LIST OF GERMAN IMPERIAL NAVY SHIPS

The 'list of German Imperial Navy ships' includes all major ships (cruisers and above) commissioned into service with the Imperial Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine'') of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the (Second) German Empire, through the end of World War I (1919).
See also:

★ List of naval ships of Germany for naval ships throughout Germany's history.

Contents

Armored frigates

Armored ships

Battleships

Battlecruisers

Protected cruisers

Armoured cruisers

Light Cruisers

Minelaying Cruisers

Torpedoboats

References

Armored frigates

''Panzerfregatten''; later reclassified as "Armored Ships" ''Panzerschiffe''

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★ ''Preußen'' Class (6,800 tons)

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★ SMS ''Preußen'', 1873

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★ SMS ''Friedrich der Große'', 1874

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★ SMS ''Großer Kurfürst'', 1875

Armored ships

★ ''Panzerschiffe''

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

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★ SMS Sachsen (1877), 1877

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★ SMS ''Bayern'', 1878

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★ SMS ''Württemberg, 1878

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★ SMS ''Baden'', 1880

★ Armored Coastal Protection Ships / ''Küstenpanzerschiffe''

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

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★ SMS ''Oldenburg'', 1884

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

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★ SMS ''Siegfried'', 1889

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★ SMS ''Beowulf'', 1890

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★ SMS ''Frithjof'', 1892

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★ SMS ''Heimdall'', 1892

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★ SMS ''Hildebrand'', 1892

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★ SMS ''Hagen'', 1893

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

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★ SMS ''Odin'', 1894

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★ SMS ''Ägir'', 1895

Battleships

Battleships (in German ''Linienschiffe'' "Ships of the Line")

★ Pre-Dreadnoughts

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★ ''Brandeburg'' class (10,500 tons, 6 x 28 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm'', 1891

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★ SMS ''Brandenburg'', 1891

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★ SMS ''Weißenburg'', 1891

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★ SMS ''Wörth'', 1892

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★ ''Kaiser Friedrich'' class (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Kaiser Friedrich III.'', 1896

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★ SMS ''Kaiser Wilhelm II.'', 1897

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★ SMS ''Kaiser Wilhelm der Große'', 1899

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★ SMS ''Kaiser Karl der Große'', 1899

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★ SMS ''Kaiser Barbarossa'', 1900

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★ ''Wittelsbach'' class (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Wittelsbach'', 1900

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★ SMS ''Wettin'', 1900

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★ SMS ''Zähringen'', 1901

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★ SMS ''Schwaben'', 1901

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★ SMS ''Mecklenburg'', 1901

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★ ''Braunschweig'' class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Braunschweig'', 1901

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★ SMS ''Elsaß'', 1903

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★ SMS ''Hessen'', 1903

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★ SMS ''Preußen'', 1903

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★ SMS ''Lothringen'', 1904

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★ ''Deutschland'' class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Deutschland'', 1904

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★ SMS ''Hannover'', 1905

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★ SMS ''Pommern'', 1905

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★ SMS ''Schlesien'', 1906

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★ SMS ''Schleswig-Holstein'', 1906

★ Dreadnoughts (in German ''SCHLACHTSCHIFFE'' "battleship")

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★ ''Nassau'' class (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Nassau'', 1908

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★ SMS ''Posen'', 1908

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★ SMS ''Rheinland'', 1908

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★ SMS ''Westfalen'', 1908

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★ ''Helgoland'' class (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Helgoland'', 1909

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★ SMS ''Ostfriesland'', 1909

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★ SMS ''Thüringen'', 1909

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★ SMS ''Oldenburg'', 1910

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★ ''Kaiser'' class battleship (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Kaiser'', 1911

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★ SMS ''Kaiserin'', 1911

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★ SMS ''Prinzregent Luitpold'', 1911

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★ SMS ''Friedrich der Große'', 1911

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★ SMS ''König Albert'', 1912

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★ ''König'' class battleship (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''König'', 1913

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★ SMS ''Großer Kurfürst'', 1913

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★ SMS ''Markgraf'', 1913

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★ SMS ''Kronprinz''/SMS ''Kronprinz Wilhelm'', 1914

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

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★ SMS ''Bayern'', 1915

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★ SMS ''Baden'', 1915

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★ SMS ''Württemberg'', not completed

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★ SMS ''Sachsen'', not completed

Battlecruisers

German ''Schlachtkreuzer'' "Battlecruiser"

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

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★ SMS ''von der Tann'', 1909

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

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★ SMS ''Moltke'', 1910

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★ SMS ''Goeben'', 1911

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

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★ SMS ''Seydlitz'', 1912

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

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★ SMS ''Derfflinger'', 1913

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★ SMS ''Lützow'', 1913

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★ SMS ''Hindenburg'', 1915

Protected cruisers

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

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★ SMS ''König Wilhelm'', 1868

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

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★ SMS ''Kaiser'', 1872

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★ SMS ''Deutschland'', 1872

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

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★ SMS ''Kaiserin Augusta'', 1892

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

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★ SMS ''Victoria Louise'', 1897

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★ SMS ''Hertha'', 1897

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★ SMS ''Freya'', 1897

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★ SMS ''Vineta'', 1897

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★ SMS ''Hansa'', 1898

Armoured cruisers

German ''Grosse Kreuzer''

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

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★ SMS ''Fürst Bismarck'', 1897

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

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★ SMS ''Prinz Heinrich'', 1900

★ ''Prinz Adalbert'' Class (9,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Prinz Adalbert'', 1901

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★ SMS ''Friedrich Carl'', 1901

★ ''Roon'' Class (10,000 tons, 4 x 21 cm guns)

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★ SMS ''Roon'', 1903

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★ SMS ''Yorck'', 1904

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

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★ SMS ''Scharnhorst'', 1906

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★ SMS ''Gneisenau'', 1906

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

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★ SMS ''Blücher'', 1908

Light Cruisers

''Kleine Kreuzer''

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★ ''SMS Cormoran

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

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★ SMS ''Bussard'', 1890

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★ SMS ''Seeadler'', 1892

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

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★ SMS ''Gefion'', 1893

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

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★ SMS ''Hela'', 1895

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

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★ SMS ''Gazelle'', 1898

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★ SMS ''Niobe''

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★ SMS ''Nymphe''

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★ SMS ''Thetis''

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★ SMS ''Ariadne''

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★ SMS ''Amazone''

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★ SMS ''Medusa''

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★ SMS ''Frauenlob''

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★ SMS ''Arcona''

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★ SMS ''Undine'', 1902

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

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★ SMS ''Bremen'', 1903

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★ SMS ''Hamburg'', 1903

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★ SMS ''Lübeck'', 1904

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★ SMS ''München'', 1904

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★ SMS ''Leipzig'', 1905

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★ SMS ''Danzig'', 1906

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★ SMS ''Berlin''

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★ ''Stettin'' Class

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★ SMS ''Königsberg'', 1905

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★ SMS ''Stettin'', 1907

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★ SMS ''Stuttgart'', 1906

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★ SMS ''Nürnberg'', 1906

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★ ''Dresden'' Class (3,700 tons)

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★ SMS ''Dresden'', 1907

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★ SMS ''Emden'', 1908

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★ ''Kolberg'' Class (4,400 tons)

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★ SMS ''Kolberg'', 1908

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★ SMS ''Mainz'', 1909

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★ SMS ''Cöln'', 1909

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★ SMS ''Augsburg'', 1909

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★ ''Magdeburg'' Class

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★ SMS ''Magdeburg'', 1911

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★ SMS ''Breslau'', 1911

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★ SMS ''Straßburg'', 1911

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★ SMS ''Stralsund'', 1911

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★ ''Karlsruhe'' Class

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★ SMS ''Karlsruhe'', 1912

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★ SMS ''Rostock'', 1912

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★ ''Graudenz'' Class

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★ SMS ''Graudenz'', 1913

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★ SMS ''Regensburg'', 1914

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★ ''Pillau'' Class

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★ SMS ''Pillau'', 1914

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★ SMS ''Elbing'', 1914

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★ ''Wiesbaden'' Class

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★ SMS ''Wiesbaden'', 1915

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★ SMS ''Frankfurt'', 1915

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★ ''Königsberg'' Class

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★ SMS ''Königsberg II'', 1915

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★ SMS ''Karlsruhe'', 1915

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★ SMS ''Emden II'', 1916

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★ SMS ''Nürnberg'', 1916

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★ ''Cöln'' Class (5,600 tons)

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★ SMS ''Cöln II'', 1916

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★ SMS ''Dresden II'', 1917

Minelaying Cruisers

''Minenlegekreuzer''

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

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★ SMS ''Nautilus'', 1907

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★ SMS ''Albatross'', 1907

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★ ''Brummer'' Class (4,400 tons) )

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★ SMS ''Brummer'', 1915

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★ SMS ''Bremse'', 1915

Torpedoboats

''Torpedoboot''

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★ ''Großes Torpedoboot 1913'' Class

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★ SMS G39

References