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SHIPS

Armored Frigates / ''Panzerfregatten''; later reclassified as Armored Ships / ''Panzerschiffe''

--- ''Preußen'' Class (6,800 tons)

-- SMS ''Preußen'' , 1873

-- SMS ''Friedrich Der Große'' , 1874

-- SMS ''Großer Kurfürst'' , 1875

Armored Ships / ''Panzerschiffe''

--- ''Sachsen'' Class (7,800 tons, 6 x 26 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Sachsen'' , 1877

-- SMS ''Bayern'' , 1878

-- SMS ''Württemberg , 1878

-- SMS ''Baden'' , 1880

Armored Coastal Protection Ships / ''Panzerschiffe'', ''Küstenpanzerschiffe''

--- ''Oldenburg'' Class (5,250 tons, 8 x 24 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Oldenburg'' , 1884

--- ''Siegfried'' Class (3,700 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Siegfried'' , 1889

-- SMS ''Beowulf'' , 1890

-- SMS ''Frithjof'' , 1892

-- SMS ''Heimdall'' , 1892

-- SMS ''Hildebrand'' , 1892

-- SMS ''Hagen'' , 1893

--- ''Odin'' Class (4,250 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Odin'' , 1894

-- SMS ''Ägir'' , 1895

Battleships / ''Linienschiffe'' (''Ships of the Line'')

--- ''Pre-Dreadnaughts''

-- ''Brandenburg'' Class (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)

- SMS ''Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm'' , 1891

- SMS ''Brandenburg'' , 1891

- SMS ''Weißenburg'' , 1891

- SMS ''Wörth'' , 1892

-- ''Kaiser Friedrich'' Class (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)

- SMS ''Kaiser Friedrich III.'' , 1896

- SMS ''Kaiser Wilhelm II.'' , 1897

- SMS ''Kaiser Wilhelm Der Große'' , 1899

- SMS ''Kaiser Karl Der Große'' , 1899

- SMS ''Kaiser Barbarossa'' , 1900

-- ''Wittelsbach'' Class (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)

- SMS ''Wittelsbach'' , 1900

- SMS ''Wettin'' , 1900

- SMS ''Zähringen'' , 1901

- SMS ''Schwaben'' , 1901

- SMS ''Mecklenburg'' , 1901

-- ''Braunschweig'' Class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)

- SMS ''Braunschweig'' , 1901

- SMS ''Elsaß'' , 1903

- SMS ''Hessen'' , 1903

- SMS ''Preußen'' , 1903

- SMS ''Lothringen'' , 1904

-- ''Deutschland'' Class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)

- SMS ''Deutschland'' , 1904

- SMS ''Hannover'' , 1905

- SMS ''Pommern'' , 1905

- SMS ''Schlesien'' , 1906

- SMS ''Schleswig-Holstein'' , 1906

--- ''Dreadnaughts''

-- ''Nassau'' Class (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)

- SMS ''Nassau'' , 1908

- SMS ''Posen'' , 1908

- SMS ''Rheinland'' , 1908

- SMS ''Westfalen'' , 1908

-- ''Helgoland'' Class (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)

- SMS ''Helgoland'' , 1909

- SMS ''Ostfriesland'' , 1909

- SMS ''Thüringen'' , 1909

- SMS ''Oldenburg'' , 1910

-- ''Kaiser'' Class battleship (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)

- SMS ''Kaiser'' , 1911

- SMS ''Kaiserin'' , 1911

- SMS ''Prinzregent Luitpold'' , 1911

- SMS ''Friedrich Der Große'' , 1911

- SMS ''König Albert'' , 1912

-- ''König'' Class battleship (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)

- SMS ''König'' , 1913

- SMS ''Großer Kurfürst'' , 1913

- SMS ''Markgraf'' , 1913

- SMS ''Kronprinz'' / SMS ''Kronprinz Wilhelm'' , 1914

-- ''Bayern'' Class battleship (29,000-32,000 tons, 8 x 38 cm guns)

- SMS ''Bayern'' , 1915

- SMS ''Baden'' , 1915

- SMS ''Württemberg'' , not completed

- SMS ''Sachsen'' , not completed

Battlecruisers / ''Schlachtkreuzer''

--- ''von der Tann'' Class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns)

-- SMS ''von Der Tann'' , 1909

--- ''Moltke'' Class (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Moltke'' , 1910

-- SMS ''Goeben'' , 1911

--- ''Seydlitz'' Class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Seydlitz'' , 1912

--- ''Derfflinger'' Class (27,000 tons, 8 x 30.5 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Derfflinger'' , 1913

-- SMS ''Lützow'' , 1913

-- SMS ''Hindenburg'' , 1915

Heavy Cruisers / ''Grosse Kreuzer''

--- ''König Wilhelm'' Class (9,800 tons)

-- SMS ''König Wilhelm'' , 1668

--- ''Kaiser'' Class (7,600 tons, 8 x 26 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Kaiser'' , 1872

-- SMS ''Deutschland'' , 1872

--- ''Kaiserin Augusta'' Class (6,000 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Kaiserin Augusta'' , 1892

--- ''Victoria Louise'' Class (5,700 tons, 2 x 21 cm guns, 8 x 15 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Victoria Louise'' , 1897

-- SMS ''Hertha'' , 1897

-- SMS ''Freya'' , 1897

-- SMS ''Vineta'' , 1897

-- SMS ''Hansa'' , 1898

--- ''Fürst Bismarck'' Class (10,700 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns, 12 x 15 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Fürst Bismarck'' , 1897

--- ''Prinz Heinrich'' Class (9,000 tons, 2 x 24 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Prinz Heinrich'' , 1900

-- SMS ''Prinz Adalbert'' , 1901

-- SMS ''Friedrich Carl'' , 1901

--- ''Roon'' Class (10,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Roon'' , 1903

-- SMS ''Yorck'' , 1904

--- ''Scharnhorst'' Class (11,600 tons, 8 x 21 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Scharnhorst'' , 1906

-- SMS ''Gneisenau'' , 1906

--- ''Blücher'' Class (15,800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Blücher'' , 1908

Light Cruisers / ''Kleine Kreuzer''

--- ''Bussard'' Class (1,650 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Bussard'' , 1890

-- SMS ''Seeadler'' , 1892

--- ''Gefion'' Class (3.700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Gefion'' , 1893

--- ''Hela'' Class (2,000 tons, 4 x 8.8 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Hela'' , 1895

--- ''Gazelle'' Class (2,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Gazelle'' , 1898

-- SMS ''Niobe''

-- SMS ''Nymphe''

-- SMS ''Thetis''

-- SMS ''Ariadne''

-- SMS ''Amazone''

-- SMS ''Medusa''

-- SMS ''Frauenlob''

-- SMS ''Arcona''

-- SMS ''Undine'' , 1902

--- ''Bremen'' Class (3,300 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Bremen'' , 1903

-- SMS ''Hamburg'' , 1903

-- SMS ''Lübeck'' , 1904

-- SMS ''München'' , 1904

-- SMS ''Leipzig'' , 1905

-- SMS ''Danzig'' , 1906

-- SMS ''Berlin''

--- ''Stettin'' Class

-- SMS ''Königsberg'' , 1905

-- SMS ''Stettin'' , 1907

-- SMS ''Stuttgart'' , 1906

-- SMS ''Nürnberg'' , 1906

--- ''Dresden'' Class (3,700 tons)

-- SMS ''Dresden'' , 1907

-- SMS ''Emden'' , 1908

--- ''Kolberg'' Class (4,400 tons)

-- SMS ''Kolberg'' , 1908

-- SMS ''Mainz'' , 1909

-- SMS ''Cöln'' , 1909

-- SMS ''Augsburg'' , 1909

--- ''Magdeburg'' Class

-- SMS ''Magdeburg'' , 1911

-- SMS ''Breslau'' , 1911

-- SMS ''Straßburg'' , 1911

-- SMS ''Stralsund'' , 1911

--- ''Karlsruhe'' Class

-- SMS ''Karlsruhe'' , 1912

-- SMS ''Rostock'' , 1912

--- ''Graudenz'' Class

-- SMS ''Graudenz'' , 1913

-- SMS ''Regensburg'' , 1914

--- ''Pillau'' Class

-- SMS ''Pillau'' , 1914

-- SMS ''Elbing'' , 1914

--- ''Wiesbaden'' Class

-- SMS ''Wiesbaden'' , 1915

-- SMS ''Frankfurt'' , 1915

--- ''Königsberg'' Class

-- SMS ''Königsberg II'' , 1915

-- SMS ''Karlsruhe'' , 1915

-- SMS ''Emden II'' , 1916

-- SMS ''Nürnberg'' , 1916

--- ''Cöln'' Class (5,600 tons)

-- SMS ''Cöln II'' , 1916

-- SMS ''Dresden II'' , 1917

Minelaying Cruisers / ''Minenlegekreuzer''

--- ''Nautilus'' Class (2,000 tons, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)

-- SMS ''Nautilus'' , 1907

-- SMS ''Albatross'' , 1907

--- ''Brummer'' Class (4,400 tons) )

-- SMS ''Brummer'' , 1915

-- SMS ''Bremse'' , 1915