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List of active German Navy ships
This is a list of active German Navy ships as of 2022. There are approximately 65 ships in commission including; 11 frigates, 5 corvettes, 2 minesweepers, 10 minehunters, 6 submarines, 11 replenishment ships and 20 miscellaneous auxiliary vessels.
Submarine fleet Edit
Surface fleet Edit
Frigates (11 in service) Edit
Class | In Service | Picture | Type | Boats | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baden-Württemberg class | 4 | Frigate, low intensity operations | Baden-Württemberg | F222 | 2019 | 7,200 tonnes | Heaviest displacement of any frigate worldwide | |
Nordrhein-Westfalen | F223 | 2020 | ||||||
Sachsen-Anhalt | F224 | 2021 | ||||||
Rheinland-Pfalz | F225 | 2022 | ||||||
Sachsen class | 3 | Air-defence frigate | Sachsen | F219 | 2004 | 5,800 tonnes | Order for 4th ship cancelled. Generally considered a destroyer internationally due to size, armament, and role.[2] | |
Hamburg | F220 | 2004 | ||||||
Hessen | F221 | 2006 | ||||||
Brandenburg class | 4 | General-purpose frigate | Brandenburg | F215 | 1994 | 4,900 tonnes | To be replaced | |
Schleswig-Holstein | F216 | 1994 | ||||||
Bayern | F217 | 1995 | ||||||
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | F218 | 1996 |
Corvettes (5 in service) Edit
Class | In Service | Picture | Type | Boats | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Braunschweig class | 5 | General-purpose corvette | Braunschweig | F260 | 2008 | 1,840 tonnes | 1 in trial, 4 in construction, for a total of ten ships eventually[3] | |
Magdeburg | F261 | 2008 | ||||||
Erfurt | F262 | 2013 | ||||||
Oldenburg | F263 | 2013 | ||||||
Ludwigshafen am Rhein | F264 | 2013 |
Mine counter-measures (12 in service) Edit
Class | In Service | Picture | Type | Boats | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
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Ensdorf class | 2 | Minesweeper | Pegnitz | M1090 | 1990 | 650 tonnes | 3 retired (in 2014, 2015) | |
Siegburg | M1098 | 1990 | ||||||
Frankenthal class | 10 | Minehunter | Rottweil | M1061 | 1993 | 650 tonnes | 2 retired | |
Bad Bevensen | M1063 | 1993 | ||||||
Bad Rappenau | M1067 | 1994 | ||||||
Grömitz | M1064 | 1994 | ||||||
Datteln | M1068 | 1994 | ||||||
Dillingen | M1065 | 1995 | ||||||
Homburg | M1069 | 1995 | ||||||
Sulzbach-Rosenberg | M1062 | 1996 | ||||||
Fulda | M1058 | 1998 | ||||||
Weilheim | M1059 | 1998 |
Auxiliary fleet Edit
Replenishment (11 in service) Edit
Class | In Service | Picture | Type | Boats | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berlin | 3 | Replenishment oiler | Berlin | A1411 | 2001 | 20,240 tonnes | ||
Frankfurt am Main | A1412 | 2002 | ||||||
Bonn | A1413 | 2013 | ||||||
Rhön | 2 | Replenishment oiler | Rhön | A1443 | 1977 | 14,169 tonnes | Replacement planned for 2025-2026 | |
Spessart | A1442 | 1977 | ||||||
Elbe | 6 | Tender | Elbe | A511 | 1993 | 3,586 tonnes | ||
Mosel | A512 | 1993 | ||||||
Rhein | A513 | 1993 | ||||||
Werra | A514 | 1993 | ||||||
Main | A515 | 1994 | ||||||
Donau | A516 | 1994 |
Tug (10 in service) Edit
Class | In Service | Picture | Type | Boats | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wangerooge | 2 | Ocean tugboat | Wangerooge | A1451 | 1968 | 798 tonnes | ||
Spiekeroog | A1452 | 1968 | ||||||
Helgoland | 1 | Salvage tug | Fehmarn | A1458 | 1967 | 1,310 tonnes | ||
Nordstrand-Klasse | 6 | Harbour tugboat | Nordstrand | Y817 | 1987 | |||
Langeness | Y819 | 1987 | ||||||
Vogelsand | Y816 | 1987 | ||||||
Lütje Hörn | Y812 | 1990 | ||||||
Scharhörn | Y815 | 1990 | ||||||
Knechtsand | Y814 | 1990 | ||||||
Warnow-Klasse | 1 | Tugboat | Warnow | Y1659 |
Miscellaneous (9 in service) Edit
Class | In Service | Picture | Type | Boats | No. | Comm. | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oste | 3 | Electronic surveillance | Oste | A52 | 1988 | 3,200 tonnes | Replacement planned from 2029 to 2031. Three Type 424 ships were ordered in July 2023 for € 3.26 billion.[4] | |
Oker | A53 | 1988 | ||||||
Alster | A50 | 1989 | ||||||
Bottsand | 2 | Pollution control | Bottsand | Y1643 | 1984 | 650 tonnes | ||
Eversand | Y1644 | 1987 | ||||||
Schwedeneck | 2 | Trials ship | Kronsort | Y861 | 1987 | 1,000 tonnes | 1 cancelled 1 retired | |
Helmsand | Y862 | 1988 | ||||||
Planet | 1 | Research ship | Planet | A1437 | 2005 | 3,500 tonnes | ||
Gorch Fock | 1 | Sail training ship | Gorch Fock | A60 | 1958 | 1,760 tonnes |
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ "TKMS to Build Six Type 212CD Submarines for German and Norwegian Navies". 8 July 2021.
- ^ "F 124 Sachsen class".
- ^ "First Steel Cut for German Navy's Third K130 Batch 2 Corvette 'Karlsruhe'". 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Chinook-Helikopter, Flottendienstboote, luftlandefähige Fahrzeuge für die Truppe". www.bmvg.de (in German). 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
External links Edit
- Official Website of German Navy in English
- Die Flotte 2006 - official fleet listing and presentation in German and English