ''Krokodil'': Eidechse-class landing craft * ''Krokodill'' (1994): landing craft * : Unique ironclad, commissioned September 1867 * : Original name for 1914 battleship * (battleship): 26,000 ton , renamed from in 1918 * (auxiliary cruiser): 24,900 ton auxiliary cruiser, built as a civilian liner in 1901, commissioned as an

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in 1914, surrendered to the US in 1915 * ''Kühlung'' (P441): support ship * ''Kühlungsborn'' (GS07): minesweeper * : torpedo boat * : (Type 332) minehunter * : 10,500 ton , launched 1891 * ''Kyritz'' (321): minesweeper

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* : (Type 332) minehunter, decommissioned 28 March 2012 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships * : (Type 403) tender * ''Landtief'' ( D115): buoy tender * ''Langeness'': harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class * ''Langeness'': harbour tug; Nordstrand-class * : (Type 722) tug * ''Lauenburg'': weather ship * :

* ''Lech'': submarine tender * : (Type 403) tender * : , launched 1875 * : 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1905 * : , launched 1918, not completed * (1929): 8,000 ton , launched 1929 * ''Leipzig'' : minesweeper * ''Leitholm'': buoy tender * ''Leopard'': auxiliary cruiser * ''Leopard'': torpedo boat; Raubtier-class * ''Leopard'': torpedo boat; Sleipner-class * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Libben'' ( V661): torpedo recovery vessel * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 2000 * ''Linz'': mine-warfare ships * ''Löwe'': bewaffneter Raddampfer * : aviso, launched 1859 * : gunboat, launched 1885 * ''Loreley'': Stationsschiff * ''Loreley'': Minesweeper; Frauenlob-class * ''Lothringen'': Mine-warfare ships * : 13,000 ton , launched 1904 * : Norwegian captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat. * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1975 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * (1899): Gunboat, launched 18 October 1899, commissioned 15 April 1900, blown up 28 August 1914 * ''Luchs'': torpedo boat; Raubtier-class * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1972 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Luckenwalde'' minesweeper * : (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013 * ''Ludwigslust'' ( 247): submarine chaser * ''Ludwigslust'' ( 232): corvette * ''Lübben'' : landing craft * ''Lübben'' ( 631): landing craft * : corvette, launched 1844 * (cruiser): 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1904 * : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1963 to 1988 * : (Type 122) frigate * ''Lübz'' ( 246): submarine chaser * ''Lübz'' ( 221): corvette * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * ''Lütje Hörn'': harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class * ''Lütje Hörn'': harbour tug; Nordstrand-class * : (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned * (battlecruiser): 27,000 ton , launched 1913 * : 14,000 ton modified heavy cruiser, sold before completion to Soviet Union in 1939, never commissioned * : 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, renamed from ''Deutschland'' in 1939 * : corvette, launched 1872 * ''Lumme'' (923): Diving vessel

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* : , launched 1917, not completed * (cruiser): light cruiser, launched 1911 * : , launched 1917 * ''Magdeburg'', minesweeper * : (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008 * : (Type 401) tender * : (Type 404) replenishment ship * : 4,400 ton light cruiser, launched 1909 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Malchin'' (GS03): minesweeper * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 2000 * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1972 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : corvette, launched 1881 * : 26,000 ton , launched 1913 * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992) * ''Max Reichpietsch'' (751): missile boat * ''Max Roscher'' (846): torpedo boat * :

* : 12,000 ton , launched 1901 * ''Mecklenburg'', buoy tender * : (Type 123) frigate * : corvette, launched 1864 * : 2,700 ton light cruiser * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * ''Meiningen'', minesweeper * ''Meissen'', minesweeper * : corvette, launched 1847 * : gunboat, launched 1865 * : aviso, launched 1890 * : gunboat, launched 1915 * ''Meteor'', survey vessel * : 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997 * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1960—1973) is for sale click for details: �
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* : (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned * ''Mönchgut'' (E111): supply ship * ''Möwe'', submarine chaser * : gunboat, launched 1879 * : auxiliary cruiser * : 3,000 ton , launched 1877 * : 23,000 ton , launched 1910 * : 238 ton , launched 1872 * : (Type 402) tender * : (Type 404) replenishment ship * : Type 742 diver support ship * : 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1904 * : ''Nasty'' class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1964 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * : brigg, launched 1851

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* ''Najade'': submarine chaser; Thetis-class * : 19,000 ton , launched 1908 * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1880 * ''Natter'': submarine chaser * ''Natter'': Otter-class * ''Nauen'': minesweeper * : gunboat, launched 1871 * : 2,000 ton , launched 1907 * ''Nautilus'': experimental craft; minesweeper 1915 * ''Nautilus'': minesweeper; Frauenlob-class * : (Type 401) tender * ''Neiße'': submarine tender * ''Neptun'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * ''Nettelbeck'': minesweeper * ''Neubrandenburg'': minesweeper * ''Neubrandenburg'' (633): landing craft * ''Neuende'': harbour tug; Neuende-class * ''Neuruppin'' (345): minesweeper * ''Neumark'': Neumark-class * ''Neuwerk'': harbour tug; Sylt-class * ''Neustrelitz'' (G412): minesweeper * ''Niedersachsen'': mine-warfare ships * : (Type 122) frigate * ''Nienburg'': supply ship; Lüneburg-class * : schooner, launched 1849 * (cruiser): 2,700 ton light cruiser * ''Niobe'': Sail training ship, launched 1913 * ''Niobe'': training vessel, Holland-class * ''Niobe'': experimental craft * : aviso, launched 1850 * : corvette, launched 1885 * ''Nixe'': minesweeper; Ariadne-class * : (Type 722) tug, decommissioned * ''Nordperd'' (E171): replenishment vessel * ''Nordsee'': tender * ''Nordstern'': tanker * ''Nordstrand'': harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class * ''Nordstrand'': harbour tug; Nordstrand-class * ''Nordwind'': sail training vessel; Kriegsfischkutter; border guard * ''Notus'': torpedo boat, tug * ''Novara'': frigate * : light cruiser, launched 1906 * : light cruiser, launched 1916 * (cruiser): 8,000 ton , launched 1934, became Soviet * : corvette, launched 1863 * (cruiser): 2,700 ton light cruiser * ''Nymphe'' (coastal defense ship): Norwegian captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.

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* : (Type 760) ammunition transport ship, decommissioned * : 3,700 ton , launched 1894 * ''Odin'': Odin-class * ''Odin'': minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * : (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship * ''Oker'': Oker-class * : 5,250 ton unique coastal armored ship, launched 1884 * : 23,000 ton , launched 1910 * ''Oldenburg'': mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class * : (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013 * : Training ship * ''Oranienburg'' (341): minesweeper * (auxiliary cruiser): 15,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * ''Orion'': R-boat * (minesweeper): (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990 * ''Oste'': tender, Faettenfjord-class * : (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship * : 23,000 ton , launched 1909 * ''Ostmark'': seaplane tender * ''Ostmark'': mine-warfare ships * ''Ostseeland (II)'': representation yacht * ''Ostseeland'': representation yacht; Kondor-II-class * ''Oswald'': tender, Seaplane tender * : gunboat, launched 1877 * : river gunboat, launched 1909 * ''Otter'': mine-warfare ship; Irben-class * ''Otter'': Otter-class * ''Otto Braun'': experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916 * ''Otto Tost'' (731): missile boat * ''Otto von Guericke'' (A46): salvage tug * ''Otto Wünsche'': submarine tender; Wilhelm-Bauer-class * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft

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* : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000 * ''Palmer Ort'' (D39): * (gunboat): , launched 1 April 1901, commissioned 15 March 1903, sold 1931, scrapped * ''Panther'' (destroyer), Norwegian captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat. * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Parchim'' (215): submarine chaser * ''Parchim'' (242): corvette * ''Pasewalk'' (GS05): minesweeper * ''Passat'': mine-warfare ships, supply ship * ''Passat'': harbour tug; Klasse 729 * (minesweeper): (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963 * : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Paul Eisenschneider'' (574): corvette * ''Paul Eisenschneider'' (713): missile boat * : Type 1934A destroyer * ''Paul Schulz'' (752): missile boat * ''Paul Wieczorek'' (754): missile boat * ''Pegasus'': minesweeper; R-boat * ''Pegasus'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : (Type 352) minesweeper * ''Pelikan'': transport, mine-warfare ships, RM * ''Pelikan'': experimental craft; Minesweeper 1915 * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Pellworm'': harbour tug; Klasse 729 * ''Perleberg'' (245): submarine chaser * ''Perleberg'' (243): corvette * ''Perseus'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : 28,000 ton , never launched * ''Pfälzerland'': transport; Klasse 785 * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : aviso, launched 1882 * : Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1965 * ''Phoenix'': air control ship * ''Piercer'': customs cutter * : light cruiser, launched 1914 * (auxiliary cruiser): 17,600 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Pionier'': sea cutter * ''Planet'': survey vessel; Planet-class * ''Planet'': research vessel * ''Planet'': research vessel * ''Planet'': (Type 752), commissioned 2005 * ''Plön'': harbour tug; Klasse 729 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Pluto'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Poel'': Project 35 tanker * ''Pössneck'': minesweeper * ''Pollux'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992) * ''Pommern'': mine-warfare ships * ''Preußen'': mine-warfare ships * ''Preußen'': mine-warfare ships * : aviso, launched 1864 * : 13,000 ton , launched 1905 * : 19,000 ton , launched 1908 * ''Potsdam'': minesweeper * ''Prenzlau'': Project 2 training ship * ''Prenzlau'': minesweeper * ''Prenzlau'' (231): corvette * ''Prerow'' (G413): minesweeper * : 6,800 ton , launched 1873 * : 13,000 ton , launched 1903 * : aviso, launched 1846 * : Unique ironclad, originally ordered by the

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fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967 * ''Raule'': R-boat tender, minesweeper * : frigate, former Royal Navy , commissioned through 1967 * : light cruiser, launched 1914 * ''Regulus'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990) * ''Reiher'': launched 1909 as freighter, minesweeper, 1939-1945 * ''Reiher'': launched 1938 as freighter & passenger liner, command ship, 1939-945 * ''Reiher'': submarine chaser * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : Landing craft, decommissioned * ''Rendsburg'': armed trawler * ''Renown'': artillery training vessel * ''Rerik'' (G426): minesweeper * ''Restaurador'': gun boat * ''Rhein'': mine steamer; Rhein-class * ''Rhein'': mine transport; Irben-class * : 238 ton , launched 1872 * : (Type 401) tender * : (Type 404) replenishment ship * : 19,000 ton , launched 1908 * : (Type 122) frigate * : (Type 704) tanker * ''Ribnitz-Damgarten'' (216): submarine chaser * ''Ribnitz-Damgarten'' (233): * :

* ''Richthofen'': air control ship; K-VI-class * ''Riems'': Project 35 tanker * ''Riesa'' (322): minesweeper * ''Rigel'': minesweeper; R-boatder WM * ''Rigel'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Rival'': torpedo boat, tug * ''Robbe'': Type M-9-463 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Röbel'' (324): minesweeper * ''Roland'': mine-warfare ships * : (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned * : 10,000 ton armored cruiser, launched 1903 * ''Rosslau'' (V813): minesweeper * : light cruiser, launched 1912 * : , launched 1918, not completed * ''Rostock'': minesweeper * ''Rostock'' (141): frigate * : (Type 332) minehunter * : brigg, launched 1853 * ''Ruden'': Project RL 235 supply ship * ''Rudi André'' (824): torpedo boat * ''Rudolf Breitscheid'' (842): torpedo boat * ''Rudolf Breitscheid'' (852): torpedo boat * ''Rudolf Diesel'': experimental craft; YMS-class* ''Rudolf Eglhofer'' (572): corvette * ''Rudolf Eglhofer'' (751): missile boat * ''Rugard'': R-boat tender * : (Type 401) tender

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* : Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918 * : submarine tender * : (Type 402) tender * : (Type 701) replenishment ship * : 7,800 ton , launched 1877 * : 29,000 ton , not completed * : (Type 124) frigate * ''Sachsenwald'': mine transport, Sachsenwald-class * : aviso, launched 1850 * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1880 * ''Salamander'': landing craft; Eidechse-class * : Landing craft, decommissioned * ''Santa Elena'': seaplane tender * ''Sassnitz'' (91): missile boat * ''Sassnitz'': minesweeper * ''Saturn'': minesweeper; R-boat * ''Sauerland'': transport; Klasse 785 * ''Schamien'': river gunboat * ''Scharf'': torpedo boat; Schütze-class * ''Scharhörn'': harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class * ''Scharhörn'': harbour tug; Nordstrand-class * (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton armored cruiser, launched 1906 * (battleship): 35,000 ton , launched 1936 * : frigate, former Royal Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1968 * : Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1967 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships * : 13,000 ton , launched 1906 * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000 * (battleship): 13,000 ton , launched 1906 * : (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned * : (Type 123) frigate * ''Schneewittchen'': torpedo boat, station yacht * ''Schönebeck'' (314): minesweeper * ''Schütze'': torpedo boat; Schütze-class * ''Schütze'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : 12,000 ton , launched 1901 * ''

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'': seaplane tender * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : cruiser, launched 1887 * : (Type 706) replenishment ship * ''Schwedt'': landing craft * ''Schwedt'' (636): landing craft * ''Schwerin'': troop transport, mine-warfare ships * ''Schwerin'': minesweeper * ''Schwerin'' (612): landing craft * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : armoured gunboat, launched 1877 * ''Sedan'': Leipzig-class corvette * (cruiser): 1,650 ton light cruiser, launched 1892 * ''Seeadler'': torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1976 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Seehund'': minesweeper; Seelöwe-class * ''Seeigel'': minesweeper; Seelöwe-class * ''Seelöwe'': minesweeper; Seelöwe-class * ''Seepferd'': minesweeper; Seelöwe-class * ''Seeschlange'': minesweeper; Seelöwe-class * ''Seeschwalbe'': fast attack craft; Silbermöwe-class * ''Seestern'': minesweeper; Seelöwe-class * ''Senftenberg'': minesweeper * (battlecruiser): 25,000 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1912 * (cruiser): 14,000 ton modified heavy cruiser, selected while under construction for conversion to an aircraft carrier, never completed * : (Type 352) minesweeper * : (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963 * : 3,700 ton , launched 1889 * ''Sicher'': torpedo boat; Schütze-class * ''Sigfrid'': minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler * :

fast attack craft, commissioned 1956 to 1967 * : battleship, launched 1878 * ''Sirius'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961 to 1990 * ''Skagerrak'': mine-warfare ships * ''Skorpion'': Führer- und Wohnschiff für Vorpostenboote; erbeutete britische Personenfähre * ''Skorpion'': minesweeper; R-boat * ''Skorpion'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Sleipner'': torpedo boat, RM * ''Solidarität'': sea cutter * ''Sömmerda'' (311): minesweeper * ''Sonneberg'': minesweeper * : corvette, launched 1881 * ''Sovetskaya Ukraina'': Captured from the Soviet Union under construction, not completed * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : cruiser, launched 1888 * ''Sperber'': seaplane tender; Luftwaffe * ''Sperber'': submarine chaser * : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976 * : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : (Type 704) tanker * ''Spica'': training vessel * ''Spica'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961 to 1992 * : (Type 722) tug * ''Steigerwald'': mine transport, Sachsenwald-class * : 3,000 ton , launched 1879 * ''Steinbock'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Stendal'': minesweeper * ''Sternberg'': minesweeper * ''Sternberg'' (212: submarine chaser * : light cruiser, launched 1907 * : 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * ''Stier'': minesweeper, mine diving vessel Schütze-class * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Störtebeker'': experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916 * ''Stollergrund'': experimental craft; Stollergrund-class * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : 3,000 ton , launched 1877 * : Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962 to 1967 * : schooner, launched 1816 * : light cruiser, launched 1911 * ''Strahl'': experimental craft * ''Stralsund'': mine-warfare ships * ''Stralsund'': minesweeper * ''Stralsund'' (334): minesweeper * ''Strasburg'' (346): minesweeper * : light cruiser, launched 1911 * ''Strelasund'' (V662): torpedo recovery vessel * ''Stubbenkammer'': * :

fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967 * : light cruiser, launched 1906 * ''Südperd'' (E172): replenishment vessel * ''Suhl'': minesweeper * : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Sylt'': harbour tug; Sylt-class

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* ''Taku'': minesweeper 1916 * ''Tanga'': E-boat tender * ''Tangerhütte'' (333): minesweeper * ''Tannenberg'': mine-warfare ships * ''Tapfer'': torpedo boat; Schütze-class * ''Taucher I'': K11 Project 24 diving vessel * ''Taucher II'': K47/K74: Project 24 diving vessel * : (Type 703) small coastal tanker * ''Templin'' (GS06): minesweeper * ''Teterow'' (241: submarine chaser * ''Teterow'' (234): corvette * ''Thale'': Project 17 * : Type 1934A destroyer * : frigate, launched 1846 * (cruiser): 2,700 ton light cruiser * ''Thetis'' (Flak ship): Norwegian captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship. * ''Theseus'': submarine chaser; Thetis-class * ''Thetis'': submarine chaser; Thetis-class * : 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * '' Thielbek'': 2,800 ton Converted from freighter to transport ship, sunk 1945 * : river gunboat, launched 1826 * : 23,000 ton , launched 1909 * : gunboat, launched 1860 * (gunboat): , launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914 * ''Tiger'': torpedo boat; Raubtier-class * , Norwegian captured in April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat. * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Timmendorf'': supply ship * : 42,000 ton , launched 1939 * ''Todendorf'': Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class; Wehrbereichskommando Küste * , Norwegian minesweeper captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer * ''Togo'': nightfighter control ship * ''Torgau'': minesweeper * : (

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) * ''Trave'': Schul- und Begleitschiff, später Messboot; Eider-class * ''Trischen'': harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class * : river gunboat, launched 1903 * ''Triton'': survey vessel * ''Triton'': submarine chaser; Thetis-class * ''Tsingtau'': E-boat tender * ''Tummler'': cutter, training vessel * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997 * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

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* ''Uckermark'' (H91): Ohre-class * : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Ueckermünde'' (GS01): minesweeper * ''Ulan'': torpedo testing ship, tender * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned (1959 to 1978, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 1999 * : brigg, launched 1869 * : 2,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1902 * ''Undine'': minesweeper; Frauenlob-class * ''Uranus'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Usedom'': tanker

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* : river gunboat, launched 1903 * : (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963 * ''Versailles'': mine-warfare ships * : 5,700 ton protected cruiser, launched 1897 * ''Victoria'': corvette; Augusta-class * ''Vilm'': Project RL 235 tanker * : frigate, launched 1863 * : 5,700 ton protected cruiser, launched 1897 * ''Vineta'': minesweeper; Ariadne-class * : armoured gunboat, launched 1876 * ''Viper'': landing craft; Eidechse-class * ''Vitte'' (G421): minesweeper * ''Vogelsand'': harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class * ''Vogelsand'': harbour tug; Nordstrand-class * ''Vogtland'' (H71): Ohre-class * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1999 * ''Volker'': minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler * ''Von der Groeben'': R-boat tender; minesweeper 1916 * ''Von der Lippe'': R-boat tender; minesweeper 1916 * : steam-powered gunboat, 1848 to 1862 * (battlescruiser): 19,400 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1909 * ''Vulkan'': submarine salvage vessel * : river gunboat, launched 1899 * ''Vorwärts'': torpedo boat; Schütze-class

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* : gunboat * : gunboat * : auxiliary cruiser * : auxiliary cruiser * ''Wolf'': torpedo boat; Raubtier-class * ''Wolf'': Buoy tender * ''Wolja'': russische Imperatriza Marija-class * ''Wotan'': Werkstattschiff; Odin-class, Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung * ''Wotan'': minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler * ''Waage'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : aviso, launched 1887 * ''Wacht'': tender; Minesweeper 1916 * : (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned * ''Waldemar Kophamel'': submarine tender; Wilhelm-Bauer-class * ''Walfisch'', ex-''Borwin'': tug * ''Walter Husemann'' (856): torpedo boat * ''Walter Krämer'' (712): missile boat * ''Walther von Ledebur'': experimental craft * : (Type 722) tug * ''Waren'': minesweeper * ''Waren'' (224): corvette * ''Wega'': minesweeper; R-boat * ''Wega'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * ''Weichsel'': submarine tender * : (Type 332) minehunter, commissioned 1993 to 2006 * ''Weihe'': submarine chaser * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995 * : (Type 332) minehunter * ''Weimar'': minesweeper * : 10,500 ton , launched 1891 * ''Weisswasser'': minesweeper * ''Welle'': experimental craft * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Werdau'': submarine chaser * (tender): (Type 401) tender * : (Type 404) replenishment ship * : (Type 401) tender * ''Weser'': fishery protection vessel, minesweeper tender * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : gunboat, launched 1876 * ''Wespe'': training vessel; Wespe-class * : (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned * : (Type 760) ammunition transport ship * : 19,000 ton , launched 1908 * ''Westfalen'': seaplane tender * : 12,000 ton , launched 1900 * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 * : (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 ''Lindau''-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995 * : 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser * ''Widder'': minesweeper; Schütze-class * : light cruiser, launched 1915 * : , launched 1917, not completed * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * :

fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964 * : Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine * ''Wilhelm Bauer'': submarine tender Wilhelm-Bauer-class * ''Wilhelm Florin'' (815): torpedo boat * :

* ''Wilhelm Leuschner'' (824): torpedo boat * ''Wilhelm Pieck'' (S61): training ship * ''Wilhem-Pieck-Stadt Guben'' (323): minesweeper * ''Willi Bänsch'' (844): torpedo boat * ''Willi Bänsch'' (831): torpedo boat * ''Wische'': Ohre-class * ''Wismar'': Project 4 * ''Wismar'' (214: submarine chaser * ''Wismar'' (241): corvette * : 12,000 ton , launched 1900 * ''Wittensee'': tanker; Klasse 763 * ''Wittow'' (E661): supply ship * ''Wittstock'' (315): minesweeper * : gunboat, launched 1860 * : gunboat, launched 1878 * : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975 * : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned * ''Wolfgang Thiess'' (866): torpedo boat * : Type 1934A destroyer * : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000 * ''Wolgast'': minesweeper * ''Wolgast'' (V811): minesweeper * : (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963 * : 10,500 ton , launched 1892 * : 7,800 ton , launched 1878 * : 29,000 ton , not completed * ''Wurzen'': minesweeper

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* : 10,000 ton armored cruiser, launched 1904

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* : 12,000 ton , launched 1901 * ''Zander'' (A45): salvage tug * : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) * ''Zeitz'': minesweeper * ''Zeitz'' (314): minesweeper * ''Zephir'': torpedo boat, Tug * ''Zerbst'' (335): minesweeper * ''Zick'', Norwegian captured in 1940, re-designated as

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. * : aviso, launched 1876 * ''Zieten'': tender, fishery protection vessel, minesweeper * ''Zingst'' (G444): minesweeper * : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1982 * : (Type 143A) fast attack craft * ''Zwickau'': minesweeper

Unnamed by Number

For unnamed submarines see:

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fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S116), commissioned 1957 to 1964 * : 1051 ton , launched 1914 * : 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1914 * : 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915 * : 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915 * : 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915 * : 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915 * : 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915 * :

fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993 * :

fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964 * : 76-ton experimental submarine * ''

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'': * : , former United States Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1972 * : , former United States Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1981 * : , former United States Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1980 * : , former United States Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1981 * : , former United States Navy , commissioned 1960 to 1982 * : , former United States Navy , commissioned 1960 to 1967 * through : Type 1936A destroyers * through : Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers * through : Type 1936B destroyers * through : Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers * through : Type 1936B destroyers * :

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launched 1944

References

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

External links

Deutsche Marine – Schiffsliste
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