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

Other lists include:

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

A

  • 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
  • : 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, 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

B

  • : (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, 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)

C

  • Calbe: minesweeper
  • : gunboat, launched 1860
  • : armoured gunboat, launched 1878
  • : 27,500 tonnes converted from ocean liner to troop ship, 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, 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

D

  • : (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 hospital ship, launched 1923, sunk 1945
  • : School ship
  • (cruiser): 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939
  • : Training cruiser
  • , , launched 1966
  • , Type 1936 destroyer, 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

E

  • : 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 Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1979
  • Eisenach: minesweeper
  • Eisenhüttenstadt: landing craft
  • Eisenhüttenstadt (615): landing craft
  • Eisleben: minesweeper
  • Eisleben (312): minesweeper
  • : Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
  • : (Type 721) icebreaker
  • Eisvogel: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union 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

F

  • : aviso, launched 1865
  • : cruiser, launched 1891
  • : torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class
  • Falke: seaplane tender; Bussard-class
  • : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
  • : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Falke: submarine chaser
  • Fasana: mine-warfare ships; Fasana-class
  • Flink: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
  • Föhr: harbour tug; Sylt-class
  • : (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
  • : 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

G

  • 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
  • : (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<!-- Black swan class Hart or ?? -->, 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

H

  • : 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
  • Hagen (1893): 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
  • : Type 1936 destroyer
  • Hans Rolshoven: air control ship
  • : Type 202 submarine
  • : 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 1936 destroyer
  • : 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

I

  • 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

J

  • 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

K

  • 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
  • : Type 1936 destroyer
  • 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
  • : (battleship): 26,000 ton , renamed Kronprinz Wilhelm in 1918
  • (auxiliary cruiser): 24,900 ton auxiliary cruiser, built as a civilian liner in 1901, commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in 1914, surrendered to the US in 1915
  • Kühlung (P441): support ship
  • Kühlungsborn (GS07): minesweeper
  • : torpedo boat
  • : (Type 332) minehunter
  • : 10,500 ton , launched 1891
  • Kyritz (321): minesweeper

L

  • : (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
  • : Type 1934 destroyer
  • 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
  • Lützow (1941): fishing vessel built at Seebeckwerft req' by DKM as Vorpostenboote (V1102) 1943 to 1945, after which returned to commercial service
  • : corvette, launched 1872
  • Lumme (923): Diving vessel

M

  • : , 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
  • : Type 1934 destroyer
  • : 12,000 ton , launched 1901
  • Mecklenburg, buoy tender
  • : (Type 123) frigate
  • : corvette, launched 1864
  • : 2,700 ton light cruiser
  • : (Type 701) replenishment ship <!-- kept some time after reunification? -->
  • 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:&nbsp;– here
  • : (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
  • Mosel (1912): ex Frieda, builder F. Lemm, commandeered 1936 as a Unterseebootstender. Mined off Windau 1941
  • : 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

N

  • 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.

O

  • : (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

P

  • : (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 Confederate States Navy
  • : corvette, launched 1876
  • : 9,000 ton armored cruiser, 1901
  • : cruiser
  • : 14,000 ton modified heavy cruiser, launched 1938
  • : 9,000 ton unique armored cruiser, 1900
  • : cruiser, launched 1887
  • : 25,000 ton , launched 1911
  • Pritzwalk (325): minesweeper
  • : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1981
  • : (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Putlos: Todendorf-class

R

  • Ranzow (D114): buoy tender
  • Rathenow (326): minesweeper
  • : Schnellboot 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):
  • : Type 1934 destroyer
  • 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

S

  • : 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<!-- Black swan class Hart or ?? --> 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
  • Schwabenland: 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
  • : Schnellboot 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:
  • : Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
  • : light cruiser, launched 1906
  • Südperd (E172): replenishment vessel
  • Suhl: minesweeper
  • : (Type 332) minehunter
  • Sylt: harbour tug; Sylt-class

T

  • 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
  • : (Type 139 patrol trawler)
  • 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)

U

  • 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

V

  • : 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

W

  • : 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
  • : Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964
  • : Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine
  • Wilhelm Bauer: submarine tender Wilhelm-Bauer-class
  • Wilhelm Florin (815): torpedo boat
  • : Type 1936 destroyer
  • 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

Y

  • : 10,000 ton armored cruiser, launched 1904

Z

  • : 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 Vorpostenboot.
  • : 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

  • : Schnellboot 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
  • : Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993<!-- ? -->
  • : Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964
  • : 76-ton experimental submarine
  • V108:
  • : , 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
  • : German Type 1942 destroyer launched 1944

See also

  • List of German Navy ship classes
  • List of ships of the Second World War

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, ).
  • Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung, "Schiffsnummernverzeichnis für Schiffe, Boote und Betriebsfahrzeuge der Deutschen Marine und des Wehrtechnischen Bereichs", 2002
  • Deutsche Marine&nbsp;– Schiffsliste janmaat.de
  • Kriegsmarine ships