List of German Federal Navy ships

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The list of German Federal Navy ships includes all ships commissioned into service with the Bundesmarine, the German navy which served West Germany during the Cold War from its foundation in 1956 through the unification of Germany in 1990, when it was named into Deutsche Marine.

See also the list of naval ships of Germany for naval ships throughout Germany's history.

1 Surface combatants
2 Subsurface combatants
3 Mine warfare
4 Auxiliary ships

[edit] Surface combatants

Destroyers
- 119 (Fletcher class)
  - D170 Z1 (former USS Anthony (DD-515)) 1959—1972
  - D171 Z2 (former USS Ringgold (DD-500)) 1959—1981
  - D172 Z3 (former USS Wadsworth (DD-516)) 1959—1980
  - D178 Z4 (former USS Claxton (DD-571)) 1959—1981
  - D179 Z5 (former USS Dyson (DD-572)) 1960—1982
  - D180 Z6 (former USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570)) 1960—1967

Frigates
- 120 (Köln class)
  - F220 Köln 1961—1982
  - F221 Emden 1961—1983
  - F222 Augsburg 1962—1988
  - F224 Lübeck 1963—1988
  - F225 Braunschweig 1964—1989
- 138 (former Royal Navy Hunt class destroyer escorts and Modified Black Swan class sloops, used for artillery and radar training)
  - F212 Gneisenau (former HMS Oakley (L98)) 1958—1966
  - F213 Scharnhorst (former HMS Mermaid (U30)) 1959—1968
  - F214 Hipper (former HMS Actaeon (U07)) 1959—1964
  - F215 Graf Spee 1959—1964
  - F216 Scheer 1959—1967
  - F217 Raule (former HMS Albrighton (L12)) —1967
  - F218 Brommy (former HMS Eggesford (L15)) 1959—1965

Fast Attack Crafts
- 140 (Jaguar)
  - P6059 S1 Jaguar 1957—1973
  - P6058 S2 Iltis 1957—1975
  - P6062 S3 Wolf 1958—1975
  - P6061 S4 Luchs 1958—1972
  - P6060 S5 Leopard 1958—1973
  - P6065 S12 Löwe 1959—1975
  - P6066 S13 Fuchs 1959—1973
  - P6067 S14 Marder 1959—1972
  - P6082 S15 Weihe 1959—1972
  - P6083 S16 Kranich 1959—1973
  - P6085 S17 Storch 1960—1974
  - P6087 S18 Häher 1960—1974
  - P6088 S19 Elster 1960—1974
  - P6089 S20 Reiher 1960—1973
  - P6091 S21 Dommel 1961—1974
  - P6090 S22 Pinguin 1961—1973
  - P6063 S23 Tiger 1958—1974
  - P6064 S24 Panther 1958—1973
  - P6084 S29 Alk 1960—1974
  - P6086 S30 Pelikan 1960—1974
- 141 (Seeadler)
  - P6068 S6 Seeadler 1958—1976
  - P6069 S7 Albatros 1959—1975
  - P6070 S8 Kondor 1959—1976
  - P6071 S9 Greif 1959—1976
  - P6072 S10 Falke 1959—1975
  - P6073 S11 Geier 1959—1975
  - P6074 S25 Bussard 1959—1975
  - P6075 S26 Habicht 1959—1976
  - P6076 S27 Sperber 1959—1976
  - P6077 S28 Kormoran 1959—1976
- 142 (Zobel)
  - P6092 S31 Zobel 1961—1982
  - P6093 S32 Wiesel 1962—1984
  - P6094 S33 Dachs 1962—1983
  - P6096 S34 Nerz 1963—1982
  - P6098 S35 Gepard 1963—1982
  - P6100 S36 Frettchen 1963—1983
  - P6101 S37 Ozelot 1963—1984
  - P6095 S38 Hermelin 1962—1983
  - P6097 S39 Puma 1962—1981
  - P6099 S40 Hyäne 1963—1984
- 149 (former E boats)
  - P6052 Silbermöwe 1956—1967
  - P6053 Sturmmöwe 1956—1967
  - P6055 Eismöwe 1956—1967
  - P6056 Raubmöwe 1956—1967
  - P6057 Wildschwan 1957—1964
  - UW10 (former Kriegsmarine S130) 1957—1993
  - UW11 (former Kriegsmarine S208) 1957—1964
  - EF3 (former Kriegsmarine S116) 1957—1964
- 152 (Nasty, from Norway)
  - P6191 Hugin 1960—1973
  - P6192 Munin 1960—1964
- 153 (Vosper)
  - P6193 Pfeil 1962—1965
  - P6194 Strahl 1962—1967

[edit] Subsurface combatants

Submarines
- Type 240
  - S170 Hai (former U2365)
  - S171 Hecht (former U2367)
- Type 241
  - Y880 Wilhelm Bauer (former U2549)
- Type 201
  - S180 U1 (rebuilt to Type 205)
  - S181 U2 (rebuilt to Type 205)
  - S182 U3
- Type 202
  - S172 Hans Techel
  - S173 Friedrich Schürer
- Type 205
  - S183 U4
  - S184 U5
  - S185 U6
  - S186 U7
  - S187 U8
  - S188 U9
  - S188 U10

[edit] Mine warfare

Minesweepers
- 320 (Lindau)
  - M1072 Lindau (1958—1975) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1070 Göttingen (1958—1976) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1071 Koblenz (1958—1975) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1075 Wetzlar (1958—1976) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1074 Tübingen (1958—1975) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1073 Schleswig (1958—1979) (Upgraded to Type 351)
  - M1076 Paderborn (1958—1979) (Upgraded to Type 351)
  - M1077 Weilheim (1959—1976) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1078 Cuxhaven (1959—1976) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1079 Düren (1959—1979) (Upgraded to Type 351)
  - M1080 Marburg (1959—1976) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1081 Konstanz (1959—1980) (Upgraded to Type 351)
  - M1082 Wolfsburg (1958—1979) (Upgraded to Type 351)
  - M1083 Ulm (1959—1978) (Upgraded to Type 351)
  - M1084 Flensburg (1959—1970) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1085 Minden (1960—1975) (Upgraded to Type 331)
  - M1086 Fulda (1960—) (Upgraded to Type 331, not decommissioned for upgrade)
  - M1087 Völklingen (1960—1976) (Upgraded to Type 331)

- 321 (Vegesack)
  - M1250 Vegesack (1959—1963)
  - M1251 Hameln (1959—1963)
  - M1252 Detmold (1960—1969)
  - M1253 Worms (1960—1963)
  - M1254 Siegen (1960—1963)
  - M1255 Passau (1960—1963)
- 340 (Krebs)
  - M1093/M1052 Krebs (1959—1973)
  - M1098/M1050 Mira (1960—1973)
  - M1059 Spica (1961—1992)
  - M1058/M1054 Pollux (1961—1992)
  - M1058 Mars (1961—1992)
  - M1055/M1086 Sirius (1961—1990)
  - M1053/M1087 Orion (1962—1990)
  - M1057/M1088 Regulus (1962—1990)
  - M1051 Castor (1962—1990)

- 341 (Schütze)
Inshore minesweepers
- 393 (Ariadne)
  - 8 ships
- 394 (Frauenlob)
  - 10 ships

[edit] Auxiliary ships

Tenders
- 401 (Rhein)
  - A58 Rhein
  - A61 Elbe
  - A64 Ruhr
  - A62 Weser
  - A63 Main
  - A68 Werra
  - A69 Donau
  - A66 Neckar
- 402 (Mosel)
  - A67 Mosel
  - A54 Isar
  - A65 Saar
- 403 (Lahn)
  - A55 Lahn
  - A56 Lech
Replenishment ships/oilers
- 701 (Lüneburg)
  - A1411 Lüneburg
  - A1412 Coburg
  - A1413 Freiburg
  - A1415 Glücksburg
  - A1416 Saarburg
  - A1417 Offenburg
  - A1418 Meersburg
- 706
  - A1400 Schwarzwald

Training ships
- 440 (Deutschland class)
  - A59 Deutschland

Trawlers (used as minesweepers and trainingboats, later as sensor ship and for trials)
- 139 (Isles class trawlers)
  - A50 Eider (former T287 HMS Flint) to
  - A51 Trave (former ??)