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.
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: 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
- Bad Bevensen: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Bad Doberan (242): Hai-class submarine chaser
- Bad Doberan (222): Parchim-class corvette
- Bad Rappenau: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Baden (1880): 7,800 ton Sachsen-class ironclad, la-unched 1880
- Baden: 29,000 ton Bayern-class battleship, launched 1915
- Baltrum: Wangerooge-class (Type 722) tug
- Bansin (G446): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Bant: Experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- Barbara, training vessel, launched 1915
- Barbarossa: converted ocean-liner, commissioned 1849
- Barbe: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Basilisk (1862): gunboat, launched 1862
- Basilisk (1878): armoured gunboat, launched 1878
- Bayern (1878): 7,800 ton Sachsen-class ironclad, launched 1878
- Bayern: 29,000 ton Bayern-class battleship, launched 1915
- Bayern (D183): Hamburg-class (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
- Bayern (F217): Brandenburg-class (Type 123) frigate
- Belchen, supply vessel, launched 1932
- Beowulf: 3,700 ton Siegfried-class coastal defense ship, launched 1890
- Beowulf, training vessel, launched 1916
- Bergen: Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class
- Bergen: Habicht-class mine-warfare vessel
- Bergen (S425): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Bergen (213): Parchim-class corvette
- Berlin: 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser
- Berlin, auxiliary cruiser, launched 1908
- Berlin, Krake-class mine-warfare vessel, launched 1957
- Berlin — Hauptstadt der DDR (412): Koni-class coastal protection vessel, launched 1979
- Berlin (A1411): Berlin-class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship^
- Bernau (343): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Bernd von Arnim (Z11), Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936
- Bernhard Bästlein (827): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Bernhard Bästlein (836): Shershen-class torpedo boat
- Bernhard von Tschirschky: Air control ship; Krischan-class
- Biene: armoured gunboat, launched 1876
- Biene, escort vessel, launched 1941
- Bismarck: 3,000 ton Bismarck-class corvette, launched 1877
- Bismarck: 42,000 ton Bismarck-class battleship, launched 1939
- Bitterfeld (332): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Blauort: harbour tug; Klasse 729
- Blitz (1862): gunboat, launched 1862
- Blitz (1882): aviso, launched 1882
- Blitz, remote controlled craft, launched 1910
- Blitz: buoy tender
- Blücher: 3,000 ton Bismarck-class corvette, launched 1877
- Blücher: 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908
- Blücher: 14,000 ton Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, launched 1937
- Bochum, mine-layer, launched 1944
- Bodensee, tanker, launched 1955
- Boelke: air control ship; K-V-class
- Börde (H72): Ohre-class support ship
- Boltenhagen (GS09): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Bonin: gunboat, launched 1833
- Bonn: Berlin-class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship (ordered)
- Borkum, tanker, launched 1939
- Borna: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Bottrop, mine-layer, launched 1944
- Bottsand: Bottsand-class oil recovery ship, commissioned 1984
- Brandenburg: 10,500 ton Brandenburg-class battleship, launched 1891
- Brandenburg, mine warfare vessel, launched 1936
- Brandenburg: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Brandenburg (F215): Brandenburg-class (Type 123) frigate
- Brandtaucher, experimental submarine
- Brasse: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Braunschweig (battleship): 13,000 ton Braunschweig-class battleship, launched 1902
- Braunschweig (F224): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1964 to 1989
- Braunschweig (F260): Braunschweig-class (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008
- Breitgrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- Breitling (D26): SK-64-class buoy tender
- Bremen (1842): corvette, launched 1842
- Bremen (cruiser): 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser, launched 1903
- Bremen (F207): Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate (in commission 1982 to 2014)
- Bremse (1884): armoured gunboat, launched 1884
- Bremse (cruiser): 4,400 ton Brummer-class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1916
- Bremse (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941
- Bremse, training vessel, launched 1940
- Breslau: Magdeburg-class light cruiser, launched 1911
- Brommy, auxiliary, launched 1916
- Brommy: Hunt-class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Eggesford, commissioned 1959 to 1965
- Brummer (1884): armoured gunboat, launched 1884
- Brummer (cruiser): 4,400 ton Brummer-class mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
- Brummer (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940
- Brummer (minelayer): Minelayer, former Norwegian HNoMS Olav Tryggvason, captured 9 April 1940
- Brummer: training vessel; Wespe-class
- Bruno Heinemann (Z8), Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936
- Buéa: E-boat tender
- Bruno Kühn (822): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Bruno Kühn (823): Shershen-class torpedo boat
- Bützow (244): Hai-class submarine chaser
- Bützow (244): Parchim-class coastal protection vessel
- Buk: tug
- Bukarest: seaplane tender
- Burg: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Bussard (cruiser): 1,650 ton Bussard-class light cruiser, launched 1890
- Bussard: seaplane tender; Bussard-class
- Bussard: SO-I-class submarine chaser
- Bussard (S25): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- Bussard (S64): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Butt: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
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
- Dachs (S33): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
- Dachs (S77): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Dänholm: buoy tender, ex-Leitholm
- Danzig (1825): gunboat, launched 1825
- Danzig (1851): corvette, launched 1851
- Danzig: 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser, launched 1905
- Darss (E441): Darss-class supply ship
- Darsser Ort: Sperling-class buoy tender
- Darsser Ort (D22): SK-76-class buoy tender
- Datteln: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Delphin: gunboat, launched 1860
- Delphin (1906): artillery tender and training vessel
- Delphin (1918): artillery training vessel
- Delphin: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Delphin (A47): Zander-class salvage tug
- Demmin (GS02): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Deneb (1943), mine warfare vessel
- Deneb (1961), mine warfare vessel
- Derfflinger: 27,000 ton Derfflinger-class battlecruiser, launched 1913
- Der Königliche Ernst August: corvette, launched 1848
- Dessau (331): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Detmold: Vegesack-class (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969
- Deutschland: frigate
- Deutschland (1874): 7,600 ton Kaiser-class ironclad, launched 1872
- Deutschland (1904): 13,000 ton Deutschland-class battleship, launched 1904
- Deutschland (1914): Auxiliary minelayer
- Deutschland (1923): 21,000 ton ocean liner converted in hospital ship, launched 1923, sunk 1945
- Deutschland (1927): School ship
- Deutschland (cruiser): 12,000 ton Deutschland-class heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939
- Deutschland (A59): Training cruiser
- Diana (M2664), Frauenlob-class, launched 1966
- Diether von Roeder (Z17), Type 1936 destroyer, launched 1937, scuttled 1940
- Dietrich von Bern,
- Dillingen: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Dithmarschen (1937): supply ship
- Dithmarschen (1955): supply ship
- Doggerbank: mine warfare vessel, launched 1926, sunk 1943
- Dommel (S21): Jaguar-class fast attack craft fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974
- Dommel (S56): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Donau (1921), submarine tender
- Donau: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
- Donau (A516): Elbe-class (Type 404) replenishment ship
- Dornbusch: buoy tender
- Dorsch: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Drache: gunboat, launched 1865
- Drache (1908): artillery tender and training vessel
- Drache: mine-warfare ships
- Dresden (1907): 3,700 ton Dresden-class light cruiser, launched 1907
- Dresden (1917): 5,600 ton Cöln-class light cruiser, launched 1917
- Dresden: Krake-class minesweeper
- Dr. Richard Sorge (713): Osa-class missile boat
- Düren: Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- Dwarsläufer: mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class
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
- Falke (1865): aviso, launched 1865
- Falke: cruiser, launched 1891
- Falke: torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class
- Falke: seaplane tender; Bussard-class
- Fasana: mine-warfare ships; Fasana-class
- Flink: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
- Föhr: harbour tug; Sylt-class
- Falke (S10): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- Falke (S62): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Falke: SO-I-class submarine chaser
- Fehmarn: Helgoland-class (Type 720) tug
- Felchen: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Fiete Schulze (863): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Fiete Schulze (854): Shershen-class torpedo boat
- Fische (1959): mine-sweeping vessel
- Flensburg: Schooner lightship, built 1910
- Flensburg (M1084): 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)
- Förde (1967): support vessel
- Forst: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Forelle: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Franken (1939): supply ship
- Frankenland (1950): tanker
- Frankenthal: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Frankfurt: Wiesbaden-class light cruiser, launched 1915
- Frankfurt: Frankfurt-class
- Frankfurt am Main: Berlin-class (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
- Frankfurt/Oder: Habicht-class minesweeper
- Frankfurt/Oder (613): Frosch-I-class landing craft
- Frauenlob (1855): schooner, launched 1855
- Frauenlob: 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser
- Frauenlob (1918): Cöln-class light cruiser, cancelled 1919
- Frauenlob (1919): tender
- Frauenlob (1965): mine-sweeping vessel
- Freiberg: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Freiburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Freesendorf: buoy tender
- Freesendorf: buoy tender
- Frettchen (S36): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1983
- Frettchen (S76): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Freundschaft: cutter
- Freya (1874): corvette, launched 1874
- Freya: 5,700 ton Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser, launched 1897
- Freya (1960): mine-sweeping vessel
- Freyr (1912): training vessel
- Friedrich Bremse (1936): supply ship
- Friedrich Carl (1867): armoured frigate, launched 1867
- Friedrich Carl: 9,000 ton Prinz Adalbert-class armored cruiser, launched 1902
- Friedrich der Grosse (1874): 6,800 ton Preussen-class ironclad, launched 1874
- Friedrich der Grosse (1911): 25,000 ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1911
- Friedrich Eckoldt (Z16): Type 1934A destroyer
- Friedrich Engels (123): Riga-class frigate
- Friedrich Ihn (Z14): Type 1934A destroyer
- Friedrich Schürer: Type 202 submarine
- Friedrich Voge: experimental submarine
- Friesenland: seaplane tender
- Frithjof: 3,700 ton Siegfried-class coastal defense ship, launched 1891
- Frithjof (1916): training vessel
- Fritz Behn (841): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Fritz Behn (851): Shershen-class torpedo boat
- Fritz Gast (714): Osa-class missile boat
- Fritz Globis (573): Tarantul-class coastal protection vessel
- Fritz Heckert (866): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Fritz Heckert (834): Shershen-class torpedo boat
- Fritz Lesch (865): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Fritz Riedel (825): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Fuchs: gunboat, launched 1860
- Fuchs (1905): artillery tender and training vessel
- Fuchs (1919): anti-aircraft training vessel
- Fuchs (S13): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
- Fuchs (S46): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Fürst Bismarck (1896): 10,700 ton unique armored cruiser, launched 1897
- Fürst Bismarck (1915): Mackensen-class battlecruiser, laid down in 1915 but never completed
- Fürstenberg: training vessel
- Fulda (M1086): Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to present, upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade
- Fulda (M1058): Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
G
- Gadebusch (211): Hai-class submarine chaser
- Gadebusch (211): Parchim-class corvette
- Gazelle (1859): frigate, launched 1859
- Gazelle (1898): 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser, launched 1898
- Gazelle (1919): tender
- Gazelle (1963): mine-sweeper
- Gedania (1919): supply ship
- Gefion (1843): frigate
- Gefion: 3,700 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1893
- Gefion (1963): mine-sweeper
- Geier: 1,900 ton Bussard-class cruiser, launched 1894
- SMS Geier (1913): auxiliary cruiser
- Geier (S11): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- Geier (S63): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Gellen (D112): SK-76-class buoy tender
- Gemma (1959): mine-sweeper
- Gentin (V812): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Georg Thiele (Z2): Type 1934 destroyer
- Gepard (S35): Zobel-class (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
- Gepard (S71): Gepard-class (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Gera: Krake-class minesweeper
- Germania (1848): gun sloop
- Glücksburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Glyndwr: seaplane tender
- Gneisenau: 3,000 ton Bismarck-class corvette, launched 1879
- Gneisenau (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton Scharnhorst-class armored cruiser, launched 1906
- Gneisenau (battleship): 35,000 ton Scharnhorst-class battleship, launched 1936
- Gneisenau (F212): Hunt-class destroyer, former Royal Navy HMS Oakley, commissioned 1958 to 1966
- Goeben: 23,000 ton Moltke-class battlecruiser, launched 1911
- Görlitz: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Göttingen (M1070): 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
- Gollwitz (D25): SK-64-class buoy tender
- Gorch Fock (1933): Sail training ship, launched 1933, became Soviet training ship Tovarishch
- Gorch Fock (1958): Type 441 unique sail training barque, launched 1958
- Gotha: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Graal-Müritz (G424): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Graf Spee (battlecruiser): Mackensen-class battlecruiser, not completed
- Graf Spee (F215): 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
- Granitz: Darss-class supply ship
- Gransee (313): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Grasort (D27): SK-64-class buoy tender
- Graudenz: Graudenz-class light cruiser, launched 1913
- Greif (1886): cruiser, launched 1886
- Greif (1914): auxiliary cruiser
- Greif (1926): torpedo boat
- Greif (S9): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- Greif (S66): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Greif: air control ship
- Greifswald: Habicht-class minesweeper
- Greifswald (V814): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Greiz: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Grevesmühlen (213): Hai-class submarine chaser
- Grevesmühlen (212): Parchim-class corvette
- Grille: aviso, launched 1857
- Grille (1916): experimental craft
- Grille (1935): aviso, launched 1936
- Grimma (336): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Grimmen: Robbe-class landing craft
- Grimmen (616): Frosch I-class landing craft
- Grosser Kurfürst (1875): 6,800 ton Preussen-class ironclad, launched 1875
- Grosser Kurfürst (1913): 26,000 ton König-class battleship, launched 1913
- Großherzog von Oldenburg: corvette, launched 1848
- Grömitz: Frankenthal-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Güstrow: Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Güstrow (223): Parchim-class corvette
- Gunther Plüschow: air control ship
- Gustav Nachtigal (1940): S-boat tender
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Kärnten (1914): supply ship
- Kaiser: Agamemnon-class
- Kaiser (1874): 7,600 ton Kaiser-class ironclad, launched 1874
- Kaiser (1911): 25,000 ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1911
- Kaiser: mine-warfare ship
- 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 (1897): auxiliary cruiser
- Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse: 11,600 ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1899
- Kaiseradler (1876): aviso
- Kaiseradler (1892): light cruiser, later renamed Seeadler
- Kaiserin: 25,000 ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1911
- Kaiserin Augusta: 6,000 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892
- Kalkgrund II: Schooner lightship, built 1910
- Kalkgrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- Karl F. Gauss: survey vessel
- Karl Galster (Z20): Type 1936 destroyer
- Karl Kolls (1903): experimental craft
- Kamerun: Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS Rauma captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer.
- Kamenz Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Kamenz (S321): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Karl Liebknecht (123): Riga-class frigate
- Karl Marx (142): Riga-class frigate
- Karl Meseberg (733): Osa-class missile boat
- Karl-Marx-Stadt Krake-class minesweeper
- Karl Meyer: air control ship; K V-class
- Karlsruhe (1912): Karlsruhe-class light cruiser, launched 1912
- Karlsruhe (1916): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1916
- Karlsruhe (1927): 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1927
- Karlsruhe (F223): Köln-class frigate
- Karlsruhe (F212): Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
- Karpfen: Barbe-class (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): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Klütz (G416): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Knechtsand: harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class
- Knechtsand: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- Koblenz (M1071): 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
- Köln (cruiser): 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1928
- Köln (F220): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982
- Köln (F211): Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
- König: 26,000 ton König-class battleship, launched 1913
- König Albert: 25,000 ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1912
- König Wilhelm: unique armoured frigate, 9,700 tons, launched 1868; rebuilt 1897 into heavy cruiser
- Königin Luise (1913): auxiliary mine warfare vessel
- Königin Luise (1934): mine warfare vessel
- Königin Luise (1935): escort vessel
- Königsberg (1905): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1905
- Königsberg (1915): Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1915
- Königsberg (1927): 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1925
- Köthen Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Kolberg: 4,400 ton Kolberg-class light cruiser, launched 1908
- Kollicker Ort (D116): SK-64-class buoy tender
- Komet (1913): remote control craft
- Komet: 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruise
- Komet Kondor-class minesweeper
- Kondor (1926): torpedo boat
- Kondor (S8): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- Kondor (S67): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Konstanz: Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1980, upgraded to Type 351 and recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- Kormoran (auxiliary cruiser): 19,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Kormoran (S28): Seeadler-class (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- Kormoran (S70): Albatros-class (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Kormoran (A68): Zander-class salvage tug
- Kormoran SO-I-class submarine chaser
- Kranich (S16): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1973
- Kranich (S60): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Kranich SO-I-class submarine chaser
- Krebs: Krebs-class (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
- Kronprinz (1867): Unique ironclad, commissioned September 1867
- Kronprinz: Original name for 1914 battleship Kronprinz Wilhelm
- Kronprinz Wilhelm (battleship): 26,000 ton König-class battleship, renamed from Kronprinz in 1918
- Kronprinz Wilhelm (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): Darss-class support ship
- Kühlungsborn (GS07): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Kühn: torpedo boat
- Kulmbach: Kulmbach-class (Type 332) minehunter
- Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm: 10,500 ton Brandenburg-class battleship, launched 1891
- Kyritz (321): Kondor-class minesweeper
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- Laboe: Kulmbach-class (Type 332) minehunter, decommissioned 28 March 2012
- Lachs: Barbe-class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
- Lahn: Lahn-class (Type 403) tender
- Landtief (D115): SK-64-class buoy tender
- Langeness: harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class
- Langeness: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- Langeoog: Wangerooge-class (Type 722) tug
- Lauenburg: weather ship
- Leberecht Maass (Z1): Type 1934 destroyer
- Lech: submarine tender
- Lech: Lahn-class (Type 403) tender
- Leipzig: Leipzig-class corvette, launched 1875
- Leipzig: 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser, launched 1905
- Leipzig: Cöln-class cruiser, launched 1918, not completed
- Leipzig (1929): 8,000 ton Leipzig-class cruiser, launched 1929
- Leipzig : Krake-class minesweeper
- Leitholm: buoy tender
- Leopard: auxiliary cruiser
- Leopard: torpedo boat; Raubtier-class
- Leopard: torpedo boat; Sleipner-class
- Leopard (S5): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
- Leopard (S45): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Libben (V661): Kondor-class torpedo recovery vessel
- Lindau (M1072): 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
- Linz: mine-warfare ships
- Löwe: bewaffneter Raddampfer
- SMS Loreley (1859): aviso, launched 1859
- SMS Loreley (1885): gunboat, launched 1885
- Loreley: Stationsschiff
- Loreley: Minesweeper; Frauenlob-class
- Lothringen: Mine-warfare ships
- Lothringen: 13,000 ton Braunschweig-class battleship, launched 1904
- Löwe (1938): Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer HNoMS Gyller captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
- Löwe (S12): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1975
- Löwe (S48): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Luchs (1899): Gunboat, launched 18 October 1899, commissioned 15 April 1900, blown up 28 August 1914
- Luchs: torpedo boat; Raubtier-class
- Luchs (S4): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1972
- Luchs (S43): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Luckenwalde Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Braunschweig-class (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
- Ludwigslust (247): Hai-class submarine chaser
- Ludwigslust (232): Parchim-class corvette
- Lübben : Robbe-class landing craft
- Lübben (631): Frosch I-class landing craft
- Lübeck (1844): corvette, launched 1844
- Lübeck (cruiser): 3,300 ton Bremen-class light cruiser, launched 1904
- Lübeck (F224): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1963 to 1988
- Lübeck (F214): Bremen-class (Type 122) frigate
- Lübz (246): Hai-class submarine chaser
- Lübz (221): Parchim-class corvette
- Lüneburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Lütje Hörn: harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class
- Lütje Hörn: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- Lütjens: Lütjens-class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
- Lützow (battlecruiser): 27,000 ton Derfflinger-class battlecruiser, launched 1913
- Lützow (1939): 14,000 ton modified Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, sold before completion to Soviet Union in 1939, never commissioned
- Lützow (1940): 12,000 ton Deutschland-class heavy cruiser, renamed from Deutschland in 1939
- Luise: corvette, launched 1872
- Lumme (923): Diving vessel
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- Mackensen: Mackensen-class battlecruiser, launched 1917, not completed
- Magdeburg (cruiser): Magdeburg-class light cruiser, launched 1911
- Magdeburg (1917): Cöln-class cruiser, launched 1917
- Magdeburg, Krake-class minesweeper
- Magdeburg (F261): Braunschweig-class (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008
- Main: Rhein-class (Type 401) tender
- Main (A515): 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)
- Malchin (GS03): Kondor-class minesweeper
- Marburg (M1080): 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 (S14): Jaguar-class (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1972
- Marder (S44): Tiger-class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Marie: corvette, launched 1881
- Markgraf: 26,000 ton König-class battleship, launched 1913
- Mars: Krebs-class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
- Max Reichpietsch (751): Osa-class missile boat
- Max Roscher (846): P-6-class torpedo boat
- Max Schultz (Z3): Type 1934 destroyer
- Mecklenburg: 12,000 ton Wittelsbach-class battleship, launched 1901
- Mecklenburg, buoy tender
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Brandenburg-class (Type 123) frigate
- Medusa (1864): corvette, launched 1864
- Medusa: 2,700 ton Gazelle-class light cruiser
- Meersburg: Lüneburg-class (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Meiningen, Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Meissen, Schwalbe-class minesweeper
- Mercur: corvette, launched 1847
- Meteor (1865): gunboat, launched 1865
- Meteor (1890): aviso, launched 1890
- Meteor (1915): gunboat, launched 1915
- Meteor, Kondor-class survey vessel
- Michel: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Minden (M1085): 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
- Mönchgut (E111): Darss-class supply ship
- Möwe, SO-I-class submarine chaser
- Möwe: gunboat, launched 1879
- Möwe: auxiliary cruiser
- Moltke: 3,000 ton Bismarck-class corvette, launched 1877
- Moltke: 23,000 ton Moltke-class battlecruiser, launched 1910
- Mosel: 238 ton Rhein-class monitor, launched 1872
- Mosel: Mosel-class (Type 402) tender
- Mosel (A512): 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)
- Musquito: brigg, launched 1851
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- 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.
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- 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
- Yorck: 10,000 ton Roon-class armored cruiser, launched 1904
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
- EF3: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S116), commissioned 1957 to 1964
- 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
- G85: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
- UW10: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993
- UW11: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964
- V-80: 76-ton experimental submarine
- V108:
- Z-1: Fletcher-class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Anthony, commissioned 1959 to 1972
- Z-2: Fletcher-class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Ringgold, commissioned 1959 to 1981
- Z-3: Fletcher-class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Wadsworth, commissioned 1959 to 1980
- Z-4: Fletcher-class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Claxton, commissioned 1959 to 1981
- Z-5: Fletcher-class destroyer, former United States Navy USS Dyson, commissioned 1960 to 1982
- Z-6: 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
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
External links
- Deutsche Marine – Schiffsliste janmaat.de
- Kriegsmarine ships
