European Theater

Kriegsmarine

The navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It grew rapidly during the 1930s naval rearmament and challenged the British Royal Navy through surface raiding and devastating U-boat campaigns in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Heavy Cruisers

Admiral Hipper-class

Admiral Hipper

Admiral Hipper-class

Launched 6 February 1937
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateScuttled in Kiel, 3 May 1945

Deutschland-class

Admiral Graf Spee

Deutschland-class

Launched 30 June 1934
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateScuttled following the Battle of the River Plate, 17 December 1939

Admiral Hipper-class

Prinz Eugen

Admiral Hipper-class

Launched 22 August 1938
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateSurvived war, sunk after Operation Crossroads atomic tests 1946

Battleships

Bismarck-class

Bismarck

Bismarck-class

Launched 14 February 1939
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateSunk on 27 May 1941

Bismarck-class

Tirpitz

Bismarck-class

Launched 1 April 1939
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateSunk on 12 November 1944 by Tallboy bombs

Battlecruisers

Scharnhorst-class

Gneisenau

Scharnhorst-class

Launched 8 December 1936
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateSunk as blockship in Gotenhafen, March 1945

Scharnhorst-class

Scharnhorst

Scharnhorst-class

Launched 3 October 1936
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateSunk on 26 December 1943 at the Battle of the North Cape

Aircraft Carriers

Graf Zeppelin-class

Graf Zeppelin

Graf Zeppelin-class

Launched 8 December 1938
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateScuttled in 1945, raised by Soviets, sunk as target 1947

Submarines

Type VIIB

U-47

Type VIIB

Launched 29 October 1938
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateMissing since 7 March 1941

Type VIIC

U-96

Type VIIC

Launched N/A
Displacement N/A
Speed N/A

FateSunk by US bombers in Wilhelmshaven, 30 March 1945