List of naval ship classes of Germany explained
The list of naval ship classes of Germany includes all classes of naval ships produced or operated in Germany from the late 19th century to modern day.
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- Displacement: 23,200 tons
- Armament: 16 x 15 cm guns, 10 x 10.5 cm guns, 22 x 3.7 cm AA guns, 28 x 2 cm AA guns
- Aircraft: Up to 37, including Bf 109T, Ju 87C, and Fi 167
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 8000nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 2: and Flugzeugträger B
- Service: Neither vessel was commissioned into service
Surface combatants
See list of battleships of Germany for detailed listings
Monitors (Küstenpanzerschiffe)
- Displacement: 5,652 tons
- Armament: 8 x 24 cm guns
- Armor:
- Performance: Speed 13.5knot
- Ships in class: 1:
- Service: Launched 1884
- Displacement: 3,740 tons
- Armament: 3 x 24 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 530 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 15knot; Range 1490nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 6:,,,,,
- Service: Commissioned 1890 to 1896
- Displacement: 3,740 tons - 4,250 tons
- Armament: 3 x 24 cm guns; 8-10 x 8.8 cm guns; 3-4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 530 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 15knot; Range 1490nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 2:, and
- Service: Commissioned 1890 to 1896
- Displacement: 18,200 tons (18,400 tons for Prinz Eugen)
- Armament: 8 x 20 cm (8") guns; 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 4 cm AA guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 32 x 2 cm AA guns; 12 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes (Prinz Eugen shipped 17 x 4 cm guns, 28 x 2 cm guns, and no 3.7 cm guns)
- Armor: 80 mm belt; 105 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 32knot; Range 8000nmi at 20 knots (Prinz Eugen speed was 33knot and range was 7200nmi at 20 knots)
- Ships in class: 5:,,,, and
- Service: Three ships completed, commissioned 1939 to 1940, two lost in World War II
- Displacement: 14,500 tons
- Armament: 6 x 28 cm (11") guns; 8 x 15 cm guns; 6 x 8.8 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 8 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes
- Armor: 80 mm belt; 140 mm turret; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 28knot; Range 18650nmi at 15knot
- Ships in class: 3: (renamed),, and
- Service: Commissioned 1933 to 1936, both lost during World War II
- Displacement: 17,500 tons
- Armament: 12 x 21 cm guns; 8 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 180 mm belt; 180 mm turret; 70 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 26knot; Range 6600nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1909, sunk 1915
- Displacement: 12,985 tons
- Armament: 8 x 21 cm guns; 6 x 15 cm guns; 18 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 150 mm belt; 170 mm turret; 70 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 23knot; Range 5120nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1908, both lost in World War I at the Battle of the Falkland Islands
- Displacement: 10,266 tons
- Armament: 4 x 21 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 100 mm belt; 150 mm turret; 60 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 21knot; Range 4200nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1905 to 1906, Yorck lost in World War I
- Displacement: 9,800 tons
- Armament: 4 x 21 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 100 mm belt; 150 mm turret; 60 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 4200nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1903 to 1904, both lost in World War I
- Displacement: 9,800 tons
- Armament: 2 x 24 cm guns; 10 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 10 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 100 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 4580nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1902
- Displacement: 11,460 tons
- Armament: 4 x 24 cm guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 200 mm belt; 200 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 18knot; Range 4560nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1900
- Displacement: 6,790 tons
- Armament: 2 x 21 cm (8") guns; 6 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 5 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 100 mm turret; 100 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 19knot; Range 3400nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 5:,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1899
- Displacement: 6,300 tons
- Armament: 4 x 15 cm guns; 6 x 10 cm guns; 5 x 35 cm torpedo tubes (1896 modification added 8 x 15 cm guns and 8 x 8.8 cm guns, removed all 10 cm guns; 1916 modification added 4 x 10 cm guns and 1 x 8.8 cm gun, removed 11 x 15 cm guns and all torpedo tubes)
- Armor: 70 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 21knot; Range 3240nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1895
- Displacement: 8,400 tons (9,000 tons for Nürnberg)
- Armament: 9 x 15 cm (6") guns; 6 x 8.8 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm guns; 4 x 2 cm guns; 12 x 53 cm (21") torpedo tubes; 120 mines (Nürnberg shipped an additional 2 x 8.8 cm guns and 2 x 4 cm AA guns)
- Aircraft: 2 catapult launched Arado Ar 196
- Armor: 50 mm belt; 30 mm turret; 20 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 32knot; Range 5700nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1931 and 1935, Leipzig damaged in 1944 in collision and reduced to flak ship, both survived World War II
- Displacement: 7,700 tons
- Armament: 9 x 15 cm (6") guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1934 modification added 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns and replaced torpedoes with 53 cm tubes; 1940 modification added 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 1945 modification added 10 x 2 cm AA guns)
- Armor: 70 mm belt; 20 mm turret; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 32knot; Range 7300nmi at 17knot
- Ships in class: 3:,,
- Service: Commissioned 1929 to 1930, all lost in World War II
- Displacement: 7,485 tons
- Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 60 cm torpedo tubes; 200 mines
- Performance: Speed 29knot; Range 6000nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 10:,, Wiesbaden, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Rostock, Frauenlob, Ersatz Köln, Ersatz Emden, and Ersatz Karlsruhe
- Service: Seven launched, two commissioned 1918, both scuttled at Scapa Flow
- Displacement: 7,125 tons
- Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 200 mines
- Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 28knot; Range 4850nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1916 to 1917, two scuttled at Scapa Flow
- Displacement: 7,100 tons
- Armament: 8 x 15 cm (6") guns; 3 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1944 modification replaced 8.8 cm guns with 10.5 cm guns, added 2 x 3.7 cm AA guns and 14 x 2 cm AA guns, and replaced torpedoes with 53 cm (21") tubes)
- Armor: 50 mm belt; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 29knot; Range 6750nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1925, damaged by bombing April 1945, scuttled May 1945
- Displacement: 6,380 tons
- Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines (1915 modification replaced 10.5 cm guns with 7 x 15 cm guns and added 2 x 8.8 cm guns and 2 x 50 cm tubes)
- Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 27knot; Range 5500nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1915, one lost in World War II
- Displacement: 6,190 tons
- Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 60 mm belt; 60 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 28knot; Range 5000nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1914, both lost in World War I
- Displacement: 5,850 tons
- Armament: 4 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 400 mines
- Armor: 38 mm belt; 16 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 28knot; Range 5800nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1916, both scuttled at Scapa Flow
- Displacement: 5,250 tons
- Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
- Armor: 80 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 27knot; Range 4300nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1915, one lost in World War I, one lost in World War II
- Displacement: 5,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x 15 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 4 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
- Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 27knot; Range 4800nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned 1915, one lost in World War I
- Displacement: 4,900 tons
- Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 100 mines (1917 modification replaced 10.5 cm guns with 6 x 15 cm guns and 2 x 8.8 cm guns)
- Armor: 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 26knot; Range 3250nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1909 to 1911, two lost in World War I
- Displacement: 4,570 tons
- Armament: 12 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
- Armor: 60 mm belt; 40 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 27knot; Range 5820nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1912, two lost in World War I
- Displacement: 4,275 tons
- Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 3500nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1894
- Displacement: 4,250 tons
- Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 10 x machineguns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 100 mm belt; 25 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 25knot; Range 3600nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 2:, and
- Service: Commissioned 1908 to 1909, both lost in World War I
- Displacement: 3,800 tons
- Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 8 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 25knot; Range 4170nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1904 to 1907, two lost in World War I
- Displacement: 3,700 tons
- Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes (1916 modification added 2 x 15 cm guns and removed 4 x 10.5 cm guns)
- Armor: 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 23knot; Range 4690nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 7:,,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1904 to 1907, two lost in World War I, one lost in World War II
- Displacement: 2,900 tons
- Armament: 10 x 10.5 cm guns; 14 x machineguns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines
- Armor: 25 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 3570nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 10:,,,,,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1900 to 1904, three lost in World War I, two lost in World War II
- Displacement: 2,266 tons
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 10 x 3.7 cm revolving cannon
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 3500nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1887
- Displacement: 2,080 tons
- Armament: 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 3000nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1896, sunk 1914
- Displacement: 1,860 tons
- Armament: 8 x 10.5 cm guns; 5 x revolver cannon; 2 x 35 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 17knot; Range 3040nmi at 9knot
- Ships in class: 3:,, and
- Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1893, one lost in World War I
(Type 103)
- Displacement: 4,720 tons
- Armament: 2 x 127 mm guns; 2 x 20 mm autocannon; 1 x Mark 13 launcher with 40 missiles; 2 x Mark 49 launchers with 42 missiles; 6 x 324 mm torpedo tubes; 1 x ASROC launcher with 8 rockets
- Performance: Speed 32knot
- Ships in class: 3:,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1969, last decommissioned 2003
(Type 101)
- Displacement: 4,360 tons
- Armament: 3 x 100 mm DP guns; 4 x twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 x twin MM38 Exocet launchers; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti submarine rocket launchers; 10 x depth charges; 90 x mines
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 3400nmi at 18knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1964, last decommissioned 1994, all scrapped
- Displacement: 3,680 tons
- Armament: 6 x 12.8 cm DP guns; 6 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 14 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 37knot; Range 2500nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 2
- Service: Neither completed
- Displacement: 3,600 tons
- Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 5 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 37knot; Range 2175nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 8 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1940 to 1941, 4 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1958
- Displacement: 3,590 tons
- Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 37knot; Range 2240nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 7 (to and to)
- Service: Commissioned 1942 to 1943, 2 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1964
- Displacement: 3,540 tons
- Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 16 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 76 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 2600nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 5 (and to)
- Service: Three ships commissioned 1943 to 1944, all lost in World War II
- Displacement: 3,400 tons
- Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 4 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 40knot; Range 2050nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 6 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1939, 5 lost in World War II, survivor scrapped 1956
- Displacement: 3,150 tons
- Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 1900nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 4 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1937, three sunk 1940, survivor scrapped 1947
- Displacement: 3,110 tons
- Armament: 5 x 12.7 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 60 mines
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 2040nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 12 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1937 to 1939, 7 lost in World War II, last scrapped 1958
- Displacement: 2,720 tons
- Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm guns; 8 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 50 mines
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 5500nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Launched but never commissioned
Flottentorpedoboot
- Displacement: 2,587 tons
- Armament: 4 x 12.7 cm gun; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 16 x 2 cm AA guns; 8 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 50 mines; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 2350nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 3
- Service: None commissioned
- Displacement: 2,415 tons
- Armament: 4 x 15 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 4 x 60 cm torpedo tube; 40 x mines
- Performance: Speed 37knot; Range 2500nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 12 (to, to, to, and to)
- Service: 11 launched, 2 commissioned 1918 to 1919, all scrapped by 1939
(Type 119)
- Displacement: 2,050 tons
- Armament: 5 x 5" guns; 10 x 40 mm AA guns; 10 x 20 mm AA guns; 2 x quintuple 21" torpedo tubes; 6 x depth charge launchers; 2 x depth charge racks
- Performance: Speed 36knot
- Ships in class: 6
- Service: Ex-USN World War II destroyers, commissioned from 1959, last decommissioned 1981
Torpedobootzertörer
- Displacement: 1,843 tons
- Armament: 4 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 12 mines
- Performance: Speed 37knot; Range 2620nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 8 (and to)
- Service: Commissioned 1915, one lost in World War I, five scuttled at Scapa Flow
Submarines (Unterseeboot)
Fleet and attack submarines
- Displacement: 1,830 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 12 x torpedoes; 24 x mines external; IDAS missiles
- Performance: Speed 20knot submerged; Range 420nmi at 8knot submerged, 8000nmi at 8knot surfaced; Depth 700 m
- Ships in class: 4 (U-31 to U-34), 2 ordered, 6 more planned
- Commissioned: 4 commissioned
- Displacement: 1,819 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 23 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
- Performance: Speed 17knot submerged; Range 340nmi at 5knot submerged, 15500nmi at 10knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 118 (U-2501 to U-2531, U-2533 to U-2536, U-2538 to U-2546, U-2548, U-2551, U-2552, U-3001 to U-3035, U-3037 to U-3041, U-3044, and U-3501 to U-3530)
- Commissioned: 1944
- Fate: Few were ever launched, and all were captured by Allied Forces at the end of the World War II.
- Displacement: 1,652 tons submerged
- Armament: 23 x torpedoes
- Performance: Speed 24knot submerged; Range 202nmi at 24knot submerged, 3000nmi at 17knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 2 (U-796 and U-797)
- Commissioned: None
- Fate: Cancelled while building March 1944
- Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 24 x torpedoes or 48 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 57nmi at 4knot submerged, 23700nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
- Ships in class: 30 (U-177 to U-182, U-195 to U-200, U-847 to U-852, U-859 to U-864, and U-871 to U-876
- Commissioned: 1942
- Fate:
- Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 x torpedoes or 44 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 63nmi at 4knot submerged, 13850nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
- Ships in class: 87 (U-167 to U-170, U-183 to U-194, U-525 to U-550, U-801 to U-806, U-841 to U-846, U-853 to U-858, U-865 to U-870, U-877 to U-881, U-889, and U-1221 to U-1235)
- Commissioned: 1942
- Fate:
- Displacement: 1,232 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 x torpedoes or 44 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 63nmi at 4knot submerged, 13450nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
- Ships in class: 54 (U-66 to U-68, U-125 to U-131, U-153 to U-166, U-171 to U-176, and U-501 to U-524)
- Commissioned: 1941
- Fate:
- Displacement: 1,178 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 (32) x torpedoes or 44 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 78nmi at 4knot submerged, 10500nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
- Ships in class: 14 (U-64, U-65, U-103 to U-111, and U-122 to U-124)
- Commissioned: 1939
- Fate:
- Displacement: 1,152 tons submerged
- Armament: 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 22 (32) x torpedoes or 44 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 78nmi at 4knot submerged, 10500nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 230 m
- Ships in class: 8 (U-37 to U-44)
- Commissioned: 1938
- Fate: Six sunk in World War II
- Displacement: 1,099 tons submerged
- Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 16 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 80nmi at 4knot submerged, 12600nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 270 m
- Ships in class: 164 ordered
- Commissioned: None
- Fate: All contracts cancelled 1943
- Displacement: 983 tons submerged
- Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm deck gun; 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 28 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 78nmi at 4knot submerged, 7900nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 200 m
- Ships in class: 2
- Commissioned: 1936
- Fate: Both sunk 1940
- Displacement: 871 tons submerged
- Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 80nmi at 4knot submerged, 8500nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 250 m
- Ships in class: 91
- Commissioned: 1943
- Fate:
- Displacement: 871 tons submerged
- Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 80nmi at 4knot submerged, 8500nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
- Ships in class: 568
- Commissioned: 1941
- Fate:
- Displacement: 857 tons submerged
- Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 90nmi at 4knot submerged, 8700nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
- Ships in class: 24 (U-45 to U-55, U-73 to U-76, U-83 to U-87, and U-99 to U-102)
- Commissioned: 1938
- Fate:
- Displacement: 745 tons submerged
- Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm deck gun; 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 11 x torpedoes or 22 x mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 94nmi at 4knot submerged, 6200nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
- Ships in class: 10 (U-27 to U-36)
- Commissioned: 1936
- Fate: All lost during World War II
- Displacement: 498 tons submerged
- Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 8 x torpedoes; 24 x mines external
- Performance: Speed 17knot submerged; Range 228nmi at 4knot submerged, 4500nmi at 6knot surfaced; Depth > 100 m
- Ships in class: 18 (U-13 to U-30)
- Commissioned: 1973-1975
- Fate: 7 remain in active service
- Displacement: 500 tons submerged
- Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 17knot submerged; Range 228nmi at 4knot submerged, 4200nmi at 5knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 11 (U-1, U-2, U-4 to U-11)
- Commissioned: 1963
- Fate: Decommissioned 2005
- Displacement: 450 tons submerged
- Armament: 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 8 x torpedoes or 16 x mines
- Performance: Speed 17knot submerged
- Ships in class: 4 (U-1 to U-4)
- Commissioned: 1962
- Fate: Decommissioned by 1967 for rebuilding to Type 205A standard
- Displacement: 364 tons submerged
- Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 56nmi at 4knot submerged, 5650nmi at 8knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
- Ships in class: 16 (U-137 to U-152)
- Commissioned: 1939
- Displacement: 341 tons submerged
- Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 42nmi at 4knot submerged, 3800nmi at 8knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
- Ships in class: 8 (U-56 to U-63)
- Commissioned: 1937
- Displacement: 328 tons submerged
- Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 43nmi at 4knot submerged, 3100nmi at 8knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
- Ships in class: 20 (U-7 to U-24, U-120, U-121)
- Commissioned: 1935
- Displacement: 303 tons submerged
- Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 5 x torpedoes or 12 x mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 35nmi at 4knot submerged, 1600nmi at 8knot surfaced; Depth 150 m
- Ships in class: 6 (U-1 to U-6)
- Commissioned: 1935
- Fate: Three lost in World War II, survivors stricken 1944
- Displacement: 258 tons submerged
- Armament: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 2 x torpedoes
- Performance: Speed 12knot submerged; Range 194nmi at 4knot submerged, 2600nmi at 8knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 61 (U-2321 to U-2369, U-2371, U-4701 to U-4707, and U-4709 to U-4712)
- Commissioned: 1944
- Fate: 7 lost in World War II
Special purpose submarines
Type UC-90 (or UC-III) long-range mine laying submarine
- Displacement: 571 tons submerged
- Armament: 3 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 x 3.4 in gun; and 14 x mines
- Performance: Speed 11.5knot surfaced; 6.6knot submerged
- Ships in class: UC-97 and ???
- Commissioned: never commissioned
- Fate: launched on 17 March 1918; sunk 7 June 1921 in target practice by the USS Wilmette in Lake Michigan about 20nmi east of Highland Park, IL.
Type UE-II long-range mine laying submarine
- Displacement: 2,177 tons submerged
- Armament: ??? and mines
- Performance:
- Ships in class: U-117 and ???
- Commissioned: 28 March 1918
- Fate: U-117 sunk in 1919 as a target in tests by Billy Mitchell.
Type XB mine laying submarine
- Displacement: 2,177 tons submerged
- Armament: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 15 x torpedoes and 66 x SMA mines
- Performance: Speed 7knot submerged; Range 93nmi at 4knot submerged, 18450nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 220 m
- Ships in class: 8 (U-116 to U-119, U-219, U-220, U-233, and U-234)
- Commissioned: 1941
- Fate: Six lost in World War II
Type XIV supply submarine
- Displacement: 1,932 tons submerged
- Armament: 3 x AA guns
- Performance: Speed 6knot submerged; Range 55nmi at 4knot submerged, 12350nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 240 m
- Ships in class: 10 (U-459 to U-464 and U-487 to U-490)
- Commissioned: 1941
- Fate:
Type VIIF torpedo supply submarine
- Displacement: 1,181 tons submerged
- Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 75nmi at 4knot submerged, 14700nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 200 m
- Ships in class: 4 (U-1059 to U-1062)
- Commissioned: 1943
- Fate:
Type VIID mine laying submarine
- Displacement: 1,080 tons submerged
- Armament: 5 x 533 mm torpedo tubes with 14 x torpedoes or 26 x mines and 15 x SMA mines
- Performance: Speed 8knot submerged; Range 69nmi at 4knot submerged, 11200nmi at 10knot surfaced; Depth 200 m
- Ships in class: 6 (U-213 to U-218)
- Commissioned: 1941
- Fate: Five lost in World War II
- Displacement: 337 tons submerged
- Armament: None
- Performance: Speed 25knot submerged; Range 123nmi at 25knot submerged, 3000nmi at 8knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 12 (U-1405 to U-1416)
- Commissioned: Three from 1944
- Fate: Three scuttled May 1945, nine cancelled while building
- Displacement: 137 tons submerged
- Armament: 2 x short torpedo tubes with 2 x torpedoes or 4 x mines
- Performance: Speed 13knot submerged
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 1965, both decommissioned 1966 and scrapped
- Displacement: 309 tons submerged
- Armament: None
- Performance: Speed 25knot submerged; Range 127nmi at 20knot submerged, 2910nmi at 8knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 4 (U-792 to U-795)
- Commissioned: 1943
- Fate: All scuttled May 1944
Midget submarines
- Displacement: 17 tons submerged
- Armament: 2 x torpedoes
- Performance: Range 300 m at 7knot; Depth 50 m
- Ships in class: 285
- Commissioned: 1944
- Fate: 35 lost during World War II
- Displacement:
- Armament: 1 x torpedo or 1 x limpet mine
- Performance: Range 40nmi at 6knot submerged or 78nmi at 3knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 53
- Commissioned: 1944
- Fate:
- Displacement: 11 tons
- Armament: 2 x torpedoes
- Performance: Range 40nmi at 5knot submerged
- Ships in class: 393
- Commissioned: 1944
- Fate:
- Displacement: 6.5 tons
- Armament: 2 x torpedoes
- Performance: Range 9nmi at 5knot submerged or 130nmi at 6knot surfaced
- Ships in class: 324
- Commissioned: 1944
- Fate:
Surface combatants
(Type 125)
- Displacement: 7,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x anti-ship/land-attack missiles; 42 x RAM missiles; 1 x 127 mm gun; 2 x MLG 27 autocannon; 5 x 12.7 mm remote machineguns; 2 12.7 mm machineguns, water cannons
- Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for two helicopters
- Performance: Speed 27knot; Range 4000nmi at 18knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Under development
(Type 124)
- Displacement: 5,690 tons
- Armament: 1 x VLS with 56 missiles; 42 x RAM missiles; 8 x Harpoon missiles; 1 x 76 mm DP gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 2 x triple torpedo launchers
- Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for two Sea Lynx or MH90 helicopters
- Performance: Speed 29knot; Range 4000nmi at 18knot
- Ships in class: 3:,,
- Service: Commissioned from 2004, all currently in service
(Type 123)
- Displacement: 4,900 tons
- Armament: 1 x Mark 41 VLS with 16 missiles; 2 x Mark 49 launcher with 42 missiles; 4 x Exocet missiles; 1 x 76 mm DP gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 4 x 324 mm torpedo tubes
- Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for Sea Lynx helicopters
- Performance: Speed 29knot; Range 4000nmi at 18knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1994, all currently in service
(Type 122)
- Displacement: 3,680 tons
- Armament: 1 x 76 mm guns; rocket launchers; 1 8 cell launch system, 16 Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles; 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers; 2 MK 49 launcher, 21 RAM each; 2 MLG 27 mm autocannons; 2 Mark 32 324 mm twin torpedo launchers with 8 Mark 46 torpedoes
- Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for Sea Lynx helicopters
- Performance: Speed 30knot; Range more than 4000nmi at 18knot
- Ships in class: 8:,,,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1982, all currently in service
(Type 120)
- Displacement: 2,969 tons
- Armament: 2 x 100 mm guns; 2 x twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers; depth charges; mines
- Performance: Speed 34knot; Range 2700nmi at 22knot
- Ships in class: 6:,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1961, last decommissioned 1989
(Type 130)
- Displacement: 1,840 tons
- Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 2 x 27 mm autocannon; 42 x RAM missiles; 4 x RBS-15 missiles; mines
- Aircraft: Landing deck with hangar for unmanned aerial vehicles
- Performance: Speed 26knot; Range 4000nmi at 15knot
- Ships in class: 5:,,,, and
- Service: Five ships in service, at least five more planned
- Displacement: 1,030 tons
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 28knot; Range 1965nmi at 13knot
- Ships in class: 10
- Service: Commissioned 1936 to 1938, four lost in World War II, many converted to other roles
- Displacement: 1,560 tons
- Armament: 4 x 10.5 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 40 mines
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 2000nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 33 (to, to, and to)
- Service: 4 commissioned 1919 to 1921
- Displacement: 1,320 tons
- Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 2000nmi at 17knot
- Ships in class: 6
- Service: Commissioned 1928 to 1929, all lost in World War II
- Displacement: 1,290 tons
- Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm gun; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 40 mines
- Performance: Speed 34knot; Range 1960nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 46 (to, to, to, to, to,, to, to, to)
- Service: 36 launched, 20 commissioned 1916 to 1918, one lost in World War I, nine scuttled at Scapa Flow
- Displacement: 1,250 tons
- Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
- Performance: Speed 33knot; Range 1800nmi at 17knot
- Ships in class: 6
- Service: Commissioned 1926 to 1927, all lost in World War II
- Displacement: 1,100 tons
- Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm gun; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 1070nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 9 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1942, four lost in World War II, all but one scrapped by 1952
- Displacement: 1,100 tons
- Armament: 1 x 10.5 cm gun; 12 x 2 cm AA guns; 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 30 mines
- Performance: Speed 35knot; Range 1070nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 12 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1939 to 1940, seven lost in World War II, all but one scrapped by 1952
- Displacement: 1,100 tons
- Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes; 24 mines
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 1800nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 71 (to, to,,,,,,,,,,,,, to, to, and to)
- Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1917
- Displacement: 800 tons
- Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 34knot; Range 1250nmi at 17knot
- Ships in class: 59 (to, to, to, to, to, to, and to)
- Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1911
- Displacement: 750 tons
- Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 34knot; Range 1150nmi at 17knot
- Ships in class: 24 (to, to, and to)
- Service: Commissioned 1912 to 1913
- Displacement: 600 tons
- Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 32knot; Range 1500nmi at 17knot
- Ships in class: 49 (to and to)
- Service: Commissioned 1899 to 1907, 12 lost in World War I, last scrapped in 1921
- Displacement: 390 tons
- Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 1 x 45 cm torpedo tube; depth charges
- Performance: Speed 28knot; Range 800nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 68 (to)
- Service: 40 launched, 36 commissioned 1917 to 1918, 9 lost in World War II, most scrapped by 1923
- Displacement: 250 tons
- Armament: 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 1 x 45 cm torpedo tube; depth charges
- Performance: Speed 26knot; Range 690nmi at 20knot
- Ships in class: 30 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1916 to 1917
- Displacement: 175 tons
- Armament: 3 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 26knot; Range 1600nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 8 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1897 to 1898, all scrapped in 1921
- Displacement: 175 tons
- Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 23knot; Range 1700nmi at 12knot
- Ships in class: 16 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1896, four lost in World War I, last scrapped in 1921
- Displacement: 150 tons
- Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 22knot; Range 2250nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 59 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1885 to 1892, 15 lost in World War I, last scrapped 1921
- Displacement: 148 tons
- Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 4 mines
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 440nmi at 19knot
- Ships in class: 25 (to)
- Service: Commissioned 1915
(Type 143)
- Displacement: 398 tons
- Armament: 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x Exocet missiles; 2 x torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 40knot
- Ships in class: 10 (S61 to S70)
- Service: Commissioned from 1976, last decommissioned 2005
(Type 143A)
- Displacement: 391 tons
- Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 4 x Exocet missiles; 21 RAM missiles; 2 x MG50 machine guns; mines
- Performance: Speed 40knot
- Ships in class: 10 (S71 to S80)
- Service: Commissioned from 1982, currently in service
(Type 148)
- Displacement: 265 tons
- Armament: 1 x 76 mm gun; 4 x Exocet missiles; 1 x 40 mm gun; 8 x mines
- Performance: Speed 36knot
- Ships in class: 20 (S41 to S60)
- Service: Commissioned from 1972, last decommissioned 2002
(Type 142)
- Displacement: 205 tons
- Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 42knot
- Ships in class: 10 (S31 to S40)
- Service: Commissioned from 1961, last decommissioned 1984
(Type 141)
- Displacement: 190 tons
- Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 x depth charges
- Performance: Speed 43knot
- Ships in class: 10 (S6 to S11 and S25 to S28)
- Service: Commissioned from 1958, last decommissioned 1976
(Type 140)
- Displacement: 183 tons
- Armament: 2 x 40 mm guns; 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 4 x depth charges (optionally may ship 2 x minelaying ramps instead of two tubes)
- Performance: Speed 42knot; Range 700nmi
- Ships in class: 20 (S1 to S5, S12 to S24, S29, and S30)
- Service: Commissioned from 1957, last decommissioned 1975
- Displacement: 110 tons
- Armament: 6 x 3 cm AA gun; 2 x 2 cm AA gun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 8 mines
- Performance: Speed 41knot
- Ships in class: 220 (S26 to S29, S38 to S53, S62 to S150; S159 to S232; S301 to S328; S701 to S709)
- Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1945, many scrapped before completion
- Displacement: 102 tons
- Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 8 x machineguns; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes; 6 mines
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 800nmi at 30knot
- Ships in class: 16 (S30 to S37, S54 to S61)
- Service: Commissioned 1939 to 1941, twelve lost in World War II
- Displacement: 105 tons
- Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 40knot; Range 700nmi at 35knot
- Ships in class: 8 (S18 to S25)
- Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1939, one lost in World War II
- Displacement: 105 tons
- Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 37knot; Range 500nmi at 32knot
- Ships in class: 4 (S14 to S17)
- Service: Commissioned 1936 to 1938, two lost in World War II, others turned over to Allies
- Displacement: 90 tons
- Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 4 x machineguns; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 36knot; Range 600nmi at 30knot
- Ships in class: 7 (S7 to S13)
- Service: Commissioned 1934 to 1935, one scuttled in World War II, remainder turned over to Allies
- Displacement: 398 tons
- Armament: 2 x 76 mm guns; 4 x Exocet missiles; 2 x torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 40knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 1960, both decommissioned 1964
- Displacement: 57 tons
- Armament: 1 x 2 cm gun; 2 x 53 cm torpedo tubes
- Performance: Speed 33knot; Range 580nmi at 22knot
- Ships in class: 4 (S2 to S5)
- Service: Commissioned 1932, all to Spain in 1936
Leichte Schnellboote
- Displacement: 12 tons
- Armament: 2 x 2 cm guns; 1 x machinegun; 2 x 45 cm torpedo tubes; 4 mines
- Performance: Speed 40knot; Range 300nmi at 30knot
- Ships in class: 12
- Service: Commissioned 1940 to 1944, all but one lost during World War II
Mine warfare vessels
- Displacement: 7,500 tons (typical)
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 15 x 2 cm AA guns (typical)
- Performance: Speed 14 knots (typical)
- Ships in class: Around 100
- Service: Converted from merchant ships through World War II, about 50 lost, many returned to merchant duties after the war
- Displacement: 870 tons
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 1 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 6 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers; 30 mines
- Performance: Speed 18knot; Range 5000nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 69
- Service: Commissioned 1938 to 1943, 34 lost during World War II, five served with German Federal Navy
- Displacement: 821 tons
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 2 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 8 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers; 24 mines
- Performance: Speed 17knot; Range 3600nmi at 11knot
- Ships in class: 17
- Service: Commissioned 1944 to 1945, one lost during World War II
- Displacement: 775 tons
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 4 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 10 x 2 cm AA guns; 4 x depth charge launchers
- Performance: Speed 17knot; Range 4000nmi at 10knot
- Ships in class: 131
- Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1944, 63 lost during World War II, five served with German Federal Navy
(Type 352)
(Type 332)
- Displacement: 660 tons
- Armament: 1 x 40 mm DP gun; mines (currently upgrading to 1 x MLG 27 mm autocannon)
- Performance: Speed 18knot
- Ships in class: 12:,,,,,,,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1992, all in active service
(Type 333)
- Displacement: 645 tons
- Armament: 2 x 40 mm DP guns (currently upgrading to 1 x MLG 27 mm autocannon); 2 x anti-aircraft missile launchers; mines
- Performance: Speed 18knot
- Ships in class: 5:,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1989, all in active service
Seehund ROV (part of the TROIKA Plus system of the Ensdorf-class minesweepers)
- Length: 25 m
- Displacement: 97.8t
- Propulsion: Schottel Z-drive
- Max speed: 9-10kts
- Ships in class: 18: all in active service
Seehund can be controlled remotely or manually by an onboard crew (usually 3) for maneuvering in harbours or in training (the Seehund is too large to be carried by Ensdorf-class vessels). A life raft is carried for this reason.
- Displacement: 630 tons
- Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 30 x mines
- Performance: Speed 16knot; Range 2000nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 120 (M57 to M176)
- Service: 91 launched, 81 commissioned 1918 to 1920, 8 lost in World War I
- Displacement: 510 tons
- Armament: 2 x 10.5 cm guns; 30 x mines (some boats shipped 3 x 8.8 cm guns instead of 2 x 10.5 cm guns)
- Performance: Speed 16knot; Range 2000nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 30 (M27 to M56)
- Service: Commissioned 1916, 10 lost in World War I
- Displacement: 475 tons
- Armament: 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 1 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 30 x mines
- Performance: Speed 17knot; Range 1680nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 26 (M1 to M26)
- Service: Commissioned 1914 to 1917, 11 lost in World War I
Flachgehende Minensuchboote
- Displacement: 205 tons
- Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun
- Performance: Speed 14knot; Range 650nmi at 14knot
- Ships in class: 66 (FM1 to FM66)
- Service: 54 launched, commissioned 1918 to 1919, 6 lost in World War II
Minenräumboot
- Displacement: 155 tons
- Armament: 1 x 3.7 cm AA gun; 3 x 2 cm AA guns; 1 x 8.6 cm Föhn launcher
- Performance: Speed 19knot
- Ships in class: 300
- Service: About 160 lost during World War II
- Displacement: 2,500 tons
- Armament: 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 288 x mines
- Performance: Speed 20knot; Range 3680nmi at 9knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1908, scrapped 1921
Auxiliary mine layer (Hilfsminenleger)
- Displacement: 300 to 4,200 tons
- Ships in class: 16 conversions
- Service: Converted from various merchant and passenger ships, commissioned as mine layers in 1914, all survived World War I, most returned to civil duties
Küstenminenleger
- Displacement: 19 tons
- Armament: 2 x 2 cm guns; 4 mines
- Performance: Speed 32knot; Range 225nmi at 25knot
- Ships in class: 36 (KM1 to KM36)
- Service: Commissioned 1941 to 1943
Amphibious warfare vessels
(Type 520)
- Displacement: 430 tons
- Armament: 2 x 20 mm autocannon; mines
- Capacity: 150 t
- Performance: Speed 11knot
- Ships in class: 22
- Service: Commissioned from 1965, two remain in active service
- Displacement: 375 tons
- Armament: 2 x 12.7 mm machineguns
- Capacity: 125 t or 400 troops
- Performance: Speed 11knot; Range 1200nmi at 9knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: 1958 to 1964
- Displacement: 111 tons
- Armament: Small arms
- Capacity: 53 t
- Performance: Speed 11knot
- Ships in class: 28
- Service: Commissioned from 1965, decommissioned
- Displacement: 13 tons
- Capacity: 0.4 t or 36 troops
- Performance: Speed 10knot; Range 80nmi
- Ships in class: 9
- Service: 1958 to 1964
Auxiliary ships
(Type 702)
- Displacement: 20,240 tons
- Armament: 4 x 27 mm autocannon; Fliegerfaust 2 missiles
- Aircraft: Helicopter deck with hangar for two large helicopters
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 2001, both in active service, 2 more planned (and 1 other)
(Type 704A)
- Displacement: 14,170 tons
- Capacity: 44,760 m
- Performance: Speed 16knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 1966, two remain in active service
(Type 404)
- Displacement: 3,586 tons
- Armament: 2 x Fliegerfaust missiles; 2 x 20 mm autocannon
- Aircraft: Helicopter deck, no hangar
- Capacity: 700 m fuel; 60 m aviation fuel; 280 m fresh water; 160t ammunition; 40t supplies
- Performance: Speed 15knot; Range 2600nmi
- Ships in class: 12:,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1993, all in active service
(Type 703)
- Displacement: 2,190 tons
- Capacity: 1,100t fuel; 60t fresh water
- Performance: Speed 12knot
- Ships in class: 4:,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1966, two remain in active service
(Type 423)
- Displacement: 3,200 tons
- Performance: Speed 21knot; Range 500nmi
- Ships in class: 3:,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1988, all in active service
(Type 753)
- Displacement: 2,744 tons
- Performance: 17knot
- Ships in class 1:
- Service: In active service
Note: Alliance is a ship of the NATO under German flag and command.
(Type 751)
- Displacement: 3,500 tons
- Performance: Speed 15knot
- Ships in class: 1:
- Service: Commissioned in 2005, in active service
(Type 748)
- Service: 3 in active service:,,
(Type 741)
- Service: 1 in active service
(Type 722)
- Displacement: 798 tons
- Performance: Speed 12knot
- Ships in class: 6:,,,,, and
- Service: Commissioned from 1968, two remain in active service
(Type 720)
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 1966, Fehmarn remains in active service
(Type 721)
- Displacement: 560 tons
- Performance: Speed 14knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 1961, both decommissioned, one sold, one scrapped
Training ships (Schulschiffe)
(Type 440)
- Displacement: 3,200 tons
- Armament: 4 x 100 mm guns; 2 x twin 40 mm guns, 2 x 40 mm guns; 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 x quad 375 mm anti submarine rocket launchers, 2 x depth charge rails; mines
- Performance: Speed 21knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1966, decommissioned 1990
(Type 441)
- Displacement: 1,760 tons
- Performance: Speed 13knot
- Ships in class: 1
- Service: Commissioned 1958, in active service
(Type 760)
- Displacement: 4,042 tons
- Performance: Speed 17knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: Commissioned from 1967, Westerwald remains in active service
Oil recovery ships
(Type 738)
- Displacement: 650 tons
- Performance: Speed 10knot
- Ships in class: 2: and
- Service: 2 in active service
Bibliography
- Book: Sieche, Erwin. Chesneau. Roger. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 . 1980 . Conway Maritime Press . London. 0-85177-146-7. Germany. 218–254.
Notes and References
- Sieche, pp. 237–239