List of ships of the Imperial German Navy

The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire, through to the end of the Empire in 1918.

Pre-Dreadnoughts Dreadnoughts Main dreadnought classes In the Imperial German Navy, there was no clear distinction between torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers, which were all numbered in the same series, the number being preceded by a letter that represented the building contractor.

A new numbering series began in 1911; hence years of construction are appended in brackets below, to distinguish the two series.

A 1902 lithograph of SMS Oldenburg , Germany's last ironclad
Lithograph of SMS Hagen in 1902
A line of nine large gray battleships stretches into the distance, all belching dark black smoke from their funnels
Dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet steam in a line of battle
A line of large warships. Thick black smoke pours from their funnels as they steam through choppy seas.
Seydlitz leads Moltke , Hindenburg , Derfflinger and Von der Tann into internment in Scapa Flow
Hertha on a visit to the United States in 1909
Scharnhorst steaming at top speed
1902 lithograph of SMS Gefion
Karlsruhe underway
Nautilus passing under the Levensau High Bridge in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Lithograph of Greif (left), Meteor (center), and Jagd (right) by Willy Stöwer
1902 lithograph of Iltis
A painting of Stosch , Stein , and Gneisenau under sail, by Alexander Kircher
Illustration of a division of torpedo boats in 1902
Illustration of G108 and S102 in 1902
G137 on trials in 1907