List of Kriegsmarine ships

The list of Kriegsmarine ships includes all ships commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, the German navy of the Third Reich period, during its existence from 1935 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945.

See the list of naval ships of Germany for ships in German service throughout the country's history.

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Major warships

Fast battleships

Battlecruisers

Pre-dreadnought battleships

Heavy cruisers

Light cruisers

Destroyers and torpedo boats

Destroyers

Torpedo boats

Auxiliary cruisers

Mine warfare craft

Minelayers

Sperrbrecher

Main article: Sperrbrecher

Minesweeper

R Boats

Main article: R boat

Mine hunters

Small craft

S-boats

Main article: Schnellboot

U-boats

Training submarines

Coastal submarines

Ocean-going submarines

Minelaying submarines

Supply submarines

Electric boats

Midget submarines

Human torpedoes

Auxiliary ships

Troop ships

Artillery training ships

Torpedo training ships

Radio-controlled targets

Sail training ships

Floating anti-aircraft batteries

Escort

Gunboats

Blockade runners/Auxiliary minelayers

Weather ships

Patrol boats

Main article: Vorpostenboot

Captured foreign warships

A significant number of foreign warships were captured and recommissioned into the Kriegsmarine. Some were never completed.

Unfinished Ships

Aircraft carriers

Heavy cruisers

Destroyers

Torpedo boats

A multitude of other ships also remained unfinished by the end of the war: escorts, gunboats, landing craft, fleet tenders, AA batteries, training ships, auxiliary ships, patrol boats, minelayers, mine hunters, fast torpedo attack boats (E-Boats) and more.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "11. Vorpostenflottille" (in Polish). Piotr Mierzejewski. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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