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The list of Kriegsmarine ships includes all ships commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany, during its existence from 1935 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945. See the list of naval ships of Germany for ships in German service throughout the country's history.
This category is for ships commissioned into Kriegsmarine service. See also: Category:Ships of the Imperial German Navy (to 1918) Category:Ships of the Reichsmarine (1918–1935) Category:Ships of the German Navy (1946 to present)
The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. Other lists include: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy; List of Kriegsmarine ships; List of German Federal Navy ships; List of German Navy ships; List of German Navy ship classes; List of U-boats of Germany
The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser), or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which, in World War II, travelled more than 161,000 km (100,000 mi) in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships with a combined tonnage of 144,384.
The Kriegsmarine 's ship design bureau, known as the Marineamt, was administered by officers with experience in sea duty but not in ship design, while the naval architects who did the actual design work had only a theoretical understanding of design requirements. As a result, the German surface fleet was plagued by design flaws throughout the war.
The list of German Federal Navy ships includes all ships commissioned into service with the Bundesmarine, the German navy which served West Germany during the Cold War from its foundation in 1956 through the unification of Germany in 1990, after which it was renamed German Navy (Deutsche Marine) in 1995.
Pages in category "Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Articles relating to the Kriegsmarine (1935-1945), the navy of Nazi Germany.It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic.