List of battleships of Germany

List of battleships of Germany

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.


="Brandenburg" class=

* Displacement: 10,060 tons
* Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11 inch) guns; 18 × 15 cm guns; 12 × 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machine guns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 300 mm belt; 230 mm turret; 75 mm deck
* Propulsion: 10,000 hp (17 knots)
* Endurance convert|4500|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* Units: 4: SMS "Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm", SMS "Brandenburg", SMS "Weißenburg", and "SMS Wörth"
* Commissioned: 1893-94


="Kaiser Friedrich III" class=

* Displacement: 10,790 tons
* Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11") guns; 18 × 15 cm guns; 12 × 8.8 cm guns; 12 x machine guns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 300 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 75 mm deck
* Propulsion: 14,000 hp (18 knots)
* Endurance: convert|4500|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* 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: 11,800 tons
* Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11") guns; 18 × 15 cm guns; 12 × 8.8 cm guns; 14 x machine guns; 5 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 230 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 75 mm deck
* Propulsion: 15,000 hp (18 knots)
* Endurance: convert|5000|nmi|km|-3 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* Units: 5: SMS "Wittelsbach", SMS "Wettin", SMS "Zähringen", SMS "Schwaben", and SMS "Mecklenburg"
* Commissioned: 1902-04


="Braunschweig" class=

* Displacement: 13,200 tons
* Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11") guns; 14 × 17 cm guns; 18 × 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machine guns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 220 mm belt; 250 mm turret; 75 mm deck
* Propulsion: 16,000 hp (18 knots)
* Endurance: convert|5200|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* Units: 5: "Braunschweig", SMS "Elsaß", SMS "Hessen", SMS "Preußen", and SMS "Lothringen"
* Commissioned: 1904-06


="Deutschland" class=

* Displacement: 13,200 tons
* Armament: 4 × 28 cm (11") guns; 14 × 17 cm guns; 20 × 8.8 cm guns; 4 x machine guns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 230 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 75 mm deck
* Propulsion: 16,000 hp (18 knots)
* Endurance: convert|5500|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* Units: 5: SMS "Deutschland", SMS "Hannover", SMS "Pommern", SMS "Schleswig-Holstein", and SMS "Schlesien"
* Commissioned: 1906-08


="Nassau" class=

* Displacement: 18,900 tons
* Armament: 12 × 28 cm (11") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 16 × 8.8 cm guns; 6 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 290 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 100 mm deck
* Propulsion: 22,000 hp (19.5 knots)
* Endurance: convert|9400|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* Ships in class: 4: SMS "Nassau", SMS "Westfalen", SMS "Rheinland", and SMS "Posen"
* Commissioned: 1908


="Helgoland" class=

* Displacement: 22,800 tons
* Armament: 12 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 × 15 cm guns; 8 × 8.8 cm guns; 6 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 300 mm belt; 280 mm turret; 100 mm deck
* Propulsion: 28,000 hp (20 knots)
* Endurance: convert|5500|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* Ships in class: 4: SMS "Helgoland", SMS "Ostfriesland", SMS "Thüringen", and SMS "Oldenburg"
* Commissioned: 1911


="Kaiser" class (1911)=

* Displacement: 24,380 tons
* Armament: 10 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 × 15 cm guns; 8 × 8.8 cm guns; 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 350 mm belt; 300 mm turret; 75 mm deck
* Propulsion: 31,000 shp (21 knots) although 23+ knots on 50,000+ shp was achieved
* Endurance: convert|9500|nmi|km|-2 at 10 knots (or convert|7900|nmi|km|-2 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


="König" class=

* Displacement: 25,390 tons
* Armament: 10 × 30.5 cm (12") guns; 14 × 15 cm guns; 10 × 8.8 cm guns; 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 350 mm belt; 350 mm turret; 100 mm deck
* Propulsion: 31,000 shp (21 knots)
* Endurance: convert|10000|nmi|km|-4 at 10 knots (or convert|8000|nmi|km|-3 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


="Bayern" class=

* Displacement: 28,000 tons
* Armament: 8 × 38 cm (15") guns; 16 × 15 cm guns; 2 × 8.8 cm guns; 5 × 60 cm torpedo tubes
* Armor: 350 mm belt; 350 mm turret; 120 mm deck
* Propulsion: 52,000 shp (22 knots)
* Endurance: convert|9000|nmi|km|-3 at 10 knots (20 km/h)
* 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


="Scharnhorst" class=

* Displacement: 38,900 tons
* Armament: 9 × 28 cm (11") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 14 × 10.5 cm guns; 16 × 3.7 cm AA guns; 10 × 2 cm AA guns
* Armor: 350 mm belt; 340 mm turret; 110 mm deck
* Propulsion: 160,000 shp (32 knots)
* Endurance: convert|8380|nmi|km|-1 at 15 knots (or convert|7100|nmi|km|-2 at 19 knots)
* Ships in class: 2: "Gneisenau" and "Scharnhorst"
* Commissioned: 1938
* Fate: Both lost in WWII


="Bismarck" class=

* Displacement: 41,700 tons
* Armament: 8 × 38 cm (15") guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 16 × 10.5 cm guns; 16 × 3.7 cm AA guns; 20 × 2 cm AA guns
* Aircraft: 4 × catapult-launched float-planes
* Armor: 320 mm belt; 360 mm turret; 120 mm deck
* Propulsion: 150,170 shp (30 knots)
* Endurance: convert|9280|nmi|km|-1 at 16 knots (or 6,640 at 24 knots)
* Ships in class: 2: "Bismarck" and "Tirpitz"
* Commissioned: 1940
* Fate: Both lost in WWII


=H class=

* Displacement: 52,560 tons
* Armament: 8 × 16 in (406 mm) guns; 12 × 15 cm guns; 16 × 10.5 cm guns; 6 × 21 cm torpedo tubes
* Aircraft: 6 × catapult-launched float-planes
* Armor: 327 mm belt; 390 mm turret; 120 mm deck
* Propulsion: 165,000 shp (30 knots)
* Endurance: convert|16000|nmi|km|-3 at 19 knots (35 km/h)
* Ships in class: 2 laid down, plus 4 planned
* Fate: Production cancelled 1941

ee also

* List of naval ships of Germany
* "Pocket Battleships"


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