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List of naval ship classes of Germany

The list of naval ship classes of Germany includes all classes of naval ships produced or operated in Germany from the late 19th century to modern day.

See also:

Aircraft carriers

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  • Displacement: 23,200 tons
  • Armament: 16 x 15 cm guns, 10 x 10.5 cm guns, 22 x 3.7 cm AA guns, 28 x 2 cm AA guns
  • Aircraft: Up to 37, including Bf 109T, Ju 87C, and Fi 167
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and Flugzeugträger B
  • Service: Neither vessel was commissioned into service

Surface combatants

Battleships (Schlachtschiffe)

See list of battleships of Germany for detailed listings

Battlecruisers (Schlachtkreuzer)

Monitors (Küstenpanzerschiffe)

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  • Displacement: 5,652 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 24 cm guns
  • Armor:
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 1:
  • Service: Launched 1884

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  • Displacement: 3,740 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 24 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 530 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 6: , , , , ,
  • Service: Commissioned 1890 to 1896

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  • Displacement: 3,740 tons - 4,250 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 24 cm guns; 8-10 x 8.8 cm guns; 3-4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 530 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1890 to 1896

Heavy cruisers (Schwere Kreuzer)

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  • Displacement: 18,200 tons (18,400 tons for Prinz Eugen)
  • Armament: 8 x 20 cm (8") guns; 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 4 cm AA guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 32 x 2 cm AA guns; 12 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes (Prinz Eugen shipped 17 x 4 cm guns, 28 x 2 cm guns, and no 3.7 cm guns)
  • Armor: 80 mm belt; 105 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at 20 knots (Prinz Eugen speed was and range was at 20 knots)
  • Ships in class: 5: , , , , and
  • Service: Three ships completed, commissioned 1939 to 1940, two lost in World War II

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  • Displacement: 14,500 tons
  • Armament: 6 x 28 cm (11") guns; 8 x 15 cm guns; 6 x 8.8 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 8 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 80 mm belt; 140 mm turret; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 3: (renamed ), , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1933 to 1936, both lost during World War II

Armored cruisers (Panzerkreuzer)

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  • Displacement: 17,500 tons
  • Armament: 12 x 21 cm guns; 8 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 180 mm belt; 180 mm turret; 70 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1909, sunk 1915

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  • Displacement: 12,985 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 21 cm guns; 6 x 15 cm guns; 18 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 150 mm belt; 170 mm turret; 70 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1908, both lost in World War I at the Battle of the Falkland Islands

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  • Displacement: 10,266 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 21 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 100 mm belt; 150 mm turret; 60 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1905 to 1906, Yorck lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 9,800 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 21 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 100 mm belt; 150 mm turret; 60 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1903 to 1904, both lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 9,800 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 24 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 10 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 100 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1902

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  • Displacement: 11,460 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 24 cm guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 200 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1900

Protected cruisers (Geschützte Kreuzer)

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  • Displacement: 6,790 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 21 cm (8") guns; 6 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 5 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 100 mm turret; 100 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 5: , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1899

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  • Displacement: 6,300 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 15 cm guns; 6 x 10 cm guns; 5 x 35 cm torpedo tubes (1896 modification added 8 x 15 cm guns and 8 x 8.8 cm guns, removed all 10 cm guns; 1916 modification added 4 x 10 cm guns and 1 x 8.8 cm gun, removed 11 x 15 cm guns and all torpedo tubes)
  • Armor: 70 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1895

Light cruisers (Leichte Kreuzer)

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  • Displacement: 8,400 tons (9,000 tons for Nürnberg)
  • Armament: 9 x 15 cm (6") guns; 6 x 8.8 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 2 cm guns; 12 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes; 120 mines (Nürnberg shipped an additional 2 x 8.8 cm guns and 2 x 4 cm AA guns)
  • Aircraft: 2 catapult launched Arado Ar 196
  • Armor: 50 mm belt; 30 mm turret; 20 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1931 and 1935, Leipzig damaged in 1944 in collision and reduced to flak ship, both survived World War II

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  • Displacement: 7,700 tons
  • Armament: 9 x 15 cm (6") guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1934 modification added 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns and replaced torpedoes with 53 cm tubes; 1940 modification added 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 1945 modification added 10 x 2 cm AA guns)
  • Armor: 70 mm belt; 20 mm turret; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 3: , ,
  • Service: Commissioned 1929 to 1930, all lost in World War II

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  • Displacement: 7,485 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 60 cm torpedo tubes; 200 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 10: , , Wiesbaden, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Rostock, Frauenlob, Ersatz Köln, Ersatz Emden, and Ersatz Karlsruhe
  • Service: Seven launched, two commissioned 1918, both scuttled at Scapa Flow

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  • Displacement: 7,125 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 200 mines
  • Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1916 to 1917, two scuttled at Scapa Flow

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  • Displacement: 7,100 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 15 cm (6") guns; 3 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1944 modification replaced 8.8 cm guns with 10.5 cm guns, added 2 x 3.7 cm AA guns and 14 x 2 cm AA guns, and replaced torpedoes with 53 cm (21") tubes)
  • Armor: 50 mm belt; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1925, damaged by bombing April 1945, scuttled May 1945

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  • Displacement: 6,380 tons
  • Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1915 modification replaced 10.5 cm guns with 7 x 15 cm guns and added 2 x 8.8 cm guns and 2 x 50 cm tubes)
  • Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1915, one lost in World War II

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  • Displacement: 6,190 tons
  • Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 60 mm belt; 60 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1914, both lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 5,850 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 400 mines
  • Armor: 38 mm belt; 16 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1916, both scuttled at Scapa Flow

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  • Displacement: 5,250 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
  • Armor: 80 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1915, one lost in World War I, one lost in World War II

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  • Displacement: 5,200 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
  • Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned 1915, one lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 4,900 tons
  • Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 100 mines (1917 modification replaced 10.5 cm guns with 6 x 15 cm guns and 2 x 8.8 cm guns)
  • Armor: 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1909 to 1911, two lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 4,570 tons
  • Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
  • Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1912, two lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 4,275 tons
  • Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1894

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  • Displacement: 4,250 tons
  • Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 10 x machineguns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 100 mm belt; 25 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2: , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1908 to 1909, both lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 3,800 tons
  • Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 8 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Armor: 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1904 to 1907, two lost in World War I

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  • Displacement: 3,700 tons
  • Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes (1916 modification added 2 x 15 cm guns and removed 4 x 10.5 cm guns)
  • Armor: 50 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 7: , , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1904 to 1907, two lost in World War I, one lost in World War II

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  • Displacement: 2,900 tons
  • Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 14 x machineguns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
  • Armor: 25 mm deck
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 10: , , , , , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1900 to 1904, three lost in World War I, two lost in World War II

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  • Displacement: 2,266 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 10 x 3.7 cm revolving cannon
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1887

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  • Displacement: 2,080 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1896, sunk 1914

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  • Displacement: 1,860 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 10.5 cm guns; 5 x revolver cannon; 2 x 35 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 3: , , and
  • Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1893, one lost in World War I

Destroyers (Zerstörer)

(Type 103)

  • Displacement: 4,720 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 127 mm guns; 2 x 20 mm autocannon; 1 x Mark 13 launcher with 40 missiles; 2 x Mark 49 launchers with 42 missiles; 6 x 324 mm torpedo tubes; 1 x ASROC launcher with 8 rockets
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 3: , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1969, last decommissioned 2003

(Type 101)

  • Displacement: 4,360 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 100 mm DP guns; 4 x twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 x twin MM38 Exocet launchers; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti submarine rocket launchers; 10 x depth charges; 90 x mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1964, last decommissioned 1994, all scrapped

Type 1936C

  • Displacement: 3,680 tons
  • Armament: 6 x 12.8 cm DP guns; 6 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 14 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 2
  • Service: Neither completed

Type 1936A

  • Displacement: 3,600 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 5 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 8 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1940 to 1941, 4 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1958

Type 1936A (Mob)

  • Displacement: 3,590 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 7 ( to and to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1942 to 1943, 2 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1964

Type 1936B

  • Displacement: 3,540 tons
  • Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 16 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 76 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 5 (, , and to )
  • Service: Three ships commissioned 1943 to 1944, all lost in World War II

Type 1936

  • Displacement: 3,400 tons
  • Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 4 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 6 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1939, 5 lost in World War II, survivor scrapped 1956

Type 1934

  • Displacement: 3,150 tons
  • Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1937, three sunk 1940, survivor scrapped 1947

Type 1934A

  • Displacement: 3,110 tons
  • Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 12 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1937 to 1939, 7 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1958

Type 1942

  • Displacement: 2,720 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 50 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1 ()
  • Service: Launched but never commissioned

Flottentorpedoboot

  • Displacement: 2,587 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm gun; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 16 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 50 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 3
  • Service: None commissioned

Type 1916

  • Displacement: 2,415 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 15 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 4 x 60 cm torpedo tube; 40 x mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 12 ( to , to , to , and to )
  • Service: 11 launched, 2 commissioned 1918 to 1919, all scrapped by 1939

(Type 119)

  • Displacement: 2,050 tons
  • Armament: 5 x 5" guns; 10 x 40 mm AA guns; 10 x 20 mm AA guns; 2 x quintuple 21" torpedo tubes; 6 x depth charge launchers; 2 x depth charge racks
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 6
  • Service: Ex-USN World War II destroyers, commissioned from 1959, last decommissioned 1981

Torpedobootzertörer

  • Displacement: 1,843 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 12 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 8 (, , , , and to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1915, one lost in World War I, five scuttled at Scapa Flow

Submarines (Unterseeboot)

Fleet and attack submarines

Type 212

  • Displacement: 1,830 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 12 x torpedoes; 24 x mines external; IDAS missiles
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 700 m
  • Ships in class: 4 (U-31 to U-34), 2 ordered, 6 more planned
  • Commissioned: 4 commissioned

Type XXI

  • Displacement: 1,819 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 23 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 118 (U-2501 to U-2531, U-2533 to U-2536, U-2538 to U-2546, U-2548, U-2551, U-2552, U-3001 to U-3035, U-3037 to U-3041, U-3044, and U-3501 to U-3530)
  • Commissioned: 1944
  • Fate: Few were ever launched, and all were captured by Allied Forces at the end of the World War II.

Type XVIII

  • Displacement: 1,652 tons submerged
  • Armament: 23 x torpedoes
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 2 (U-796 and U-797)
  • Commissioned: None
  • Fate: Cancelled while building March 1944

Type IXD

  • Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 24 x torpedoes or 48 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 230 m
  • Ships in class: 30 (U-177 to U-182, U-195 to U-200, U-847 to U-852, U-859 to U-864, and U-871 to U-876
  • Commissioned: 1942
  • Fate:

Type IXC/40

  • Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 x torpedoes or 44 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 230 m
  • Ships in class: 87 (U-167 to U-170, U-183 to U-194, U-525 to U-550, U-801 to U-806, U-841 to U-846, U-853 to U-858, U-865 to U-870, U-877 to U-881, U-889, and U-1221 to U-1235)
  • Commissioned: 1942
  • Fate:

Type IXC

  • Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 x torpedoes or 44 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 230 m
  • Ships in class: 54 (U-66 to U-68, U-125 to U-131, U-153 to U-166, U-171 to U-176, and U-501 to U-524)
  • Commissioned: 1941
  • Fate:

Type IXB

  • Displacement: 1,178 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 (32) x torpedoes or 44 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 230 m
  • Ships in class: 14 (U-64, U-65, U-103 to U-111, and U-122 to U-124)
  • Commissioned: 1939
  • Fate:

Type IX

  • Displacement: 1,152 tons submerged
  • Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 (32) x torpedoes or 44 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 230 m
  • Ships in class: 8 (U-37 to U-44)
  • Commissioned: 1938
  • Fate: Six sunk in World War II

Type VIIC/42

  • Displacement: 1,099 tons submerged
  • Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 16 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 270 m
  • Ships in class: 164 ordered
  • Commissioned: None
  • Fate: All contracts cancelled 1943

Type IA

  • Displacement: 983 tons submerged
  • Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm deck gun; 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 28 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 200 m
  • Ships in class: 2 (, )
  • Commissioned: 1936
  • Fate: Both sunk 1940

Type VIIC/41

  • Displacement: 871 tons submerged
  • Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 250 m
  • Ships in class: 91
  • Commissioned: 1943
  • Fate:

Type VIIC

  • Displacement: 871 tons submerged
  • Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 220 m
  • Ships in class: 568
  • Commissioned: 1941
  • Fate:

Type VIIB

  • Displacement: 857 tons submerged
  • Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 220 m
  • Ships in class: 24 (U-45 to U-55, U-73 to U-76, U-83 to U-87, and U-99 to U-102)
  • Commissioned: 1938
  • Fate:

Type VIIA

  • Displacement: 745 tons submerged
  • Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 11 x torpedoes or 22 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 220 m
  • Ships in class: 10 (U-27 to U-36)
  • Commissioned: 1936
  • Fate: All lost during World War II

Coastal submarines

Type 206A

  • Displacement: 498 tons submerged
  • Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 8 x torpedoes; 24 x mines external
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth > 100 m
  • Ships in class: 18 (U-13 to U-30)
  • Commissioned: 1973-1975
  • Fate: 7 remain in active service

Type 205

  • Displacement: 500 tons submerged
  • Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 11 (U-1, U-2, U-4 to U-11)
  • Commissioned: 1963
  • Fate: Decommissioned 2005

Type 201

  • Displacement: 450 tons submerged
  • Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 8 x torpedoes or 16 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged
  • Ships in class: 4 (U-1 to U-4)
  • Commissioned: 1962
  • Fate: Decommissioned by 1967 for rebuilding to Type 205A standard

Type IID

  • Displacement: 364 tons submerged
  • Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 150 m
  • Ships in class: 16 (U-137 to U-152)
  • Commissioned: 1939

Type IIC

  • Displacement: 341 tons submerged
  • Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 150 m
  • Ships in class: 8 (U-56 to U-63)
  • Commissioned: 1937

Type IIB

  • Displacement: 328 tons submerged
  • Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 150 m
  • Ships in class: 20 (U-7 to U-24, U-120, U-121)
  • Commissioned: 1935

Type IIA

  • Displacement: 303 tons submerged
  • Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 150 m
  • Ships in class: 6 (U-1 to U-6)
  • Commissioned: 1935
  • Fate: Three lost in World War II, survivors stricken 1944

Type XXIII

  • Displacement: 258 tons submerged
  • Armament: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 2 x torpedoes
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 61 (U-2321 to U-2369, U-2371, U-4701 to U-4707, and U-4709 to U-4712)
  • Commissioned: 1944
  • Fate: 7 lost in World War II

Special purpose submarines

Type UC-90 (or UC-III) long-range mine laying submarine

  • Displacement: 571 tons submerged
  • Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 x 3.4 in gun; and 14 x mines
  • Performance: Speed surfaced; submerged
  • Ships in class: UC-97 and ???
  • Commissioned: never commissioned
  • Fate: launched on 17 March 1918; sunk 7 June 1921 in target practice by the USS Wilmette in Lake Michigan about east of Highland Park, IL.

Type UE-II long-range mine laying submarine

  • Displacement: 2,177 tons submerged
  • Armament: ??? and mines
  • Performance:
  • Ships in class: U-117 and ???
  • Commissioned: 28 March 1918
  • Fate: U-117 sunk in 1919 as a target in tests by Billy Mitchell.

Type XB mine laying submarine

  • Displacement: 2,177 tons submerged
  • Armament: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 15 x torpedoes and 66 x SMA mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 220 m
  • Ships in class: 8 (U-116 to U-119, U-219, U-220, U-233, and U-234)
  • Commissioned: 1941
  • Fate: Six lost in World War II

Type XIV supply submarine

  • Displacement: 1,932 tons submerged
  • Armament: 3 x AA guns
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 240 m
  • Ships in class: 10 (U-459 to U-464 and U-487 to U-490)
  • Commissioned: 1941
  • Fate:

Type VIIF torpedo supply submarine

  • Displacement: 1,181 tons submerged
  • Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 200 m
  • Ships in class: 4 (U-1059 to U-1062)
  • Commissioned: 1943
  • Fate:

Type VIID mine laying submarine

  • Displacement: 1,080 tons submerged
  • Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines and 15 x SMA mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced; Depth 200 m
  • Ships in class: 6 (U-213 to U-218)
  • Commissioned: 1941
  • Fate: Five lost in World War II

Type XVIIB research submarine

  • Displacement: 337 tons submerged
  • Armament: None
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 12 (U-1405 to U-1416)
  • Commissioned: Three from 1944
  • Fate: Three scuttled May 1945, nine cancelled while building

Hans Techel class (Type 202)

  • Displacement: 137 tons submerged
  • Armament: 2 x short torpedo tubes with 2 x torpedoes or 4 x mines
  • Performance: Speed submerged
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1965, both decommissioned 1966 and scrapped

Type XVIIA research submarine

  • Displacement: 309 tons submerged
  • Armament: None
  • Performance: Speed submerged; Range at submerged, at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 4 (U-792 to U-795)
  • Commissioned: 1943
  • Fate: All scuttled May 1944

Midget submarines

Type XXVIIB5 Seehund

  • Displacement: 17 tons submerged
  • Armament: 2 x torpedoes
  • Performance: Range 300 m at ; Depth 50 m
  • Ships in class: 285
  • Commissioned: 1944
  • Fate: 35 lost during World War II

Type XXVII Hecht

  • Displacement:
  • Armament: 1 x torpedo or 1 x limpet mine
  • Performance: Range at submerged or at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 53
  • Commissioned: 1944
  • Fate:

Molch

  • Displacement: 11 tons
  • Armament: 2 x torpedoes
  • Performance: Range at submerged
  • Ships in class: 393
  • Commissioned: 1944
  • Fate:

Biber

  • Displacement: 6.5 tons
  • Armament: 2 x torpedoes
  • Performance: Range at submerged or at surfaced
  • Ships in class: 324
  • Commissioned: 1944
  • Fate:

Surface combatants

Frigates (Fregatten)

(Type 125)

  • Displacement: 7,200 tons
  • Armament: 8 x anti-ship/land-attack missiles; 42 x RAM missiles; 1 x 127 mm gun; 2 x MLG 27 autocannon; 5 x 12.7 mm remote machineguns; 2 12.7 mm machineguns, water cannons
  • Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for two helicopters
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Under development

(Type 124)

  • Displacement: 5,690 tons
  • Armament: 1 x VLS with 56 missiles; 42 x RAM missiles; 8 x Harpoon missiles; 1 x 76 mm DP gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 2 x triple torpedo launchers
  • Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for two Sea Lynx or MH90 helicopters
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 3: , ,
  • Service: Commissioned from 2004, all currently in service

(Type 123)

  • Displacement: 4,900 tons
  • Armament: 1 x Mark 41 VLS with 16 missiles; 2 x Mark 49 launcher with 42 missiles; 4 x Exocet missiles; 1 x 76 mm DP gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 4 x 324 mm torpedo tubes
  • Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for Sea Lynx helicopters
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1994, all currently in service

(Type 122)

  • Displacement: 3,680 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 76 mm guns; rocket launchers; 1 8 cell launch system, 16 Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles; 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers; 2 MK 49 launcher, 21 RAM each; 2 MLG 27 mm autocannons; 2 Mark 32 324 mm twin torpedo launchers with 8 Mark 46 torpedoes
  • Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for Sea Lynx helicopters
  • Performance: Speed ; Range more than at
  • Ships in class: 8: , , , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1982, all currently in service

(Type 120)

  • Displacement: 2,969 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 100 mm guns; 2 x twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers; depth charges; mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 6: , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1961, last decommissioned 1989

Corvettes (Korvette)

(Type 130)

  • Displacement: 1,840 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 42 x RAM missiles; 4 x RBS-15 missiles; mines
  • Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for unmanned aerial vehicles
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 5: , , , , and
  • Service: Five ships in service, at least five more planned

Flottenbegleiter

  • Displacement: 1,030 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 10
  • Service: Commissioned 1936 to 1938, four lost in World War II, many converted to other roles

Torpedo boats (Torpedoboot)

Source:

Type 1916 (Mob)

  • Displacement: 1,560 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 10.5 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 40 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 33 ( to , to , and to )
  • Service: 4 commissioned 1919 to 1921

Type 24

  • Displacement: 1,320 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 6
  • Service: Commissioned 1928 to 1929, all lost in World War II

Type 1916 (Mob)

  • Displacement: 1,290 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm gun; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 40 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 46 (, to , to , to , to , to , , to , to , to )
  • Service: 36 launched, 20 commissioned 1916 to 1918, one lost in World War I, nine scuttled at Scapa Flow

Type 23

  • Displacement: 1,250 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 6
  • Service: Commissioned 1926 to 1927, all lost in World War II

Type 37

  • Displacement: 1,100 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm gun; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 9 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1942, four lost in World War II, all but one scrapped by 1952

Type 35

  • Displacement: 1,100 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm gun; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 12 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1939 to 1940, seven lost in World War II, all but one scrapped by 1952

Type 1913

  • Displacement: 1,100 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 24 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 71 ( to , to , , , , , , , , , , , , , to , to , and to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1917

Type 1906

  • Displacement: 800 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 59 ( to , to , to , to , to , to , and to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1911

Type 1911

  • Displacement: 750 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 24 ( to , to , and to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1912 to 1913

Type 1898

  • Displacement: 600 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 49 ( to and to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1899 to 1907, 12 lost in World War I, last scrapped in 1921

Type 1916

  • Displacement: 390 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 1 x 45 cm torpedo tube; depth charges
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 68 ( to )
  • Service: 40 launched, 36 commissioned 1917 to 1918, 9 lost in World War II, most scrapped by 1923

Type 1915

  • Displacement: 250 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 1 x 45 cm torpedo tube; depth charges
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 30 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1916 to 1917

Type 1897

  • Displacement: 175 tons
  • Armament: 3 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 8 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1897 to 1898, all scrapped in 1921

Type 1892

  • Displacement: 175 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 16 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1896, four lost in World War I, last scrapped in 1921

Type 1885

  • Displacement: 150 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 59 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1885 to 1892, 15 lost in World War I, last scrapped 1921

Type 1914

  • Displacement: 148 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 4 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 25 ( to )
  • Service: Commissioned 1915

Fast attack craft (Schnellboot)

(Type 143)

  • Displacement: 398 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x Exocet missiles; 2 x torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 10 (S61 to S70)
  • Service: Commissioned from 1976, last decommissioned 2005

(Type 143A)

  • Displacement: 391 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 4 x Exocet missiles; 21 RAM missiles; 2 x MG50 machine guns; mines
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 10 (S71 to S80)
  • Service: Commissioned from 1982, currently in service

(Type 148)

  • Displacement: 265 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 4 x Exocet missiles; 1 x 40 mm gun; 8 x mines
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 20 (S41 to S60)
  • Service: Commissioned from 1972, last decommissioned 2002

(Type 142)

  • Displacement: 205 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 10 (S31 to S40)
  • Service: Commissioned from 1961, last decommissioned 1984

(Type 141)

  • Displacement: 190 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 x depth charges
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 10 (S6 to S11 and S25 to S28)
  • Service: Commissioned from 1958, last decommissioned 1976

(Type 140)

  • Displacement: 183 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 x depth charges (optionally may ship 2 x minelaying ramps instead of two tubes)
  • Performance: Speed ; Range
  • Ships in class: 20 (S1 to S5, S12 to S24, S29, and S30)
  • Service: Commissioned from 1957, last decommissioned 1975

Type 1939/40

  • Displacement: 110 tons
  • Armament: 6 x 3 cm AA gun; 2 x 2 cm AA gun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 8 mines
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 220 (S26 to S29, S38 to S53, S62 to S150; S159 to S232; S301 to S328; S701 to S709)
  • Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1945, many scrapped before completion

Type 1939

  • Displacement: 102 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 8 x machineguns; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 6 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 16 (S30 to S37, S54 to S61)
  • Service: Commissioned 1939 to 1941, twelve lost in World War II

Type 1937

  • Displacement: 105 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 8 (S18 to S25)
  • Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1939, one lost in World War II

Type 1934

  • Displacement: 105 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4 (S14 to S17)
  • Service: Commissioned 1936 to 1938, two lost in World War II, others turned over to Allies

Type 1933

  • Displacement: 90 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 7 (S7 to S13)
  • Service: Commissioned 1934 to 1935, one scuttled in World War II, remainder turned over to Allies

Nasty class (Type 152)

  • Displacement: 398 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x Exocet missiles; 2 x torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1960, both decommissioned 1964

Type 1931

  • Displacement: 57 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 4 (S2 to S5)
  • Service: Commissioned 1932, all to Spain in 1936

Leichte Schnellboote

  • Displacement: 12 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 2 cm guns; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 4 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 12
  • Service: Commissioned 1940 to 1944, all but one lost during World War II

Mine warfare vessels

Minehunters (Minensuchboot)

Sperrbrecher

  • Displacement: 7,500 tons (typical)
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 15 x 2 cm AA guns (typical)
  • Performance: Speed 14 knots (typical)
  • Ships in class: Around 100
  • Service: Converted from merchant ships through World War II, about 50 lost, many returned to merchant duties after the war

Type 1935

  • Displacement: 870 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 1 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers; 30 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 69
  • Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1943, 34 lost during World War II, five served with German Federal Navy

Type 1943

  • Displacement: 821 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 8 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers; 24 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 17
  • Service: Commissioned 1944 to 1945, one lost during World War II

Type 1941

  • Displacement: 775 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 10 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 131
  • Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1944, 63 lost during World War II, five served with German Federal Navy

(Type 352)

(Type 332)

  • Displacement: 660 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 40 mm DP gun; mines (currently upgrading to 1 x MLG 27 mm autocannon)
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 12: , , , , , , , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1992, all in active service

(Type 333)

  • Displacement: 645 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 40 mm DP guns (currently upgrading to 1 x MLG 27 mm autocannon); 2 x anti-aircraft missile launchers; mines
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 5: , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1989, all in active service

Seehund ROV (part of the TROIKA Plus system of the Ensdorf-class minesweepers)

  • Length: 25 m
  • Displacement: 97.8t
  • Propulsion: Schottel Z-drive
  • Max speed: 9-10kts
  • Ships in class: 18: all in active service

Seehund can be controlled remotely or manually by an onboard crew (usually 3) for maneuvering in harbours or in training (the Seehund is too large to be carried by Ensdorf-class vessels). A life raft is carried for this reason.

Type 1916

  • Displacement: 630 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 30 x mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 120 (M57 to M176)
  • Service: 91 launched, 81 commissioned 1918 to 1920, 8 lost in World War I

Type 1915

  • Displacement: 510 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 30 x mines (some boats shipped 3 x 8.8 cm guns instead of 2 x 10.5 cm guns)
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 30 (M27 to M56)
  • Service: Commissioned 1916, 10 lost in World War I

Type 1914

  • Displacement: 475 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 1 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 30 x mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 26 (M1 to M26)
  • Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1917, 11 lost in World War I

Flachgehende Minensuchboote

  • Displacement: 205 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 66 (FM1 to FM66)
  • Service: 54 launched, commissioned 1918 to 1919, 6 lost in World War II

Minenräumboot

  • Displacement: 155 tons
  • Armament: 1 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 3 x 2 cm AA guns; 1 x 8.6 cm Föhn launcher
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 300
  • Service: About 160 lost during World War II

Mine layers (Minenleger)

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  • Displacement: 2,500 tons
  • Armament: 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 288 x mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1908, scrapped 1921

Auxiliary mine layer (Hilfsminenleger)

  • Displacement: 300 to 4,200 tons
  • Ships in class: 16 conversions
  • Service: Converted from various merchant and passenger ships, commissioned as mine layers in 1914, all survived World War I, most returned to civil duties

Küstenminenleger

  • Displacement: 19 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 2 cm guns; 4 mines
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 36 (KM1 to KM36)
  • Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1943

Amphibious warfare vessels

Landing craft (Landungsboote)

(Type 520)

  • Displacement: 430 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 20 mm autocannon; mines
  • Capacity: 150 t
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 22
  • Service: Commissioned from 1965, two remain in active service

Type 554

  • Displacement: 375 tons
  • Armament: 2 x 12.7 mm machineguns
  • Capacity: 125 t or 400 troops
  • Performance: Speed ; Range at
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: 1958 to 1964

Type 521

  • Displacement: 111 tons
  • Armament: Small arms
  • Capacity: 53 t
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 28
  • Service: Commissioned from 1965, decommissioned

Type 552

  • Displacement: 13 tons
  • Capacity: 0.4 t or 36 troops
  • Performance: Speed ; Range
  • Ships in class: 9
  • Service: 1958 to 1964

Auxiliary ships

Tenders and replenishment ships

(Type 702)

  • Displacement: 20,240 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 27 mm autocannon; Fliegerfaust 2 missiles
  • Aircraft: Helicopter deck with hangar for two large helicopters
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 2001, both in active service, 2 more planned ( and 1 other)

(Type 704A)

  • Displacement: 14,170 tons
  • Capacity: 44,760 m
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1966, two remain in active service

(Type 404)

  • Displacement: 3,586 tons
  • Armament: 2 x Fliegerfaust missiles; 2 x 20 mm autocannon
  • Aircraft: Helicopter deck, no hangar
  • Capacity: 700 m fuel; 60 m aviation fuel; 280 m fresh water; 160t ammunition; 40t supplies
  • Performance: Speed ; Range
  • Ships in class: 12: , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1993, all in active service

(Type 703)

  • Displacement: 2,190 tons
  • Capacity: 1,100t fuel; 60t fresh water
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 4: , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1966, two remain in active service

Surveillance, reconnaissance, and ELINT ships

(Type 423)

  • Displacement: 3,200 tons
  • Performance: Speed ; Range
  • Ships in class: 3: , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1988, all in active service

Research ships

(Type 753)

  • Displacement: 2,744 tons
  • Performance:
  • Ships in class 1:
  • Service: In active service

Note: Alliance is a ship of the NATO under German flag and command.

(Type 751)

  • Displacement: 3,500 tons
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 1:
  • Service: Commissioned in 2005, in active service

(Type 748)

  • Service: 3 in active service: , ,

(Type 741)

  • Service: 1 in active service

Tugs

(Type 722)

  • Displacement: 798 tons
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 6: , , , , , and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1968, two remain in active service

(Type 720)

  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1966, Fehmarn remains in active service

Icebreakers

(Type 721)

  • Displacement: 560 tons
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1961, both decommissioned, one sold, one scrapped

Training ships (Schulschiffe)

(Type 440)

  • Displacement: 3,200 tons
  • Armament: 4 x 100 mm guns; 2 x twin 40 mm guns, 2 x 40 mm guns; 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti submarine rocket launchers, 2 x depth charge rails; mines
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1966, decommissioned 1990

(Type 441)

  • Displacement: 1,760 tons
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Service: Commissioned 1958, in active service

Transport ships

(Type 760)

  • Displacement: 4,042 tons
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: Commissioned from 1967, Westerwald remains in active service

Oil recovery ships

(Type 738)

  • Displacement: 650 tons
  • Performance: Speed
  • Ships in class: 2: and
  • Service: 2 in active service

References

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