SMS Kaiser

SMS "Kaiser" has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:

* SMS "Kaiser" (1875), a "Kaiser" class armored frigate
* SMS "Kaiser" (1911), a "Kaiser"-class battleship which served through World War I

Additionally, a number of Imperial Navy vessels were given names of specific kaisers:

* SMS "Kaiser Barbarossa", an 11,600-ton "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleship, launched 1900
* SMS "Kaiser Friedrich III", an 11,600-ton "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleship, launched 1896
* SMS "Kaiser Karl der Große", an 11,600-ton "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleship, launched 1899
* SMS "Kaiser Wilhelm II", an 11,600-ton "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleship, launched 1897
* SMS "Kaiser Wilhelm der Große", an 11,600-ton "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleship, launched 1899

Two ships have been named "Kaiserin":

* SMS "Kaiserin", a 25,000-ton "Kaiser"-class battleship, launched 1911
* SMS "Kaiserin Augusta": 6,000-ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892