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:

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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