The
list of German Imperial Navy ships includes all
ships commissioned into service with the Imperial Navy (
Kaiserliche Marine) of
Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the
German Empire, through the end of
World War I (
1919).
See also:
Armored frigates
Panzerfregatten; later reclassified as "Armored Ships"
Panzerschiffe- Arminius Class
- Prinz Adalbert Class (1560 tons, 5 x 36pdr guns)
- Kronprinz
- Friedrich Carl Class
- König Wilhelm Class, (9750 tons, 33 x 72pdr guns)
- Preußen Class (6,800 tons)
- Kaiser Class (7319 tons, 8 x 26cm guns)
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Armored ships
- Panzerschiffe
- Armored Coastal Protection Ships / Küstenpanzerschiffe
- Oldenburg Class (5,250 tons, 8 x 24 cm guns)
- Siegfried Class (3,700 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
- Odin Class (4,250 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
Battleships
Battleships
- Pre-Dreadnoughts (in German Linienschiffe "Ships of the Line")
- Brandenburg class (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)
- Kaiser Friedrich III class (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
- Wittelsbach class (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
- Braunschweig class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
- Deutschland class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
- Dreadnoughts (in German Schlachtschiffe "battleship")
- Nassau class (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)
- Helgoland class (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)
- Kaiser class battleship (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
- König class battleship (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
- Bayern class battleship (29,000-32,000 tons, 8 x 38 cm guns)
Battlecruisers
German
Große Kreuzer "Large cruiser" (
Schlachtkreuzer "Battlecruiser" didn't come into use until later)
- von der Tann Class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns)
- Moltke Class (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
- Seydlitz Class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
- Derfflinger Class (27,000 tons, 8 x 30.5 cm guns)
- Mackensen Class (35,000 tons, 8 x 35 cm guns)
- Ersatz Yorck Class (38,000 tons 8 x 38 cm guns)
- SMS Ersatz Yorck not completed
- SMS Ersatz Gneisenau ordered but construction not started
- SMS Ersatz Scharnhorst ordered but construction not started
Protected cruisers
- Kaiserin Augusta Class (6,000 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)
- Victoria Louise Class (5,700 tons, 2 x 21 cm guns, 8 x 15 cm guns)
Armoured cruisers
German
Grosse Kreuzer- Fürst Bismarck Class (10,700 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns, 12 x 15 cm guns)
- Prinz Heinrich Class (9,000 tons, 2 x 24 cm guns)
- Prinz Adalbert Class (9,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)
- Roon Class (10,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)
- Scharnhorst Class (11,600 tons, 8 x 21 cm guns)
- Blücher Class (15,800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns)
Light Cruisers
Kleine Kreuzer Bussard Class (1,650 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns) Gefion Class (3.700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns) Hela Class (2,000 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns) Gazelle Class (2,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns) Bremen Class (3,300 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns) Königsberg Class (1905) Dresden Class (3,700 tons) Kolberg Class (4,400 tons) Magdeburg Class Karlsruhe Class Graudenz Class Pillau Class Wiesbaden Class Königsberg Class (1915) Köln Class (5,600 tons)
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Minelaying Cruisers
Minenlegekreuzer- Nautilus Class (2,000 tons, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)
- Brummer Class (4,400 tons) )
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Cruiser Frigates
Kreuzerfregatte- Bismarck Class (3,386 tonnes, 16 x 15 cm L/22 guns)
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Torpedo-boats
Torpedoboot- Großes Torpedoboot 1913 Class
- Großes Torpedoboot 1914 Class
- Großes Torpedoboot 1916 Class
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References