List of German submarine classes

This list gives an overview of the submarine classes of the German naval forces.

- Imperial Navy (1872-1918)

class	Number i. D.	Years of construction	Manufacturer	Known units
Individual submarine projects up to 1919, fleet submarines	108 U 1 - U 18 with petroleum engines, U 19 - U 42, UA Ms types (mobilization types): U 43 - U 65, U 81 - U 114, U 160 - U 165 Large Ms types: U 135, U 136	1905-1918	Bremer Vulkan Krupp Germaniawerft , Kiel F. Schichau, Gdansk Imperial shipyard Danzig Fiat-Laurenti -Werft	U 1 , U 9 , U 20 , U 21 , U 35 , U 53
Submarine class UB	17 type I, 30 type II, 89 type III	1914-1918	AG Weser, Bremen Blohm & Voss , Hamburg Krupp Germaniawerft AG Vulcan Hamburg
Submarine class UC	15 type I, 64 type II, 16 type III	1914-1918	AG Weser, Bremen Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Krupp Germaniawerft Kaiserliche Werft Danzig AG Vulcan Hamburg
Submarine class UD	5	1913-1915	Krupp Germania shipyard	ex-Austro-Hungarian
Submarine class UD 1	1 - project 50	1918	Imperial shipyard Kiel	only construction preparation
Submarine class UE	10 UE I - Project 38 9 UE II - Project 45	1914-1918	Imperial shipyard Danzig AG Vulcan Hamburg
Submarine class U139	3 - project 46	1916-1918	Krupp Germania shipyard
Submarine class U142	1 - project 46a	1916-1918	Krupp Germania shipyard
Submarine class U151 ex commercial submarines	7 (without project no.)	1916-1918	Flensburg shipbuilding company Krupp Germaniawerft	U 155 (ex U-Germany )
UF submarine class	48 Project 48 54 Project 48a	1918	Schichau , Joh. C. Tecklenborg-Werft , Atlas-Werke AG , AG Neptun Rostock , Seebeck-Werft	not completed
Submarine class UG	planned 101 - project 51	from 1919	various	no more building order placed

- Reichsmarine (1921–1935) - only export

The Reichsmarine financed the Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS) in order to maintain and further develop the German submarine construction skills while circumventing the Versailles Treaty . All submarines were built for foreign nations in foreign shipyards. The shipyard test drives were partly used to train German submarine crews.

class	Number i. D.	Years of construction	Manufacturer	Remarks
Vetehinen class	3 for Finland	1926-1931	Crichton-Vulcan, Turku
E 1 class	1 for Spain	1929-1931	Astilleros Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz	Prototype for type I , as Gür to Turkey sold
Dolphin class	3 for Sweden	1932-1937	Kockums , Malmo

- Navy (1935-1945)

class	Number i. D.	Years of construction	Manufacturer	Famous units
Submarine class I.	2 type IA	1935-1936	AG Weser
Submarine class II "dugout"	6 type II A, 20 type II B, 8 type II C, 16 type II D	1935-1941	German works , Flender works , Krupp Germania shipyard
Class VII submarine	10 Type VII A, 25 Type VII B, 658 Type VII C (1940), 6 Type VII D (1941), 4 Type VII F	1935-1944	u. a. AG Weser, Deutsche Werke, Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Howaldtswerke / Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel , Bremer Vulkan	U 47 , U 48 , U 96 (film " Das Boot "), U 99 , U 995 (museum boat Laboe ), U 100
Submarine class IX	8 Type IX A, 14 Type IX B, 140 Type IX C, 2 Type IX D1, 29 Type IX D2	1936-1944	AG Weser, Seebeck shipyard , German shipyard	U 505 , U 864
Submarine class X "mine layer"	8 type XB	1939-1944	Krupp Germania shipyard	U 234
U-boat class XI "U-cruiser"	four commissioned, none completed	1939	Deschimag, Bremen
U-boat class XIV "dairy cow"	10	1939-1943	German works
Submarine class XVII	4th	1942-1944	Blohm & Voss, Krupp Germania shipyard	Walter test boats
Submarine class XVIII		1943	Deutsche Werke Krupp Germaniawerft
Submarine class XXI "electric boat"	123	1943-1945	Blohm & Voss, AG Weser , Schichau Danzig	(Museum boat Wilhelm Bauer )
Submarine class XXIII	62	1943-1945	German shipyard, Krupp Germania shipyard, Toulon naval shipyard
Submarine class XXVI	4 in production, construction canceled	1943-1945	Blohm & Voss
Submarine class XXVII	Small submarines	1944-1945	Germania shipyard, Kiel and Schichau, Elbing

- Federal Navy / German Navy (since 1956)

class	Number i. D.	Years of construction	Manufacturer	Famous units
Class 240 submarine	2 for Germany by modifying Type XXIII boats (lengthening, changing the tower cladding, etc.)		Blohm + Voss , Hamburg	Underground shark
Submarine class 241	1 for Germany by modifying a Type XXI boat with double class 201 machinery and new tower cladding	1960	Kieler Howaldtswerke AG , Kiel	Wilhelm Bauer
Submarine class 201	3 built for Germany including 1 temporarily loaned to Norway for test purposes 1 converted into a test vehicle for stern torpedo tubes for Germany	1960–1962	Kieler Howaldtswerke AG , Kiel	U 1 first new submarine building in Germany
Submarine class 202	2 for Germany	1965-1966	Atlas-Werke AG , Bremen
Class 203 submarine	Unrealized class of small electric submarines (similar to class 202 ) without their own recharging facility for batteries	-	-	-
Submarine class 204	Unrealized class of submarines (similar to class 206 ) with Walter propulsion	-	-	-
Class 205 submarine	13 pieces in part strongly different types of construction built of which 11 for Germany and that later 1 for Germany for a test vehicle for AIP drives converted 1 for Germany converted to the underwater target vessel 1 for Germany for the class 212 A -Erprobungsträger converted 2 in Denmark for the Danish Marine built	1961-1969	Kieler Howaldtswerke AG , Kiel Orlogsværftet , Copenhagen	U 12 (S191) collision with GDR freighter Fritz Reuter (04/02/1971)
Submarine class 206	18 built for Germany of which 12 for Germany converted to type 206 A, of which 4 (2 as spare parts donors) continued to be used by Colombia , possibility of using an external mine belt	1973-1975	HDW , Kiel	U 24 (S173) managed the simulated sinking of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in a maneuver in 2001
Submarine class Gal	Export only (similar to Class 206 ): 3 in the UK for Israel built	1975-1977	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd , Barrow-in-Furness
Class 207 submarine	Only Export: 15 for Norway (Kobben class) built it four (1 for spare parts) by Denmark reused 5 (1 for spare parts) by Poland continue to be used	1962-1967	North Sea Works , Emden
Submarine class 208	Unrealized hunting submarine design with Walter drive for use in the North Sea, planned as a supplement to class 206	-	-	-
Submarine class 209	Export only: 61 pieces in partly very different designs in 5 coarse sub-classes built for 13 countries Class 209–1100: 4 for Greece 2 for Argentina 2 for Peru Class 209–1200: 2 for Colombia 6 for Turkey 4 for Greece 4 for Peru 9 for South Korea class 209–1300: 2 for Venezuela 2 for Ecuador 2 for Indonesia 2 for Chile class 209–1400: 5 for Brazil 8 for Turkey 3 for South Africa class 209–1500: 4 for India	from 1967	HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden Gölcük Marinewerft , Gölcük (Kocaeli) Mazagon Dock Limited , Mumbai Arsenal de Marinha , Rio de Janeiro Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Okpo-dong	ARA San Luis (S32) Falklands War (1982), TCG Yildiray (S350) collision with a freighter in the Mediterranean Sea (2013)
Submarine class TR 1700	Export only: 2 built in Germany for Argentina , 4 others not completed or not started in Argentina	1980-1985	Nordseewerke , Emden Astillero Domecq Garcia , Buenos Aires
Type 2000 submarine class	Unrealized design for the US Navy , possibility of using an external missile belt	-	-
Class 210 submarine	Export only: 6 for Norway (Ula class) as well as previously unrealized, heavily modernized draft class 210mod	1987-1992	North Sea Works , Emden
Class 211 submarine	Unrealized draft TR1600, planned to replace class 206	-	-	-
Submarine class Dolphin	Export only: 3 for Israel (Dolphin class) 3 more with AIP for Israel (Dolphin II class)	1991–1999 from 2007	HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden
Submarine class Dakar	export only: 3 for Israel (successor to Dolphin II class)	from 2020	HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden
Submarine class 212 A	6 for Germany 4 for Italy	from 2002	HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden Fincantieri , La Spezia	Papanikolis as a prototype
Submarine class 214	export only: 6 for Greece 9 for South Korea 2 for Portugal (class 209 PN) 6 for Turkey (class 214 TN)	from 2004	HDW , Kiel Nordseewerke , Emden Hellenic Shipyards , Skaramagas Hyundai Heavy Industries , Ulsan Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Okpo-dong Gölcük Marinewerft , Gölcük (Kocaeli)	Papanikolis as a prototype
Submarine class 216	unrealized 4000 ts Design for Australia , which for a conventionally powered version of the French Suffren class decided	-	-	-
Submarine class 218	4 ordered by Singapore (Class 218 SG). All boats are built in Kiel.	-	-	-

See also

• List of submarine classes by state
• List of German U-Boats (1906-1919)
• List of German submarines (1935–1945)
• List of small German submarine types up to 1945
• List of Bundeswehr submarines

Web links

• u-boot-archiv.de
• uboat.net
• Yesterday, today, tomorrow ( Memento from February 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Turkish Navy submarine collides with cargo ship ( Memento from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ France wins A $ 50bn Australia submarine contract. In: bbc.com. BBC , April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016.
3. ^ Paul Karp: France to build Australia's new submarine fleet as $ 50bn contract awarded. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian , April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016 .