List of active German Navy ships
This is a list of active German Navy ships as of December 2016. There are approximately 65 ships in commission including; 4 destroyers, 6 frigates, 5 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 10 minehunters, 6 submarines, 11 replenishment ships and 20 miscellaneous auxiliary vessels.
Current ships
Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement | Note |
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Submarines (6 in service) | |||||
Type 212 | Attack submarine | S181 U31 S182 U32 S183 U33 S184 U34 S185 U35 S186 U36 | 1,830 tonnes | Two more planned by 2030.[1] | |
Frigates (11 in service) | |||||
Baden-Württemberg | General-purpose Destroyer | F222 Baden-Württemberg | 7,200 tonnes | 1 during sea trials 3 ships are under construction. Ships generally considered a destroyer due to size, armament, and role. | |
Sachsen | Air-defense Destroyer | F219 Sachsen F220 Hamburg F221 Hessen | 5,800 tonnes | Generally considered a destroyer internationally due to size, armament, and role.[2] | |
Brandenburg | Anti-Submarine Warfare frigate | F215 Brandenburg F216 Schleswig-Holstein F217 Bayern F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 4,900 tonnes | ||
Bremen | General-purpose frigate | F213 Augsburg F214 Lübeck | 3,680 tonnes | To be replaced by four F125-class frigates.[3] | |
Corvettes (5 in service) | |||||
Braunschweig | General-purpose corvette | F260 Braunschweig F261 Magdeburg F262 Erfurt F263 Oldenburg F264 Ludwigshafen am Rhein | 1,840 tonnes | 5 more vessels planned by 2023.[4] | |
Mine countermeasures (12 in service) | |||||
Ensdorf | Minesweeper | M1090 Pegnitz M1098 Siegburg | 650 tonnes | ||
Frankenthal | Minehunter | M1063 Bad Bevensen M1061 Rottweill M1064 Grömitz M1068 Datteln M1065 Dillingen M1069 Homburg M1062 Sulzbach-Rosenberg M1058 Fulda M1059 Weilheim M1067 Bad Rappenau | 650 tonnes | ||
Replenishment (11 in service) | |||||
Berlin | Replenishment oiler | A1411 Berlin A1412 Frankfurt am Main A1413 Bonn | 20,240 tonnes | ||
Rhön | Replenishment oiler | A1443 Rhön A1442 Spessart | 14,169 tonnes | ||
Elbe | Tender | A511 Elbe A512 Mosel A513 Rhein A514 Werra A515 Main A516 Donau | 3,586 tonnes | ||
Miscellaneous (20 in service) | |||||
Barbe | Landing craft | L762 Lachs L765 Schlei | 430 tonnes | Used by SEK-M Naval Special Forces command. | |
Oste | Electronic surveillance | A52 Oste A50 Alster A53 Oker | 3,200 tonnes | ||
Wangerooge | Ocean tugboat | A1451 Wangerooge A1452 Spiekeroog | 798 tonnes | ||
Helgoland | Salvage tugboat | A1458 Fehmarn | 1,310 tonnes | ||
Nordstrand | Harbor tugboat | Y817 Nordstrand Y819 Langeness Y816 Vogelsand Y812 Lütje Hörn Y815 Scharhörn Y814 Knechtsand | |||
Bottsand | Pollution control | Y1643 Bottsand Y1644 Eversand | 650 tonnes | ||
Schwedeneck | Trials ship | Y861 Kronsort Y862 Helmsand | 1,000 tonnes | ||
Planet | Research ship | A1437 Planet | 3,500 tonnes | ||
Gorch Fock | Sail training ship | A60 Gorch Fock | 1,760 tonnes |
See also
- Currently active military equipment by country
- Kampfschwimmer, combat divers/combat swimmers
- List of ships of the German navies
- List of ship classes of the Bundesmarine and Deutsche Marine
References
- ↑ Nachrichtenfernsehen, n-tv. "Marine stellt U36 in Dienst: Bundeswehr bekommt neue U-Boote". n-tv.de. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ↑ http://www.helis.com/database/sys/172_F_124_Sachsen_class
- ↑ "Biggest Cuts In Years Are Coming For Germany". Aviation Week. 2012-01-23. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ↑ Nachrichtenfernsehen, n-tv. "Fünf Schiffe für 1,5 Milliarden Euro: Bundeswehr soll neue Korvetten bekommen". n-tv.de. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
External links
- Official Website of German Navy in English
- Die Flotte 2006 - official fleet listing and presentation in German and English
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