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.

Naval ensign of Germany

Submarine fleet
Class In Service Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Type 212 6 Attack submarine U31 S181 2005 1,830 tonnes Two CD variants of the class planned by 2034.[1]
U32 S182 2005
U33 S183 2006
U34 S184 2007
U35 S185 2015
U36 S186 2016

Surface fleet

Frigates (11 in service)
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)
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)
Class In Service Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
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

Replenishment (11 in service)
Class In Service Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Berlin class 3 Replenishment oiler Berlin A1411 2001 20,240 tonnes
Frankfurt am Main A1412 2002
Bonn A1413 2013
Rhön class 2 Replenishment oiler Rhön A1443 1977 14,169 tonnes Replacement planned for 2025-2026
Spessart A1442 1977
Elbe class 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)
Class In Service Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
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)
Class In Service Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Oste class 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 class 2 Pollution control Bottsand Y1643 1984 650 tonnes
Eversand Y1644 1987
Schwedeneck class 2 Trials ship Kronsort Y861 1987 1,000 tonnes 1 cancelled

1 retired

Helmsand Y862 1988
Planet class 1 Research ship Planet A1437 2005 3,500 tonnes
Gorch Fock class 1 Gorch Fock class Sail training ship Gorch Fock A60 1958 1,760 tonnes

Future German Navy ships

Submarine fleet
Class Ordered Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Type 212CD 2 Attack submarine U43 S193 2032 2,500 tonnes [1]
U44 S194 2034

Frigates
Class Ordered Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
F126 Frigate

MKS 180

 4+2 option Frigate, low intensity operations – F227 2028 10,550 tonnes Successor to the F123 Brandenburg class frigate
– F228 –
– F229 –
– F230 –
F 127 Frigate 4 — Air Defense Frigate – F233 – 4,900 tonnes To be replaced
– F234 –
– F235 –
– F236 –

Corvette
Class In Service Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Braunschweig class (K130)

Batch 2

 5 General-purpose corvette Köln F265 2025 1,840 tonnes [3]
Emden F266 –
Karlsruhe F267 –
Augsburg F268 –
Lübeck F269 2025

Replenishment
Class Ordered Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Class 707 2 — Combat Support Ship – – 2025 20,000 tonnes Replacement of the Rhön class[5]
– – 2025

Miscellaneous
Class Ordered Picture Type Boats No. Comm. Displacement Note
Class 424 3 — SIGINT vessel – – 2027 – Replacement of the Oste class [6]
– – 2029
– – 2031

See also

References
  1. "TKMS to Build Six Type 212CD Submarines for German and Norwegian Navies". 8 July 2021.
  2. "F 124 Sachsen class".
  3. "First Steel Cut for German Navy's Third K130 Batch 2 Corvette 'Karlsruhe'". 13 August 2020.
  4. "Chinook-Helikopter, Flottendienstboote, luftlandefähige Fahrzeuge für die Truppe". www.bmvg.de (in German). 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  5. Network, MI News (2023-07-05). "Germany Begins Construction Of Its First Type 707 Replenishment Tanker Vessel". Marine Insight. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  6. "Germany starts construction of new Class 424 intelligence ship". Navy Naval News Navy Recognition. 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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