List of German Imperial Navy ships

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The list of German Imperial Navy ships includes all major ships (cruisers and above) commissioned into service with the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the (Second) German Empire, through the end of World War I (1919).

See also:

• List of naval ships of Germany for naval ships throughout Germany's history.

[edit] Ships

• Armored Frigates / Panzerfregatten; later reclassified as Armored Ships / Panzerschiffe
  • Preußen Class (6,800 tons)
    • SMS Preußen, 1873
    • SMS Friedrich der Große, 1874
    • SMS Großer Kurfürst, 1875
• Armored Ships / Panzerschiffe
  • Sachsen Class (7,800 tons, 6 x 26 cm guns)
    • SMS Sachsen, 1877
    • SMS Bayern, 1878
    • SMS Württemberg, 1878
    • SMS Baden, 1880
• Armored Coastal Protection Ships / Panzerschiffe, Küstenpanzerschiffe
  • Oldenburg Class (5,250 tons, 8 x 24 cm guns)
    • SMS Oldenburg, 1884
  • Siegfried Class (3,700 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
    • SMS Siegfried, 1889
    • SMS Beowulf, 1890
    • SMS Frithjof, 1892
    • SMS Heimdall, 1892
    • SMS Hildebrand, 1892
    • SMS Hagen, 1893
  • Odin Class (4,250 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
    • SMS Odin, 1894
    • SMS Ägir, 1895

• Battleships / Linienschiffe (Ships of the Line)
  • Pre-Dreadnaughts
    • Brandenburg Class (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)
      • SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, 1891
      • SMS Brandenburg, 1891
      • SMS Weißenburg, 1891
      • SMS Wörth, 1892
    • Kaiser Friedrich Class (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
      • SMS Kaiser Friedrich III., 1896
      • SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II., 1897
      • SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große, 1899
      • SMS Kaiser Karl der Große, 1899
      • SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, 1900
    • Wittelsbach Class (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
      • SMS Wittelsbach, 1900
      • SMS Wettin, 1900
      • SMS Zähringen, 1901
      • SMS Schwaben, 1901
      • SMS Mecklenburg, 1901
    • Braunschweig Class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
      • SMS Braunschweig, 1901
      • SMS Elsaß, 1903
      • SMS Hessen, 1903
      • SMS Preußen, 1903
      • SMS Lothringen, 1904
    • Deutschland Class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
      • SMS Deutschland, 1904
      • SMS Hannover, 1905
      • SMS Pommern, 1905
      • SMS Schlesien, 1906
      • SMS Schleswig-Holstein, 1906
  • Dreadnaughts
    • Nassau Class (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)
      • SMS Nassau, 1908
      • SMS Posen, 1908
      • SMS Rheinland, 1908
      • SMS Westfalen, 1908
    • Helgoland Class (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)
      • SMS Helgoland, 1909
      • SMS Ostfriesland, 1909
      • SMS Thüringen, 1909
      • SMS Oldenburg, 1910
    • Kaiser class battleship (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
      • SMS Kaiser, 1911
      • SMS Kaiserin, 1911
      • SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, 1911
      • SMS Friedrich der Große, 1911
      • SMS König Albert, 1912
    • König class battleship (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
      • SMS König, 1913
      • SMS Großer Kurfürst, 1913
      • SMS Markgraf, 1913
      • SMS Kronprinz/SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, 1914
    • Bayern class battleship (29,000-32,000 tons, 8 x 38 cm guns)
      • SMS Bayern, 1915
      • SMS Baden, 1915
      • SMS Württemberg, not completed
      • SMS Sachsen, not completed

• Battlecruisers / Schlachtkreuzer
  • von der Tann Class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns)
    • SMS von der Tann, 1909
  • Moltke Class (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
    • SMS Moltke, 1910
    • SMS Goeben, 1911
  • Seydlitz Class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
    • SMS Seydlitz, 1912
  • Derfflinger Class (27,000 tons, 8 x 30.5 cm guns)
    • SMS Derfflinger, 1913
    • SMS Lützow, 1913
    • SMS Hindenburg, 1915

• Heavy Cruisers / Grosse Kreuzer
  • König Wilhelm Class (9,800 tons)
    • SMS König Wilhelm, 1868
  • Kaiser Class (7,600 tons, 8 x 26 cm guns)
    • SMS Kaiser, 1872
    • SMS Deutschland, 1872
  • Kaiserin Augusta Class (6,000 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)
    • SMS Kaiserin Augusta, 1892
  • Victoria Louise Class (5,700 tons, 2 x 21 cm guns, 8 x 15 cm guns)
    • SMS Victoria Louise, 1897
    • SMS Hertha, 1897
    • SMS Freya, 1897
    • SMS Vineta, 1897
    • SMS Hansa, 1898
  • Fürst Bismarck Class (10,700 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns, 12 x 15 cm guns)
    • SMS Fürst Bismarck, 1897
  • Prinz Heinrich Class (9,000 tons, 2 x 24 cm guns)
    • SMS Prinz Heinrich, 1900
    • SMS Prinz Adalbert, 1901
    • SMS Friedrich Carl, 1901
  • Roon Class (10,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
    • SMS Roon, 1903
    • SMS Yorck, 1904
  • Scharnhorst Class (11,600 tons, 8 x 21 cm guns)
    • SMS Scharnhorst, 1906
    • SMS Gneisenau, 1906
  • Blücher Class (15,800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns)
    • SMS Blücher, 1908

• Light Cruisers / Kleine Kreuzer
  • Bussard Class (1,650 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
    • SMS Bussard, 1890
    • SMS Seeadler, 1892
  • Gefion Class (3.700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
    • SMS Gefion, 1893
  • Hela Class (2,000 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)
    • SMS Hela, 1895
  • Gazelle Class (2,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
    • SMS Gazelle, 1898
    • SMS Niobe
    • SMS Nymphe
    • SMS Thetis
    • SMS Ariadne
    • SMS Amazone
    • SMS Medusa
    • SMS Frauenlob
    • SMS Arcona
    • SMS Undine, 1902
  • Bremen Class (3,300 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
    • SMS Bremen, 1903
    • SMS Hamburg, 1903
    • SMS Lübeck, 1904
    • SMS München, 1904
    • SMS Leipzig, 1905
    • SMS Danzig, 1906
    • SMS Berlin
  • Stettin Class
    • SMS Königsberg, 1905
    • SMS Stettin, 1907
    • SMS Stuttgart, 1906
    • SMS Nürnberg, 1906
  • Dresden Class (3,700 tons)
    • SMS Dresden, 1907
    • SMS Emden, 1908
  • Kolberg Class (4,400 tons)
    • SMS Kolberg, 1908
    • SMS Mainz, 1909
    • SMS Cöln, 1909
    • SMS Augsburg, 1909
  • Magdeburg Class
    • SMS Magdeburg, 1911
    • SMS Breslau, 1911
    • SMS Straßburg, 1911
    • SMS Stralsund, 1911
  • Karlsruhe Class
    • SMS Karlsruhe, 1912
    • SMS Rostock, 1912
  • Graudenz Class
    • SMS Graudenz, 1913
    • SMS Regensburg, 1914
  • Pillau Class
    • SMS Pillau, 1914
    • SMS Elbing, 1914
  • Wiesbaden Class
    • SMS Wiesbaden, 1915
    • SMS Frankfurt, 1915
  • Königsberg Class
    • SMS Königsberg II, 1915
    • SMS Karlsruhe, 1915
    • SMS Emden II, 1916
    • SMS Nürnberg, 1916
  • Cöln Class (5,600 tons)
    • SMS Cöln II, 1916
    • SMS Dresden II, 1917

• Minelaying Cruisers / Minenlegekreuzer
  • Nautilus Class (2,000 tons, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)
    • SMS Nautilus, 1907
    • SMS Albatross, 1907
  • Brummer Class (4,400 tons) )
    • SMS Brummer, 1915
    • SMS Bremse, 1915