List of battleships of Germany
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This is a list of battleships of Germany.
Ships launched in the 1891-1908 are pre-dreadnoughts. This type was made obsolescent when HMS Dreadnought was launched in 1906. Later ships are dreadnoughts, which featured a uniform main armament and smaller intermediate guns.
Contents
- 0.1 ''Prinz Adalbert''
- 0.2 ''Arminius''
- 0.3 ''Friedrich Carl''
- 0.4 ''Kronprinz''
- 0.5 ''König Wilhelm''
- 0.6 ''Hansa''
- 0.7 '''''Grosser Kurfürst''''' class
- 0.8 ''Kaiser'' class
- 0.9 ''Sachsen'' class''
- 0.10 '''Mars'''
- 0.11 ''Oldenburg''
- 0.12 ''Siegfried'' class
- 0.13 ''Brandenburg'' class
- 0.14 ''Kaiser Friedrich'' class
- 0.15 ''Wittelsbach'' class
- 0.16 ''Braunschweig'' class
- 0.17 ''Deutschland'' class
- 0.18 ''Nassau'' class
- 0.19 ''Helgoland'' class
- 0.20
- 0.21
- 0.22
- 0.23
- 0.24
- 0.25 H class
- 1 See also
Prinz Adalbert
- Displacement: 1535
- Armament: 1-8.3in, 2-6.7in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 10 knots
- Commissioned:
- Notes: Ex-Cheops
Arminius
- Displacement: 1800t
- Armament: 4-8.3in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 11 knots
- Commissioned: c. 1865
Friedrich Carl
- Displacement: 6822t
- Armament: 16-8.3in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 13.5 knots
- Commissioned: 1867
- Notes: BU 1906
Kronprinz
- Displacement: 6197t
- Armament: 16-8.3in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 14.5 knots
- Commissioned: 1867
König Wilhelm
- Displacement: 10591t
- Armament: 18-9.4in, 5-8.3in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 14.5 knots
- Commissioned: 1869
- Notes: Ex-Fatikh, Wilhelm
Hansa
- Displacement: 4334t
- Armament: 8-8.3in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 12.5 knots
- Commissioned:
- Notes: BU 1906
Grosser Kurfürst class
- Displacement: 7596t
- Armament: 4-10.2in, 2-6.7in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 14 knots
- Units: 3: Grosser Kurfürst, Friedrich der Grosse, Borussia
- Commissioned: 1876-78
- Notes: Borussia renamed Preussen
Kaiser class
- Displacement: 8799t
- Armament: 8-10.2in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 14.5 knots
- Units: 2 Kaiser, Deutschland
- Commissioned: c. 1875
- Notes: BU 1920, BU 1909
Sachsen class''
- Displacement: 7677t
- Armament: 6-10.2in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 13.5 knots
- Units: 4
- Commissioned: 1878-83
Mars
- Displacement: c. 7000t
- Armament: Various
- Armor:
- Propulsion:
- Commissioned: 1881
- Notes: Training ship; BU 1921
Oldenburg
- Displacement: 5652t
- Armament: 8-9.4in
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 13.5 knots
- Commissioned: 1886
- Notes: BU 1919
Siegfried class
- Displacement: 3691t
- Armament: 3-9.4in, 8-(last 2 10-)88 mm
- Armor:
- Propulsion: 14.5 knots
- Units: 8: Siegfried, Beowulf, Frithjof, Heimdall, Hildebrand, Hagen, Odin, Ägir
- Commissioned: 1890-96
Brandenburg class
- Displacement: 11,785 tons
- Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 18 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 225 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 17 knots; Range 3,420 miles at 10 knots
- Units: 5: SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, SMS Brandenburg, SMS Weißenburg, and SMS Wörth
- Commissioned: 1893-94
Kaiser Friedrich class
- Displacement: 11,785 tons
- Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 18 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 225 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Propulsion: Speed 17 knots; Range 3,420 miles at 10 knots
- Units: 5: SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große, SMS Kaiser Karl der Große, and SMS Kaiser Barbarossa
- Commissioned: 1898-1902
Wittelsbach class
- Displacement: 12,800 tons
- Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 18 x 15 cm guns; 12 x 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 225 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 50 mm deck
- Propulsion: Speed 17 knots; Range 5,000 miles at 10 knots
- Units: 5: SMS Wittelsbach, SMS Wettin, SMS Zähringen, SMS Schwaben, and SMS Mecklenburg
- Commissioned: 1902-04
Braunschweig class
- Displacement: 14,400 tons
- Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 14 x 17 cm guns; 18 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 225 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 40 mm deck
- Propulsion: Speed 18 knots; Range 5,200 miles at 10 knots
- Units: 5: Braunschweig, SMS Elsaß, SMS Hessen, SMS Preußen, and SMS Lothringen
- Commissioned: 1904-06
Deutschland class
- Displacement: 14,200 tons
- Armament: 4 x 28 cm (11") guns; 14 x 17 cm guns; 20 x 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 240 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 40 mm deck
- Propulsion: Speed 18 knots; Range 4,800 miles at 10 knots
- Units: 5: SMS Deutschland, SMS Hannover, SMS Pommern, SMS Schleswig-Holstein, and SMS Schlesien
- Commissioned: 1906-08
Nassau class
- Displacement: 20,535 tons
- Armament: 12 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 270 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 58 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 20 knots; Range 9,400 miles at 10 knots
- Ships in class: 4: SMS Nassau, SMS Westfalen, SMS Rheinland, and SMS Posen
- Commissioned: 1908
Helgoland class
- Displacement: 24,700 tons
- Armament: 12 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 6 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 300 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 60 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 20 knots; Range 5,500 miles at 10 knots
- Ships in class: 4: SMS Helgoland, SMS Ostfriesland, SMS Thüringen, and SMS Oldenburg
- Commissioned: 1911
- Displacement: 27,000 tons
- Armament: 10 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 8 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 23 knots; Range 7,900 miles at 12 knots
- Ships in class: 5: SMS Kaiser, SMS Friedrich der Große, SMS Kaiserin, SMS König Albert, and SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
- Commissioned: 1912
- Fate: All scuttled at Scapa Flow
SMS Großer Kurfürst
- Displacement: 28,600 tons
- Armament: 10 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 21 knots; Range 8,000 miles at 12 knots
- Ships in class: 4: SMS König, SMS Großer Kurfürst, SMS Markgraf, and SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
- Commissioned: 1914
- Fate: All scuttled at Scapa Flow
- Displacement: 32,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 16 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 60 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 350 mm turret; 30 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 22 knots; Range 5,000 miles at 12 knots
- Ships in class: 4: SMS Bayern, SMS Baden, SMS Sachsen, and SMS Württemberg
- Commissioned: Two ships commissioned 1916
- Fate: Two cancelled before completion, one scuttled at Scapa Flow
Gneisenau
- Displacement: 38,900 tons
- Armament: 9 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 10 x 2 cm AA guns
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 95 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 30 knots; Range 8,380 miles at 15 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
- Commissioned: 1938
- Fate: Both lost in WWII
Bismarck
- Displacement: 51,000 tons
- Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 20 x 2 cm AA guns
- Aircraft: 4 x catapult-launched float-planes
- Armor: 320 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 120 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 30 knots; Range 8,100 miles at 16 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Bismarck and Tirpitz
- Commissioned: 1940
- Fate: Both lost in WWII
H class
- Displacement: 56,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x 16 inch guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 21 cm torpedo tubes
- Aircraft: 6 x catapult-launched float-planes
- Armor:
- Speed: 29 knots
- Ships in class: 2 laid down, plus 4 planned
- Fate: Production cancelled 1941
See also
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- Displacement: 28,600 tons
- Armament: 10 x 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 x 15 cm guns; 10 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 30 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 21 knots; Range 8,000 miles at 12 knots
- Ships in class: 4: SMS König, SMS Großer Kurfürst, SMS Markgraf, and SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
- Commissioned: 1914
- Fate: All scuttled at Scapa Flow
- Displacement: 32,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 16 x 15 cm guns; 2 x 8.8 cm guns; 5 x 60 cm torpedo tubes
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 350 mm turret; 30 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 22 knots; Range 5,000 miles at 12 knots
- Ships in class: 4: SMS Bayern, SMS Baden, SMS Sachsen, and SMS Württemberg
- Commissioned: Two ships commissioned 1916
- Fate: Two cancelled before completion, one scuttled at Scapa Flow
Gneisenau
- Displacement: 38,900 tons
- Armament: 9 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 10 x 2 cm AA guns
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 95 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 30 knots; Range 8,380 miles at 15 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
- Commissioned: 1938
- Fate: Both lost in WWII
Bismarck
- Displacement: 51,000 tons
- Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 20 x 2 cm AA guns
- Aircraft: 4 x catapult-launched float-planes
- Armor: 320 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 120 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 30 knots; Range 8,100 miles at 16 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Bismarck and Tirpitz
- Commissioned: 1940
- Fate: Both lost in WWII
H class
- Displacement: 56,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x 16 inch guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 21 cm torpedo tubes
- Aircraft: 6 x catapult-launched float-planes
- Armor:
- Speed: 29 knots
- Ships in class: 2 laid down, plus 4 planned
- Fate: Production cancelled 1941
See also
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- Displacement: 38,900 tons
- Armament: 9 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 14 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 10 x 2 cm AA guns
- Armor: 350 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 95 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 30 knots; Range 8,380 miles at 15 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
- Commissioned: 1938
- Fate: Both lost in WWII
- Displacement: 51,000 tons
- Armament: 8 x 38 cm (15") guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 16 x 3.7 cm AA guns; 20 x 2 cm AA guns
- Aircraft: 4 x catapult-launched float-planes
- Armor: 320 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 120 mm deck
- Performance: Speed 30 knots; Range 8,100 miles at 16 knots
- Ships in class: 2: Bismarck and Tirpitz
- Commissioned: 1940
- Fate: Both lost in WWII
H class
- Displacement: 56,200 tons
- Armament: 8 x 16 inch guns; 12 x 15 cm guns; 16 x 10.5 cm guns; 6 x 21 cm torpedo tubes
- Aircraft: 6 x catapult-launched float-planes
- Armor:
- Speed: 29 knots
- Ships in class: 2 laid down, plus 4 planned
- Fate: Production cancelled 1941
See also
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