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List of naval ships of Germany

List of naval ships of Germany

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

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A

  • Acheron: hulk, launched 1877
  • Acheron: submarine tender, launched 1919
  • Acheron: minesweeper, launched 1967
  • Adam Kuckhoff: P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Adam Kuckhoff: Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3; seaplane tender
  • Adjutant: tender, launched 1905
  • Adjutant: auxiliary mine-layer, launched 1937
  • Adler: 880 ton Habicht-class gunboat, launched 1883
  • Adler: training vessel, launched 1908
  • Adler: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Admiral Graf Spee: 12,000 ton Deutschland-class heavy cruiser, launched 1933
  • Admiral Hipper: 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, launched 1937
  • Admiral Scheer: 12,000 ton Deutschland-class heavy cruiser, launched 1934
  • Adolf Bestelmeyer: experimental craft, launched 1943
  • Adolf Lüderitz: Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940
  • Ägir: 3,700 ton Odin-class coastal defense ship: launched 1895
  • Ahrenshoop (GS08): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Albatros (1926): Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 9 April 1940
  • Albatros (S7): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
  • Albatros (S61): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Albatros: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Albatross (1871): gunboat, launched 1871
  • Albatross (1907): 2,000 ton Nautilus-class minelayer: launched 1907
  • Albert Gast (734): Osa-class missile boat
  • Albert Leo Schlageter: Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship Sagres in 1961
  • Albin Köbis: training vessel, ex-Ernst Thälmann
  • Albin Köbis (S-712): Osa-class missile boat
  • Albin Köbis (571): Tarantul-class corvette
  • Aldebaran: minesweeper, launched 1941
  • Alders: tender, launched 1918
  • Alexandrine: corvette, launched 1885
  • Alfred Merz: buoy tender
  • Algol: minesweeper, launched 1943
  • Algol: minesweeper, launched 1963
  • Alice Roosevelt: torpedo boat, launched 1886
  • Alk (S29): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
  • Alk (S55): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Alliance: NATO research vessel under German flag, in service since 1988
  • Alster: survey vessel, launched 1961
  • Alster: Oste-class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
  • Altenburg (314): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Altentreptow (GS04): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Altmark (H11): Ohre-class support ship
  • Amazone (1843): 3-masted sail corvette of the Prussian Navy
  • Amazone (1900): 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser
  • Amazone: minesweeper, launched 1963
  • Ammerland: submarine tender, launched 1921
  • Ammersee: Walchensee-class (Type 703) small coastal tanker
  • Amrum: Sylt-class tug
  • Angeln: transport, launched 1954
  • Angermünde (214): Parchim-class corvette
  • Anklam: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Anklam (S426): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Anklam (635): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Answald: seaplane tender
  • Anton Saefkow (826): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Anton Saefkow (853): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Anton Schmitt (Z22): Type 1936 destroyer, launched 1938
  • Arcona: frigate, launched 1858
  • Arcona: corvette, launched 1885
  • Arcona: 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser, launched 22 April 1902, commissioned 12 May 1903, recommissioned 27 May 1940 as a floating anti-aircraft battery, scrapped 1948
  • Ariadne: corvette, launched 1871
  • Ariadne: 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser, launched 1900
  • Ariadne: Ariadne-class minesweeper
  • Arkona: experimental craft, launched 1918
  • Arkona: Sperling-class buoy tender
  • Arkona (D113): SK-76-class buoy tender
  • Arkturus: minesweeper, launched 1943
  • Arminius: Unique ironclad warship
  • Artur Becker (828): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Artur Becker (816): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Arvid Harnack (821): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Arvid Harnack (813): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Atair: minesweeper, launched 1941
  • Atair: minesweeper, launched 1961
  • Atlantis: 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Atlantis: Frauenlob-class minesweeper, launched 1961
  • Aue: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Auerbach/Oberpfalz: Ensdorf-class (Type 352) minesweeper
  • Augsburg (cruiser): 4,400 ton Kolberg-class light cruiser, launched 1909
  • Augsburg (F222): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988
  • Augsburg (F213): Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
  • Augusta: Augusta-class corvette
  • August Lüttgens (732): Osa-class missile boat
  • Ayesha: schooner, launched 1907

B

C

  • Calbe: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Camäleon: gunboat, launched 1860
  • Camaeleon: armoured gunboat, launched 1878
  • Cap Arcona: 27,500 tonnes converted from ocean liner to troop ship, launched 1927, sunk 1945
  • Cap Trafalgar: 18,710 GRT, auxiliary cruiser, launched 1913, sunk 1914
  • Capella: minesweeper; R-boat
  • Capella: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Carl F. Gauss: survey vessel; Kondor-II-class
  • Carl Peters: fleet tender, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940
  • Carl Zeiss: training vessel, launched 1939
  • Carmen: torpedo boat, launched 1886
  • Carola: corvette, launched 1880
  • Castor:R-boat, commissioned 1944—1962
  • Castor: Krebs-class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
  • Charlotte: corvette, launched 1885
  • Claus von Bevern: experimental craft, launched 1911
  • Cobra: mine warfare vessel, launched 1926
  • Coburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
  • Cöln (1909): 4,400 ton Kolberg-class light cruiser, launched 1909
  • Cöln (1916): 5,600 ton Cöln-class light cruiser, launched 1916
  • Colberg: guard ship
  • Comet: gunboat, launched 1860, commissioned 1861—1881
  • Comet: aviso, launched 1892
  • Concordia: gun sloop, launched 1848
  • Condor: cruiser, launched 1892
  • Cormoran: light cruiser, launched 1892, scuttled 1914
  • Cormoran: auxiliary cruiser, scuttled 1917
  • Coronel: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Cottbus: Habicht-class minesweeper
  • Cottbus (614): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Crocodill (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Crocodill (1879): armoured gunboat, launched 1879
  • Cuxhaven: Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000
  • Cyclop: gunboat, launched 1860
  • Cyclop: dock ship, launched 1916

D

E

  • Eber (1887): gunboat, launched 1887
  • Eber: Iltis-class gunboat, launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917
  • Eberswalde: Robbe-class landing craft
  • Eberswalde/Finow (634): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Eckernförde (1843): frigate, later renamed Gefion
  • Eduard Jungmann (1907): training craft
  • Egerland (1939): supply ship
  • Eidechse (1944): landing craft
  • Eider: customs steamer
  • Eider: Isles-class (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy HMS Flint
  • Eifel: tanker; Klasse 766
  • Eilenburg (344): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Eisbär: Eisvogel-class (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997
  • Eisbär: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1979
  • Eisenach: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Eisenhüttenstadt: Robbe-class landing craft
  • Eisenhüttenstadt (615): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Eisleben: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Eisleben (312): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Eismöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
  • Eisvogel: Eisvogel-class (Type 721) icebreaker
  • Eisvogel: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1972
  • Elbe (1831): schooner, launched 1831
  • Elbe: R-boat tender
  • Elbe: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
  • Elbe (A511): Elbe-class (Type 404) replenishment ship
  • Elbing: Pillau-class light cruiser, launched 1914
  • Elisabeth: frigate, 1868
  • Ellerbek: harbour tug; Neuende-class
  • Elsass: 13,000 ton Braunschweig-class battleship, launched 1903
  • Elsaß (1930): mine warfare vessel
  • Elster (S19): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
  • Elster (S54): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Elster: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Emden (1908): 3,700 ton Dresden-class light cruiser, launched 1908
  • Emden (1915): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1916
  • Emden (cruiser): 6,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1925
  • Emden (F221): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1983
  • Emden (F210): Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
  • Ems (1940): tender
  • Emsland (1943): tanker
  • Ensdorf: Ensdorf-class (Type 352) minesweeper
  • Erfurt: Krake-class minesweeper
  • Erfurt: Braunschweig-class (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
  • Erich Giese (Z12): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Erich Koellner (Z13): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Erich Kuttner (863): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Erich Steinbrinck (Z15): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Ermland (1939): supply ship
  • Ernst Grube (833): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Ernst Schneller (864): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Ernst Schneller(851): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Ernst Thälmann (141): Riga-class frigate
  • Erwin Wassner (1938): submarine escort vessel
  • Erzherzog Johann: corvette, launched 1840
  • Esau (1941): fast attack craft
  • Esper Ort (D28): SK-64-class buoy tender
  • ESSO Hamburg (1939): tanker
  • Etkar André (822): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Etkar André (811): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Eutin (1943): tanker
  • Eversand: Bottsand-class oil recovery ship, commissioned 1984

F

G

H

  • Habicht (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Habicht (1879): gunboat, launched 1879
  • Habicht (S26): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
  • Habicht (S69): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Habicht: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Häher (S18): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
  • Häher (S51): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Hagen (1893): 3,700 ton Siegfried-class coastal defense ship, launched 1893
  • Hagen (1921): training craft
  • Hagenow: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Hagenow (632): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Hai (1935): escort vessel
  • Hai: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U-2365
  • Hai: Type M-9-463 salvage tug
  • Halle: Krake-class minesweeper
  • Halle (143): Koni-class frigate
  • Hamburg (1841): corvette, launched 1841
  • Hamburg (cruiser): 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser, launched 1903
  • Hamburg (D181): Hamburg-class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
  • Hamburg (F220): Sachsen-class (Type 124) frigate
  • Hameln (1959): Vegesack-class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
  • Hameln (M1092): Ensdorf-class (Type 352) minesweeper
  • Hanno Günther (845): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Hannover: 13,000 ton Deutschland-class battleship, launched 1905
  • Hans Albrecht Wedel: air control ship; K-VI-class
  • Hans Beimler (862): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Hans Beimler (575): Tarantul-class corvette
  • Hans Bürkner (1961): support vessel
  • Hans Christian Oderstedt (1943): experimental craft
  • Hans Coppi (863): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Hans Coppi (812): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Hans Lody (Z10): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Hans Lüdemann (Z18): Type 1936 destroyer
  • Hans Rolshoven: air control ship
  • Hans Techel: Type 202 submarine
  • Hansa (1847): frigate, launched 1847
  • Hansa (1872): armoured corvette, launched 1872
  • Hansa (1898): 5,700 ton Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser, launched 1898
  • Hansa (auxiliary cruiser): 19,200 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Hansa (1957): minesweeper
  • Hansestadt Danzig: minelayer
  • Harz (1953): tanker
  • Harz: (H31): Ohre-class supply ship
  • Havel (1919): tender
  • Havelland (H51): Ohre-class supply ship
  • Hay (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Hay (1881): gunboat, launched 1881
  • Hay (1907): artillery tender and training vessel
  • Hecht (1917): experimental craft
  • Hecht: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U-2367
  • Heimdall: 3,700 ton Siegfried-class coastal defense ship, launched 1892
  • Heimdall: training craft
  • Heinrich Dorrenbach (711): Osa-class missile boat
  • Heinz Kapelle (823): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Heinz Kapelle (811): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Heinz Roggenkamp (1952): experimental craft
  • Hela (1852): schooner, launched 1853
  • Hela: 2,000 ton unique aviso, launched 1895
  • Hela (1919): fleet tender
  • Hela (1938): fleet tender
  • Helgoland (battleship): 23,000 ton Helgoland-class battleship, launched 1909
  • Helgoland (A1457): Helgoland-class (Type 720) tug, decommissioned 1997
  • Heppens: harbour tug; Neuende-class
  • Herbert Balzer (825): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Herbert Norkus (1939): sailing school ship
  • Herkules (1960): minesweeper
  • Hermann Künne (Z19): Type 1936 destroyer
  • Hermann Schoemann (Z7): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Hermann von Helmholtz (1943): experimental craft
  • Hermann von Wissmann (1940): tender
  • Hermelin (S38): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
  • Hermelin (S73): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Hermes (ZG3): captured Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios
  • Hermes: submarine chaser, launched 1960
  • Herten: Kulmbach-class (Type 332) minehunter
  • Hertha (1864): frigate, launched 1864
  • Hertha: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser, launched 1897
  • Hertha (1961): minesweeper
  • Hessen (battleship): 13,000 ton Braunschweig-class battleship, launched 1903
  • Hessen (D184): Hamburg-class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
  • Hessen (F221): Sachsen-class (Type 124) frigate, commissioned 2006
  • Hettstadt (315): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Hiddensee: Project 35 tanker
  • Hiddensee: corvette; Tarantul-I-class
  • Hildebrand: 3,700 ton Siegfried-class coastal defense ship, possibly not completed
  • Hildebrand (1921): training craft
  • Hille (1917): minesweeper tender
  • Hindenburg: 27,000 ton Derfflinger-class battlecruiser, launched 1915
  • Hipper: Black Swan-class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Actaeon, commissioned 1959 to 1964
  • Hohenzollern (1876): imperial yacht
  • Hohenzollern (1892): imperial yacht
  • Hohenzollern (1914): imperial yacht
  • Holnis (1965): minesweeper
  • Homburg: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
  • Horst Wessel: Sail training ship, launched 1936, became United States Coast Guard USCGC Eagle
  • Hoyerswerda: Robbe-class landing craft
  • Hoyerswerda (611): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Hugin (1917): training craft
  • Hugin: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1973
  • Hugo Ecken (A114): Havanna-class air control vessel
  • Hugo Zeye (1940): torpedo training vessel
  • Hummel: armoured gunboat, launched 1881
  • Hummel (1940): escort vessel
  • Hyäne (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Hyäne (1878): gunboat, launched 1878
  • Hyäne (S40): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
  • Hyäne (S80): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Hydrograph: survey vessel

I

  • Ida (1859): armed steam ship
  • Ill (1928): supply ship
  • Ilmenau: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Iltis: gunboat
  • Iltis (gunboat): Iltis-class gunboat, launched 4 August 1898, commissioned 1 December 1898 to 28 August 1914
  • Iltis (1905): auxiliary cruiser
  • Iltis (1927): torpedo boat
  • Iltis (S2): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1975
  • Iltis (S42): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Immelmann: air control ship; K V-class
  • Inger: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
  • Irben (1935): mine-warfare vessel
  • Irene: 5,000 ton Irene-class protected cruiser, launched 1887
  • Isar (1930): submarine tender
  • Isar: Mosel-class (Type 402) tender

J

  • Jade (1967): support ship
  • Jäger: gunboat, launched 1860
  • Jäger (1883): torpedo gunboat
  • Jagd: aviso, launched 1888
  • Jagd (1919): tender
  • Jagd (1935): escort vessel
  • Jaguar (gunboat): Iltis-class gunboat, launched 19 August 1898, commissioned 4 April 1899, scuttled 7 November 1914
  • Jaguar (1928): torpedo boat
  • Jaguar (S1): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957 to 1973
  • Jaguar (S47): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Jasmund (K41): Darss-class survey vessel
  • Jena: Schwalbe-class 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: P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Josef Schares (753): Osa-class missile boat
  • Jüterbog (342): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Juist (1968): diver training vessel
  • Juist: Wangerooge-class (Type 722) tug
  • Julius Adler: P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Juminda (1894): mine warfare vessel
  • Jungingen (1919): tender
  • Jupiter (1874): harbour craft, launched 1874
  • Jupiter (1944): minesweeper
  • Jupiter (1961): minesweeper

K

L

M

N

  • Najade: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
  • Nassau: 19,000 ton Nassau-class battleship, launched 1908
  • Natter (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Natter (1880): armoured gunboat, launched 1880
  • Natter: submarine chaser
  • Natter: Otter-class
  • Nauen: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Nautilus (1871): gunboat, launched 1871
  • Nautilus: 2,000 ton Nautilus-class minelayer, launched 1907
  • Nautilus: experimental craft; minesweeper 1915
  • Nautilus: minesweeper; Frauenlob-class
  • Neckar: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
  • Neiße: submarine tender
  • Neptun: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Nerz (S34): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
  • Nerz (S74): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Nettelbeck: minesweeper
  • Neubrandenburg: Habicht-class minesweeper
  • Neubrandenburg (633): Frosch I-class landing craft
  • Neuende: harbour tug; Neuende-class
  • Neuruppin (345): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Neumark: Neumark-class
  • Neuwerk: harbour tug; Sylt-class
  • Neustrelitz (G412): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Niedersachsen: mine-warfare ships
  • Niedersachsen: Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
  • Nienburg: supply ship; Lüneburg-class
  • Niobe (1849): schooner, launched 1849
  • Niobe (cruiser): 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser
  • Niobe: Sail training ship, launched 1913
  • Niobe: training vessel, Holland-class
  • Niobe: experimental craft
  • Nix: aviso, launched 1850
  • Nixe: corvette, launched 1885
  • Nixe: minesweeper; Ariadne-class
  • Norderney: Wangerooge-class (Type 722) tug, decommissioned
  • Nordperd (E171): Frosch II-class 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
  • Nürnberg (1906): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1906
  • Nürnberg (1916): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1916
  • Nürnberg (cruiser): 8,000 ton Leipzig-class cruiser, launched 1934, became Soviet Admiral Makarov
  • Nymphe (1863): corvette, launched 1863
  • Nymphe (cruiser): 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser
  • Nymphe (coastal defense ship): Norwegian Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship HNoMS Tordenskjold captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.

O

  • Odenwald: Westerwald-class (Type 760) ammunition transport ship, decommissioned
  • Odin: 3,700 ton Odin-class coastal defense ship, launched 1894
  • Odin: Odin-class
  • Odin: minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler
  • Offenburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
  • Oker: Oste-class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
  • Oker: Oker-class
  • Oldenburg (1884): 5,250 ton unique coastal armored ship, launched 1884
  • Oldenburg: 23,000 ton Helgoland-class battleship, launched 1910
  • Oldenburg: mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class
  • Oldenburg (F263): Braunschweig-class (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
  • Olga: Training ship
  • Oranienburg (341): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Orion (auxiliary cruiser): 15,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Orion: R-boat
  • Orion (minesweeper): Krebs-class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990
  • Oste: tender, Faettenfjord-class
  • Oste: Oste-class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
  • Ostfriesland: 23,000 ton Helgoland-class battleship, launched 1909
  • Ostmark: seaplane tender
  • Ostmark: mine-warfare ships
  • Ostseeland (II): representation yacht
  • Ostseeland: representation yacht; Kondor-II-class
  • Oswald: tender, Seaplane tender
  • Otter (1877): gunboat, launched 1877
  • Otter (1909): river gunboat, launched 1909
  • Otter: mine-warfare ship; Irben-class
  • Otter: Otter-class
  • Otto Braun: experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916
  • Otto Tost (731): Osa-class missile boat
  • Otto von Guericke (A46): Piast-class salvage tug
  • Otto Wünsche: submarine tender; Wilhelm-Bauer-class
  • Ozelot (S37): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
  • Ozelot (S78): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

P

  • Paderborn: Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
  • Palmer Ort (D39): SK-64-class buoy tender
  • Panther (gunboat): Iltis-class gunboat, launched 1 April 1901, commissioned 15 March 1903, sold 1931, scrapped
  • Panther (destroyer), Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer HNoMS Odin captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
  • Panther (S24): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
  • Panther (S50): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Parchim (215): Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Parchim (242): Parchim-class corvette
  • Pasewalk (GS05): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Passat: mine-warfare ships, supply ship
  • Passat: harbour tug; Klasse 729
  • Passau (minesweeper): Vegesack-class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
  • Passau (M1096): Kulmbach-class (Type 332) minehunter
  • Paul Eisenschneider (574): Tarantul-class corvette
  • Paul Eisenschneider (713): Osa-class missile boat
  • Paul Jakobi (Z5): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Paul Schulz (752): Osa-class missile boat
  • Paul Wieczorek (754): Osa-class missile boat
  • Pegasus: minesweeper; R-boat
  • Pegasus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Pegnitz: Ensdorf-class (Type 352) minesweeper
  • Pelikan: transport, mine-warfare ships, RM
  • Pelikan: experimental craft; Minesweeper 1915
  • Pelikan (S30): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
  • Pelikan (S53): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Pellworm: harbour tug; Klasse 729
  • Perleberg (245): Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Perleberg (243): Parchim-class corvette
  • Perseus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Peter Strasser: 28,000 ton Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier, never launched
  • Pfälzerland: transport; Klasse 785
  • Pfeil (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Pfeil (1882): aviso, launched 1882
  • Pfeil: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1965
  • Phoenix: air control ship
  • Piercer: customs cutter
  • Pillau: Pillau-class light cruiser, launched 1914
  • Pinguin (auxiliary cruiser): 17,600 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Pinguin (S22): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1973
  • Pinguin (S58): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Pionier: sea cutter
  • Planet: survey vessel; Planet-class
  • Planet: research vessel
  • Planet: research vessel
  • Planet: Planet-class research ship (Type 752), commissioned 2005
  • Plön: harbour tug; Klasse 729
  • Plötze: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
  • Pluto: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Poel: Project 35 tanker
  • Pössneck: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Pollux: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Pollux: Krebs-class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
  • Pommern: mine-warfare ships
  • Preußen: mine-warfare ships
  • Preußen: mine-warfare ships
  • Pommerania: aviso, launched 1864
  • Pommern: 13,000 ton Deutschland-class battleship, launched 1905
  • Posen: 19,000 ton Nassau-class battleship, launched 1908
  • Potsdam: Krake-class minesweeper
  • Prenzlau: Project 2 training ship
  • Prenzlau: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Prenzlau (231): Parchim-class corvette
  • Prerow (G413): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Preussen (1873): 6,800 ton Preussen-class ironclad, launched 1873
  • Preussen (1903): 13,000 ton Braunschweig-class battleship, launched 1903
  • Preussischer Adler: aviso, launched 1846
  • Prinz Adalbert (1865): Unique ironclad, originally ordered by the Confederate States Navy
  • Prinz Adalbert (1876): corvette, launched 1876
  • Prinz Adalbert (1901): 9,000 ton Prinz Adalbert-class armored cruiser, 1901
  • Prinz Eitel Friedrich: cruiser
  • Prinz Eugen: 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, launched 1938
  • Prinz Heinrich: 9,000 ton unique armored cruiser, 1900
  • Prinzess Wilhelm: cruiser, launched 1887
  • Prinzregent Luitpold: 25,000 ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1911
  • Pritzwalk (325): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Puma (S39): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1981
  • Puma (S72): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Putlos: Todendorf-class

R

  • Ranzow (D114): SK-64-class buoy tender
  • Rathenow (326): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Raubmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
  • Raule: R-boat tender, minesweeper
  • Raule: Hunt-class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Albrighton, commissioned through 1967
  • Regensburg: Graudenz-class light cruiser, launched 1914
  • Regulus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Regulus: Krebs-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: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Reiher (S20): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973
  • Reiher (S59): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Renke: Landing craft, decommissioned
  • Rendsburg: armed trawler
  • Renown: artillery training vessel
  • Rerik (G426): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Restaurador: gun boat
  • Rhein: mine steamer; Rhein-class
  • Rhein: mine transport; Irben-class
  • Rhein: 238 ton Rhein-class monitor, launched 1872
  • Rhein: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
  • Rhein (A513): Elbe-class (Type 404) replenishment ship
  • Rheinland: 19,000 ton Nassau-class battleship, launched 1908
  • Rheinland-Pfalz: Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
  • Rhön: Rhön-class (Type 704) tanker
  • Ribnitz-Damgarten (216): Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Ribnitz-Damgarten (233): Parchim-class
  • Richard Beitzen (Z4): Type 1934 destroyer
  • Richthofen: air control ship; K-VI-class
  • Riems: Project 35 tanker
  • Riesa (322): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Rigel: minesweeper; R-boatder WM
  • Rigel: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Rival: torpedo boat, tug
  • Robbe: Type M-9-463
  • Rochen: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
  • Röbel (324): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Roland: mine-warfare ships
  • Rommel: Lütjens-class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
  • Roon: 10,000 ton Roon-class armored cruiser, launched 1903
  • Rosslau (V813): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Rostock: Karlsruhe-class light cruiser, launched 1912
  • Rostock (1918): Cöln-class cruiser, launched 1918, not completed
  • Rostock: Krake-class minesweeper
  • Rostock (141): Koni-class frigate
  • Rottweil: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
  • Rover: brigg, launched 1853
  • Ruden: Project RL 235 supply ship
  • Rudi André (824): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Rudolf Breitscheid (842): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Rudolf Breitscheid (852): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Rudolf Diesel: experimental craft; YMS-class* Rudolf Eglhofer (572): Tarantul-class corvette
  • Rudolf Eglhofer (751): Osa-class missile boat
  • Rugard: R-boat tender
  • Ruhr: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender

S

  • S113: Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918
  • Saar: submarine tender
  • Saar: Mosel-class (Type 402) tender
  • Saarburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
  • SMS Sachsen: 7,800 ton Sachsen-class ironclad, launched 1877
  • Sachsen (1916): 29,000 ton Bayern-class battleship, not completed
  • Sachsen (F219): Sachsen-class (Type 124) frigate
  • Sachsenwald: mine transport, Sachsenwald-class
  • Salamander (1850): aviso, launched 1850
  • Salamander (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Salamander (1880): armoured gunboat, launched 1880
  • Salamander: landing craft; Eidechse-class
  • Salm: Landing craft, decommissioned
  • Santa Elena: seaplane tender
  • Sassnitz (91): Sassnitz-class missile boat
  • Sassnitz: Habicht-class 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
  • Scharnhorst (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton Scharnhorst-class armored cruiser, launched 1906
  • Scharnhorst (battleship): 35,000 ton Scharnhorst-class battleship, launched 1936
  • Scharnhorst (F 213): Black Swan-class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Mermaid, commissioned 1959 to 1968
  • Scheer: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1967
  • Schlei: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
  • Schlesien: 13,000 ton Deutschland-class battleship, launched 1906
  • Schleswig: Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
  • Schleswig-Holstein (battleship): 13,000 ton Deutschland-class battleship, launched 1906
  • Schleswig-Holstein (D182): Hamburg-class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
  • Schleswig-Holstein (F216): Brandenburg-class (Type 123) frigate
  • Schneewittchen: torpedo boat, station yacht
  • Schönebeck (314): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Schütze: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
  • Schütze: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Schwaben: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach-class battleship, launched 1901
  • Schwabenland: seaplane tender
  • Schwalbe (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Schwalbe (1887): cruiser, launched 1887
  • Schwarzwald: Schwarzwald-class (Type 706) replenishment ship
  • Schwedt: Robbe-class landing craft
  • Schwedt (636): Frosch-I-class landing craft
  • Schwerin: troop transport, mine-warfare ships
  • Schwerin: Habicht-class minesweeper
  • Schwerin (612): Frosch-I-class landing craft
  • Scorpion (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Scorpion (1877): armoured gunboat, launched 1877
  • Sedan: Leipzig-class corvette
  • Seeadler (cruiser): 1,650 ton Bussard-class light cruiser, launched 1892
  • Seeadler: torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class
  • Seeadler (S6): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1976
  • Seeadler (S68): Albatros-class (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: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Seydlitz (battlecruiser): 25,000 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1912
  • Seydlitz (cruiser): 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, selected while under construction for conversion to an aircraft carrier, never completed
  • Siegburg: Ensdorf-class (Type 352) minesweeper
  • Siegen: Vegesack-class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
  • Siegfried: 3,700 ton Siegfried-class coastal defense ship, launched 1889
  • Sicher: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
  • Sigfrid: minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler
  • Silbermöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956 to 1967
  • Sinop: battleship, launched 1878
  • Sirius: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Sirius: Krebs-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): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Sonneberg: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Sophie: corvette, launched 1881
  • Sovetskaya Ukraina: Captured from the Soviet Union under construction, not completed
  • Sperber (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Sperber (1888): cruiser, launched 1888
  • Sperber: seaplane tender; Luftwaffe
  • Sperber: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Sperber (S27): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
  • Sperber (S65): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Spessart: Rhön-class (Type 704) tanker
  • Spica: training vessel
  • Spica: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Spica: Krebs-class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961 to 1992
  • Spiekeroog: Wangerooge-class (Type 722) tug
  • Steigerwald: mine transport, Sachsenwald-class
  • Stein: 3,000 ton Bismarck-class corvette, launched 1879
  • Steinbock: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Stendal: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Sternberg: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Sternberg (212: Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Stettin: Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1907
  • Stier: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Stier: minesweeper, mine diving vessel Schütze-class
  • Stör: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
  • Störtebeker: experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916
  • Stollergrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
  • Storch (S17): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1974
  • Storch (S52): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Stosch: 3,000 ton Bismarck-class corvette, launched 1877
  • Strahl: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962 to 1967
  • Stralsund (1816): schooner, launched 1816
  • Stralsund: Magdeburg-class light cruiser, launched 1911
  • Strahl: experimental craft
  • Stralsund: mine-warfare ships
  • Stralsund: Habicht-class minesweeper
  • Stralsund (334): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Strasburg (346): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Strassburg: Magdeburg-class light cruiser, launched 1911
  • Strelasund (V662): Kondor-class torpedo recovery vessel
  • Stubbenkammer: Sperling-class buoy tender
  • Sturmmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
  • Stuttgart: Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1906
  • Südperd (E172): Frosch-II-class replenishment vessel
  • Suhl: Habicht-class minesweeper
  • Sulzbach-Rosenberg: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
  • Sylt: harbour tug; Sylt-class

T

  • Taku: minesweeper 1916
  • Tanga: E-boat tender
  • Tangerhütte (333): Kondor-class 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
  • Tegernsee: Walchensee-class (Type 703) small coastal tanker
  • Templin (GS06): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Teterow (241: Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Teterow (234): Parchim-class corvette
  • Thale: Project 17
  • Theodor Riedel (Z6): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Thetis (1846): frigate, launched 1846
  • Thetis (cruiser): 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser
  • Thetis (Flak ship): Norwegian Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship HNoMS Harald Haarfagre captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.
  • Theseus: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
  • Thetis: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
  • Thor: 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Thielbek: 2,800 ton Converted from freighter to transport ship, sunk 1945
  • Thorn: river gunboat, launched 1826
  • Thüringen: 23,000 ton Helgoland-class battleship, launched 1909
  • Tiger (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Tiger (gunboat): Iltis-class gunboat, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914
  • Tiger: torpedo boat; Raubtier-class
  • Tiger (1940), Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer HNoMS Tor captured in April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
  • Tiger (S23): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974
  • Tiger (S41): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Timmendorf: supply ship
  • Tirpitz: 42,000 ton Bismarck-class battleship, launched 1939
  • Todendorf: Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class; Wehrbereichskommando Küste
  • Togo, Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS Otra captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer
  • Togo: nightfighter control ship
  • Torgau: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Trave: Isles-class (Type 139 patrol trawler)
  • Trave: Schul- und Begleitschiff, später Messboot; Eider-class
  • Trischen: harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class
  • Tsingtao: river gunboat, launched 1903
  • Triton: survey vessel
  • Triton: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
  • Tsingtau: E-boat tender
  • Tummler: cutter, training vessel
  • Tübingen (M1074): Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
  • Tübingen: Fulda-class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
  • Tümmler: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

U

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

V

  • Vaterland: river gunboat, launched 1903
  • Vegesack: Vegesack-class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
  • Versailles: mine-warfare ships
  • Victoria Louise: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser, launched 1897
  • Victoria: corvette; Augusta-class
  • Vilm: Project RL 235 tanker
  • Vineta (1863): frigate, launched 1863
  • Vineta: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser, launched 1897
  • Vineta: minesweeper; Ariadne-class
  • Viper: armoured gunboat, launched 1876
  • Viper: landing craft; Eidechse-class
  • Vitte (G421): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Vogelsand: harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class
  • Vogelsand: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
  • Vogtland (H71): Ohre-class
  • Völkingen (M1087): Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
  • Völkingen: Fulda-class (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
  • Von der Tann (gunboat): steam-powered gunboat, 1848 to 1862
  • Von der Tann (battlescruiser): 19,400 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1909
  • Vulkan: submarine salvage vessel
  • Vorwärts: river gunboat, launched 1899
  • Vorwärts: torpedo boat; Schütze-class

W

  • Wolf: gunboat
  • Wolf: gunboat
  • Wolf: auxiliary cruiser
  • Wolf: 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
  • Wacht: aviso, launched 1887
  • Wacht: tender; Minesweeper 1916
  • Walchensee: Walchensee-class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
  • Waldemar Kophamel: submarine tender; Wilhelm-Bauer-class
  • Walfisch, ex-Borwin: tug
  • Walter Husemann (856): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Walter Krämer (712): Osa-class missile boat
  • Walther von Ledebur: experimental craft
  • Wangerooge: Wangerooge-class (Type 722) tug
  • Waren: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Waren (224): Parchim-class corvette
  • Wega: minesweeper; R-boat
  • Wega: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Weichsel: submarine tender
  • Weiden: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter, commissioned 1993 to 2006
  • Weihe: SO-I-class submarine chaser
  • Weihe (S15): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972
  • Weihe (S57): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Weilheim (M1077): Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995
  • Weilheim (M1059): Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
  • Weimar: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Weissenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg-class battleship, launched 1891
  • Weisswasser: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Welle: experimental craft
  • Wels: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
  • Werdau: Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Werra (tender): Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
  • Werra (A514): Elbe-class (Type 404) replenishment ship
  • Weser: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
  • Weser: fishery protection vessel, minesweeper tender
  • Wespe (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Wespe (1876): gunboat, launched 1876
  • Wespe: training vessel; Wespe-class
  • Westensee: Walchensee-class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
  • Westerwald: Westerwald-class (Type 760) ammunition transport ship
  • Westfalen: 19,000 ton Nassau-class battleship, launched 1908
  • Westfalen: seaplane tender
  • Wettin: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach-class battleship, launched 1900
  • Wetzlar (M1075): Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
  • Wetzlar: Fulda-class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995
  • Widder: 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
  • Widder: minesweeper; Schütze-class
  • Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden-class light cruiser, launched 1915
  • Wiesbaden (1917): Cöln-class cruiser, launched 1917, not completed
  • Wiesel (S32): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984
  • Wiesel (S79): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Wildschwan: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964
  • Wilhelm Bauer: Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U-2540
  • Wilhelm Bauer: submarine tender Wilhelm-Bauer-class
  • Wilhelm Florin (815): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Wilhelm Heidkamp (Z21): Type 1936 destroyer
  • Wilhelm Leuschner (824): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Wilhelm Pieck (S61): Wodnik-class training ship
  • Wilhem-Pieck-Stadt Guben (323): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Willi Bänsch (844): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Willi Bänsch (831): Shershen-class torpedo boat
  • Wische: Ohre-class
  • Wismar: Project 4
  • Wismar (214: Hai-class submarine chaser
  • Wismar (241): Parchim-class corvette
  • Wittelsbach: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach-class battleship, launched 1900
  • Wittensee: tanker; Klasse 763
  • Wittow (E661): Darss-class supply ship
  • Wittstock (315): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Wolf (1860): gunboat, launched 1860
  • Wolf (1878): gunboat, launched 1878
  • Wolf (S3): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975
  • Wolf (S49): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
  • Wolfgang Thiess (866): P-6-class torpedo boat
  • Wolfgang Zenker (Z9): Type 1934A destroyer
  • Wolfsburg: Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
  • Wolgast: Habicht-class minesweeper
  • Wolgast (V811): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Worms: Vegesack-class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
  • Wörth: 10,500 ton Brandenburg-class battleship, launched 1892
  • Württemberg (1878): 7,800 ton Sachsen-class frigate, launched 1878
  • Württemberg (1917): 29,000 ton Bayern-class battleship, not completed
  • Wurzen: Schwalbe-class minesweeper

Y

Z

  • Zähringen: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach-class battleship, launched 1901
  • Zander (A45): Zander-class salvage tug
  • Zander: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
  • Zeitz: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
  • Zeitz (314): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Zephir: torpedo boat, Tug
  • Zerbst (335): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Zick, Norwegian Trygg-class torpedo boat HNoMS Trygg captured in 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot.
  • Zieten: aviso, launched 1876
  • Zieten: tender, fishery protection vessel, minesweeper
  • Zingst (G444): Kondor-class minesweeper
  • Zobel (S31): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1982
  • Zobel (S75): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
  • Zwickau: Schwalbe-class minesweeper

Unnamed

For unamed submarines, see List of U-boats of Germany.

See also

References

  • Gröner, Erich (1985). Band 1. Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote. Vol. I. Munich: Bernard&Graefe. ISBN 3763748008. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Hansen, Hans Jürgen, "Die Schiffe der deutschen Flotten 1848–1945" (Urbes, Gräfelfing vor München, 1974, ISBN 3-924896-06-2).
  • 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
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