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: torpedo boat Adam Kuckhoff: torpedo boat Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3; seaplane tender Adjutant: tender, launched 1905 : auxiliary mine-layer, launched 1937 : 880 ton gunboat, launched 1883 Adler: training vessel, launched 1908 Adler: : 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1933 : 14,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1937 : 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1934 Adolf Bestelmeyer: experimental craft, launched 1943 : Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940 : 3,700 ton : launched 1895 Ahrenshoop (GS08): minesweeper : Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 9 April 1940 : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975 : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned Albatros: submarine chaser : gunboat, launched 1871 : 2,000 ton : launched 1907 Albert Gast (734): missile boat Albert Leo Schlageter: Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship in 1961 Albin Köbis: training vessel, ex-Ernst Thälmann Albin Köbis (S-712): missile boat Albin Köbis (571): corvette Aldebaran: minesweeper, launched 1941 Alders: tender, launched 1918 : corvette, launched 1885 Alfred Merz: buoy tender Algol: minesweeper, launched 1943 Algol: minesweeper, launched 1963 Alice Roosevelt: torpedo boat, launched 1886 : (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974 : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned : NATO research vessel under German flag, in service since 1988 Alster: survey vessel, launched 1961 : (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship Altenburg (314): minesweeper Altentreptow (GS04): minesweeper Altmark (H11): support ship : 3-masted sail corvette of the Prussian Navy : 2,700 ton light cruiser Amazone: minesweeper, launched 1963 Ammerland: submarine tender, launched 1921 : (Type 703) small coastal tanker Amrum: tug Angeln: transport, launched 1954

Anklam: minesweeper Anklam (S426): minesweeper : landing craft Answald: seaplane tender Anton Saefkow (826): torpedo boat Anton Saefkow (853): torpedo boat : Type 1936 destroyer, launched 1938 : frigate, launched 1858 : corvette, launched 1885 : 2,700 ton light cruiser, launched 22 April 1902, commissioned 12 May 1903, recommissioned 27 May 1940 as a floating anti-aircraft battery, scrapped 1948 : corvette, launched 1871 : 2,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1900 Ariadne: minesweeper Arkona: experimental craft, launched 1918 Arkona: Sperling-class buoy tender Arkona (D113): buoy tender Arkturus: minesweeper, launched 1943 : Unique ironclad warship Artur Becker (828): torpedo boat Artur Becker (816): torpedo boat Arvid Harnack (821): torpedo boat Arvid Harnack (813): torpedo boat Atair: minesweeper, launched 1941 Atair: minesweeper, launched 1961 : 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser Atlantis: minesweeper, launched 1961 Aue: minesweeper : (Type 352) minesweeper (cruiser): 4,400 ton light cruiser, launched 1909 : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988 : (Type 122) frigate : corvette August Lüttgens (732): missile boat Ayesha: schooner, launched 1907

B : (Type 332) minehunter Bad Doberan (242): submarine chaser Bad Doberan (222): corvette : (Type 332) minehunter : 7,800 ton , la-unched 1880 : 29,000 ton , launched 1915 : (Type 722) tug Bansin (G446): minesweeper Bant: Experimental craft; Stollergrund-class Barbara, training vessel, launched 1915 : converted ocean-liner, commissioned 1849 : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) : gunboat, launched 1862 : armoured gunboat, launched 1878 : 7,800 ton , launched 1878 : 29,000 ton , launched 1915 : (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned : (Type 123) frigate Belchen, supply vessel, launched 1932 : 3,700 ton , launched 1890 Beowulf, training vessel, launched 1916 Bergen: Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class Bergen: Habicht-class mine-warfare vessel Bergen (S425): minesweeper Bergen (213): corvette : 3,300 ton light cruiser Berlin, auxiliary cruiser, launched 1908 Berlin, Krake-class mine-warfare vessel, launched 1957 Berlin — Hauptstadt der DDR (412): coastal protection vessel, launched 1979 : (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship^ Bernau (343): minesweeper , Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936 Bernhard Bästlein (827): torpedo boat Bernhard Bästlein (836): torpedo boat Bernhard von Tschirschky: Air control ship; Krischan-class : armoured gunboat, launched 1876 Biene, escort vessel, launched 1941 : 3,000 ton , launched 1877 : 42,000 ton , launched 1939 Bitterfeld (332): minesweeper Blauort: harbour tug; Klasse 729 : gunboat, launched 1862 : aviso, launched 1882 Blitz, remote controlled craft, launched 1910 Blitz: buoy tender : 3,000 ton , launched 1877 : 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908 : 14,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1937 Bochum, mine-layer, launched 1944 Bodensee, tanker, launched 1955 Boelke: air control ship; K-V-class Börde (H72): support ship Boltenhagen (GS09): minesweeper : gunboat, launched 1833 : (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship (ordered) Borkum, tanker, launched 1939 Borna: minesweeper Bottrop, mine-layer, launched 1944 : , commissioned 1984 : 10,500 ton , launched 1891 Brandenburg, mine warfare vessel, launched 1936 Brandenburg: minesweeper : (Type 123) frigate Brandtaucher, experimental submarine : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) (battleship): 13,000 ton , launched 1902 : (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1964 to 1989 : (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008 Breitgrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class Breitling (D26): buoy tender : corvette, launched 1842 (cruiser): 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1903 : (Type 122) frigate (in commission 1982 to 2014) : armoured gunboat, launched 1884 (cruiser): 4,400 ton mine-laying cruiser, launched 1916 (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941 Bremse, training vessel, launched 1940 : light cruiser, launched 1911 Brommy, auxiliary, launched 1916 : frigate, former Royal Navy , commissioned 1959 to 1965 : armoured gunboat, launched 1884 (cruiser): 4,400 ton mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915 (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940 (minelayer): Minelayer, former Norwegian , captured 9 April 1940 Brummer: training vessel; Wespe-class , Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936 Buéa: E-boat tender Bruno Kühn (822): torpedo boat Bruno Kühn (823): torpedo boat Bützow (244): submarine chaser Bützow (244): coastal protection vessel Buk: tug Bukarest: seaplane tender Burg: minesweeper (cruiser): 1,650 ton light cruiser, launched 1890 Bussard: seaplane tender; Bussard-class Bussard: submarine chaser : (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975 : (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)

C Calbe: minesweeper : gunboat, launched 1860 : armoured gunboat, launched 1878 : 27,500 tonnes converted from ocean liner to troop ship, launched 1927, sunk 1945 : , auxiliary cruiser, launched 1913, sunk 1914 Capella: minesweeper; R-boat Capella: minesweeper; Schütze-class Carl F. Gauss: survey vessel; Kondor-II-class : fleet tender, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940 Carl Zeiss: training vessel, launched 1939 : torpedo boat, launched 1886 : corvette, launched 1880 :R-boat, commissioned 1944—1962 : (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990) : corvette, launched 1885 Claus von Bevern: experimental craft, launched 1911 Cobra: mine warfare vessel, launched 1926 : (Type 701) replenishment ship : 4,400 ton light cruiser, launched 1909 : 5,600 ton light cruiser, launched 1916 Colberg: guard ship : gunboat, launched 1860, commissioned 1861—1881 : aviso, launched 1892 Concordia: gun sloop, launched 1848 : cruiser, launched 1892 : light cruiser, launched 1892, scuttled 1914 : auxiliary cruiser, scuttled 1917 : 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser Cottbus: minesweeper Cottbus (614): landing craft : gunboat, launched 1860 : armoured gunboat, launched 1879 : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000 : gunboat, launched 1860 : dock ship, launched 1916

D : (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983 : (Type 143A) fast attack craft Dänholm: buoy tender, ex-Leitholm : gunboat, launched 1825 : corvette, launched 1851 : 3,300 ton light cruiser, launched 1905 Darss (E441): supply ship Darsser Ort: buoy tender Darsser Ort (D22): buoy tender : (Type 332) minehunter : gunboat, launched 1860 Delphin (1906): artillery tender and training vessel Delphin (1918): artillery training vessel : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) Delphin (A47): salvage tug Demmin (GS02): minesweeper Deneb (1943), mine warfare vessel Deneb (1961), mine warfare vessel : 27,000 ton , launched 1913 : corvette, launched 1848 Dessau (331): minesweeper : (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969 Deutschland: frigate : 7,600 ton , launched 1872 : 13,000 ton , launched 1904 : Auxiliary minelayer : 21,000 ton ocean liner converted in hospital ship, launched 1923, sunk 1945 : School ship (cruiser): 12,000 ton heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939 : Training cruiser , , launched 1966 , Type 1936 destroyer, launched 1937, scuttled 1940 Dietrich von Bern, : (Type 332) minehunter (1937): supply ship Dithmarschen (1955): supply ship : mine warfare vessel, launched 1926, sunk 1943 : fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974 : (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned Donau (1921), submarine tender : (Type 401) tender : (Type 404) replenishment ship Dornbusch: buoy tender : (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned) : gunboat, launched 1865 Drache (1908): artillery tender and training vessel Drache: mine-warfare ships : 3,700 ton light cruiser, launched 1907 : 5,600 ton light cruiser, launched 1917 Dresden: minesweeper Dr. Richard Sorge (713): missile boat : (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000 Dwarsläufer: mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class

E : gunboat, launched 1887 : , launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917 Eberswalde: landing craft Eberswalde/Finow (634): landing craft Eckernförde (1843): frigate, later renamed Gefion Eduard Jungmann (1907): training craft Egerland (1939): supply ship Eidechse (1944): landing craft Eider: customs steamer : (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy Eifel: tanker; Klasse 766 Eilenburg (344): minesweeper : (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997 Eisbär: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1979 Eisenach: minesweeper Eisenhüttenstadt: landing craft Eisenhüttenstadt (615): landing craft Eisleben: minesweeper Eisleben (312): minesweeper : Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967 : (Type 721) icebreaker Eisvogel: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1972 : schooner, launched 1831 Elbe: R-boat tender : (Type 401) tender : (Type 404) replenishment ship : light cruiser, launched 1914