Several naval ships of Germany have been named Karlsruhe after the city of Karlsruhe, Germany:
, World War I German light cruiser, launched 1912, sunk 1914 , light cruiser, launched 1916, scuttled 1919 , 7,200 ton light cruiser, launched 1927 sunk 1940 , , launched 1957, decommissioned 1983 , (Type 122) frigate, launched 1982, decommissioned 2017 , a laid down 2020 and launched 2024
Others Ersatz Karlsruhe, German World War I light cruiser. Not completed, scrapped in 1920.