List of planned ships of the Kriegsmarine

The list of planned ships of the Kriegsmarine contains ships that were planned or considered by the former German Kriegsmarine and some of which were also started to be built, but which were not completed and put into service.

Aircraft carrier

Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier

• Graf Zeppelin class
  • Graf Zeppelin , construction started in 1936 (never operational)
  • Aircraft carrier B (construction designation), construction started in 1938 ( broken off on slipway in 1940 )
• Seydlitz , 1942 conversion from heavy cruiser to aircraft carrier started (not completed)
• De Grasse , 1942 conversion from light cruiser to aircraft carrier ordered (not completed)
• Europe , 1942 conversion from a passenger ship to an aircraft carrier ordered. Abandoned in the same year due to technical problems
• Gneisenau , 1942 conversion from a passenger ship to an aircraft carrier ordered. Gone too slowly in the same year
• Potsdam 1942 Conversion from a passenger ship to an aircraft carrier, then to a training aircraft carrier. Conversion work hardly started (not finished)
• Ostmark , 1942 Completion of the new freighter as an aircraft carrier considered. Given up
• Joffre , captured French aircraft carrier lying on a pile. 1942 Considerations for the prefabricated building. Given up

Battleships

• H class
  • 6 planned units with the designations H – N, of which H and J were started in 1939 but not completed.
• Sowjetskaja Ukraina , 1941–42 Considerations for the prefabricated construction of the captured Soviet battleship lying on the pile. Completion not done

Armored ships

• P-class
  • 12 planned units as part of the Z plan , later resulted in the O class

Battle cruiser

• O class
  • 3 units with the construction designations O, P and Q, the construction of which was commissioned in 1939, but not realized.

Heavy cruisers

• Admiral Hipper- class
  • Seydlitz , (not completed, conversion to aircraft carrier not completed)
  • Lützow , (not completed, sold to the Soviet Union in 1940)

Light cruisers

• M-class
  • In 1938 4 units (M, N, O and P) and in 1939 2 more units (Q and R) were commissioned. Only M, N and O under construction, but not completed.
• Scout cruiser
  • Order placed for SP 1 to SP 6 in 1941. Only SP 1 put on the pile, but not completed.
• Captured light cruisers in the occupied territories
  • KH 1 (Kreuzer Holland 1) captured lying on a pile in Holland in 1940. Continued construction for the Kriegsmarine, but not completed.
  • KH 2 (Kreuzer Holland 2) captured lying on a pile in Holland in 1940. Continued construction for the Kriegsmarine, but not completed.

destroyer

• Destroyer 1936C

Model destroyer 1936C Z46

• Destroyer 1938A / Ac

Model destroyer 1938B

• Destroyer 1938B
• Destroyer 1942
• Destroyer 1944

Model destroyer 1945

• Destroyer 1945

Torpedo boats

• Fleet torpedo boat 1940
• Fleet torpedo boat 1941
• Fleet torpedo boat 1944
• Torpedo boats captured in the occupied territories
  • TA 7 (ex ZN 4 , ex norwegian destroyer of the Aalesund class )
  • TA 8 (ex ZN 5 , ex Norwegian destroyer of the Aalesund class)

Auxiliary cruiser

• Amerskerk , a freighter captured in the Netherlands. Conversion to auxiliary cruiser not completed.

Speed ​​boats

• Light speed boats
• S 601 to S 604 (ex Yugoslav)

Anti-mine vehicles

• Multipurpose boat 1943
  • MZ 2 to MZ 12

Sail training ships

• Herbert Norkus (not completed)

Gunboats

• Colonial gunboats intended for the control and defense of overseas colonies

tender

• Black Sea standard ships
• Evacuation boats A – F
  • six planned units were to be commissioned from Neptun or Seebeck as part of the Z-Plan from around January 1, 1942

Notes and individual references

1. ^ Z. Freivogel: Marine-Arsenal, Volume 40, Kriegsmarine in der Adria 1941–45 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 61200 Wölfersheim-Berstadt 1998, ISBN 3-7909-0640-9 , pp. 33–35