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The History of the German navy, shown in dedicated pages to each of the German battleships, cruisers and destroyer classes.  

Battleships

Cruisers

U-Boats

Destroyers

Frigates

Torpedo Boats

Minesweepers

Tankers

Unidentified Ships

Commerce Raiders

Zeppelin Airships

 

Please use side navigational bar find class or ship of interest or use the table above. 

German Aircraft Carrier/ Russian Floating Base

1938-47

Graf Zeppelin / PO-101

The Flugzeugtr?er A (Carrier A) was laid down on 28th December 1936 at the Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel.  On the 08th December 1938, Flugzeugtr?er A was launched as the Graf Zeppelin with a projected completion date of late 1940.

Having had little experience with carrier construction, German designers and engineers were slowed by construction and design problems.  This, added with G?ings reluctance to allow a separate air arm other than the Luftwaffe, eventually halted construction of the aircraft carrier in April 1940.  Graf Zeppelin, now laid up, had her artillery removed for use in coastal defences before she was towed to Gotenhafen.

In 1942 work was restarted on the carrier (having being moved back to Kiel in December 1942), as it was obvious at this time that the kriegsmarine needed a ship of this type to support its major surface units.  Graf Zeppelin was approximately 85% complete when work was once again halted in early1943 (work being stopped on Hitler?s orders after the Kriegsmarines poor performance during the Battle of the Barents Sea, 31st December 1942).  In April 1943 she was moved to Stettin where she remained until she was scuttled in shallow water on 25th April 1945. 

After the German surrender, Russian forces raised the Graf Zeppelin (at this stage the carriers fate becomes clouded, but what follows is believed to be the most accurate), renaming her the PO-101 (floating base 101) on the 03rd February 1947.  On the 14th August 1947 she was towed to Swinem?de and loaded with aerial bombs.  She was then used as a target and destroyed by shells, bombs and finally tordedoes on the 16th August 1947.

Contributed by Carl Proctor

Graf Zeppelin, Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel, 1940.

Graf Zeppelin.

Courtesy of David Walker.

German Escort F2.

Fleet escort of the F Class, launched 1935.

German Escort F3

Fleet escort of the F Class, launched 1935

On board a German Battleship.  

Any help identifying the ship please  email us

German Submarine Deutschland

FGS Theseus.  Entering Portland, July 1989.

Photographed by George Mortimore L.R.P.S  Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  GM142

One of the Bismarck class iron flush-decked corvettes as a training ship at Sonderburg.  It is either Blucher, Stosch, Moltke and Stein.  If you know which one, e-mail us.

A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  ? Walker Archive. Order Code PGD011

A fleet of German warships.  ?Tony Davies

German Ships fire a salute in Kiel.  

Admiralty Yacht Grille.

A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  ? Walker Archive. Order Code  PGD012

 

Admiralty Yacht Grille.

 

A German Cruiser with Torpedo Boats

Reproduction of this photo is available by permission of Walker Archives. Photographic image size 10" x 7" approx   price ?20 plus ?3 post for UK ?10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here

German Cruisers in Scapa Flow

Reproduction of this photo is available by permission of Walker Archives. Photographic image size 10" x 7" approx   price ?20 plus ?3 post for UK ?10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here

German 9 Flotilla. cir. 1915

Courtesy of Walker Archives.

A German Admiral on board an unknown ship

Courtesy of Walker Archives.

German Flotilla en route to Helgoland 1914

Reproduction of this photo is available by permission of Walker Archives. Photographic image size 10" x 7" approx   price ?20 plus ?3 post for UK ?10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph here

German 2nd. Flotilla

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German depthcharges 

A German torpedo being fired

A German ship launching one of its torpedoes

The torpedo nearing the water.

Damage to a German ship

British ships sunk during the Zeebrugge raid of April 1918

Hohenzollern.

A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  ? Walker Archive. Order Code  PGD002

German Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern. 

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An aerial view of Zeebrugge after 1918

German Gunboat Luchs, launched at the turn of the century.  1090t displacement.

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ORIGINAL POSTCARD FOR SALE.  DONATED TOWARDS THE UPKEEP OF THIS SITE.

Torpedo Boat Fleet

Original  Postcard. Publisher Details Unknown. Price ?12.  Click here to order.    Order Code 

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SMS Mars

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SMS Mars.

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Purpose built training ship launched in 1881.  She was never intended as a fighting ship and was unarmoured and very slow.  She was finally broken up in 1921.

P6126 Frettchen at Malta, June 2001.

S71 Class Fast Attack Craft, launched 26th June 1983.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD384

P6127 Dachs at Malta, June 2001.

S 71 Class Fast Attack Craft, launched 14th December 1982.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD386

P6115 Sperber at Malta, June 2001.

S 61 Class Fast Attack Craft, launched 15th January 1974.  Transferred to Tunisia, July 2005, renamed Hamilcar.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD385

P6112 Falke at Malta, June 2001.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD387

P6112 Falke at Malta, June 2001.

S 61 Class fast attack craft, launched 21st March 1974.  In service 2003.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD320

P6128 Ozelot at Malta, June 2001.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD319

P6128 Ozelot at Malta, June 2001.

Launched 7th June 1983.  In service 2003.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD318

Meteor at Malta, October 2000.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD394

Meteor at Malta, October 2000.

Melville Class Oceanographic Survey Ship, commissioned 1970.

Photographed by Patrick D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts.  A reproduction of this original photo  size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  . Order Code  PD393

German Missile Patrol Boat. Either Gepard, Greif, Kondor or Kormoran but most likely to be Gepard, leaving the Gareloch, Scotland, 21st June 2004.

German Missile Patrol Boat. Either Gepard, Greif, Kondor or Kormoran but most likely to be Greif, leaving the Gareloch, Scotland, 21st June 2004.

German Missile Patrol Boat. Either Gepard, Greif, Kondor or Kormoran but most likely to be Kondor, leaving the Gareloch, Scotland, 21st June 2004.

The three German Missile Patrol Boats above in the Clyde.  Ship on left is Dutch Replenishment Vessel A832 Zuiderkruis.  Taken 21st June 2004

 

Members of the German Navy.

A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  ? Walker Archive. Order Code  PGD016


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