Ships of Germany

The 25 best known ships of Germany, ranked by how often the world looks them up. Every one is recorded as she was in her prime, with how she was built, where she fought and what became of her.

ShipTirpitzBroken up · prime 1944ShipScharnhorstWreck, largely intact · prime 1943ShipGerman cruiser Prinz EugenWreck, largely intact · prime 1941ShipGerman battleship GneisenauBroken up · prime 1940ShipGerman aircraft carrier Graf ZeppelinWreck, largely intact · prime 1938ShipAdmiral ScheerBroken up · prime 1940Deutschland-class battleshipSMS PommernWreck · prime 1916Admiral Hipper-class cruiserAdmiral HipperBroken up · prime 1942Derfflinger-class battlecruiserSMS HindenburgBroken up · prime 1918Deutschland-class battleshipSMS Schleswig-HolsteinBroken up · prime 1914Moltke-class battlecruiserSMS GoebenBroken up · prime 1914Type VII C/41 submarineU-995Preserved · prime 1944ShipEmdenBroken up · prime 1940Derfflinger-class battlecruiserSMS DerfflingerBroken up · prime 1916ShipSS BremenBroken up · prime 1929Admiral Hipper-class cruiserSeydlitzBroken up · prime 1939Deutschland-class battleshipSMS SchlesienBroken up · prime 1916Derfflinger-class battlecruiserSMS LützowWreck, largely intact · prime 1916Moltke-class battlecruiserSMS MoltkeBroken up · prime 1916ShipGerman cruiser NürnbergBroken up · prime 1939ShipKölnBroken up · prime 1940ShipGerman cruiser LeipzigWreck · prime 1936Deutschland-class battleshipSMS DeutschlandBroken up · prime 1907Admiral Hipper-class cruiserBlücherWreck, largely intact · prime 1940ShipSMS GneisenauWreck · prime 1914