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List of naval ships of Germany

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

A

Admiral Graf Spee: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, launched 1933
Admiral Hipper: 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, launched 1937
Admiral Scheer: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, launched 1934
Adolf Lüderitz: Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940
Ägir: 3,700 ton Odin class coastal armored ship, launched 1895
Albatros: Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 9 April 1940
Albatros: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
Albatros: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Albatross: 2,000 ton Nautilus class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1907
Albert Leo Schlageter: Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship Sagres III in 1961
Alk: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
Alk: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Alster: Oste class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
Amazone: 3-masted sail corvette of the Preußische Marine
Amazone: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
Ammersee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker
Anton Schmitt: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Arcona: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser, launched 10 August 1900, commissioned 18 May 1901, recommissioned 27 May 1940 as a floating flak battery, scrapped 1948
Ariadne: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
Arminius: Unique ironclad warship
Atlantis HSK 2: 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Auerbach: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper, become Oberfalz
Augsburg: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1909
Augsberg: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988
Augsburg: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate

B

Bad Bevensen: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Bad Rappenau: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Baden: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1880
Baden: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, launched 1915
Barbe: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Bayern: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1878
Bayern: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, launched 1915
Bayern: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
Bayern: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
Beowulf: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1890
Berlin: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser
Berlin: Berlin class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
Bernd von Arnim: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Bismarck: 42,000 ton Bismarck class battleship, launched 1939
Blücher: 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908
Blücher: 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, launched 1937
Bottsand: Bottsand class oil recovery ship, commissioned 1984
Brandenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891
Brandenburg: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
Brasse: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Braunschweig: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1901
Braunschweig: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1964 to 1989
Braunschweig: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, building
Bremen: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1903
Bremen: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Bremse: 4,400 ton Brummer class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
Bremse: Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941
Breslau: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
Brommy: Hunt class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Eggesford, commissioned 1959 to 1965
Brummer: 4,400 ton Brummer class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
Brummer: Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940
Brummer: Minelayer, former Norwegian Olav Tryggvason, captured 9 April 1940
Bruno Heinemann: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Bussard: 1,650 ton Bussard class light cruiser, launched 1890
Bussard: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
Bussard: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Butt: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

C

Cap Arcona: 27,500 ton Converted from ocean liner to troop ship, launched 1927, sunk 1945
Carl Peters: Fleet tenders, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940
Castor: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
Coburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Cormoran: Converted from merchant ship to light cruiser
Coronel: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Cuxhaven: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000

D

Dachs: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
Dachs: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
Danzig: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1906
Datteln: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Delphin: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Derfflinger: 27,000 ton Derfflinger class battlecruiser, launched 1913
Detmold: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969
Deutschland: 7,600 ton Kaiser class armored frigate, launched 1872
Deutschland: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1904
Deutschland: 21,000 ton ocean liner converted in hospital ship, launched 1923, sunk 1945
Deutschland: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939
Diether von Roeder: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Dillingen: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Dommel: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974
Dommel: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Donau: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
Donau: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
Dorsch: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Dresden: 3,700 ton Dresden class light cruiser, launched 1907
Dresden: 5,600 ton Köln class light cruiser, launched 1917
Düren: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000

E

Eber: Iltis class gunboat, launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917
Eider: Isles class (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy HMS Flint
Eisbär: Eisvogel class (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997
Eismöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
Eisvogel: Eisvogel class (Type 721) icebreaker
Elbe: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
Elbe: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
Elbing: Pillau class light cruiser, launched 1914
Elsaß: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1903
Elster: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
Elster: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Emden: 3,700 ton Dresden class light cruiser, launched 1908
Emden: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1916
Emden: 6,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1925
Emden: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1983
Emden: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Ensdorf: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
Erfurt: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, planned
Erich Giese: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Erich Koellner: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Erich Steinbrinck: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Eversand: Bottsand class oil recovery ship, commissioned 1984

F

Falke: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
Falke: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Fehmarn: Helgoland class (Type 720) tug
Felchen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Flensburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1970, upgraded to Type 331
Flensburg: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1972 to 1991
Flunder: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Forelle: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Fulda: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, decommissioned 1992
Frankenthal: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Frankfurt: Wiesbaden class light cruiser, launched 1915
Frankfurt am Main: Berlin class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
Frauenlob: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
Frettchen: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1983
Frettchen: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
Freya: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise class protected cruiser, launched 1897
Freiburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Friedrich Carl: 9,000 ton Prinz Adalbert class armored cruiser, 1901
Friedrich der Große: 6,800 ton Preußen class armored frigate, launched 1874
Friedrich der Große: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
Friedrich Eckoldt: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Friedrich Ihn: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Friedrich Schürer: Type 202 submarine
Frithjof: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1892
Fuchs: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
Fuchs: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Fulda: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to present, upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade
Fulda: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Fürst Bismarck: 10,700 ton unique armored cruiser, launched 1897
Fürst Bismarck: Mackensen class battlecruiser, laid down in 1915 but never completed

G

G37: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1914
G38: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1914
G39: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
G40: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
G41: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
G42: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
Gazelle: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser, launched 1898
Gefion: 3,700 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1893
Geier: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
Geier: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Georg Thiele: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
Gepard: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
Gepard: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
Glücksburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Gneisenau: 11,600 ton Scharnhorst class armored cruiser, launched 1906
Gneisenau: 35,000 ton Sharnhorst class battleship, launched 1936
Gneisenau: Black Swan class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Oakley, commissioned 1958 to 1966
Goeben: 23,000 ton Moltke class battlecruiser, launched 1911
Gorch Fock: Sail training ship, launched 1933, became Soviet training ship Tovarishch
Gorch Fock II: Type 441 unique sail training barque, launched 1958
Göttingen: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
Göttingen: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1997
Graf Spee: Mackensen class battlecruiser, not completed
Graf Spee: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1964
Graf von Götzen: commissioned 1914
Graf Zeppelin: 28,000 ton Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier, launched 1938 but never completed
Graudenz: Graudenz class light cruiser, launched 1913
Greif: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
Greif: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Großer Kurfürst: 6,800 ton Preußen class armored frigate, launched 1875
Großer Kurfürst: 26,000 ton König class battleship, launched 1913
Grömitz: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter

H

Habicht: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
Habicht: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Hagen: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1893
Häher: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
Häher: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Hai: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2365
Hamburg: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1903
Hamburg: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
Hamburg: Sachsen class (Type 124) frigate
Hameln: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
Hameln: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
Hannover: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1905
Hans Lody: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Hans Lüdemann: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Hans Techel: Type 202 submarine
Hansa: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise class protected cruiser, launched 1898
Hansa: 19,200 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Hecht: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2367
Heimdall: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, launched 1892
Hela: 2,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1895
Helgoland: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1909
Helgoland: Helgoland class (Type 720) tug, decommissioned 1997
Hermann Künne: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Hermann Schoemann: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Hermelin: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
Hermelin: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
Herten: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
Hertha: 5,700 ton Viktoria Louise class protected cruiser, launched 1897
Hessen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1903
Hessen: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
Hessen: Sachsen class (Type 124) frigate, planned commission December 2005
Hildebrand: 3,700 ton Siegfried class coastal armored ship, possibly not completed
Hindenburg: 27,000 ton Derfflinger class battlecruiser, launched 1915
Hipper: Black Swan class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Actaeon, commissioned 1959 to 1964
Homburg: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Horst Wessel: Sail training ship, launched 1936, became United States Coast Guard USCGC Eagle
Hugin: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1973
Hyäne: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
Hyäne: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

I

Iltis: Iltis class gunboat, launched 4 August 1898, commissioned 1 December 1898 to 28 August 1914
Iltis: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1975
Iltis: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Inger: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Isar: Mosel class (Type 402) tender

J

Jaguar: Iltis class gunboat, launched 19 August 1898, commissioned 4 April 1899, scuttled 7 November 1914
Jaguar: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957 to 1973
Jaguar: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned

K

Kaiser: 7,600 ton Kaiser class armored frigate, launched 1874
Kaiser: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
Kaiser Barbarossa: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich III class battleship, launched 1900
Kaiser Friedrich III: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich III class battleship, launched 1896
Kaiser Karl der Große: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich III class battleship, launched 1899
Kaiser Wilhelm II: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich III class battleship, launched 1897
Kaiser Wilhelm der Große: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich III class battleship, launched 1899
Kaiserin: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
Kaiserin Augusta: 6,000 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892
Karl Galster: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Karlsruhe: Karlsruhe class light cruiser, launched 1912
Karlsruhe: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1915
Karlsruhe: 7,200 ton Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1927
Karlsruhe: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Karpfen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Koblenz: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
Koblenz: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1999
Kolberg: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1908
Köln: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1909
Köln: 5,600 ton Köln class light cruiser, launched 1916
Köln: 7,200 ton Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1928
Köln: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982
Köln: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Komet HSK 7: 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Kondor: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
Kondor: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
König: 26,000 ton König class battleship, launched 1913
König Albert: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1912
König Wilhelm: unique amoured frigate, 9,700 tons, launched 1868; rebuilt 1897 into heavy cruiser
Königsberg: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1905
Königsberg: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1915
Königsberg: 7,200 ton Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1925
Konstanz: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1980, upgraded to Type 351 and recommissioned 1989 to 2000
Kormoran HSK 8: 19,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Kormoran: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
Kormoran: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Kranich: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
Kranich: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Krebs: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1973
Kronprinz: Original name for 1914 battleship Kronprinz Wilhelm
Kronprinz Wilhelm: 26,000 ton König class battleship, renamed from Kronprinz in 1918
Kronprinz Wilhelm: 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
Kulmbach: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891

L

Laboe: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
Lachs: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
Lahn: Lahn class (Type 403) tender
Lech: Lahn class (Type 403) tender
Leipzig: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1905
Leipzig: 8,000 ton Leipzig class cruiser, launched 1929
Leberecht Maass: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
Leopard: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
Leopard: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Lindau: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
Lindau: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 2000
Lothringen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1904
Löwe: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1975
Löwe: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Lübeck: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1904
Lübeck: Köln class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1963 to 1988
Lübeck: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Luchs: Gunboat, launched 18 October 1899, commissioned 15 April 1900, blown up 28 August 1914
Luchs: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1972
Luchs: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Ludwigshafen: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, planned
Lüneburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Lütjens: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
Lützow: 27,000 ton Derfflinger class battlecruiser, launched 1913
Lützow: 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, sold before completion to Soviet Union in 1939, never commissioned
Lützow: 12,000 ton Deutschland class pocket battleship/heavy cruiser, renamed from Deutschland in 1939

M

Mackensen: Mackensen class battlecruiser, launched 1917, not completed
Magdeburg: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
Magdeburg: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, building
Main: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
Main: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
Mainz: 4,400 ton Kolberg class light cruiser, launched 1909
Makrele: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Marburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
Marburg: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 2000
Marder: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1972
Marder: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Markgraf: 26,000 ton König class battleship, launched 1913
Mars: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
Max Schultz: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
Mecklenburg: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1901
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
Medusa: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
Meersburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Michel HSK 9: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Minden: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
Minden: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
Mira: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1960—1973) is for sale click for details: - here
Mölders: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
Moltke: 23,000 ton Moltke class battlecruiser, launched 1910
Mosel: Mosel class (Type 402) tender
Mosel: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
Mühlhausen: Type 742 diver support ship
München: 3,300 ton Bremen class light cruiser, launched 1904
Munin: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1964
Muräne: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

N

Nassau: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
Nautilus: 2,000 ton Nautilus class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1907
Neckar: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
Nerz: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
Nerz: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
Niedersachsen: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Niobe: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
Niobe: Sail training ship, launched 1913
Norderney: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug, decommissioned
Nürnberg: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1906
Nürnberg: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1916
Nürnberg: 8,000 ton Leipzig class cruiser, launched 1934, became Soviet Admiral Makarow
Nymphe: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser

O

Oberpfalz: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper, former Auerbach
Odenwald: Westerwald class (Type 760) ammunition transport ship, decommissioned
Odin: 3,700 ton Odin class coastal armored ship, launched 1894
Offenburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Oker: Oste class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
Oldenburg: 5,250 ton Oldenburg class coastal armored ship, launched 1884
Oldenburg: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1910
Oldenburg: Braunschweig class (Type 130) corvette, planned
Orion HSK 1: 15,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Orion: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
Oste: Oste class (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
Ostfriesland: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1909
Ozelot: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
Ozelot: 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
Panther: Iltis class gunboat, launched 1 April 1901, commissioned 15 March 1903, sold 1931, scrapped
Panther: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
Panther: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Passau: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
Passau: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
Paul Jacobi: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Pegnitz: Ensdorf class (Type 352) minesweeper
Pelikan: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
Pelikan: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Peter Straßer: 28,000 ton Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier, never launched
Pfeil: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1965
Pillau: Pillau class light cruiser, launched 1914
Pinguin HSK 5: 17,600 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Pinguin: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1973
Pinguin: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Planet (Type 752): Planet class research ship, commissioned 2005
Plötze: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Pollux: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
Pommern: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1905
Posen: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
Preußen: 6,800 ton Preußen class armored frigate, launched 1873
Preußen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig class battleship, launched 1903
Prinz Adalbert: 9,000 ton Prinz Adalbert class armored cruiser, 1901
Prinz Eugen: 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser, launched 1938
Prinz Heinrich: 9,000 ton unique armored cruiser, 1900
Prinzregent Luitpold: 25,000 ton Kaiser class battleship, launched 1911
Puma: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1981
Puma: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

R

Raubmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
Raule: Hunt class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Albrighton, commissioned through 1967
Regensburg: Graudenz class light cruiser, launched 1914
Regulus: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
Reiher: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973
Reiher: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Renke: Landing craft, decommissioned
Rhein: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
Rhein: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
Rheinland: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
Rheinland-Pfalz: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
Rhön: Röhn class (Type 704) tanker
Richard Beitzen: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
Rochen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Rommel: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
Roon: 10,000 ton Roon class armored cruiser, launched 1903
Rostock: Karlsruhe class light cruiser, launched 1912
Rottweil: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Ruhr: Rhein class (Type 401) tender

S

S113: Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918
Saar: Mosel class (Type 402) tender
Saarburg: Lüneburg class (Type 701) replenishment ship
Sachsen: 7,800 ton Sachsen class armored ship, launched 1877
Sachsen: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, not completed
Sachsen: Sachsen class (Type 124) frigate
Salm: Landing craft, decommissioned
Scharnhorst: 11,600 ton Scharnhorst class armored cruiser, launched 1906
Scharnhorst: 35,000 ton Scharnhorst class battleship, launched 1936
Scharnhorst: 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: 13,000 ton Deutschland class battleship, launched 1906
Schleswig-Holstein: Hamburg class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
Schleswig-Holstein: Brandenburg class (Type 123) frigate
Schwaben: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1901
Schwarzwald: Schwarzwald class (Type 706) replenishment ship
Seeadler: 1,650 ton Bussard class light cruiser, launched 1892
Seeadler: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1976
Seeadler: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Seydlitz: 25,000 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1912
Seydlitz: 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 armored ship, launched 1889
Silbermöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
Sirius: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1990)
Sovietskaya Ukraina: Captured from the Soviet Union under construction, not completed
Sperber: Seeadler (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
Sperber: Albatross class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Spessart: Röhn class (Type 704) tanker
Spica: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
Spiekeroog: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug
Stettin: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1907
Stier HSK 6: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Stör: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Storch: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
Storch: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Straßburg: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
Strahl: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962 to 1967
Stralsund: Magdeburg class light cruiser, launched 1911
Sturmmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
Stuttgart: Königsberg class light cruiser, launched 1906
Sulzbach-Rosenberg: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter

T

Tegernsee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker
Thetis: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser
Theodor Riedel: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Thor HSK 4: 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Thielbek: 2,800 ton Converted from freighter to transport ship, sunk 1945
Thüringen: 23,000 ton Helgoland class battleship, launched 1909
Tiger: Iltis class gunboat, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914
Tiger: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974
Tiger: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Tirpitz: 42,000 ton Bismarck class battleship, launched 1939
Trave: Isles class (Type 139) trawler
Tübingen: 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

Überherrn: Kulmbach class (Type 332) minehunter
Ulm: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned (1959 to 1978, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 1999
Undine: 2,700 ton Gazelle class light cruiser, launched 1902

V

V45: 1051 tons, Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
V116: Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918
Vegesack: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
Victoria Louise: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise class protected cruiser, launched 1897
Vineta: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise class protected cruiser, launched 1897
Völkingen: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
Völklingen: Fulda class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1999
Von der Tann: steampowered gunboat, 1849 to 1862
Von der Tann: 19,400 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1909

W

Walchensee: Walchensee class (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
Wangerooge: Wangerooge class (Type 722) tug
Weißenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1891
Weiden: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Weihe: Jaguar class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972
Weihe: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Weilheim: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995
Weilheim: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
Wels: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Werra: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
Werra: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
Weser: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
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
Wettin: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1900
Wetzlar: 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 HSK 3: 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden class light cruiser, launched 1915
Wiesel: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984
Wiesel: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
Wildschwan: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964
Wilhelm Bauer: Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine U2549
Wilhelm Heidkamp: 2,400 ton Type 1936 destroyer
Wittelsbach: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1900
Wolf: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975
Wolf: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
Wolfgang Zenker: 2,230 ton Type 1934A destroyer
Wolfsburg: Lindau class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
Worms: Vegesack class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
Wörth: 10,500 ton Brandenburg class battleship, launched 1892
Württemberg: 7,800 ton Sachsen'' class armored frigate, launched 1878
Württemberg: 29,000 ton Bayern class battleship, not completed

Y

Yorck: 10,000 ton Roon class armored cruiser, launched 1904

Z

Zähringen: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach class battleship, launched 1901
Zander: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
Zobol: Zobel (Type 142) class fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1982
Zobel: Gepard class (Type 143A) fast attack craft

Named by Number

EF3: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S116), commissioned 1957 to 1964
U1 through U6: Type IIa submarines
U1: Type 201 submarine, later rebuilt to Type 205
U2: Type 201 submarine, later rebuilt to Type 205
U3: Type 201 submarine, decommissioned 1974
U4: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
U5: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
U6: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
U7: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
U7 through U24: Type IIb submarines
U8: Type 205 submarine, decommissioned 1974
U9: Type 205 submarine
U10: Type 205 submarine
U11: Type 205 submarine
U12: Type 205 submarine
U13: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U14: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U15: Type 206A submarine
U16: Type 206A submarine
U17: Type 206A submarine
U18: Type 206A submarine
U19: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U20: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U21: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U22: Type 206A submarine
U23: Type 206A submarine
U24: Type 206A submarine
U25: Type Ia submarine
U25: Type 206A submarine
U26: Type Ia submarine
U26: Type 206A submarine
U27: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U27 through U36: Type VII submarines
U28: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U29: Type 206A submarine
U30: Type 206A submarine, decommissioned
U31: Type 212A submarine
U32: Type 212A submarine
U33: Type 212A submarine (commission planned for 2006)
U34: Type 212A submarine (commission planned for 2006)
U37 through U44: Type IX submarines
U45 through U55: Type VIIb submarines
U56 through U63: Type IIc submarines
U64 and U65: Type IXb submarines
U66 through U68: Type IXc submarines
U73 through U76: Type VIIb submarines
U83 through U87: Type VIIb submarines
U99 through U102: Type VIIb submarines
U69 through U72: Type VIIc submarines
U77 through U82: Type VIIc submarines
U88 through U98: Type VIIc submarines
U103 through U111: Type IXb submarines
U116 through U119: Type Xb submarines
U120 and U121: Type IIb submarines
U122 through U124: Type IXb submarines
U125 through U131: Type IXc submarines
U132 through U152: Type IId submarines
U153 through U166: Type IXc submarines
U167 through U170: Type IXc 40 submarines
U171 through U176: Type IXc submarines
U177 through U182: Type IXd submarines
U183 through U194: Type IXc 40 submarines
U195 through U200: Type IXd submarines
U201 through U212: Type VIIc submarines
U213 through U218: Type VIId submarines
U219 and U220: Type Xb submarines
U221 through U232: Type VIIc submarines
U233 and U234: Type Xb submarines
U235 through U328: Type VIIc submarines
U331 through U394: Type VIIc submarines
U396 through U458: Type VIIc submarines
U459 through U464: Type XIV submarines
U465 through U486: Type VIIc submarines
U487 through U490: Type XIV submarines
U501 through U524: Type IXc submarines
U525 through U550: Type IXc 40 submarines
U551 through U683: Type VIIc submarines
U701 through U722: Type VIIc submarines
U731 through U768: Type VIIc submarines
U771 through U779: Type VIIc submarines
U801 through U806: Type IXc 40 submarines
U821 through U822: Type VIIc submarines
U825 through U828: Type VIIc submarines
U841 through U846: Type IXc 40 submarines
U847 through U852: Type IXd submarines
U853 through U858: Type IXc 40 submarines
U859 through U864: Type IXd submarines
U871 through U876: Type IXd submarines
U877 through U881: Type IXc 40 submarines
U899: Type IXc 40 submarine
U901: Type VIIc submarines
U903 through U907: Type VIIc submarines
U921 and U930: Type VIIc submarines
U951 through U994: Type VIIc submarines
U995: Type VIIc submarine
U997 through U1010: Type VIIc submarines
U1013 through U1025: Type VIIc submarines
U1051 through U1058: Type VIIc submarines
U1059 through U1062: Type VIIf submarines
U1063 through U1065: Type VIIc submarines
U1101 through U1110: Type VIIc submarines
U1131 and U1132: Type VIIc submarines
U1161 through U1172: Type VIIc submarines
U1191 through U1210: Type VIIc submarines
U1221 through U1235: Type IXc 40 submarine
U1271 through U1279: Type VIIc submarines
U1301 through U1308: Type VIIc submarines
U2321 through U2371: Type XXII submarines
U2501 through U2531: Type XXI submarines
U2533 through U2546: Type XXI submarines
U2548: Type XXI submarine
U2551 and U2552: Type XXI submarines
U3001 through U3041: Type XXI submarines
U3044: Type XXI submarine
U3501 through U3530: Type XXI submarines
U4701 through U4707: Type XXII submarines
U4709 through U4712: Type XXII submarines
UW10: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993
UW11: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964
V108:
Z1: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Anthony, commissioned 1959 to 1972
Z2: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Ringgold, commissioned 1959 to 1981
Z3: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Wadsworth, commissioned 1959 to 1980
Z4: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Claxton, commissioned 1959 to 1981
Z5: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Dyson, commissioned 1960 to 1982
Z6: Fletcher class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Charles Ausburne, commissioned 1960 to 1967
Z23 through Z30: Type 1936A destroyers
Z31 through Z34: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
Z35 through Z36: Type 1936B destroyers
Z37 through Z39: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
Z43 through Z45: Type 1936B destroyers
Z51: German Type 1942 destroyer launched 1944

References

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