SMS Kaiser

SMS Kaiser has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:

SMS Kaiser (1875), a Kaiser class armored frigate
SMS Kaiser (1911), a Kaiser-class battleship which served through World War I

Additionally, a number of Imperial Navy vessels were given names of specific kaisers:

SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1900
SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1896
SMS Kaiser Karl der Große, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1899
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1897
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1899

Two ships have been named Kaiserin:

SMS Kaiserin, a 25,000-ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1911
SMS Kaiserin Augusta: 6,000-ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.