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.
Arminius classSMS Arminius, 1864Prinz Adalbert class (1,560 tons, 5 x 36pdr guns)SMS Prinz Adalbert, 1865KronprinzSMS Kronprinz, 1867Friedrich Carl classSMS Friedrich Carl, 1867König Wilhelm class, (9,750 tons, 33 x 72pdr guns)SMS König Wilhelm, 1868Hansa classSMS Hansa, 1872Preussen class (6,800 tons)SMS Preussen, 1873SMS Friedrich der Grosse, 1874SMS Grosser Kurfürst, 1875Kaiser class (7,319 tons, 8 x 26 cm guns)SMS Kaiser, 1875SMS Deutschland, 1875Sachsen class (7,800 tons, 6 x 26 cm guns)SMS Sachsen, 1877SMS Bayern, 1878SMS Württemberg, 1878SMS Baden, 1880Oldenburg class (5,250 tons, 8 x 24 cm guns)SMS Oldenburg, 1884Siegfried class (3,700 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)SMS Siegfried, 1889SMS Beowulf, 1890SMS Frithjof, 1892SMS Heimdall, 1892SMS Hildebrand, 1892SMS Hagen, 1893Odin class (4,250 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)SMS Odin, 1894SMS Ägir, 1895Pre-Dreadoughts
Brandenburg class (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, 1891SMS Brandenburg, 1891SMS Weissenburg, 1891SMS Wörth, 1892Kaiser Friedrich III class (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, 1896SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1897SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1899SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse, 1899SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, 1900Wittelsbach class (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)SMS Wittelsbach, 1900SMS Wettin, 1900SMS Zähringen, 1901SMS Schwaben, 1901SMS Mecklenburg, 1901Braunschweig class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)SMS Braunschweig, 1901SMS Elsass, 1903SMS Hessen, 1903SMS Preussen, 1903SMS Lothringen, 1904Deutschland class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)SMS Deutschland, 1904SMS Hannover, 1905SMS Pommern, 1905SMS Schlesien, 1906SMS Schleswig-Holstein, 1906Dreadnoughts Main dreadnought classes
Nassau class (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)SMS Nassau, 1908SMS Posen, 1908SMS Rheinland, 1908SMS Westfalen, 1908Helgoland class (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)SMS Helgoland, 1909SMS Ostfriesland, 1909SMS Thüringen, 1909SMS Oldenburg, 1910Kaiser class (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)SMS Kaiser, 1911SMS Kaiserin, 1911SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, 1911SMS Friedrich der Grosse, 1911SMS König Albert, 1912König class (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)SMS König, 1913SMS Grosser Kurfürst, 1913SMS Markgraf, 1913SMS Kronprinz, 1914Bayern class (29,000–32,000 tons, 8 x 38 cm guns)SMS Bayern, 1915SMS Baden, 1915SMS Württemberg, not completedSMS Sachsen, not completedL 20 α class (43,800–48,700 tons, 8 x 42 cm guns)None builtVon der Tann class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns)SMS Von der Tann, 1909Moltke class (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)SMS Moltke, 1910SMS Goeben, 1911Seydlitz class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)SMS Seydlitz, 1912Derfflinger class (27,000 tons, 8 x 30.5 cm guns)SMS Derfflinger, 1913SMS Lützow, 1913SMS Hindenburg, 1915Mackensen class (35,000 tons, 8 x 35 cm guns)SMS Mackensen not completedSMS Graf Spee not completedSMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich not completedSMS Fürst Bismarck, not completedErsatz Yorck class (38,000 tons 8 x 38 cm guns)SMS Ersatz Yorck not completedSMS Ersatz Gneisenau ordered but construction not startedSMS Ersatz Scharnhorst ordered but construction not startedIrene class (5,000 tons, 14 x 15 cm guns, 4 x 15 cm guns)SMS IreneSMS Prinzess WilhelmKaiserin Augusta class (6,000 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)SMS Kaiserin Augusta, 1892Victoria Louise class (5,700 tons, 2 x 21 cm guns, 8 x 15 cm guns)SMS Victoria Louise, 1897SMS Hertha, 1897SMS Freya, 1897SMS Vineta, 1897SMS Hansa, 1898Fürst Bismarck class (10,700 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns, 12 x 15 cm guns)SMS Fürst Bismarck, 1897Prinz Heinrich class (9,000 tons, 2 x 24 cm guns)SMS Prinz Heinrich, 1900Prinz Adalbert class (9,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)SMS Prinz Adalbert, 1901SMS Friedrich Carl, 1901Roon class (10,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)SMS Roon, 1903SMS Yorck, 1904Scharnhorst class (11,600 tons, 8 x 21 cm guns)SMS Scharnhorst, 1906SMS Gneisenau, 1906Blücher class (15,800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns)SMS Blücher, 1908Schwalbe class (1,359 tons, 8 x 10.5 cm guns)SMS Schwalbe, 1887SMS Sperber, 1888Bussard class (1,650 tons, 8 x 10.5 cm guns)SMS Bussard, 1890SMS Falke, 1891SMS Seeadler, 1892SMS Cormoran, 1892SMS Condor, 1892SMS Geier, 1894Gefion class (3,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)SMS Gefion, 1893Gazelle class (2,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)SMS Gazelle, 1898SMS NiobeSMS NympheSMS ThetisSMS AriadneSMS AmazoneSMS MedusaSMS FrauenlobSMS ArconaSMS Undine, 1902Bremen class (3,300 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns, 2 x 15 cm guns)SMS Bremen, 1903SMS Hamburg, 1903SMS Berlin, 1903SMS Lübeck, 1904SMS München, 1904SMS Leipzig, 1905SMS Danzig, 1905Königsberg class (1905) (3,400 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)SMS Königsberg, 1905SMS Stettin, 1907SMS Stuttgart, 1906SMS Nürnberg, 1906Dresden class (3,700 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)Dresden, 1907Emden, 1908Kolberg class (4,400 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns, 6 x 15 cm guns)SMS Kolberg, 1908SMS Mainz, 1909SMS Cöln, 1909SMS Augsburg, 1909Magdeburg class (4,500 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns, 7 x 15 cm guns)SMS Magdeburg, 1911SMS Breslau, 1911SMS Strassburg, 1911SMS Stralsund, 1911Karlsruhe class (4,900 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns)SMS Karlsruhe, 1912SMS Rostock, 1912Graudenz class (4,900 tons 12 x 10.5 cm guns, 7 x 15 cm guns)SMS Graudenz, 1913SMS Regensburg, 1914Pillau class (4,400 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)SMS Pillau, 1914SMS Elbing, 1914Wiesbaden class (5,000 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)SMS Wiesbaden, 1915SMS Frankfurt, 1915Königsberg class (1915) (5,400 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)SMS Königsberg, 1915SMS Karlsruhe, 1915SMS Emden, 1915SMS Nürnberg, 1916Cöln class (5,600 tons 8 x 15 cm guns)SMS Cöln, 1916SMS Dresden, 1917Nautilus class (2,000 tons, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Nautilus, 1907SMS Albatross, 1907Brummer class (4,400 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)SMS Brummer, 1915SMS Bremse, 1915I class (12,585 tons, 23–29 aircraft)I, 1915, not completedZieten class (1,152 tons, 6 x 5 cm guns)SMS Zieten, 1876Blitz class (1,486 tons, 6 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Blitz, 1882SMS Pfeil, 1882Greif class (2,266 tons, 2 x 10.5 cm guns, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Greif, 1886Wacht class (1,499 tons, 3 x 10.5 cm guns, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Wacht, 1887SMS Jagd, 1888Meteor class (1,078 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Meteor, 1890SMS Comet, 1892Hela class (2,000 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Hela, 1895Albatross class (786 tons, 2 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 12 cm guns)SMS Albatross, 1871SMS Nautilus, 1871Wespe class (1,163 tons, 1 x 30.5 cm gun, 2 x 8.7 cm guns)SMS Wespe, 1876SMS Viper, 1876SMS Biene, 1876SMS Mücke, 1877SMS Scorpion, 1877SMS Basilisk, 1878SMS Camaeleon, 1878SMS Crocodill, 1879SMS Salamander (1880), 1880SMS Natter, 1880SMS Hummel, 1881Iltis class (1,050 tons, 2 x 10.5 cm guns, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)SMS Iltis, 1898SMS Jaguar, 1898SMS Tiger, 1899SMS Luchs, 1899SMS Panther, 1901SMS Eber, 1903Bismarck class (3,386 tonnes, 16 x 15 cm L/22 guns)SMS BismarckSMS BlücherSMS StoschSMS MoltkeSMS GneisenauSMS SteinTorpedo-boats and destroyers
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 S90SMS S91SMS S92SMS S93SMS S94SMS S95SMS S96SMS S97SMS S98SMS S99SMS S100SMS S101SMS S102SMS S103SMS S104SMS S105SMS S106SMS S107SMS G108SMS G109SMS G110SMS G111SMS G112SMS G113SMS S114SMS S115SMS S116SMS S117SMS S118SMS S119SMS S120SMS S121SMS S122SMS S123SMS S124SMS S125SMS S126SMS S127SMS S128SMS S129SMS S130SMS S131SMS G132SMS G133SMS G134SMS G135SMS G136SMS G137S138 class (1906–11)SMS G138SMS G139SMS G140SMS G141SMS G142SMS G143SMS G144SMS G145SMS G146SMS G147SMS G148SMS G149SMS V150SMS V151SMS V152SMS V153SMS V154SMS V155SMS V156SMS V157SMS V158SMS V159SMS V160SMS V161SMS V162SMS V163SMS V164SMS S165SMS S166SMS S167SMS S168SMS G169SMS G170SMS G171SMS G172SMS G173SMS G174SMS G175SMS S176SMS S177SMS S178SMS S179SMS V180SMS V181SMS V182SMS V183SMS V184SMS V185SMS V186SMS V187SMS V188SMS V189SMS V190SMS V191SMS G192SMS G193SMS G194SMS G195SMS G196SMS G197V1 class (1911–13)SMS V1SMS V2SMS V3SMS V4SMS V5SMS V6SMS G7SMS G8SMS G9SMS G10SMS G11SMS G12SMS S13SMS S14SMS S15SMS S16SMS S17SMS S18SMS S19SMS S20SMS S21SMS S22SMS S23SMS S24V25 class (1913–15)SMS V25SMS V26SMS V27SMS V28SMS V29SMS V30SMS S31SMS S32SMS S33SMS S34SMS S35SMS S36SMS G37SMS G38SMS G39SMS G40SMS G41SMS G42SMS V43SMS V44SMS V45SMS V46SMS V47SMS V48SMS S49SMS S50SMS S51SMS S52SMS S53SMS S54SMS S55SMS S56SMS S57SMS S58SMS S59SMS S60SMS S61SMS S62SMS S63SMS S64SMS S65SMS S66SMS V67SMS V68SMS V69SMS V70SMS V71SMS V72SMS V73SMS V74SMS V75SMS V76SMS V77SMS V78SMS V79SMS V80SMS V81SMS V82SMS V83SMS V84SMS G85SMS G86SMS G87SMS G88SMS G89SMS G90SMS G91SMS G92SMS G93SMS G94SMS G95B97 classSMS B97SMS B98SMS V99SMS V100SMS B109SMS B110SMS B111SMS B112G101 class
SMS G101SMS G102SMS G103SMS G104V105 classSMS V105SMS V106SMS V107SMS V108S113 classSMS S113SMS S114SMS S115SMS V116SMS V117SMS V118SMS V119SMS V120SMS V121SMS B122SMS B123SMS B124G96 class (1915–16)SMS G96SMS V125SMS V126SMS V127SMS V128SMS V129SMS V130SMS V140SMS V141SMS V142SMS V143SMS V144SMS S131SMS S132SMS S133SMS S134SMS S135SMS S136SMS S137SMS S138SMS S139SMS H145SMS H146SMS H147SMS G148SMS G149SMS G150SMS WW151SMS S152SMS S153SMS S154SMS S155SMS S156SMS S157SMS V158SMS V159SMS V160SMS V161SMS V162SMS V163SMS V164SMS V165SMS H166SMS H167SMS H168SMS H169V170 class (1918)SMS V170SMS V171SMS V172SMS V173SMS V174SMS V175SMS V176SMS V177SMS V203SMS V204SMS V205SMS V206SMS V207SMS V208SMS V209SMS V210SMS S178SMS S179SMS S180SMS S181SMS S182SMS S183SMS S184SMS S185SMS S211SMS S212SMS S213SMS S214SMS S215SMS S216SMS S217SMS S218SMS S219SMS S220SMS S221SMS S222SMS S223SMS H186SMS H187SMS H188SMS H189SMS H190SMS H191SMS H192SMS H193SMS H194SMS H195SMS H196SMS H197SMS H198SMS H199SMS H200SMS H201SMS H202SMS A