List of ships of the Imperial German Navy

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 the Empire in 1918.

Capital ships

Ironclad warships

* ''Arminius'' class
** , 1864
* ''Prinz Adalbert'' class (1,560 tons, 5 x 36pdr guns)
** , 1865
* ''Kronprinz''
** , 1867
* ''Friedrich Carl'' class
** , 1867
* ''König Wilhelm'' class, (9,750 tons, 33 x 72pdr guns)
** , 1868
* ''Hansa'' class
** , 1872
* (6,800 tons)
** , 1873
** , 1874
** , 1875
* (7,319 tons, 8 x 26 cm guns)
** , 1875
** , 1875
* (7,800 tons, 6 x 26 cm guns)
** , 1877
** , 1878
** , 1878
** , 1880
* ''Oldenburg'' class (5,250 tons, 8 x 24 cm guns)
** , 1884

Coastal defense ships

* (3,700 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
** , 1889
** , 1890
** , 1892
** , 1892
** , 1892
** , 1893
* (4,250 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
** , 1894
** , 1895

Battleships

Pre-Dreadnoughts
* (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1891
** , 1891
** , 1891
** , 1892
* (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
** , 1896
** , 1897
** , 1899
** , 1899
** , 1900
* (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
** , 1900
** , 1900
** , 1901
** , 1901
** , 1901
* (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1901
** , 1903
** , 1903
** , 1903
** , 1904
* (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1904
** , 1905
** , 1905
** , 1906
** , 1906

Dreadnoughts
Main dreadnought classes

* (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1908
** , 1908
** , 1908
** , 1908
* (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)
** , 1909
** , 1909
** , 1909
** , 1910
* (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
** , 1911
** , 1911
** , 1911
** , 1911
** , 1912
* (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
** , 1913
** , 1913
** , 1913
** , 1914
* (29,000–32,000 tons, 8 x 38 cm guns)
** , 1915
** , 1915
** , not completed
** , not completed
* (43,800–48,700 tons, 8 x 42 cm guns)
** None built

Battlecruisers

* ''Von der Tann'' class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1909
* (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1910
** , 1911
* ''Seydlitz'' class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
** , 1912
* (27,000 tons, 8 x 30.5 cm guns)
** , 1913
** , 1913
** , 1915
* (35,000 tons, 8 x 35 cm guns)
** SMS ''Mackensen'' not completed
** SMS ''Graf Spee'' not completed
** SMS ''Prinz Eitel Friedrich'' not completed
** SMS ''Fürst Bismarck'', not completed
* (38,000 tons 8 x 38 cm guns)
** SMS ''Ersatz Yorck'' not completed
** SMS ''Ersatz Gneisenau'' ordered but construction not started
** SMS ''Ersatz Scharnhorst'' ordered but construction not started

Cruisers

Protected cruisers

* (5,000 tons, 14 x 15 cm guns, 4 x 15 cm guns)
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* ''Kaiserin Augusta'' class (6,000 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1892
* (5,700 tons, 2 x 21 cm guns, 8 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1897
** , 1897
** , 1897
** , 1897
** , 1898

Armored cruisers

* ''Fürst Bismarck'' class (10,700 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns, 12 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1897
* ''Prinz Heinrich'' class (9,000 tons, 2 x 24 cm guns)
** , 1900
* (9,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)
** , 1901
** , 1901
* (10,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)
** , 1903
** , 1904
* (11,600 tons, 8 x 21 cm guns)
** , 1906
** , 1906
* ''Blücher'' class (15,800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns)
** , 1908

Unprotected cruisers

* (1,359 tons, 8 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1887
** , 1888
* (1,650 tons, 8 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1890
** , 1891
** , 1892
** , 1892
** , 1892
** , 1894
* ''Gefion'' class (3,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1893

Light cruisers

* (2,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1898
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** , 1902
* (3,300 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns, 2 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1903
** , 1903
** , 1903
** , 1904
** , 1904
** , 1905
** , 1905
* (1905) (3,400 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1905
** , 1907
** , 1906
** , 1906
* (3,700 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1907
** , 1908
* (4,400 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns, 6 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1908
** , 1909
** , 1909
** , 1909
* (4,500 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns, 7 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1911
** , 1911
** , 1911
** , 1911
* (4,900 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns)
** , 1912
** , 1912
* (4,900 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns, 7 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1913
** , 1914
* (4,400 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1914
** , 1914
* (5,000 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1915
** , 1915
* (1915) (5,400 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1915
** , 1915
** , 1915
** , 1916
* (5,600 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1916
** , 1917

Minelaying cruisers

* (2,000 tons, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1907
** , 1907
* (4,400 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)
** , 1915
** , 1915

Aircraft carriers

* I class (12,585 tons, 23–29 aircraft)
** , 1915 passenger ship ''Ausonia'' and under conversion as naval vessel 1918, not completed and scrapped 1922

Auxilary minelayers

*-2 × 37mm guns
*-4 × 88mm guns, 2 × 50mm guns

Auxiliary warship

* SMS ''Graf von Goetzen'', 1915 1,575 t × 10.5 cm (4 in) gun; 1 × 8.8 cm (3 in) gun;2 × 37 mm revolver guns

Avisos

* ''Zieten'' class (1,152 tons, 6 x 5 cm guns)
** , 1876
* (1,486 tons, 6 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1882
** , 1882
* ''Greif'' class (2,266 tons, 2 x 10.5 cm guns, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1886
* (1,499 tons, 3 x 10.5 cm guns, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1887
** , 1888
* (1,078 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1890
** , 1892
* ''Hela'' class (2,000 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1895

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* (786 tons, 2 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 12 cm guns)
** , 1871
** , 1871
* (1,163 tons, 1 x 30.5 cm gun, 2 x 8.7 cm guns)
** , 1876
** , 1876
** , 1876
** , 1877
** , 1877
** , 1878
** , 1878
** , 1879
** , 1880
** , 1880
** , 1881
* (1,050 tons, 2 x 10.5 cm guns, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)
** , 1898
** , 1898
** , 1899
** , 1899
** , 1901
** , 1903

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Torpedo-boats and destroyers

In the Imperial German Navy, there was no clear distinction between torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers, which were all numbered in the same series, the number being preceded by a letter that represented the building contractor. A new numbering series began in 1911; hence years of construction are appended in brackets below, to distinguish the two series.
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See also

* List of naval ships of Germany

References

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