First World War · 1914–1918

Imperial German Navy

70 ships covered here, in 22 battles.

Dreadnought battleships 17

SMS Bayern

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship

8 × 15″ guns

Launched 1915 · 1 battle

SMS Friedrich der Grosse

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Kaiser class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1911 · 1 battle

SMS Grosser Kurfürst

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · König class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1913 · 2 battles

SMS Helgoland

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Helgoland class

12 × 12″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

SMS Kaiser

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Kaiser class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1911 · 2 battles

SMS Kaiserin

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Kaiser class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1911 · 2 battles

SMS König

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · König class

10 × 12″ guns

Commissioned 1914 · 2 battles

SMS Kronprinz

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · König class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1914 · 2 battles

SMS Markgraf

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · König class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1913 · 1 battle

SMS Nassau

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Nassau class

12 × 11″ guns

Launched 1908 · 2 battles

SMS Oldenburg

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Helgoland class

12 × 12″ guns

Launched 1910 · 1 battle

SMS Ostfriesland

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Helgoland class

12 × 12″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

SMS Posen

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Nassau class

12 × 11″ guns

Launched 1908 · 2 battles

SMS Prinzregent Luitpold

Scuttled

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Kaiser class

10 × 12″ guns

Launched 1912 · 1 battle

SMS Rheinland

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Nassau class

12 × 11″ guns

Launched 1908 · 1 battle

SMS Thüringen

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Helgoland class

12 × 12″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

SMS Westfalen

Survived

Germany

Dreadnought battleship · Nassau class

12 × 11″ guns

Launched 1908 · 1 battle

Pre-dreadnought battleships 6

SMS Deutschland

Survived

Germany

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Deutschland class

4 × 11″ guns

Launched 1904 · 1 battle

SMS Hannover

Survived

Germany

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Deutschland class

4 × 11″ guns

Launched 1905 · 1 battle

SMS Hessen

Survived

Germany

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Braunschweig class

4 × 11″ guns

Launched 1903 · 1 battle

SMS Pommern

Sunk

Germany

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Deutschland class

4 × 11″ guns

Launched 1905 · 1 battle

SMS Schlesien

Sunk

Germany

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Deutschland class

4 × 11″ guns

Launched 1906 · 2 battles

SMS Schleswig-Holstein

Sunk

Germany

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Deutschland class

4 × 11″ guns

Launched 1906 · 2 battles

Battlecruisers 6

SMS Derfflinger

Scuttled

Germany

Battlecruiser · Derfflinger class

8 × 12″ guns

Launched 1913 · 2 battles

SMS Goeben

Survived

Germany

Ottoman

Battlecruiser · Moltke class

10 × 11″ guns

Launched 1911 · 3 battles

SMS Lützow

Scuttled

Germany

Battlecruiser · Derfflinger class

8 × 12″ guns

Launched 1913 · 1 battle

SMS Moltke

Scuttled

Germany

Battlecruiser · Moltke class

10 × 11″ guns

Launched 1910 · 4 battles

SMS Seydlitz

Scuttled

Germany

Battlecruiser

10 × 11″ guns in 5 twin turrets

Launched 1912 · 3 battles

SMS Von der Tann

Scuttled

Germany

Battlecruiser

8 × 11″ guns

Launched 1909 · 2 battles

Armoured cruisers 6

SMS Blücher

Sunk

Germany

Armoured cruiser

12 × 8.3″ guns

Launched 1908 · 2 battles

SMS Gneisenau

Sunk

Germany

Armoured cruiser · Scharnhorst class

8 × 8.3″ guns

Launched 1906 · 3 battles

SMS Prinz Adalbert

Sunk

Germany

Armoured cruiser

4 × 8.3″ guns

Launched 1901 · 1 battle

SMS Roon

Survived

Germany

Armoured cruiser

4 × 8.3″ guns

Launched 1903 · 1 battle

SMS Scharnhorst

Sunk

Germany

Armoured cruiser · Scharnhorst class

8 × 8.3″ guns

Launched 1906 · 3 battles

SMS Yorck

Sunk

Germany

Armoured cruiser

4 × 8.3″ guns

Launched 1904 · 0 battles

Light cruisers 29

SMS Ariadne

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1900 · 1 battle

SMS Augsburg

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

SMS Breslau

Sunk

Germany

Ottoman

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1911 · 3 battles

SMS Cöln

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

SMS Danzig

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1905 · 1 battle

SMS Dresden

Scuttled

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1907 · 2 battles

SMS Elbing

Scuttled

Germany

Light cruiser

8 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1914 · 1 battle

SMS Emden

Wrecked

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1908 · 2 battles

SMS Frankfurt

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

8 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1915 · 2 battles

SMS Frauenlob

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1902 · 2 battles

SMS Graudenz

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

7 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1913 · 2 battles

SMS Hamburg

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1903 · 1 battle

SMS Kolberg

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1908 · 3 battles

SMS Königsberg

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

8 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1915 · 1 battle

SMS Königsberg

Scuttled

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1905 · 2 battles

SMS Leipzig

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1905 · 2 battles

SMS Lübeck

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1904 · 1 battle

SMS Mainz

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1909 · 1 battle

SMS München

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1904 · 1 battle

SMS Nürnberg

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1906 · 2 battles

SMS Nürnberg

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

8 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1916 · 1 battle

SMS Pillau

Sunk

Germany

Italy

Light cruiser

8 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1914 · 2 battles

SMS Regensburg

Scuttled

Germany

Light cruiser

7 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1914 · 1 battle

SMS Rostock

Scuttled

Germany

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1912 · 2 battles

SMS Stettin

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1907 · 2 battles

SMS Stralsund

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1911 · 3 battles

SMS Strassburg

Sunk

Germany

Italy

Light cruiser

12 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1911 · 3 battles

SMS Stuttgart

Survived

Germany

Light cruiser

10 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1906 · 1 battle

SMS Wiesbaden

Sunk

Germany

Light cruiser

8 × 5.9″ guns

Launched 1915 · 1 battle

Armed merchant cruisers 1

SMS Cap Trafalgar

Sunk

Germany

Armed merchant cruiser

2 × 4.1″ guns

Launched 1913 · 1 battle

Torpedo boats 1

SMS S90

Scuttled

Germany

Torpedo boat

3 × 2″ guns

Launched 1899 · 1 battle

Gunboats 1

SMS Jaguar

Scuttled

Germany

Gunboat

4 × 3.5″ guns

Launched 1898 · 1 battle

Submarines 2

SMS U-21

Survived

Germany

Submarine

1 × 3.5″ gun

Launched 1913 · 1 battle

SMS U-9

Survived

Germany

Submarine

1 × 2″ gun

Launched 1910 · 1 battle

Auxiliaries 1

SMS Albatross

Wrecked

Germany

Auxiliary

8 × 3.5″ guns

Launched 1907 · 1 battle

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