List of German battleships and battle cruisers
This list includes all German battleships and battle cruisers . This also includes the ships of the line and large cruisers of the Imperial Navy and the armored ships of the Navy .
class | Ships | Technical specifications | Type | image | |||||
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Number in service / planned |
Surname | period of service | in service at | Tonnage (tons) |
Speed (kn) |
Main armament |
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Brandenburg class | 4/4 |
SMS Elector Friedrich Wilhelm SMS Brandenburg SMS Weißenburg SMS Wörth |
1894–1915 † 1893–1919 1894–1933 1893–1919 |
Kaiserl. Marine Osman. Marine Turk. marine |
10,600 | 16.9 | 6 × Rk 28.0 cm L / 40 or L / 35 |
Ship of the line (until 1899: ironclad ) |
|
Emperor Friedrich III. -Class | 5/5 |
SMS Kaiser Friedrich III. SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II. SMS Kaiser Karl der Große SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große SMS Kaiser Barbarossa |
1898–1920 1897–1921 1899–1920 1899–1920 1900–1920 |
Kaiserl. marine |
11,150 | 18.0 | 4 × 24.0 cm SK L / 40 | Ship of the line | |
Wittelsbach class | 5/5 |
SMS Wittelsbach SMS Wettin SMS Zähringen SMS Schwaben SMS Mecklenburg |
1902–1921 1903–1922 1903–1944 † 1903–1921 1903–1921 |
Kaiserl. Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
11,700 | 18.0 | 4 × 24.0 cm SK L / 40 | Ship of the line | |
Braunschweig class | 5/5 |
SMS Braunschweig SMS Alsace SMS Hessen SMS Prussia SMS Lorraine |
1904–1931 1904–1931 1905–1960 (approx.) 1905–1931 1906–1931 |
Kaiserl. Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine Soviet. marine |
12,800 | 18.7 | 4 × 28.0 cm SK L / 40 | Ship of the line | |
Germany- class (1904) | 5/5 |
SMS Germany SMS Hanover SMS Pommern SMS Schlesien SMS Schleswig-Holstein |
1906–1920 1907–1935 1907–1916 † 1908–1945 † ³ 1908–1945 † ³ |
Kaiserl. Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
12,900 | 18.5 | 4 × 28.0 cm SK L / 40 | Ship of the line | |
Nassau class | 4/4 |
SMS Nassau SMS Westfalen SMS Rheinland SMS Poznan |
1909-1919 1909-1919 1910-1918 1910-1919 |
Kaiserl. marine |
18,500 | 19.0 | 12 × 28.0 cm SK L / 45 |
Large-line ship ( battleship ) |
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Helgoland class | 4/4 |
SMS Helgoland SMS Ostfriesland SMS Thuringia SMS Oldenburg |
1911-1919 1911-1919 1911-1919 1912-1919 |
Kaiserl. marine |
22,400 | 20.8 | 12 × 30.5 cm SK L / 50 | Large-line ship (battleship) |
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From the Tann | 1/1 | SMS Von der Tann | 1910–1919 † ² |
Kaiserl. marine |
19,000 | 24.8 | 8 × 28.0 cm SK L / 45 |
Large cruiser ( battle cruiser ) |
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Moltke class | 2/2 |
SMS Moltke SMS Goeben |
1911–1919 † ² 1912–1954 |
Kaiserl. Marine Osman. Marine Turk. marine |
22,600 | 28.4 | 10 × 28.0 cm SK L / 50 | Large cruiser (battle cruiser ) |
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Seydlitz | 1/1 | SMS Seydlitz | 1913–1919 † ² |
Kaiserl. marine |
23,700 | 28.1 | 10 × 28.0 cm SK L / 50 | Large cruiser (battle cruiser ) |
|
Kaiser- class | 5/5 |
SMS Kaiser SMS Friedrich der Große SMS Kaiserin SMS Prinzregent Luitpold SMS King Albert |
1912–1919 † ² 1912–1919 † ² 1913–1919 † ² 1912–1919 † ² 1912–1919 † ² |
Kaiserl. marine |
24,300 | 23.4 | 10 × 30.5 cm SK L / 50 | Large-line ship (battleship) |
|
King class | 4/4 |
SMS King SMS Great Elector SMS Margrave SMS Crown Prince |
1914–1919 † ² 1914–1919 † ² 1914–1919 † ² 1914–1919 † ² |
Kaiserl. marine |
25,400 | 23.0 | 10 × 30.5 cm SK L / 50 | Large-line ship (battleship) |
|
Derfflinger class | 3/3 |
SMS Derfflinger SMS Lützow SMS Hindenburg |
1914–1919 † ² 1915–1916 † 1917–1919 † ² |
Kaiserl. marine |
26,300 | 26.5 | 8 × 30.5 cm SK L / 50 | Large cruiser (battle cruiser ) |
|
Bavaria class | 2/4 |
SMS Bayern SMS Baden SMS Sachsen SMS Württemberg |
1916–1919 † ² 1916–1919 not completed not completed |
Kaiserl. marine |
28,000 | 22.0 | 8 × 38 cm SK L / 45 | Large-line ship (battleship) |
|
Mackensen- class (1915) |
0/4 |
SMS Mackensen replacement Freya SMS Graf Spee replacement Friedrich Carl |
not finished not finished not finished not finished |
(30,500) | (28.0) | 8 × 35 cm SK L / 45 | Large cruiser (battle cruiser ) |
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Replacement Yorck class (1916) |
0/3 | Replacement Yorck Replacement Gneisenau Replacement Scharnhorst |
not finished not started not started |
(32,900) | (27.3) | 8 × 38 cm SK L / 45 | Large cruiser (battle cruiser ) |
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Project L 20 e α (1917/18) |
not started | (48,000) | (26) | 8 × 42 cm L / 45 SK | Large-line ship (battleship) |
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Germany- class (1931) | 3/3 |
Germany Admiral Scheer Admiral Graf Spee |
1933–1945 † ³ 1934–1945 † 1936–1939 † ³ |
Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
10,000 | 28.0 to 28.5 |
6 × 28.0 cm Sk C / 28 L / 52 | Ironclad | |
Scharnhorst class | 2/2 |
Scharnhorst Gneisenau |
1939–1943 † 1938–1942 |
Navy |
31,800 | 31.5 | 9 × 28.0 cm Sk C / 34 L / 54.5 | Battleship | |
Bismarck class | 2/2 |
Bismarck Tirpitz |
1940–1941 † 1941–1944 † |
Navy |
42,000 | 30.8 | 8 × 38 cm Sk C / 34 L / 47 | Battleship | |
H-Class (1939) |
0/6 | Battleship H and J Battleship K to N |
not finished not started |
(52,600) | (30) | 8 × 40.6 cm Sk C / 34 L / 47 | Battleship | ||
O-Class (1939) |
0/3 | Battlecruisers O to Q | not started | (30,500) | (35) | 6 × 38 cm | Battle cruiser | ||
P-Class (1939) |
0/12 | not started | (27,500) | (33) | 6 × 28 cm L / 52 Sk | Ironclad |
- Legend
- * The period of service corresponds to the period between commissioning and decommissioning or deletion from the fleet register or the loss of the ship.
- † - sunk, loss due to enemy action
- † ² - sunk in Scapa Flow itself
- † ³ - sunk or blown up by myself
Footnotes
- ↑ sold to Turkey in 1910, there as Barbaros Hayreddin into service
- ↑ 1910 sold to Turkey, there as Torgud rice into service
- ↑ 1935–37 converted into a radio-controlled target ship
- ↑ 1935–37 converted into a radio-controlled target ship, handed over to the Soviet Union after the Second World War, where it was in service as a Tsel
- ↑ Handed over to Turkey in 1914 and since then in service as Yavuz Sultan Selim with German occupation, finally transferred to Turkey in 1918
- ↑ Construction contracting and material preparations took place, but the ships were not started.