List of ships of the Imperial German Navy

The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire, through to the end of the Empire in 1918.

Capital ships

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Ironclad warships

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A 1902 lithograph of SMS Oldenburg, Germany's last ironclad

Coastal defense ships

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Lithograph of SMS Hagen in 1902

Battleships

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Dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet steam in a line of battle

Pre-Dreadnoughts

Dreadnoughts Main dreadnought classes

Battlecruisers

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Seydlitz leads Moltke, Hindenburg, Derfflinger and Von der Tann into internment in Scapa Flow

Cruisers

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Protected cruisers

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Hertha on a visit to the United States in 1909

Armored cruisers

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Scharnhorst steaming at top speed

Unprotected cruisers

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1902 lithograph of SMS Gefion

Light cruisers

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Karlsruhe underway

Minelaying cruisers

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Nautilus passing under the Levensau High Bridge in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal

Aircraft carriers

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  • I class (12,585 tons, 23–29 aircraft)
    • I, 1915 passenger ship Ausonia and under conversion as naval vessel 1918, not completed and scrapped 1922

Auxiliary minelayers

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Auxiliary warship

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  • SMS Graf von Goetzen, 1915 1,575 t [1 × 10.5 cm (4 in) gun; 1 × 8.8 cm (3 in) gun;2 × 37 mm revolver guns]

Avisos

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Lithograph of Greif (left), Meteor (center), and Jagd (right) by Willy Stöwer

Gunboats

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1902 lithograph of Iltis

Corvettes

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A painting of Stosch, Stein, and Gneisenau under sail, by Alexander Kircher

Torpedo-boats and destroyers

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Illustration of a division of torpedo boats in 1902

In the Imperial German Navy, there was no clear distinction between torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers, which were all numbered in the same series, the number being preceded by a letter that represented the building contractor. A new numbering series began in 1911; hence years of construction are appended in brackets below, to distinguish the two series.

  • S90 class (1898–1907)
    • SMS S90
    • SMS S91
    • SMS S92
    • SMS S93
    • SMS S94
    • SMS S95
    • SMS S96
    • SMS S97
    • SMS S98
    • SMS S99
    • SMS S100
    • SMS S101
    • SMS S102
    • SMS S103
    • SMS S104
    • SMS S105
    • SMS S106
    • SMS S107
 
Illustration of G108 and S102 in 1902
    • SMS G108
    • SMS G109
    • SMS G110
    • SMS G111
    • SMS G112
    • SMS G113
    • SMS S114
    • SMS S115
    • SMS S116
    • SMS S117
    • SMS S118
    • SMS S119
    • SMS S120
    • SMS S121
    • SMS S122
    • SMS S123
    • SMS S124
    • SMS S125
    • SMS S126
    • SMS S127
    • SMS S128
    • SMS S129
    • SMS S130
    • SMS S131
    • SMS G132
    • SMS G133
    • SMS G134
    • SMS G135
    • SMS G136
 
G137 on trials in 1907
    • SMS G137
  • S138 class (1906–11)
    • SMS G138
    • SMS G139
    • SMS G140
    • SMS G141
    • SMS G142
    • SMS G143
    • SMS G144
    • SMS G145
    • SMS G146
    • SMS G147
    • SMS G148
    • SMS G149
    • SMS V150
    • SMS V151
    • SMS V152
    • SMS V153
    • SMS V154
    • SMS V155
    • SMS V156
    • SMS V157
    • SMS V158
    • SMS V159
    • SMS V160
    • SMS V161
    • SMS V162
    • SMS V163
    • SMS V164
    • SMS S165
    • SMS S166
    • SMS S167
    • SMS S168
    • SMS G169
    • SMS G170
    • SMS G171
    • SMS G172
    • SMS G173
    • SMS G174
    • SMS G175
    • SMS S176
    • SMS S177
    • SMS S178
    • SMS S179
    • SMS V180
    • SMS V181
    • SMS V182
    • SMS V183
    • SMS V184
    • SMS V185
    • SMS V186
    • SMS V187
    • SMS V188
    • SMS V189
    • SMS V190
    • SMS V191
    • SMS G192
    • SMS G193
    • SMS G194
    • SMS G195
    • SMS G196
    • SMS G197
  • V1 class (1911–13)
    • SMS V1
    • SMS V2
    • SMS V3
    • SMS V4
    • SMS V5
    • SMS V6
    • SMS G7
    • SMS G8
    • SMS G9
    • SMS G10
    • SMS G11
    • SMS G12
    • SMS S13
    • SMS S14
    • SMS S15
    • SMS S16
    • SMS S17
    • SMS S18
    • SMS S19
    • SMS S20
    • SMS S21
    • SMS S22
    • SMS S23
    • SMS S24
  • V25 class (1913–15)
  • B97 class
    • SMS B97
    • SMS B98
    • SMS V99
    • SMS V100
    • SMS B109
    • SMS B110
    • SMS B111
    • SMS B112
  • G101 class
    • SMS G101
    • SMS G102
    • SMS G103
    • SMS G104
  • V105 class
  • S113 class
    • SMS S113
    • SMS S114
    • SMS S115
    • SMS V116
    • SMS V117
    • SMS V118
    • SMS V119
    • SMS V120
    • SMS V121
    • SMS B122
    • SMS B123
    • SMS B124
  • G96 class (1915–16)
    • SMS G96
    • SMS V125
    • SMS V126
    • SMS V127
    • SMS V128
    • SMS V129
    • SMS V130
    • SMS V140
    • SMS V141
    • SMS V142
    • SMS V143
    • SMS V144
    • SMS S131
    • SMS S132
    • SMS S133
    • SMS S134
    • SMS S135
    • SMS S136
    • SMS S137
    • SMS S138
    • SMS S139
    • SMS H145
    • SMS H146
    • SMS H147
    • SMS G148
    • SMS G149
    • SMS G150
    • SMS WW151
    • SMS S152
    • SMS S153
    • SMS S154
    • SMS S155
    • SMS S156
    • SMS S157
    • SMS V158
    • SMS V159
    • SMS V160
    • SMS V161
    • SMS V162
    • SMS V163
    • SMS V164
    • SMS V165
    • SMS H166
    • SMS H167
    • SMS H168
    • SMS H169
  • V170 class (1918)
    • SMS V170
    • SMS V171
    • SMS V172
    • SMS V173
    • SMS V174
    • SMS V175
    • SMS V176
    • SMS V177
    • SMS V203
    • SMS V204
    • SMS V205
    • SMS V206
    • SMS V207
    • SMS V208
    • SMS V209
    • SMS V210
    • SMS S178
    • SMS S179
    • SMS S180
    • SMS S181
    • SMS S182
    • SMS S183
    • SMS S184
    • SMS S185
    • SMS S211
    • SMS S212
    • SMS S213
    • SMS S214
    • SMS S215
    • SMS S216
    • SMS S217
    • SMS S218
    • SMS S219
    • SMS S220
    • SMS S221
    • SMS S222
    • SMS S223
    • SMS H186
    • SMS H187
    • SMS H188
    • SMS H189
    • SMS H190
    • SMS H191
    • SMS H192
    • SMS H193
    • SMS H194
    • SMS H195
    • SMS H196
    • SMS H197
    • SMS H198
    • SMS H199
    • SMS H200
    • SMS H201
    • SMS H202

Survey Ships

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Tankers

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See also

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References

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