List of naval ships of Germany
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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
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A
- Acheron: hulk, launched 1877
- Acheron: submarine tender, launched 1919
- Acheron: minesweeper, launched 1967
- Adam Kuckhoff: {{sclass2|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Adam Kuckhoff: {{sclass2|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3; seaplane tender
- Adjutant: tender, launched 1905
- {{ship|German auxiliary raider|Adjutant||2}}: auxiliary mine-layer, launched 1937
- {{SMS|Adler||2}}: 880 ton {{sclass|Habicht|gunboat|0}} gunboat, launched 1883
- Adler: training vessel, launched 1908
- Adler: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser}}
- {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Graf Spee||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, launched 1933
- {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Hipper||2}}: 14,000 ton {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, launched 1937
- {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Scheer||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, launched 1934
- Adolf Bestelmeyer: experimental craft, launched 1943
- {{ship|German tender|Adolf Lüderitz||2}}: Fleet tender, launched 20 February 1939, commissioned 11 June 1940
- {{SMS|Ägir||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Odin|coastal defense ship|2}}: launched 1895
- Ahrenshoop (GS08): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German torpedo boat|Albatros|1926|3}}: Type 1923 torpedo boat, launched 15 July 1926, commissioned 5 May 1927, beached 9 April 1940
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Albatros|S7|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Albatros|S61|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Albatros: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{SMS|Albatross|1871|3}}: gunboat, launched 1871
- {{SMS|Albatross|1907|3}}: 2,000 ton {{sclass|Nautilus|minelayer|2}}: launched 1907
- Albert Gast (734): {{sclass2|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Albert Leo Schlageter: Sail training ship, launched 1937, became Portuguese training ship {{ship|NRP|Sagres||2}} in 1961
- Albin Köbis: training vessel, ex-Ernst Thälmann
- Albin Köbis (S-712): {{sclass2|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Albin Köbis (571): {{sclass2|Tarantul|corvette|0}} corvette
- Aldebaran: minesweeper, launched 1941
- Alders: tender, launched 1918
- {{SMS|Alexandrine||2}}: corvette, launched 1885
- Alfred Merz: buoy tender
- Algol: minesweeper, launched 1943
- Algol: minesweeper, launched 1963
- Alice Roosevelt: torpedo boat, launched 1886
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Alk|S29|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Alk|S55|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{ship|German research ship|Alliance|A1456|2}}: NATO research vessel under German flag, in service since 1988
- Alster: survey vessel, launched 1961
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Alster|A50|2}}: {{sclass|Oste|fleet service ship|0}} (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
- Altenburg (314): {{sclass2|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Altentreptow (GS04): {{sclass2|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Altmark (H11): {{sclass|Ohre|support ship|0}} support ship
- {{SMS|Amazone|1843|3}}: 3-masted sail corvette of the Prussian Navy
- {{SMS|Amazone|1900|3}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- Amazone: minesweeper, launched 1963
- Ammerland: submarine tender, launched 1921
- {{ship|German tanker|Ammersee|A1425|2}}: {{sclass|Walchensee|tanker|0}} (Type 703) small coastal tanker
- Amrum: {{sclass|Sylt|harbour tug|0}} tug
- Angeln: transport, launched 1954
- {{ship|East German corvette|Angermünde|214|3}}: {{sclass2|Parchim|corvette}}
- Anklam: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Anklam (S426): {{sclass2|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|East German landing ship|Anklam|635|3}}: {{sclass2|Frosch I|landing ship|0}} landing craft
- Answald: seaplane tender
- Anton Saefkow (826): {{sclass2|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Anton Saefkow (853): {{sclass2|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Anton Schmitt|Z22|3}}: Type 1936 destroyer, launched 1938
- {{SMS|Arcona|1858|2}}: frigate, launched 1858
- {{SMS|Arcona|1885|2}}: corvette, launched 1885
- {{SMS|Arcona|1902|2}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 22 April 1902, commissioned 12 May 1903, recommissioned 27 May 1940 as a floating anti-aircraft battery, scrapped 1948
- {{SMS|Ariadne|1871|2}}: corvette, launched 1871
- {{SMS|Ariadne||2}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1900
- Ariadne: {{sclass|Ariadne|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Arkona: experimental craft, launched 1918
- Arkona: Sperling-class buoy tender
- Arkona (D113): {{sclass|SK-76|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- Arkturus: minesweeper, launched 1943
- {{SMS|Arminius|1864|2}}: Unique ironclad warship
- Artur Becker (828): {{sclass2|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Artur Becker (816): {{sclass2|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Arvid Harnack (821): {{sclass2|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Arvid Harnack (813): {{sclass2|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Atair: minesweeper, launched 1941
- Atair: minesweeper, launched 1961
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}}: 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Atlantis: {{sclass|Frauenlob|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper, launched 1961
- Aue: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Auerbach/Oberpfalz|M1093|2}}: {{sclass|Ensdorf|minesweeper|0}} (Type 352) minesweeper
- {{SMS|Augsburg||2}} (cruiser): 4,400 ton {{sclass|Kolberg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1909
- {{ship|German frigate|Augsburg|F222|3}}: {{sclass|Köln|frigate|0}} (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988
- {{ship|German frigate|Augsburg|F213|3}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- {{SMS|Augusta||2}}: {{sclass|Augusta|corvette|0}} corvette
- August Lüttgens (732): {{sclass2|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Ayesha: schooner, launched 1907
B
- {{ship|German minehunter|Bad Bevensen|M1063|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Bad Doberan (242): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Bad Doberan (222): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- {{ship|German minehunter|Bad Rappenau|M1067|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{SMS|Baden|1880|3}}: 7,800 ton {{sclass|Sachsen|ironclad|2}}, la-unched 1880
- {{SMS|Baden||2}}: 29,000 ton {{sclass|Bayern|battleship|2}}, launched 1915
- {{ship|German tug|Baltrum|A1454|2}}: {{sclass|Wangerooge|tug|0}} (Type 722) tug
- Bansin (G446): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Bant: Experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- Barbara, training vessel, launched 1915
- {{SMS|Barbarossa||2}}: converted ocean-liner, commissioned 1849
- {{ship|German landing craft|Barbe|L790|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- {{SMS|Basilisk|1862|3}}: gunboat, launched 1862
- {{SMS|Basilisk|1878|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1878
- {{SMS|Bayern|1878|3}}: 7,800 ton {{sclass|Sachsen|ironclad|2}}, launched 1878
- {{SMS|Bayern||2}}: 29,000 ton {{sclass|Bayern|battleship|2}}, launched 1915
- {{ship|German destroyer|Bayern|D183|3}}: {{sclass|Hamburg|destroyer|0}} (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
- {{ship|German frigate|Bayern|F217|3}}: {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|0}} (Type 123) frigate
- Belchen, supply vessel, launched 1932
- {{SMS|Beowulf||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Siegfried|coastal defense ship|2}}, launched 1890
- Beowulf, training vessel, launched 1916
- Bergen: Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class
- Bergen: Habicht-class mine-warfare vessel
- Bergen (S425): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Bergen (213): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- {{SMS|Berlin||2}}: 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- Berlin, auxiliary cruiser, launched 1908
- Berlin, Krake-class mine-warfare vessel, launched 1957
- Berlin — Hauptstadt der DDR (412): {{sclass|Koni|frigate|0}} coastal protection vessel, launched 1979
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Berlin|A1411|3}}: {{sclass|Berlin|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship^
- Bernau (343): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German destroyer|Bernd von Arnim|Z11|3}}, Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936
- Bernhard Bästlein (827): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Bernhard Bästlein (836): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Bernhard von Tschirschky: Air control ship; Krischan-class
- {{SMS|Biene||2}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1876
- Biene, escort vessel, launched 1941
- {{SMS|Bismarck|1877|2}}: 3,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|corvette|2}}, launched 1877
- {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}: 42,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|battleship|2}}, launched 1939
- Bitterfeld (332): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Blauort: harbour tug; Klasse 729
- {{SMS|Blitz|1862|3}}: gunboat, launched 1862
- {{SMS|Blitz|1882|3}}: aviso, launched 1882
- Blitz, remote controlled craft, launched 1910
- Blitz: buoy tender
- {{SMS|Blücher|1877|2}}: 3,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|corvette|2}}, launched 1877
- {{SMS|Blücher||2}}: 15,800 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1908
- {{ship|German cruiser|Blücher||2}}: 14,000 ton {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, launched 1937
- Bochum, mine-layer, launched 1944
- Bodensee, tanker, launched 1955
- Boelke: air control ship; K-V-class
- Börde (H72): {{sclass|Ohre|support ship|0}} support ship
- Boltenhagen (GS09): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Bonin||2}}: gunboat, launched 1833
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Bonn|A1413|2}}: {{sclass|Berlin|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship (ordered)
- Borkum, tanker, launched 1939
- Borna: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Bottrop, mine-layer, launched 1944
- {{ship|German oil recovery ship|Bottsand|Y1643|2}}: {{sclass|Bottsand|oil recovery ship|2}}, commissioned 1984
- {{SMS|Brandenburg||2}}: 10,500 ton {{sclass|Brandenburg|battleship|2}}, launched 1891
- Brandenburg, mine warfare vessel, launched 1936
- Brandenburg: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German frigate|Brandenburg|F215|3}}: {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|0}} (Type 123) frigate
- Brandtaucher, experimental submarine
- {{ship|German landing craft|Brasse|L789|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- {{SMS|Braunschweig||2}} (battleship): 13,000 ton {{sclass|Braunschweig|battleship|2}}, launched 1902
- {{ship|German frigate|Braunschweig|F224|3}}: {{sclass|Köln|frigate|0}} (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1964 to 1989
- {{ship|German corvette|Braunschweig|F260|3}}: {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|0}} (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008
- Breitgrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- Breitling (D26): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- {{SMS|Bremen|1842|3}}: corvette, launched 1842
- {{SMS|Bremen||2}} (cruiser): 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1903
- {{ship|German frigate|Bremen|F207|3}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate (in commission 1982 to 2014)
- {{SMS|Bremse|1884|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1884
- {{SMS|Bremse||2}} (cruiser): 4,400 ton {{sclass|Brummer|cruiser|0}} mine-laying cruiser, launched 1916
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Bremse||2}} (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 1931, commissioned 14 July 1932, sunk 7 August 1941
- Bremse, training vessel, launched 1940
- {{SMS|Breslau||2}}: {{sclass|Magdeburg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1911
- Brommy, auxiliary, launched 1916
- {{ship|German frigate|Brommy|F218|2}}: {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|0}} frigate, former Royal Navy {{HMS|Eggesford|L15|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1965
- {{SMS|Brummer|1884|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1884
- {{SMS|Brummer||2}} (cruiser): 4,400 ton {{sclass|Brummer|cruiser|0}} mine-laying cruiser, launched 1915
- {{ship|German training ship|Brummer||2}} (auxiliary): Auxiliary gunnery training ship, launched 29 May 1935, commissioned 8 February 1936, sunk 15 April 1940
- {{ship|German minelayer|Brummer||2}} (minelayer): Minelayer, former Norwegian {{HNoMS|Olav Tryggvason}}, captured 9 April 1940
- Brummer: training vessel; Wespe-class
- {{ship|German destroyer|Bruno Heinemann|Z8|3}}, Type 1934A destroyer, launched 1936
- Buéa: E-boat tender
- Bruno Kühn (822): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Bruno Kühn (823): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Bützow (244): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Bützow (244): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} coastal protection vessel
- Buk: tug
- Bukarest: seaplane tender
- Burg: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Bussard||2}} (cruiser): 1,650 ton {{sclass|Bussard|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1890
- Bussard: seaplane tender; Bussard-class
- Bussard: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Bussard|S25|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Bussard|S64|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{ship|German landing craft|Butt|L788|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
C
- Calbe: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Camäleon|1860|2}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Camaeleon||2}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1878
- {{SS|Cap Arcona|1927|2}}: 27,500 tonnes converted from ocean liner to troop ship, launched 1927, sunk 1945
- {{SMS|Cap Trafalgar||2}}: {{GRT|18,710}}, auxiliary cruiser, launched 1913, sunk 1914
- Capella: minesweeper; R-boat
- Capella: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- Carl F. Gauss: survey vessel; Kondor-II-class
- {{ship|German tender|Carl Peters||2}}: fleet tender, launched 13 April 1939, commissioned 6 January 1940
- Carl Zeiss: training vessel, launched 1939
- {{SMS|Carmen||2}}: torpedo boat, launched 1886
- {{SMS|Carola||2}}: corvette, launched 1880
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Castor|1939|2}}:R-boat, commissioned 1944—1962
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Castor||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
- {{SMS|Charlotte||2}}: corvette, launched 1885
- Claus von Bevern: experimental craft, launched 1911
- Cobra: mine warfare vessel, launched 1926
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Coburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- {{SMS|Cöln|1909|3}}: 4,400 ton {{sclass|Kolberg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1909
- {{SMS|Cöln|1916|3}}: 5,600 ton {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1916
- Colberg: guard ship
- {{SMS|Comet|1860|2}}: gunboat, launched 1860, commissioned 1861—1881
- {{SMS|Comet|1892|2}}: aviso, launched 1892
- Concordia: gun sloop, launched 1848
- {{SMS|Condor||2}}: cruiser, launched 1892
- {{SMS|Cormoran|1892|2}}: light cruiser, launched 1892, scuttled 1914
- {{SMS|Cormoran|1914|2}}: auxiliary cruiser, scuttled 1917
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Coronel||2}}: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Cottbus: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Cottbus (614): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- {{SMS|Crocodill|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Crocodill|1879|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1879
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Cuxhaven|M1078|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331, recommissioned 1979 to 2000
- {{SMS|Cyclop|1860|2}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Cyclop|1916|2}}: dock ship, launched 1916
D
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Dachs|S33|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Dachs|S77|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Dänholm: buoy tender, ex-Leitholm
- {{SMS|Danzig|1825|3}}: gunboat, launched 1825
- {{SMS|Danzig|1851|3}}: corvette, launched 1851
- {{SMS|Danzig|1905|2}}: 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1905
- Darss (E441): {{sclass|Darss|supply ship|0}} supply ship
- Darsser Ort: {{sclass|Sperling|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- Darsser Ort (D22): {{sclass|SK-76|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- {{ship|German minehunter|Datteln|M1068|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{SMS|Delphin||2}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- Delphin (1906): artillery tender and training vessel
- Delphin (1918): artillery training vessel
- {{ship|German landing craft|Delphin|L791|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Delphin (A47): {{sclass|Zander|salvage tug|0}} salvage tug
- Demmin (GS02): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Deneb (1943), mine warfare vessel
- Deneb (1961), mine warfare vessel
- {{SMS|Derfflinger||2}}: 27,000 ton {{sclass|Derfflinger|battlecruiser|2}}, launched 1913
- {{SMS|Der Königliche Ernst August||2}}: corvette, launched 1848
- Dessau (331): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Detmold||2}}: {{sclass|Vegesack|minesweeper|0}} (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1969
- Deutschland: frigate
- {{SMS|Deutschland|1874|3}}: 7,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|ironclad|2}}, launched 1872
- {{SMS|Deutschland|1904|3}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship|2}}, launched 1904
- {{SMS|Deutschland|1914|3}}: Auxiliary minelayer
- {{SS|Deutschland|1923|3}}: 21,000 ton ocean liner converted in hospital ship, launched 1923, sunk 1945
- {{ship|School ship|Deutschland|1927|3}}: School ship
- {{ship|German cruiser|Deutschland||2}} (cruiser): 12,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, launched 1931, renamed Lützow in 1939
- {{ship|German naval ship|Deutschland|A59|3}}: Training cruiser
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Diana|M2664|3}}, {{sclass|Frauenlob|minesweeper|0}}, launched 1966
- {{ship|German destroyer|Diether von Roeder|Z17|3}}, Type 1936 destroyer, launched 1937, scuttled 1940
- Dietrich von Bern,
- {{ship|German minehunter|Dillingen|M1065|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{ship|German ship|Dithmarschen||2}} (1937): supply ship
- Dithmarschen (1955): supply ship
- {{ship|German ship|Doggerbank||2}}: mine warfare vessel, launched 1926, sunk 1943
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Dommel|S21|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|2}} fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Dommel|S56|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Donau (1921), submarine tender
- {{ship|German tender|Donau||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Donau|A516|3}}: {{sclass|Elbe|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 404) replenishment ship
- Dornbusch: buoy tender
- {{ship|German landing craft|Dorsch|L792|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- {{SMS|Drache|1865|2}}: gunboat, launched 1865
- Drache (1908): artillery tender and training vessel
- Drache: mine-warfare ships
- {{SMS|Dresden|1907|3}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Dresden|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1907
- {{SMS|Dresden|1917|3}}: 5,600 ton {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1917
- Dresden: {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Dr. Richard Sorge (713): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Düren|M1079|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- Dwarsläufer: mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class
E
- {{SMS|Eber|1887|3}}: gunboat, launched 1887
- {{SMS|Eber|1903|2}}: {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|2}}, launched 6 June 1903, commissioned 15 August 1903, burned 26 October 1917
- Eberswalde: {{sclass|Robbe|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Eberswalde/Finow (634): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Eckernförde (1843): frigate, later renamed Gefion
- Eduard Jungmann (1907): training craft
- Egerland (1939): supply ship
- Eidechse (1944): landing craft
- Eider: customs steamer
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Eider||2}}: {{sclass2|Isles|trawler|0}} (Type 139) trawler, former Royal Navy {{HMS|Flint}}
- Eifel: tanker; Klasse 766
- Eilenburg (344): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German icebreaker|Eisbär|A1402|2}}: {{sclass|Eisvogel|icebreaker|0}} (Type 721) icebreaker, decommissioned 1997
- Eisbär: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1979
- Eisenach: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Eisenhüttenstadt: {{sclass|Robbe|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Eisenhüttenstadt (615): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Eisleben: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Eisleben (312): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Eismöve||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
- {{ship|German icebreaker|Eisvogel|A1401|2}}: {{sclass|Eisvogel|icebreaker|0}} (Type 721) icebreaker
- Eisvogel: icebreaker, taken by the Soviet Union in 1946, decommissioned in 1972
- {{SMS|Elbe|1831|3}}: schooner, launched 1831
- Elbe: R-boat tender
- {{ship|Germany tender|Elbe||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Elbe|A511|3}}: {{sclass|Elbe|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 404) replenishment ship
- {{SMS|Elbing||2}}: {{sclass|Pillau|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1914
- {{SMS|Elisabeth||2}}: frigate, 1868
- Ellerbek: harbour tug; Neuende-class
- {{SMS|Elsass||2}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Braunschweig|battleship|2}}, launched 1903
- Elsaß (1930): mine warfare vessel
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Elster|S19|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Elster|S54|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Elster: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{SMS|Emden|1908|3}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Dresden|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1908
- {{SMS|Emden|1915|3}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1915)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1916
- {{ship|German cruiser|Emden||2}} (cruiser): 6,000 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1925
- {{ship|German frigate|Emden|F221|3}}: {{sclass|Köln|frigate|0}} (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1983
- {{ship|German frigate|Emden|F210|3}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- Ems (1940): tender
- Emsland (1943): tanker
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Ensdorf|M1094|2}}: {{sclass|Ensdorf|minesweeper|0}} (Type 352) minesweeper
- Erfurt: {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German corvette|Erfurt|F262|2}}: {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|0}} (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
- {{ship|German destroyer|Erich Giese|Z12|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- {{ship|German destroyer|Erich Koellner|Z13|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- Erich Kuttner (863): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Erich Steinbrinck|Z15|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- Ermland (1939): supply ship
- Ernst Grube (833): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Ernst Schneller (864): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Ernst Schneller(851): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Ernst Thälmann (141): {{sclass|Riga|frigate|0}} frigate
- Erwin Wassner (1938): submarine escort vessel
- Erzherzog Johann: corvette, launched 1840
- Esau (1941): fast attack craft
- Esper Ort (D28): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- ESSO Hamburg (1939): tanker
- Etkar André (822): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Etkar André (811): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Eutin (1943): tanker
- {{ship|German oil recovery ship|Eversand|Y1644|2}}: {{sclass|Bottsand|oil recovery ship|2}}, commissioned 1984
F
- {{SMS|Falke|1865|3}}: aviso, launched 1865
- {{SMS|Falke|1891|3}}: cruiser, launched 1891
- {{ship|German torpedo boat|Falke||2}}: torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class
- Falke: seaplane tender; Bussard-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Falke|S10|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Falke|S62|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Falke: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Fasana: mine-warfare ships; Fasana-class
- Flink: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
- Föhr: harbour tug; Sylt-class
- {{ship|German tug|Fehmarn|A1458|2}}: {{sclass|Helgoland|tug|0}} (Type 720) tug
- {{ship|German landing craft|Felchen|L793|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Fiete Schulze (863): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fiete Schulze (854): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fische (1959): mine-sweeping vessel
- Flensburg: Schooner lightship, built 1910
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Flensburg|M1084|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1970, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Flensburg||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1972 to 1991
- {{ship|German landing craft|Flunder|L760|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Förde (1967): support vessel
- Forst: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German landing craft|Forelle|L794|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Franken (1939): supply ship
- Frankenland (1950): tanker
- {{ship|German minehunter|Frankenthal|M1066|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{SMS|Frankfurt||2}}: {{sclass|Wiesbaden|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1915
- Frankfurt: Frankfurt-class
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Frankfurt am Main|A1412|2}}: {{sclass|Berlin|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 702) replenishment and combat support ship
- Frankfurt/Oder: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Frankfurt/Oder (613): {{sclass|Frosch-I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- {{SMS|Frauenlob|1855|3}}: schooner, launched 1855
- {{SMS|Frauenlob||2}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- {{SMS|Frauenlob|1918|3}}: {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, cancelled 1919
- Frauenlob (1919): tender
- Frauenlob (1965): mine-sweeping vessel
- Freiberg: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Freiburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Freesendorf: buoy tender
- Freesendorf: buoy tender
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Frettchen|S36|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1983
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Frettchen|S76|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Freundschaft: cutter
- {{SMS|Freya|1874|3}}: corvette, launched 1874
- {{SMS|Freya|1897|3}}: 5,700 ton {{sclass|Victoria Louise|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser, launched 1897
- Freya (1960): mine-sweeping vessel
- Freyr (1912): training vessel
- Friedrich Bremse (1936): supply ship
- {{SMS|Friedrich Carl|1867|3}}: armoured frigate, launched 1867
- {{SMS|Friedrich Carl|1902|2}}: 9,000 ton {{sclass|Prinz Adalbert|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, launched 1902
- {{SMS|Friedrich der Grosse|1874|3}}: 6,800 ton {{sclass|Preussen|ironclad|2}}, launched 1874
- {{SMS|Friedrich der Grosse|1911|3}}: 25,000 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|battleship|2}}, launched 1911
- {{ship|German destroyer|Friedrich Eckoldt|Z16|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- Friedrich Engels (123): {{sclass|Riga|frigate|0}} frigate
- {{ship|German destroyer|Friedrich Ihn|Z14|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- {{GS|Friedrich Schürer|S173|2}}: Type 202 submarine
- {{GS|Friedrich Voge||2}}: experimental submarine
- Friesenland: seaplane tender
- {{SMS|Frithjof||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Siegfried|coastal defense ship|2}}, launched 1891
- Frithjof (1916): training vessel
- Fritz Behn (841): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fritz Behn (851): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fritz Gast (714): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Fritz Globis (573): {{sclass|Tarantul|corvette|0}} coastal protection vessel
- Fritz Heckert (866): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fritz Heckert (834): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fritz Lesch (865): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Fritz Riedel (825): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{SMS|Fuchs||2}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- Fuchs (1905): artillery tender and training vessel
- Fuchs (1919): anti-aircraft training vessel
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Fuchs|S13|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Fuchs|S46|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Fürst Bismarck|1896|3}}: 10,700 ton unique armored cruiser, launched 1897
- {{SMS|Fürst Bismarck|1915|3}}: {{sclass|Mackensen|battlecruiser|2}}, laid down in 1915 but never completed
- Fürstenberg: training vessel
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Fulda|M1086|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to present, upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade
- {{ship|German minehunter|Fulda|M1058|3}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
G
- Gadebusch (211): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|East German corvette|Gadebusch||2}} (211): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- {{SMS|Gazelle|1859|3}}: frigate, launched 1859
- {{SMS|Gazelle|1898|3}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1898
- Gazelle (1919): tender
- Gazelle (1963): mine-sweeper
- Gedania (1919): supply ship
- {{SMS|Gefion|1843|3}}: frigate
- {{SMS|Gefion||2}}: 3,700 ton unique light cruiser, launched 1893
- Gefion (1963): mine-sweeper
- {{SMS|Geier||2}}: 1,900 ton {{sclass|Bussard|cruiser|0}} cruiser, launched 1894
- {{SMS|Geier|1913}}: auxiliary cruiser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Geier|S11|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Geier|S63|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Gellen (D112): {{sclass|SK-76|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- Gemma (1959): mine-sweeper
- Gentin (V812): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German destroyer|Georg Thiele|Z2|3}}: Type 1934 destroyer
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Gepard|S35|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Gepard|S71|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Gera: {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Germania (1848): gun sloop
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Glücksburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Glyndwr: seaplane tender
- {{SMS|Gneisenau|1879|2}}: 3,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|corvette|2}}, launched 1879
- {{SMS|Gneisenau||2}} (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton {{sclass|Scharnhorst|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, launched 1906
- {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}} (battleship): 35,000 ton {{sclass|Scharnhorst|battleship|2}}, launched 1936
- {{ship|German frigate|Gneisenau|F212|3}}: {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|2}}, former Royal Navy {{HMS|Oakley|L98|6}}, commissioned 1958 to 1966
- {{SMS|Goeben||2}}: 23,000 ton {{sclass|Moltke|battlecruiser|2}}, launched 1911
- Görlitz: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Göttingen|M1070|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Göttingen||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 1997
- Gollwitz (D25): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- {{ship||Gorch Fock|1933|3}}: Sail training ship, launched 1933, became Soviet training ship Tovarishch
- {{ship||Gorch Fock|1958|3}}: Type 441 unique sail training barque, launched 1958
- Gotha: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Graal-Müritz (G424): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Graf Spee||2}} (battlecruiser): {{sclass|Mackensen|battlecruiser|2}}, not completed
- {{ship|German frigate|Graf Spee|F215|3}}: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1964
- Graf von Götzen: commissioned 1914
- {{ship|German aircraft carrier|Graf Zeppelin||2}}: 28,000 ton {{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|2}}, launched 1938 but never completed
- Granitz: {{sclass|Darss|supply ship|0}} supply ship
- Gransee (313): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Grasort (D27): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- {{SMS|Graudenz||2}}: {{sclass|Graudenz|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1913
- {{SMS|Greif|1886|3}}: cruiser, launched 1886
- {{SMS|Greif|1914|3}}: auxiliary cruiser
- Greif (1926): torpedo boat
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Greif|S9|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Greif|S66|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Greif: air control ship
- Greifswald: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Greifswald (V814): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Greiz: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Grevesmühlen (213): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|East German corvette|Grevesmühlen||2}} (212): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- {{SMS|Grille||2}}: aviso, launched 1857
- Grille (1916): experimental craft
- {{ship|German aviso|Grille|1935|3}}: aviso, launched 1936
- Grimma (336): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Grimmen: {{sclass|Robbe|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Grimmen (616): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- {{SMS|Grosser Kurfürst|1875|3}}: 6,800 ton {{sclass|Preussen|ironclad|2}}, launched 1875
- {{SMS|Grosser Kurfürst|1913|3}}: 26,000 ton {{sclass|König|battleship|2}}, launched 1913
- {{SMS|Großherzog von Oldenburg||2}}: corvette, launched 1848
- {{ship|German minehunter|Grömitz|M1064|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Güstrow: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|East German corvette|Güstrow||2}} (223): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Gunther Plüschow: air control ship
- Gustav Nachtigal (1940): S-boat tender
H
- {{SMS|Habicht|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Habicht|1879|3}}: gunboat, launched 1879
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Habicht|S26|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Habicht|S69|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Habicht: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Häher|S18|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Häher|S51|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Hagen (1893): 3,700 ton {{sclass|Siegfried|coastal defense ship|2}}, launched 1893
- Hagen (1921): training craft
- Hagenow: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Hagenow (632): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Hai (1935): escort vessel
- {{GS|Hai||2}}: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine {{GS|U-2365||2}}
- Hai: Type M-9-463 salvage tug
- Halle: {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Halle (143): {{sclass|Koni|frigate|0}} frigate
- {{SMS|Hamburg|1841|3}}: corvette, launched 1841
- {{SMS|Hamburg||2}} (cruiser): 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1903
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hamburg|D181|3}}: {{sclass|Hamburg|destroyer|0}} (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
- {{ship|German frigate|Hamburg|F220|3}}: {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|0}} (Type 124) frigate
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Hameln||2}} (1959): {{sclass|Vegesack|minesweeper|0}} (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Hameln|M1092|3}}: {{sclass|Ensdorf|minesweeper|0}} (Type 352) minesweeper
- Hanno Günther (845): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{SMS|Hannover||2}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship|2}}, launched 1905
- Hans Albrecht Wedel: air control ship; K-VI-class
- Hans Beimler (862): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Hans Beimler (575): {{sclass|Tarantul|corvette|0}} corvette
- Hans Bürkner (1961): support vessel
- Hans Christian Oderstedt (1943): experimental craft
- Hans Coppi (863): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Hans Coppi (812): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hans Lody|Z10|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hans Lüdemann|Z18|3}}: Type 1936 destroyer
- Hans Rolshoven: air control ship
- {{GS|Hans Techel|S172|2}}: Type 202 submarine
- {{SMS|Hansa|1847|3}}: frigate, launched 1847
- {{SMS|Hansa|1872|3}}: armoured corvette, launched 1872
- {{SMS|Hansa|1898|3}}: 5,700 ton {{sclass|Victoria Louise|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser, launched 1898
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Hansa||2}} (auxiliary cruiser): 19,200 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Hansa (1957): minesweeper
- {{ship|German minelayer|Hansestadt Danzig||2}}: minelayer
- Harz (1953): tanker
- Harz: (H31): {{sclass|Ohre|support ship|0}} supply ship
- Havel (1919): tender
- Havelland (H51): {{sclass|Ohre|support ship|0}} supply ship
- {{SMS|Hay|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Hay|1881|3}}: gunboat, launched 1881
- Hay (1907): artillery tender and training vessel
- Hecht (1917): experimental craft
- {{GS|Hecht||2}}: Type 240 submarine, former Kriegsmarine {{GS|U-2367||2}}
- {{SMS|Heimdall||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Siegfried|coastal defense ship|2}}, launched 1892
- Heimdall: training craft
- Heinrich Dorrenbach (711): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Heinz Kapelle (823): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Heinz Kapelle (811): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Heinz Roggenkamp (1952): experimental craft
- {{SMS|Hela|1852|3}}: schooner, launched 1853
- {{SMS|Hela||2}}: 2,000 ton unique aviso, launched 1895
- Hela (1919): fleet tender
- Hela (1938): fleet tender
- {{SMS|Helgoland|1909|2}} (battleship): 23,000 ton {{sclass|Helgoland|battleship|2}}, launched 1909
- {{ship|German tug|Helgoland|A1457|3}}: {{sclass|Helgoland|tug|0}} (Type 720) tug, decommissioned 1997
- Heppens: harbour tug; Neuende-class
- Herbert Balzer (825): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Herbert Norkus (1939): sailing school ship
- Herkules (1960): minesweeper
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hermann Künne|Z19|3}}: Type 1936 destroyer
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hermann Schoemann|Z7|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1943): experimental craft
- Hermann von Wissmann (1940): tender
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Hermelin|S38|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1983
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Hermelin|S73|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hermes|ZG3|3}}: captured Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios
- {{ship|German submarine chaser|Hermes||2}}: submarine chaser, launched 1960
- {{ship|German minehunter|Herten|M1099|2}}: {{sclass|Kulmbach|mine hunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{SMS|Hertha|1864|3}}: frigate, launched 1864
- {{SMS|Hertha|1897|2}}: 5,700 ton {{sclass|Victoria Louise|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser, launched 1897
- Hertha (1961): minesweeper
- {{SMS|Hessen||2}} (battleship): 13,000 ton {{sclass|Braunschweig|battleship|2}}, launched 1903
- {{ship|German destroyer|Hessen|D184|3}}: {{sclass|Hamburg|destroyer|0}} (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
- {{ship|German frigate|Hessen|F221|3}}: {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|0}} (Type 124) frigate, commissioned 2006
- Hettstadt (315): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Hiddensee: Project 35 tanker
- Hiddensee: corvette; Tarantul-I-class
- {{SMS|Hildebrand||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Siegfried|coastal defense ship|2}}, possibly not completed
- Hildebrand (1921): training craft
- Hille (1917): minesweeper tender
- {{SMS|Hindenburg||2}}: 27,000 ton {{sclass|Derfflinger|battlecruiser|2}}, launched 1915
- {{ship|German frigate|Hipper|F214|2}}: {{sclass|Black Swan|sloop|0}} frigate, former Royal Navy {{HMS|Actaeon|U07|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1964
- Hohenzollern (1876): imperial yacht
- Hohenzollern (1892): imperial yacht
- Hohenzollern (1914): imperial yacht
- Holnis (1965): minesweeper
- {{ship|German minehunter|Homburg|M1069|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Horst Wessel: Sail training ship, launched 1936, became United States Coast Guard {{USCGC|Eagle|WIX-327|6}}
- Hoyerswerda: {{sclass|Robbe|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Hoyerswerda (611): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Hugin (1917): training craft
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Hugin||2}}: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1973
- Hugo Ecken (A114): {{sclass|Havanna|air control vessel|0}} air control vessel
- Hugo Zeye (1940): torpedo training vessel
- {{SMS|Hummel||2}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1881
- Hummel (1940): escort vessel
- {{SMS|Hyäne|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Hyäne|1878|3}}: gunboat, launched 1878
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Hyäne|S40|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Hyäne|S80|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Hydrograph: survey vessel
I
- Ida (1859): armed steam ship
- Ill (1928): supply ship
- Ilmenau: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Iltis|1878|2}}: gunboat
- {{SMS|Iltis|1898|2}} (gunboat): {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|2}}, launched 4 August 1898, commissioned 1 December 1898 to 28 August 1914
- Iltis (1905): auxiliary cruiser
- Iltis (1927): torpedo boat
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Iltis|S2|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Iltis|S42|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Immelmann: air control ship; K V-class
- {{ship|German landing craft|Inger|L795|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Irben (1935): mine-warfare vessel
- {{SMS|Irene||2}}: 5,000 ton {{sclass|Irene|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser, launched 1887
- Isar (1930): submarine tender
- {{ship|German tender|Isar||2}}: {{sclass|Mosel|tender|0}} (Type 402) tender
J
- Jade (1967): support ship
- {{SMS|Jäger||2}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Jäger|1883|3}}: torpedo gunboat
- {{SMS|Jagd||2}}: aviso, launched 1888
- Jagd (1919): tender
- Jagd (1935): escort vessel
- {{SMS|Jaguar||2}} (gunboat): {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|2}}, launched 19 August 1898, commissioned 4 April 1899, scuttled 7 November 1914
- Jaguar (1928): torpedo boat
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Jaguar|S1|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1957 to 1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Jaguar|S47|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Jasmund (K41): {{sclass|Darss|survey vessel|0}} survey vessel
- Jena: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} 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: {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Josef Schares (753): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Jüterbog (342): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Juist (1968): diver training vessel
- {{ship|German tug|Juist|A1456|2}}: {{sclass|Wangerooge|tug|0}} (Type 722) tug
- Julius Adler: {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Juminda (1894): mine warfare vessel
- Jungingen (1919): tender
- {{SMS|Jupiter|1874|3}}: harbour craft, launched 1874
- Jupiter (1944): minesweeper
- Jupiter (1961): minesweeper
K
- Kärnten (1914): supply ship
- Kaiser: Agamemnon-class
- {{SMS|Kaiser|1874|3}}: 7,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|ironclad|2}}, launched 1874
- {{SMS|Kaiser|1911|3}}: 25,000 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|battleship|2}}, launched 1911
- Kaiser: mine-warfare ship
- {{SMS|Kaiser Barbarossa||2}}: 11,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser Friedrich III|battleship|2}}, launched 1900
- {{SMS|Kaiser Friedrich III||2}}: 11,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser Friedrich III|battleship|2}}, launched 1896
- {{SMS|Kaiser Karl der Grosse||2}}: 11,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser Friedrich III|battleship|2}}, launched 1899
- {{SMS|Kaiser Wilhelm II||2}}: 11,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser Friedrich III|battleship|2}}, launched 1897
- {{SMS|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse|1897|3}}: auxiliary cruiser
- {{SMS|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse||2}}: 11,600 ton {{sclass|Kaiser Friedrich III|battleship|2}}, launched 1899
- {{SMS|Kaiseradler|1876|3}}: aviso
- {{SMS|Kaiseradler|1892|3}}: light cruiser, later renamed Seeadler
- {{SMS|Kaiserin||2}}: 25,000 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|battleship|2}}, launched 1911
- {{SMS|Kaiserin Augusta||2}}: 6,000 ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892
- Kalkgrund II: Schooner lightship, built 1910
- Kalkgrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- Karl F. Gauss: survey vessel
- {{ship|German destroyer|Karl Galster|Z20|3}}: Type 1936 destroyer
- Karl Kolls (1903): experimental craft
- Kamerun: Norwegian minesweeper {{HNoMS|Rauma|1939|6}} captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer.
- Kamenz {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Kamenz (S321): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Karl Liebknecht (123): {{sclass|Riga| frigate|0}} frigate
- Karl Marx (142): {{sclass|Riga|frigate|0}} frigate
- Karl Meseberg (733): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Karl-Marx-Stadt {{sclass|Krake| minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Karl Meyer: air control ship; K V-class
- {{SMS|Karlsruhe|1912|3}}: {{sclass|Karlsruhe|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1912
- {{SMS|Karlsruhe|1916|3}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1915)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1916
- {{ship|German cruiser|Karlsruhe||2}} (1927): 7,200 ton {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1927)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1927
- Karlsruhe (F223): Köln-class frigate
- {{ship|German frigate|Karlsruhe|F212|3}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- {{ship|German landing craft|Karpfen|L761|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (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): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Klütz (G416): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Knechtsand: harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class
- Knechtsand: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Koblenz|M1071|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Koblenz||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1999
- {{ship|German cruiser|Köln||2}} (cruiser): 7,200 ton {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1927)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1928
- {{ship|German frigate|Köln|F220|3}}: {{sclass|Köln|frigate|0}} (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982
- {{ship|German frigate|Köln|F211|3}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- {{SMS|König||2}}: 26,000 ton {{sclass|König|battleship|2}}, launched 1913
- {{SMS|König Albert||2}}: 25,000 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|battleship|2}}, launched 1912
- {{SMS|König Wilhelm|1868|2}}: unique armoured frigate, 9,700 tons, launched 1868; rebuilt 1897 into heavy cruiser
- {{SMS|Königin Luise|1913|3}}: auxiliary mine warfare vessel
- Königin Luise (1934): mine warfare vessel
- Königin Luise (1935): escort vessel
- {{SMS|Königsberg|1905|3}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1905)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1905
- {{SMS|Königsberg|1915|3}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1915)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1915
- {{ship|German cruiser|Königsberg||2}} (1927): 7,200 ton {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1927)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1925
- Köthen {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Kolberg||2}}: 4,400 ton {{sclass|Kolberg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1908
- Kollicker Ort (D116): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- Komet (1913): remote control craft
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Komet||2}}: 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruise
- Komet {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Kondor (1926): torpedo boat
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Kondor|S8|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Kondor|S67|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Konstanz|M1081|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1980, upgraded to Type 351 and recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Kormoran||2}} (auxiliary cruiser): 19,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Kormoran|S28|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Kormoran|S70|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Kormoran (A68): {{sclass|Zander|salvage tug|0}} salvage tug
- Kormoran {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Kranich|S16|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Kranich|S60|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Kranich {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Krebs||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (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
- {{SMS|Kronprinz|1867|3}}: Unique ironclad, commissioned September 1867
- {{SMS|Kronprinz|1914|2}}: (battleship): 26,000 ton {{sclass|König|battleship|2}}, renamed Kronprinz Wilhelm in 1918
- {{ship|SS|Kronprinz Wilhelm||2}} (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): {{sclass|Darss|support ship|0}} support ship
- Kühlungsborn (GS07): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Kühn||2}}: torpedo boat
- {{ship|German minehunter|Kulmbach|M1091|2}}: {{sclass|Kulmbach|mine hunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{SMS|Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm||2}}: 10,500 ton {{sclass|Brandenburg|battleship|2}}, launched 1891
- Kyritz (321): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
L
- {{ship|German minehunter|Laboe|M1097|2}}: {{sclass|Kulmbach|mine hunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter, decommissioned 28 March 2012
- {{ship|German landing craft|Lachs|L762|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
- {{ship|German tender|Lahn||2}}: {{sclass|Lahn|tender|0}} (Type 403) tender
- Landtief (D115): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- Langeness: harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class
- Langeness: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- {{ship|German tug|Langeoog|A1453|2}}: {{sclass|Wangerooge|tug|0}} (Type 722) tug
- Lauenburg: weather ship
- {{ship|German destroyer|Leberecht Maass|Z1|3}}: Type 1934 destroyer
- Lech: submarine tender
- {{ship|German tender|Lech||2}}: {{sclass|Lahn|tender|0}} (Type 403) tender
- {{SMS|Leipzig|1875|2}}: {{sclass|Leipzig|corvette|1}}, launched 1875
- {{SMS|Leipzig|1905|2}}: 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1905
- {{SMS|Leipzig|1918|2}}: {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser}}, launched 1918, not completed
- {{ship|German cruiser|Leipzig||2}} (1929): 8,000 ton {{sclass|Leipzig|cruiser|2}}, launched 1929
- Leipzig : {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Leitholm: buoy tender
- Leopard: auxiliary cruiser
- Leopard: torpedo boat; Raubtier-class
- Leopard: torpedo boat; Sleipner-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Leopard|S5|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Leopard|S45|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Libben (V661): {{sclass|Kondor| minesweeper|0}} torpedo recovery vessel
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Lindau|M1072|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Lindau||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (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
- {{SMS|Lothringen||2}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Braunschweig|battleship|2}}, launched 1904
- {{ship|German torpedo boat|Löwe|1938|3}}: Norwegian {{sclass|Sleipner|destroyer|2}} {{HNoMS|Gyller|1938|6}} captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Löwe|S12|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Löwe|S48|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Luchs||2}} (1899): Gunboat, launched 18 October 1899, commissioned 15 April 1900, blown up 28 August 1914
- Luchs: torpedo boat; Raubtier-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Luchs|S4|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1972
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Luchs|S43|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Luckenwalde {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German corvette|Ludwigshafen am Rhein|F264|2}}: {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|0}} (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
- Ludwigslust (247): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Ludwigslust (232): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Lübben : {{sclass|Robbe|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Lübben (631): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- {{SMS|Lübeck|1844|3}}: corvette, launched 1844
- {{SMS|Lübeck||2}} (cruiser): 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1904
- {{ship|German frigate|Lübeck|F224|3}}: {{sclass|Köln|frigate|0}} (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1963 to 1988
- {{ship|German frigate|Lübeck|F214|3}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- Lübz (246): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Lübz (221): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Lüneburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Lütje Hörn: harbour tug; Lütje Hörn-class
- Lütje Hörn: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- {{ship|German destroyer|Lütjens|D185|2}}: {{sclass|Lütjens|destroyer|0}} (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Lützow||2}} (battlecruiser): 27,000 ton {{sclass|Derfflinger|battlecruiser|2}}, launched 1913
- {{ship|German cruiser|Lützow|1939|3}}: 14,000 ton modified {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, sold before completion to Soviet Union in 1939, never commissioned
- {{ship|German cruiser|Lützow|1940|3}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, renamed from Deutschland in 1939
- Lützow (1941): fishing vessel built at Seebeckwerft req' by DKM as Vorpostenboote (V1102) 1943 to 1945, after which returned to commercial service
- {{SMS|Luise||2}}: corvette, launched 1872
- Lumme (923): Diving vessel
M
- {{SMS|Mackensen||2}}: {{sclass|Mackensen|battlecruiser|2}}, launched 1917, not completed
- {{SMS|Magdeburg||2}} (cruiser): {{sclass|Magdeburg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1911
- {{SMS|Magdeburg|1917|3}}: {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser}}, launched 1917
- Magdeburg, {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German corvette|Magdeburg|F261|3}}: {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|0}} (Type 130) corvette, launched 2006, commissioned 2008
- {{ship|German tender|Main||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Main|A515|3}}: {{sclass|Elbe|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 404) replenishment ship
- {{SMS|Mainz||2}}: 4,400 ton {{sclass|Kolberg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1909
- {{ship|German landing craft|Makrele|L796|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Malchin (GS03): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Marburg|M1080|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Marburg||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1979 to 2000
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Marder|S14|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959—1972
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Marder|S44|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Marie||2}}: corvette, launched 1881
- {{SMS|Markgraf||2}}: 26,000 ton {{sclass|König|battleship|2}}, launched 1913
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Mars||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
- Max Reichpietsch (751): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Max Roscher (846): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Max Schultz|Z3|3}}: Type 1934 destroyer
- {{SMS|Mecklenburg||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Wittelsbach|battleship|2}}, launched 1901
- Mecklenburg, buoy tender
- {{ship|German frigate|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|F218|2}}: {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|0}} (Type 123) frigate
- {{SMS|Medusa|1864|3}}: corvette, launched 1864
- {{SMS|Medusa||2}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Meersburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- Meiningen, {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Meissen, {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Mercur||2}}: corvette, launched 1847
- {{SMS|Meteor|1865|3}}: gunboat, launched 1865
- {{SMS|Meteor|1890|3}}: aviso, launched 1890
- {{SMS|Meteor|1915|3}}: gunboat, launched 1915
- Meteor, {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} survey vessel
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Michel||2}}: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Minden|M1085|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Minden||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Mira||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1960—1973) is for sale click for details: – [http://www.EasternYachts.com/mira/ here]
- {{ship|German destroyer|Mölders|D186|2}}: {{sclass|Lütjens|destroyer|0}} (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
- Mönchgut (E111): {{sclass|Darss|supply ship|0}} supply ship
- Möwe, {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{SMS|Möwe|1879|2}}: gunboat, launched 1879
- {{SMS|Möwe|1914|2}}: auxiliary cruiser
- {{SMS|Moltke|1877|2}}: 3,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|corvette|2}}, launched 1877
- {{SMS|Moltke||2}}: 23,000 ton {{sclass|Moltke|battlecruiser|2}}, launched 1910
- {{SMS|Mosel||2}}: 238 ton {{sclass|Rhein|monitor|2}}, launched 1872
- {{ship|German tender|Mosel||2}}: {{sclass|Mosel|tender|0}} (Type 402) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Mosel|A512|3}}: {{sclass|Elbe|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 404) replenishment ship
- Mosel (1912): ex Frieda, builder F. Lemm, commandeered 1936 as a Unterseebootstender. Mined off Windau 1941
- {{ship|German naval ship|Mühlhausen|A1410|2}}: Type 742 diver support ship
- {{SMS|München||2}}: 3,300 ton {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1904
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Munin||2}}: Nasty class (Type 152) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1964
- {{ship|German landing craft|Muräne|L797|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- {{SMS|Musquito||2}}: brigg, launched 1851
N
- Najade: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
- {{SMS|Nassau||2}}: 19,000 ton {{sclass|Nassau|battleship|2}}, launched 1908
- {{SMS|Natter|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Natter|1880|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1880
- Natter: submarine chaser
- Natter: Otter-class
- Nauen: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Nautilus|1871|3}}: gunboat, launched 1871
- {{SMS|Nautilus|1906|3}}: 2,000 ton {{sclass|Nautilus|minelayer|2}}, launched 1907
- Nautilus: experimental craft; minesweeper 1915
- Nautilus: minesweeper; Frauenlob-class
- {{ship|German tender|Neckar||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- Neiße: submarine tender
- Neptun: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Nerz|S34|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1982
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Nerz|S74|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Nettelbeck: minesweeper
- Neubrandenburg: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Neubrandenburg (633): {{sclass|Frosch I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Neuende: harbour tug; Neuende-class
- Neuruppin (345): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Neumark: Neumark-class
- Neuwerk: harbour tug; Sylt-class
- Neustrelitz (G412): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Niedersachsen: mine-warfare ships
- {{ship|German frigate|Niedersachsen|F208|2}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- Nienburg: supply ship; Lüneburg-class
- {{SMS|Niobe|1849|3}}: schooner, launched 1849
- {{SMS|Niobe||2}} (cruiser): 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- Niobe: Sail training ship, launched 1913
- Niobe: training vessel, Holland-class
- Niobe: experimental craft
- {{SMS|Nix||2}}: aviso, launched 1850
- {{SMS|Nixe||2}}: corvette, launched 1885
- Nixe: minesweeper; Ariadne-class
- {{ship|German tug|Norderney|A1455|2}}: {{sclass|Wangerooge|tug|0}} (Type 722) tug, decommissioned
- Nordperd (E171): {{sclass|Frosch II|replenishment vessel|0}} 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
- {{SMS|Nürnberg|1906|3}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1905)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1906
- {{SMS|Nürnberg|1916|3}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1915)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1916
- {{ship|German cruiser|Nürnberg||2}} (cruiser): 8,000 ton {{sclass|Leipzig|cruiser|2}}, launched 1934, became Soviet {{ship|Soviet cruiser|Admiral Makarov|1946|2}}
- {{SMS|Nymphe|1863|3}}: corvette, launched 1863
- {{SMS|Nymphe||2}} (cruiser): 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- Nymphe (coastal defense ship): Norwegian {{sclass|Tordenskjold|coastal defence ship|2}} {{HNoMS|Tordenskjold}} captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.
O
- {{ship|German transport|Odenwald|A1436|2}}: {{sclass|Westerwald|transport ship|0}} (Type 760) ammunition transport ship, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Odin||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Odin|coastal defense ship|2}}, launched 1894
- Odin: Odin-class
- Odin: minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Offenburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Oker|A53|2}}: {{sclass|Oste|fleet service ship|0}} (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
- Oker: Oker-class
- {{SMS|Oldenburg|1884|3}}: 5,250 ton unique coastal armored ship, launched 1884
- {{SMS|Oldenburg||2}}: 23,000 ton {{sclass|Helgoland|battleship|2}}, launched 1910
- Oldenburg: mine-warfare ships; Sesia-class
- {{ship|German corvette|Oldenburg|F263|3}}: {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|0}} (Type 130) corvette, commissioned 2013
- {{SMS|Olga||2}}: Training ship
- Oranienburg (341): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Orion||2}} (auxiliary cruiser): 15,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Orion: R-boat
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Orion||2}} (minesweeper): {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990
- Oste: tender, Faettenfjord-class
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Oste|A52|2}}: {{sclass|Oste|fleet service ship|0}} (Type 423) fleet service, surveillance, and ELINT ship
- {{SMS|Ostfriesland||2}}: 23,000 ton {{sclass|Helgoland|battleship|2}}, launched 1909
- Ostmark: seaplane tender
- Ostmark: mine-warfare ships
- Ostseeland (II): representation yacht
- Ostseeland: representation yacht; Kondor-II-class
- Oswald: tender, Seaplane tender
- {{SMS|Otter|1877|3}}: gunboat, launched 1877
- {{SMS|Otter|1909|3}}: river gunboat, launched 1909
- Otter: mine-warfare ship; Irben-class
- Otter: Otter-class
- Otto Braun: experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916
- Otto Tost (731): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Otto von Guericke (A46): {{sclass|Piast|salvage tug|0}} salvage tug
- Otto Wünsche: submarine tender; Wilhelm-Bauer-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Ozelot|S37|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1963—1984
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Ozelot|S78|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
P
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Paderborn|M1076|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- Palmer Ort (D39): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender}}
- {{SMS|Panther|1901|2}} (gunboat): {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|2}}, launched 1 April 1901, commissioned 15 March 1903, sold 1931, scrapped
- Panther (destroyer), Norwegian {{sclass|Sleipner|destroyer|2}} {{HNoMS|Odin|1939|6}} captured on 9 April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Panther|S24|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Panther|S50|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Parchim (215): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Parchim (242): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Pasewalk (GS05): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Passat: mine-warfare ships, supply ship
- Passat: harbour tug; Klasse 729
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Passau||2}} (minesweeper): {{sclass|Vegesack|minesweeper|0}} (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
- {{ship|German minehunter|Passau|M1096|3}}: {{sclass|Kulmbach|mine hunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Paul Eisenschneider (574): {{sclass|Tarantul|corvette|0}} corvette
- Paul Eisenschneider (713): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Paul Jakobi|Z5|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- Paul Schulz (752): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Paul Wieczorek (754): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Pegasus: minesweeper; R-boat
- Pegasus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Pegnitz|M1090|2}}: {{sclass|Ensdorf|minesweeper|0}} (Type 352) minesweeper
- Pelikan: transport, mine-warfare ships, RM
- Pelikan: experimental craft; Minesweeper 1915
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Pelikan|S30|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Pelikan|S53|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Pellworm: harbour tug; Klasse 729
- Perleberg (245): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Perleberg (243): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Perseus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German aircraft carrier|Peter Strasser||2}}: 28,000 ton {{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|2}}, never launched
- Pfälzerland: transport; Klasse 785
- {{SMS|Pfeil|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Pfeil||2}}: aviso, launched 1882
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Pfeil||2}}: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1965
- Phoenix: air control ship
- Piercer: customs cutter
- {{SMS|Pillau||2}}: {{sclass|Pillau|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1914
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}} (auxiliary cruiser): 17,600 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Pinguin|S22|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Pinguin|S58|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Pionier: sea cutter
- Planet: survey vessel; Planet-class
- Planet: research vessel
- Planet: research vessel
- Planet: {{sclass|Planet|research ship|2}} (Type 752), commissioned 2005
- Plön: harbour tug; Klasse 729
- {{ship|German landing craft|Plötze|L763|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Pluto: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- Poel: Project 35 tanker
- Pössneck: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Pollux: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Pollux||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961—1992)
- Pommern: mine-warfare ships
- Preußen: mine-warfare ships
- Preußen: mine-warfare ships
- {{SMS|Pommerania||2}}: aviso, launched 1864
- {{SMS|Pommern||2}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship|2}}, launched 1905
- {{SMS|Posen||2}}: 19,000 ton {{sclass|Nassau|battleship|2}}, launched 1908
- Potsdam: {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Prenzlau: Project 2 training ship
- Prenzlau: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Prenzlau (231): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Prerow (G413): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Preussen|1873|3}}: 6,800 ton {{sclass|Preussen|ironclad|2}}, launched 1873
- {{SMS|Preussen|1903|3}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Braunschweig|battleship|2}}, launched 1903
- {{SMS|Preussischer Adler||2}}: aviso, launched 1846
- {{SMS|Prinz Adalbert|1865|3}}: Unique ironclad, originally ordered by the Confederate States Navy
- {{SMS|Prinz Adalbert|1876|3}}: corvette, launched 1876
- {{SMS|Prinz Adalbert|1901|3}}: 9,000 ton {{sclass|Prinz Adalbert|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, 1901
- {{SMS|Prinz Eitel Friedrich||2}}: cruiser
- {{ship|German cruiser|Prinz Eugen||2}}: 14,000 ton modified {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, launched 1938
- {{SMS|Prinz Heinrich||2}}: 9,000 ton unique armored cruiser, 1900
- {{SMS|Prinzess Wilhelm||2}}: cruiser, launched 1887
- {{SMS|Prinzregent Luitpold||2}}: 25,000 ton {{sclass|Kaiser|battleship|2}}, launched 1911
- Pritzwalk (325): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Puma|S39|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1981
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Puma|S72|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Putlos: Todendorf-class
R
- Ranzow (D114): {{sclass|SK-64|buoy tender|0}} buoy tender
- Rathenow (326): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Raubmöve||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
- Raule: R-boat tender, minesweeper
- {{ship|German frigate|Raule|F217|2}}: {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|0}} frigate, former Royal Navy {{HMS|Albrighton|L12|6}}, commissioned through 1967
- {{SMS|Regensburg||2}}: {{sclass|Graudenz|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1914
- Regulus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Regulus||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (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: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Reiher|S20|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Reiher|S59|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{ship|German landing craft|Renke|L798|2}}: Landing craft, decommissioned
- Rendsburg: armed trawler
- Renown: artillery training vessel
- Rerik (G426): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Restaurador: gun boat
- Rhein: mine steamer; Rhein-class
- Rhein: mine transport; Irben-class
- {{SMS|Rhein||2}}: 238 ton {{sclass|Rhein|monitor|2}}, launched 1872
- {{ship|German tender|Rhein||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Rhein|A513|3}}: {{sclass|Elbe|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 404) replenishment ship
- {{SMS|Rheinland||2}}: 19,000 ton {{sclass|Nassau|battleship|2}}, launched 1908
- {{ship|German frigate|Rheinland-Pfalz|F209|2}}: {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|0}} (Type 122) frigate
- {{ship|German tanker|Rhön|A1443|2}}: {{sclass|Rhön|tanker|0}} (Type 704) tanker
- Ribnitz-Damgarten (216): {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Ribnitz-Damgarten (233): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}}
- {{ship|German destroyer|Richard Beitzen|Z4|3}}: Type 1934 destroyer
- Richthofen: air control ship; K-VI-class
- Riems: Project 35 tanker
- Riesa (322): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Rigel: minesweeper; R-boatder WM
- Rigel: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- Rival: torpedo boat, tug
- Robbe: Type M-9-463
- {{ship|German landing craft|Rochen|L764|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Röbel (324): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Roland: mine-warfare ships
- {{ship|German destroyer|Rommel|D187|2}}: {{sclass|Lütjens|destroyer|0}} (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Roon||2}}: 10,000 ton {{sclass|Roon|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, launched 1903
- Rosslau (V813): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Rostock||2}}: {{sclass|Karlsruhe|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1912
- {{SMS|Rostock|1918|3}}: {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser}}, launched 1918, not completed
- Rostock: {{sclass|Krake|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Rostock (141): {{sclass|Koni|frigate|0}} frigate
- {{ship|German minehunter|Rottweil|M1061|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- {{SMS|Rover||2}}: brigg, launched 1853
- Ruden: Project RL 235 supply ship
- Rudi André (824): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Rudolf Breitscheid (842): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Rudolf Breitscheid (852): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Rudolf Diesel: experimental craft; YMS-class* Rudolf Eglhofer (572): {{sclass|Tarantul|corvette|0}} corvette
- Rudolf Eglhofer (751): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Rugard: R-boat tender
- {{ship|German tender|Ruhr||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
S
- {{SMS|S113||2}}: Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class, launched 1918
- {{Ship|German submarine tender|Saar||2}}: submarine tender
- {{ship|German tender|Saar||2}}: {{sclass|Mosel|tender|0}} (Type 402) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Saarburg||2}}: {{sclass|Lüneburg|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 701) replenishment ship
- {{SMS|Sachsen|1877|3}}: 7,800 ton {{sclass|Sachsen|ironclad|2}}, launched 1877
- {{SMS|Sachsen|1916|3}}: 29,000 ton {{sclass|Bayern|battleship|2}}, not completed
- {{ship|German frigate|Sachsen|F219|3}}: {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|0}} (Type 124) frigate
- Sachsenwald: mine transport, Sachsenwald-class
- {{SMS|Salamander|1850|3}}: aviso, launched 1850
- {{SMS|Salamander|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Salamander|1880|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1880
- Salamander: landing craft; Eidechse-class
- {{ship|German landing craft|Salm|L799|2}}: Landing craft, decommissioned
- Santa Elena: seaplane tender
- Sassnitz (91): {{sclass|Sassnitz|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Sassnitz: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} 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
- {{SMS|Scharnhorst||2}} (armored cruiser): 11,600 ton {{sclass|Scharnhorst|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, launched 1906
- {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} (battleship): 35,000 ton {{sclass|Scharnhorst|battleship|2}}, launched 1936
- {{ship|German frigate|Scharnhorst|F 213|3}}: {{sclass|Black Swan|sloop|0}} frigate, former Royal Navy {{HMS|Mermaid|U30|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1968
- {{ship|German frigate|Scheer|F216|2}}: Type 138 frigate, commissioned 1959 to 1967
- {{ship|German landing craft|Schlei|L765|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships
- {{SMS|Schlesien||2}}: 13,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship|2}}, launched 1906
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Schleswig|M1073|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- {{SMS|Schleswig-Holstein||2}} (battleship): 13,000 ton {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship|2}}, launched 1906
- {{ship|German destroyer|Schleswig-Holstein|D182|3}}: {{sclass|Hamburg|destroyer|0}} (Type 101A) destroyer, decommissioned
- {{ship|German frigate|Schleswig-Holstein|F216|3}}: {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|0}} (Type 123) frigate
- Schneewittchen: torpedo boat, station yacht
- Schönebeck (314): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Schütze: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
- Schütze: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{SMS|Schwaben||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Wittelsbach|battleship|2}}, launched 1901
- Schwabenland: seaplane tender
- {{SMS|Schwalbe|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Schwalbe||2}}: cruiser, launched 1887
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Schwarzwald||2}}: {{sclass|Schwarzwald|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 706) replenishment ship
- Schwedt: {{sclass|Robbe|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Schwedt (636): {{sclass|Frosch-I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- Schwerin: troop transport, mine-warfare ships
- Schwerin: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Schwerin (612): {{sclass|Frosch-I|landing craft|0}} landing craft
- {{SMS|Scorpion|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Scorpion|1877|3}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1877
- Sedan: Leipzig-class corvette
- {{SMS|Seeadler|1892|2}} (cruiser): 1,650 ton {{sclass|Bussard|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1892
- Seeadler: torpedo boat; Raubvogel-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Seeadler|S6|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1976
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Seeadler|S68|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (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: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Seydlitz||2}} (battlecruiser): 25,000 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1912
- {{ship|German cruiser|Seydlitz||2}} (cruiser): 14,000 ton modified {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser, selected while under construction for conversion to an aircraft carrier, never completed
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Siegburg|M1098|2}}: {{sclass|Ensdorf|minesweeper|0}} (Type 352) minesweeper
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Siegen||2}}: {{sclass|Vegesack|minesweeper|0}} (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
- {{SMS|Siegfried||2}}: 3,700 ton {{sclass|Siegfried|coastal defense ship|2}}, launched 1889
- Sicher: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
- Sigfrid: minesweeper, Vorpostenboot; fish trawler
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Silbermöve||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956 to 1967
- {{SMS|Sinop||2}}: battleship, launched 1878
- Sirius: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Sirius||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (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): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Sonneberg: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Sophie||2}}: corvette, launched 1881
- Sovetskaya Ukraina: Captured from the Soviet Union under construction, not completed
- {{SMS|Sperber|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Sperber|1888|2}}: cruiser, launched 1888
- Sperber: seaplane tender; Luftwaffe
- Sperber: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Sperber|S27|3}}: {{sclass|Seeadler|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 141) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1976
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Sperber|S65|3}}: {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{ship|German tanker|Spessart|A1442|2}}: {{sclass|Rhön|tanker|0}} (Type 704) tanker
- Spica: training vessel
- Spica: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Spica||2}}: {{sclass|Krebs|minesweeper|0}} (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1961 to 1992
- {{ship|German tug|Spiekeroog|A1452|2}}: {{sclass|Wangerooge|tug|0}} (Type 722) tug
- Steigerwald: mine transport, Sachsenwald-class
- {{SMS|Stein||2}}: 3,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|corvette|2}}, launched 1879
- Steinbock: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- Stendal: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Sternberg: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Sternberg (212: {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{SMS|Stettin||2}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1905)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1907
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Stier||2}}: 11,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Stier: minesweeper, mine diving vessel Schütze-class
- {{ship|German landing craft|Stör|L766|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Störtebeker: experimental craft; Minesweeper 1916
- Stollergrund: experimental craft; Stollergrund-class
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Storch|S17|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960 to 1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Storch|S52|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{SMS|Stosch|1877|2}}: 3,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|corvette|2}}, launched 1877
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Strahl||2}}: Vosper (Type 153) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962 to 1967
- {{SMS|Stralsund|1816|3}}: schooner, launched 1816
- {{SMS|Stralsund||2}}: {{sclass|Magdeburg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1911
- Strahl: experimental craft
- Stralsund: mine-warfare ships
- Stralsund: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Stralsund (334): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Strasburg (346): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Strassburg||2}}: {{sclass|Magdeburg|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1911
- Strelasund (V662): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} torpedo recovery vessel
- Stubbenkammer: {{sclass|Sperling|buoy tender}}
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Sturmmöve||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
- {{SMS|Stuttgart||2}}: {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1905)|0}} light cruiser, launched 1906
- Südperd (E172): {{sclass|Frosch-II|replenishment vessel|0}} replenishment vessel
- Suhl: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German minehunter|Sulzbach-Rosenberg|M1062|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Sylt: harbour tug; Sylt-class
T
- Taku: minesweeper 1916
- Tanga: E-boat tender
- Tangerhütte (333): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} 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
- {{ship|German tanker|Tegernsee|A1426|2}}: {{sclass|Walchensee|tanker|0}} (Type 703) small coastal tanker
- Templin (GS06): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Teterow (241: {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Teterow (234): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Thale: Project 17
- {{ship|German destroyer|Theodor Riedel|Z6|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- {{SMS|Thetis|1846|3}}: frigate, launched 1846
- {{SMS|Thetis||2}} (cruiser): 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser
- Thetis (Flak ship): Norwegian {{sclass|Tordenskjold|coastal defence ship|2}} {{HNoMS|Harald Haarfagre}} captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship.
- Theseus: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
- Thetis: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor||2}}: 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Thielbek: 2,800 ton Converted from freighter to transport ship, sunk 1945
- {{SMS|Thorn||2}}: river gunboat, launched 1826
- {{SMS|Thüringen||2}}: 23,000 ton {{sclass|Helgoland|battleship|2}}, launched 1909
- {{SMS|Tiger|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Tiger|1899|2}} (gunboat): {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|2}}, launched 15 August 1899, commissioned 3 April 1900, scuttled 29 October 1914
- Tiger: torpedo boat; Raubtier-class
- {{ship|German torpedo boat|Tiger|1940|3}}, Norwegian {{sclass|Sleipner|destroyer|2}} {{HNoMS|Tor|1939|6}} captured in April 1940, re-designated as torpedo boat.
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Tiger|S23|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958 to 1974
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Tiger|S41|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Timmendorf: supply ship
- {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz||2}}: 42,000 ton {{sclass|Bismarck|battleship|2}}, launched 1939
- Todendorf: Sicherungsboot; Todendorf-class; Wehrbereichskommando Küste
- {{ship|German minelayer|Togo||2}}, Norwegian minesweeper {{HNoMS|Otra|1939|6}} captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer
- Togo: nightfighter control ship
- Torgau: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Trave||2}}: {{sclass2|Isles|trawler|0}} (Type 139 patrol trawler)
- Trave: Schul- und Begleitschiff, später Messboot; Eider-class
- Trischen: harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class
- {{SMS|Tsingtao||2}}: river gunboat, launched 1903
- Triton: survey vessel
- Triton: submarine chaser; Thetis-class
- Tsingtau: E-boat tender
- Tummler: cutter, training vessel
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Tübingen|M1074|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Tübingen||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997
- {{ship|German landing craft|Tümmler|L767|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
U
- Uckermark (H91): Ohre-class
- {{ship|German minehunter|Überherrn|M1095|2}}: {{sclass|Kulmbach|mine hunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Ueckermünde (GS01): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Ulan: torpedo testing ship, tender
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Ulm|M1083|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned (1959 to 1978, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 1999
- {{SMS|Undine|1869|3}}: brigg, launched 1869
- {{SMS|Undine||2}}: 2,700 ton {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1902
- Undine: minesweeper; Frauenlob-class
- Uranus: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- Usedom: {{sclass|Baskunchak|tanker|0}} tanker
V
- {{SMS|Vaterland||2}}: river gunboat, launched 1903
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Vegesack||2}}: {{sclass|Vegesack|minesweeper|0}} (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1963
- Versailles: mine-warfare ships
- {{SMS|Victoria Louise||2}}: 5,700 ton {{sclass|Victoria Louise|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser, launched 1897
- Victoria: corvette; Augusta-class
- Vilm: Project RL 235 tanker
- {{SMS|Vineta|1863|3}}: frigate, launched 1863
- {{SMS|Vineta|1897|2}}: 5,700 ton {{sclass|Victoria Louise|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser, launched 1897
- Vineta: minesweeper; Ariadne-class
- {{SMS|Viper|1876|2}}: armoured gunboat, launched 1876
- Viper: landing craft; Eidechse-class
- Vitte (G421): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Vogelsand: harbour tug; Lütje-Hörn-class
- Vogelsand: harbour tug; Nordstrand-class
- Vogtland (H71): Ohre-class
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Völkingen|M1087|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Völkingen||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (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
- {{ship||Von der Tann|gunboat|3}}: steam-powered gunboat, 1848 to 1862
- {{SMS|Von der Tann||2}} (battlescruiser): 19,400 ton unique battlecruiser, launched 1909
- Vulkan: submarine salvage vessel
- {{SMS|Vorwärts||2}}: river gunboat, launched 1899
- Vorwärts: torpedo boat; Schütze-class
W
- {{SMS|Wolf|1860|2}}: gunboat
- {{SMS|Wolf|1878|2}}: gunboat
- {{SMS|Wolf|1906|2}}: auxiliary cruiser
- {{SMS|Wolf|1916|2}}: 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
- {{SMS|Wacht||2}}: aviso, launched 1887
- Wacht: tender; Minesweeper 1916
- {{ship|German tanker|Walchensee|A1424|2}}: {{sclass|Walchensee|tanker|0}} (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
- Waldemar Kophamel: submarine tender; Wilhelm-Bauer-class
- Walfisch, ex-Borwin: tug
- Walter Husemann (856): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Walter Krämer (712): {{sclass|Osa|missile boat|0}} missile boat
- Walther von Ledebur: experimental craft
- {{ship|German tug|Wangerooge|A1451|2}}: {{sclass|Wangerooge|tug|0}} (Type 722) tug
- Waren: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Waren (224): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- Wega: minesweeper; R-boat
- Wega: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- Weichsel: submarine tender
- {{ship|German minehunter|Weiden|M1060|2}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter, commissioned 1993 to 2006
- Weihe: {{sclass|SO-I|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Weihe|S15|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1959 to 1972
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Weihe|S57|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Weilheim|M1077|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1959 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331 and recommissioned 1978 to 1995
- {{ship|German minehunter|Weilheim|M1059|3}}: {{sclass|Frankenthal|minehunter|0}} (Type 332) minehunter
- Weimar: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Weissenburg||2}}: 10,500 ton {{sclass|Brandenburg|battleship|2}}, launched 1891
- Weisswasser: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Welle: experimental craft
- {{ship|German landing craft|Wels|L768|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Werdau: {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- {{ship|Germany tender|Werra||2}} (tender): {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- {{ship|German auxiliary|Werra|A514|3}}: {{sclass|Elbe|replenishment ship|0}} (Type 404) replenishment ship
- {{ship|Germany tender|Weser||2}}: {{sclass|Rhein|tender|0}} (Type 401) tender
- Weser: fishery protection vessel, minesweeper tender
- {{SMS|Wespe|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Wespe|1876|3}}: gunboat, launched 1876
- Wespe: training vessel; Wespe-class
- {{ship|German tanker|Westensee|A1427|2}}: {{sclass|Walchensee|tanker|0}} (Type 703) small coastal tanker, decommissioned
- {{ship|German transport|Westerwald|A1435|2}}: {{sclass|Westerwald|transport ship|0}} (Type 760) ammunition transport ship
- {{SMS|Westfalen||2}}: 19,000 ton {{sclass|Nassau|battleship|2}}, launched 1908
- Westfalen: seaplane tender
- {{SMS|Wettin||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Wittelsbach|battleship|2}}, launched 1900
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Wetzlar|M1075|3}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1976, upgraded to Type 331
- {{ship|German minehunter|Wetzlar||2}}: {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|0}} (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1995
- {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Widder||2}}: 16,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser
- Widder: minesweeper; Schütze-class
- {{SMS|Wiesbaden||2}}: {{sclass|Wiesbaden|cruiser|0}} light cruiser, launched 1915
- {{SMS|Wiesbaden|1917|3}}: {{sclass|Cöln|cruiser}}, launched 1917, not completed
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Wiesel|S32|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1962—1984
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Wiesel|S79|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Wildschwan||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1957—1964
- {{GS|Wilhelm Bauer||2}}: Type 241 submarine, former Kriegsmarine {{GS|U-2540||2}}
- Wilhelm Bauer: submarine tender Wilhelm-Bauer-class
- Wilhelm Florin (815): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Wilhelm Heidkamp|Z21|3}}: Type 1936 destroyer
- Wilhelm Leuschner (824): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Wilhelm Pieck (S61): {{sclass|Wodnik|training ship|0}} training ship
- Wilhem-Pieck-Stadt Guben (323): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Willi Bänsch (844): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Willi Bänsch (831): {{sclass|Shershen|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- Wische: Ohre-class
- Wismar: Project 4
- Wismar (214: {{sclass|Hai|submarine chaser|0}} submarine chaser
- Wismar (241): {{sclass|Parchim|corvette|0}} corvette
- {{SMS|Wittelsbach||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Wittelsbach|battleship|2}}, launched 1900
- Wittensee: tanker; Klasse 763
- Wittow (E661): {{sclass|Darss|supply ship|0}} supply ship
- Wittstock (315): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{SMS|Wolf|1860|3}}: gunboat, launched 1860
- {{SMS|Wolf|1878|3}}: gunboat, launched 1878
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Wolf|S3|3}}: {{sclass|Jaguar|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1958—1975
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Wolf|S49|3}}: {{sclass|Tiger|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Wolfgang Thiess (866): {{sclass|P-6|torpedo boat|0}} torpedo boat
- {{ship|German destroyer|Wolfgang Zenker|Z9|3}}: Type 1934A destroyer
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Wolfsburg|M1082|2}}: {{sclass|Lindau|minesweeper|0}} (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1958 to 1979, upgraded to Type 351, recommissioned 1989 to 2000
- Wolgast: {{sclass|Habicht|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Wolgast (V811): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German minesweeper|Worms||2}}: {{sclass|Vegesack|minesweeper|0}} (Type 321) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1963
- {{SMS|Wörth||2}}: 10,500 ton {{sclass|Brandenburg|battleship|2}}, launched 1892
- {{SMS|Württemberg|1878|3}}: 7,800 ton {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|2}}, launched 1878
- {{SMS|Württemberg|1917|3}}: 29,000 ton {{sclass|Bayern|battleship|2}}, not completed
- Wurzen: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
Y
- {{SMS|Yorck||2}}: 10,000 ton {{sclass|Roon|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, launched 1904
Z
- {{SMS|Zähringen||2}}: 12,000 ton {{sclass|Wittelsbach|battleship|2}}, launched 1901
- Zander (A45): {{sclass|Zander|salvage tug|0}} salvage tug
- {{ship|German landing craft|Zander|L769|2}}: {{sclass|Barbe|utility landing craft|0}} (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Zeitz: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Zeitz (314): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Zephir: torpedo boat, Tug
- Zerbst (335): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- Zick, Norwegian {{sclass|Trygg|torpedo boat|2}} {{HNoMS|Trygg|1919|6}} captured in 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot.
- {{SMS|Zieten||2}}: aviso, launched 1876
- Zieten: tender, fishery protection vessel, minesweeper
- Zingst (G444): {{sclass|Kondor|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Zobel|S31|3}}: {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 142) fast attack craft, commissioned 1961—1982
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|Zobel|S75|3}}: {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft|0}} (Type 143A) fast attack craft
- Zwickau: {{sclass|Schwalbe|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper
Unnamed
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- {{ship|German fast attack craft|EF3||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S116), commissioned 1957 to 1964
- {{SMS|G37||2}}: 1051 ton {{sclass|Großes Torpedoboot 1913|torpedo boat|0}}, launched 1914
- {{SMS|G38||2}}: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1914
- {{SMS|G39||2}}: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
- {{SMS|G40||2}}: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
- {{SMS|G41||2}}: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
- {{SMS|G42||2}}: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
- {{SMS|G85||2}}: 1051 ton Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class, launched 1915
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|UW10||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S130), commissioned 1957 to 1993
- {{ship|German fast attack craft|UW11||2}}: Schnellboot fast attack craft (former Kriegsmarine S208), commissioned 1957 to 1964
- {{GS|V-80||2}}: 76-ton experimental submarine
- V108:
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z-1|D170|2}}: {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}}, former United States Navy {{USS|Anthony|DD-515|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1972
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z-2|D171|2}}: {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}}, former United States Navy {{USS|Ringgold|DD-500|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1981
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z-3|D172|2}}: {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}}, former United States Navy {{USS|Wadsworth|DD-516|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1980
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z-4|D178|2}}: {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}}, former United States Navy {{USS|Claxton|DD-571|6}}, commissioned 1959 to 1981
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z-5|D179|2}}: {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}}, former United States Navy {{USS|Dyson|DD-572|6}}, commissioned 1960 to 1982
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z-6|D180|2}}: {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}}, former United States Navy {{USS|Charles Ausburne|DD-570|6}}, commissioned 1960 to 1967
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z23||2}} through {{ship|German destroyer|Z30||2}}: Type 1936A destroyers
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z31||2}} through {{ship|German destroyer|Z34||2}}: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z35||2}} through {{ship|German destroyer|Z36||2}}: Type 1936B destroyers
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z37||2}} through {{ship|German destroyer|Z39||2}}: Type 1936A (Mob) destroyers
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z43||2}} through {{ship|German destroyer|Z45||2}}: Type 1936B destroyers
- {{ship|German destroyer|Z51||2}}: German Type 1942 destroyer launched 1944
See also
References
- {{cite book|last=Gröner|first=Erich|work=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945|volume=I|title=Band 1. Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote|publisher=Bernard&Graefe|location=Munich|year=1985|isbn=3763748008}}
- 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