• List of naval ships of Germany for naval ships which have served Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
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• List of German Navy ship classes

Surface combatant

Surface combatant

Surface combatants are a subset of Naval Warships which are designed to engage in combat on the surface of the water, with their own weapons. They are generally ships built to fight other ships, submarines or aircraft, and can carry out several other missions including counter-narcotics operations...

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• Destroyer
  Destroyer
  In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
  
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  • 101A (Hamburg class
    Hamburg class destroyer
    The Type 101 Hamburg class was the only class of destroyers built in post-war Germany. They were specifically designed to operate in the Baltic Sea, where armament and speed are more important than seaworthiness. They were named after the "Bundesländer" of West Germany.The German shipyard...
    
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    • D181 Hamburg
    • D182 Schleswig-Holstein
    • D183 Bayern
    • D184 Hessen
  • 103B (Lütjens class
    Lütjens class destroyer
    The Type 103 Lütjens class was the last class of destroyers in service with the German Navy. They were replaced by the new Sachsen-class frigates, designated frigate even though they are much larger and more capable in all aspects than the Lütjens class destroyers.Basically the ships were Charles F...
    
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    • D185 Lütjens
      FGS Lütjens (D185)
      Lütjens was a guided missile destroyer of the Bundesmarine and later the Deutsche Marine . She was the lead ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the Charles F. Adams class...
      
      
    • D186 Mölders
      FGS Mölders (D186)
      D186 Mölders was a guided missile destroyer of the Bundesmarine and later the Deutsche Marine . It was the second ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the Charles F. Adams class....
      
      
    • D187 Rommel
      FGS Rommel (D187)
      D187 Rommel was a guided missile destroyer of the Bundesmarine and later the Deutsche Marine . It was the third and last ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the Charles F. Adams class....
      
      
• Frigate
  Frigate
  A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
  
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  • 122 (Bremen class
    Bremen class frigate
    The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy were commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design is similar to the Dutch Kortenaer class but uses a different hull and propulsion system. The ships were built for anti-submarine warfare as a primary task even though they are not fitted with...
    
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    • F207 Bremen
    • F208 Niedersachsen
    • F209 Rheinland-Pfalz
    • F210 Emden
    • F211 Köln
    • F212 Karlsruhe
    • F213 Augsburg
    • F214 Lübeck
  • 123 (Brandenburg class
    Brandenburg class frigate
    The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigate. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989, and then completed and commissioned between 1994 and 1996 to replace the Hamburg class destroyers...
    
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    • F215 Brandenburg
    • F216 Schleswig-Holstein
    • F217 Bayern
    • F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • 124 (Sachsen class
    Sachsen class frigate
    The F124 Sachsen class is Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates. The design of the Sachsen class frigate is based on that of the F123 Brandenburg class but with enhanced stealth features intended to deceive any opponent's radar and acoustic sensors and incorporate also the...
    
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    • F219 Sachsen
    • F220 Hamburg
    • F221 Hessen
• Corvette
  Corvette
  A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
  
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  • 130 (Braunschweig class
    Braunschweig class corvette
    The K130 Braunschweig class is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They supplement the Gepard class fast attack craft that are currently used.-Technical details:...
    
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    • F260 Braunschweig
    • F261 Magdeburg
    • F262 Erfurt
    • F263 Oldenburg
    • F264 Ludwigshafen
• Fast Attack Craft
  Fast Attack Craft
  Fast Attack Craft are small, fast, agile and offensive warships, that are armed with anti-ship missiles, guns or torpedoes. These are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the sea-keeping and all-round defensive capabilities to survive in blue water. The size of the vessel...
  
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  • 143 (Albatross class
    Albatros class fast attack craft
    The Type 143 Albatros class was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey including the albatross, condor and and cormorant....
    
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    • P6111 S61 Albatros
    • P6112 S62 Falke
    • P6113 S63 Geier
    • P6114 S64 Bussard
    • P6115 S65 Sperber
    • P6116 S66 Greif
    • P6117 S67 Kondor
    • P6118 S68 Seeadler
    • P6119 S69 Habicht
    • P6120 S70 Kormoran
  • 143A (Gepard class
    Gepard class fast attack craft
    The Type 143A Gepard class is Germany's last class of missile bearing fast attack craft and the only one still in service with the German Navy since 1990.It is an evolution of the Type 143 Albatros class...
    
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    • P6121 S71 Gepard
    • P6122 S72 Puma
    • P6123 S73 Hermelin
    • P6124 S74 Nerz
    • P6125 S75 Zobel
    • P6126 S76 Frettchen
    • P6127 S77 Dachs
    • P6128 S78 Ozelot
    • P6129 S79 Wiesel
    • P6130 S80 Hyäne
  • 148 (Tiger class
    Tiger class fast attack craft
    The Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft is a modification of the French La Combattante II design for the Bundesmarine . The La Combattante had been designed by Lürssen of Germany for Israel, but were built in France by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie in Cherbourg for political reasons...
    
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    • P6141 S41 Tiger
    • P6142 S42 Iltis
    • P6143 S43 Luchs
    • P6144 S44 Marder
    • P6145 S45 Leopard
    • P6146 S46 Fuchs
    • P6147 S47 Jaguar
    • P6148 S48 Löwe
    • P6149 S49 Wolf
    • P6150 S50 Panther
    • P6151 S51 Häher
    • P6152 S52 Storch
    • P6153 S53 Pelikan
    • P6154 S54 Elster
    • P6155 S55 Alk
    • P6156 S56 Dommel
    • P6157 S57 Weihe
    • P6158 S58 Pinguin
    • P6159 S59 Reiher
    • P6160 S60 Kranich

Subsurface combatants

• Submarine
  Submarine
  A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
  
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  • Type 205
    Type 205 submarine
    The Type 205 was a class of diesel-electric German hunter-killer U-boat submarines. They were single-hull vessels optimized for the use in the shallow Baltic Sea. The Type 205 is a direct evolution of the Type 201 class with lengthened hull, new machinery and sensors...
    
     (decommissioned)
    • S191 U1
    • S192 U2

• • • S188 U9
      German submarine U-9 (S188)
      U9 was a Type 205 submarine of the German Navy. She was laid down on 10 December 1964 by Howaldtswerke of Kiel. U9 was launched on 20 October 1966 and commissioned on 11 April 1967. She was decommissioned on 3 June 1993, and is now a museum ship at Technikmuseum Speyer in Speyer....
      
      
    • S189 U10
    • S190 U11
    • S191 U12
  • Type 206A
    Type 206 submarine
    The Type 206 is a class of diesel-electric submarines developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft . Its design is based on the preceding Type 205 submarine class. These small and agile submarines were built during the Cold War to operate in the shallow Baltic Sea and attack Warsaw Pact shipping if...
    
    
    • S170 U21 (decommissioned)
    • S171 U22 (decommissiones)
    • S172 U23 (decommissioned)
    • S173 U24 (decommissioned)
    • S174 U25 (decommissioned)
    • S175 U26 (decommissioned)
    • S176 U27 (decommissioned)
    • S177 U28 (decommissioned)
    • S178 U29 (decommissioned)
    • S179 U30 (decommissioned)
    • S192 U13 (decommissioned)
    • S193 U14 (decommissioned)
    • S194 U15 (decommissioned)
    • S195 U16 (decommissioned)
    • S196 U17 (decommissioned)
    • S197 U18 (decommissioned)
    • S198 U19 (decommissioned)
    • S199 U20 (decommissioned)
  • Type 212A
    Type 212 submarine
    The German Type 212 class, also Italian Todaro class, is a highly advanced design of non-nuclear submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG and Fincantieri S.p.a. for the German and Italian Navy. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion system using...
    
    
    • S181 U31
    • S182 U32
    • S183 U33
    • S184 U34

Mine warfare vessels

• Minehunter
  Minehunter
  Minehunters are mine countermeasure vessels that actively detect and destroy individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines...
  
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  • 331 (Fulda class) (upgraded Type 320 Lindau class minesweepers, decommissioned)
    • M1086 Fulda (—1992)
    • M1084 Flensburg (1972—1991)
    • M1072 Lindau (1978—2000)
    • M1074 Tübingen (1978—1997)
    • M1085 Minden (1978—1997)
    • M1071 Koblenz (1978—1999)
    • M1075 Wetzlar (1978—1995)
    • M1070 Göttingen (1979—1997)
    • M1077 Weilheim (1978—1995)
    • M1087 Völklingen (1979—1999)
    • M1078 Cuxhaven (1979—2000)
    • M1080 Marburg (1979—2000)
  • 332 (Frankenthal class
    Frankenthal class mine hunter
    The Type 332 Frankenthal class mine hunter is a class of German mine hunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln class minesweeper, but the equipment differs....
    
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    • M1058 Fulda
    • M1059 Weilheim
    • M1060 Weiden
    • M1061 Rottweil
    • M1063 Bad Bevensen
    • M1064 Grömitz
    • M1065 Dillingen
    • M1068 Datteln
    • M1069 Homburg
    • M1066 Frankenthal
    • M1062 Sulzbach-Rosenberg
    • M1067 Bad Rappenau
  • 333 (Kulmbach class
    Kulmbach class mine hunter
    The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.-List of ships:...
    
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    • M1091 Kulmbach
    • M1095 Überherrn
    • M1099 Herten
    • M1096 Passau
    • M1097 Laboe
• Minesweepers
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
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  Remotely operated vehicle
  A remotely operated vehicle is a tethered underwater vehicle. They are common in deepwater industries such as offshore hydrocarbon extraction. An ROV may sometimes be called a remotely operated underwater vehicle to distinguish it from remote control vehicles operating on land or in the air. ROVs...
  
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  • 351 (Ulm class) (upgraded Type 320 Lindau class minesweepers, decommissioned)
    • M1083 Ulm (1989—1999)
    • M1073 Schleswig (1989—2000)
    • M1082 Wolfsburg (1989—2000)
    • M1076 Paderborn (1989—2000)
    • M1079 Düren (1989—2000)
    • M1079 Konstanz (1989—2000)
  • 352 (Ensdorf class
    Ensdorf class minesweeper
    The five minesweepers of the German Navy's Type 352 Ensdorf class are former Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers that have been upgraded with the TROIKA PLUS system.The Ensdorf class have three modes to clear mine fields:...
    
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    • M1090 Pegnitz
    • M1092 Hameln
    • M1093 Auerbach/Oberpfalz
    • M1094 Ensdorf
    • M1098 Siegburg
• Mine diver support ships
  • 742 (Mühlhausen class)
    • M1052 Mühlhausen
      German naval ship Mühlhausen
      Mühlhausen was a naval ship in service with the German Navy. The ship was launched June 30, 1966 at the Burmester Werft in Bremen with the name Walther von Ledebur. She was a prototype of a new class of ocean-going minesweepers, which however was not accepted by the Bundesmarine...
      
      

Amphibious warfare

Amphibious warfare

Amphibious warfare is the use of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to project military power ashore. In previous eras it stood as the primary method of delivering troops to non-contiguous enemy-held terrain...

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• Landing craft
  Landing craft
  Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during WWII...
  
  
  • 520 (Barbe class
    Barbe class utility landing craft
    The Type 520 Barbe class utility landing craft are small units of the German Navy used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying....
    
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    • L760 Flunder (decommissioned)
    • L761 Karpfen (decommissioned)
    • L762 Lachs
    • L763 Plötze (decommissioned)
    • L764 Rochen (decommissioned)
    • L765 Schlei
    • L766 Stör (decommissioned)
    • L767 Tümmler (decommissioned)
    • L768 Wels (decommissioned)
    • L769 Zander (decommissioned)
    • L788 Butt (decommissioned)
    • L789 Brasse (decommissioned)
    • L790 Barbe (decommissioned)
    • L791 Delphin (decommissioned)
    • L792 Dorsch (decommissioned)
    • L793 Felchen (decommissioned)
    • L794 Forelle (decommissioned)
    • L795 Inger (decommissioned)
    • L796 Makrele (decommissioned)
    • L797 Muräne (decommissioned)

Auxiliary ships

• Tenders
  Ship's tender
  A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship...
  
  
  • 404 (Elbe class
    Elbe class replenishment ship
    The Type 404 Elbe class replenishment ships of the German Navy were built to support its squadrons of Fast Attack Craft, submarines and minesweeper/hunters, as such they are usually referred to as tenders....
    
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    • A511 Elbe
    • A512 Mosel
    • A513 Rhein
    • A514 Werra
    • A515 Main
    • A516 Donau
• Replenishment ships
  • 702 (Berlin class
    Berlin class replenishment ship
    The Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine . In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a...
    
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    • A1411 Berlin
    • A1412 Frankfurt am Main
    • A1413 Bonn (planned)
  • 703 (Walchensee class
    Walchensee class tanker
    The Walchensee class tanker is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour....
    
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    • A1424 Walchensee (decommissioned)
    • A1425 Ammersee
    • A1426 Tegernsee
    • A1427 Westensee (decommissioned)
  • 704 (Röhn class
    Rhön class tanker
    The Type 704A Rhön class tankers are replenishment oiler used by the German Navy to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea.-Ship list:Originally the ships were built for Libya as Okene and Okapi...
    
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    • A1442 Spessart
    • A1443 Rhön
• Transport ships
  • 760 (Westerwald class
    Westerwald class transport ship
    The Westerwald class transport ships are used by the German Navy to carry ammunition and other matériel.-Ships:...
    
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    • A1435 Westerwald (decommissiones 2010 )
    • A1436 Odenwald (decommissioned)
• Tugboat
  Tugboat
  A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
  
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  • 720 (Helgoland
    Helgoland class tug
    The Type 720 Helgoland class tugs are large seagoing salvage tugs used by the German Navy. After the decommissioning of Helgoland, the class is now referred to as Fehmarn Klasse in the German Navy. As with other auxiliary ship classes in Germany, these tugboats are manned by a civilian crew...
    
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    • A1457 Helgoland (decommissioned 1997)
    • A1458 Fehmarn
  • 722 (Wangerooge class
    Wangerooge class tug
    The Type 722 Wangerooge class seagoing tugboats are used for rescue and salvage operation by the German Navy. They are also used for towing targets and retrieving training torpedoes...
    
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    • A1451 Wangerooge
    • A1452 Spiekeroog
    • A1453 Norderney (decommissioned)
• Icebreaker
  Icebreaker
  An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
  
  
  • 721 (Eisvogel class
    Eisvogel class icebreaker
    The Eisvogel class icebreakers was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe....
    
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    • A1401 Eisvogel
    • A1402 Eisbär (decommissioned 1997)
• Surveillance, (ELINT)
  • 423 (Oste class
    Oste class fleet service ship
    Type 423 Oste class are purpose built SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships of the German Navy. Officially designated as fleet service ships, they replaced the Type 422 class....
    
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    • A50 Alster
    • A52 Oste
    • A53 Oker
• School ship
  School ship
  A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms....
  
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  • 441 (Gorch Fock class
    Gorch Fock (1933)
    The Gorch Fock I is a German three-mast barque, the first of a series built as school ships for the German Reichsmarine in 1933. She was taken as war reparations by the USSR after World War II and renamed Tovarishch...
    
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    Barque
    A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...
    
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    • A60 Gorch Fock II
      Gorch Fock (1958)
      The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy . She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916...