List of German Navy ship classes - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of naval ship class

Ship class

A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. This is distinct from a ship-type, which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use. For example, the is a nuclear aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class....

es that were in service with the Bundesmarine (navy

Navy

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of West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

), or are still in service with the Deutsche Marine (navy of reunited Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

). Some projects, that were not built or future designs are also present.

The Type codes

The post-war navy of western Germany introduced a three digit code system to designate every class of vessel they ordered to design or acquired from foreign nations. Even some classes that were only built for export got such codes, most prominently the Type 209 submarine

Type 209 submarine

The Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export in the late 1960s by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany...

. After reunification the Deutsche Marine kept the system, codes for ships from the former forces of East Germany (NVA

National People's Army

The National People’s Army were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic .The NVA was established in 1956 and disestablished in 1990. There were frequent reports of East German advisors with Communist African countries during the Cold War...

) were added. (See #Former NVA units).

The code is sometimes prefixed with a letter according to the category of the ships, e.g.:

U for submarines (U-Boot)
Z for destroyer (Zerstörer)
F for frigates (Fregatten)
S for fast attack craft (Schnellboote)

Upgrades to the design or major refits of already built ships are marked with a postfixed letter, beginning with A for the first modification. This letter is usually spoken and sometimes written according to the NATO Phonetic Alphabet

NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet, more accurately known as the NATO spelling alphabet and also called the ICAO phonetic or spelling alphabet, the ITU phonetic alphabet, and the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet...

, e.g. class 206 alpha for the upgraded Type 206 submarine

Type 206 submarine

The Type 206 is a class of diesel-electric submarines developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft . Its design is based on the preceding Type 205 submarine class. These small and agile submarines were built during the Cold War to operate in the shallow Baltic Sea and attack Warsaw Pact shipping if...

.

The codes are grouped with a two-level categorization, the first digit defines the first category. Categories are usually further subdivided in blocks.

In each block of Type codes, the numbers were assigned chronologically for designed types. Classes acquired from foreign nation or from World War II were given numbers near the end of their block. Sometimes a block is further divided, e.g. Types 120—139 have apparently been split in frigates (120-129) and corvettes (130-139) with the upcoming Type 130 corvette.

The Type codes starting with 0 are not used, and also the digit 0 is skipped at the start of a category, i.e. codes 000-099, 100, 200… are not used.

Individual ships in a class are designated with two digit number following a slash, e.g. 123/02 for the frigate F216 Schleswig-Holstein, second ship of the Type 123 Brandenburg class

Brandenburg class frigate

The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigate. They were ordered by the German Navy in June 1989, and then completed and commissioned between 1994 and 1996 to replace the Hamburg class destroyers...

List of classes

Entries of classes know to be in service are coloured light blue.
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100-199 surface combatant
Surface combatant
Surface combatants are a subset of Naval Warships which are designed to engage in combat on the surface of the water, with their own weapons. They are generally ships built to fight other ships, submarines or aircraft, and can carry out several other missions including counter-narcotics operations...

s

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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;" |101—119 Zerstörer (Destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

)
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!Type!!Class!!Pennant
numbers

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes/fate
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|101||Hamburg

Hamburg class destroyer

The Type 101 Hamburg class was the only class of destroyers built in post-war Germany. They were specifically designed to operate in the Baltic Sea, where armament and speed are more important than seaworthiness. They were named after the "Bundesländer" of West Germany.The German shipyard...

||D181—184||4||1964—1994|| upgraded to 101A, all scrapped
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|103||Lütjens

Lütjens class destroyer

The Type 103 Lütjens class was the last class of destroyers in service with the German Navy. They were replaced by the new Sachsen-class frigates, designated frigate even though they are much larger and more capable in all aspects than the Lütjens class destroyers.Basically the ships were Charles F...

||D185—187||3||1969—2003|| upgrades 103A and 103B, 1 museum ship

Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...

, the others scrapped
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|119||Fletcher

Fletcher class destroyer

The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...

||D170—180||6||1958—1982||1 used as target ship

Target ship

A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.-Rationale:Sinking redundant warships is an effective way of testing new weapons and warships in as realistic a manner as possible. Whilst practice torpedoes are fired...

, 1 scrapped, 4 sold to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

(later scrapped),
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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;" |120—139 Fregatten und Korvetten (frigate

Frigate

A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

s and corvette

Corvette

A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...

s)
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|120||Köln

Köln class frigate

The ships of the F120 Köln class of frigates were the first major warships built in Germany after World War II.They were the world's first ships to feature a combined diesel and gas propulsion system. The ships received numerous refits during their long careers with new electronics and torpedo tubes...

||F220—225||6||1961—1989||1 used as hulk

Hulk (ship)

A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea. Although sometimes used to describe a ship that has been launched but not completed, the term most often refers to an old ship that has had its rigging or internal equipment removed, retaining only its flotational qualities...

, 1 scrapped, 4 sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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|121||Fregatte 70|| || || || cancelled project
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|122||Bremen

Bremen class frigate

The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy were commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design is similar to the Dutch Kortenaer class but uses a different hull and propulsion system. The ships were built for anti-submarine warfare as a primary task even though they are not fitted with...

||F207—214||8||1982—||multi-purpose frigate
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|123||Brandenburg

Brandenburg class frigate

||F215—218||4||1994—|| Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....

frigate
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|124||Sachsen

Sachsen class frigate

The F124 Sachsen class is Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates. The design of the Sachsen class frigate is based on that of the F123 Brandenburg class but with enhanced stealth features intended to deceive any opponent's radar and acoustic sensors and incorporate also the...

||F219—221||3||2003—|| Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare

NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...

frigate, option for a 4th ship
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|125|| F125

F125 class frigate

F125 is the project name for the Type 125 Baden-Württemberg class of frigates, currently in development for the German Navy by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and Lürssen...

|| || || || in design phase
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|130||Braunschweig

Braunschweig class corvette

The K130 Braunschweig class is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They supplement the Gepard class fast attack craft that are currently used.-Technical details:...

||F260—F264 ||5|| ||currently building, planned 5
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|138|| Hunt

Hunt class destroyer

The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...

/Black Swan

Black Swan class sloop

The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...

||F212—218 ||7||1958—1967||Former British frigates and sloops, used for training, all scrapped
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|139|| Isle

Isles class trawler

The Isles class trawlers were a class of naval trawler used by the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II....

||A50—51 ||2||1956—?||Former British naval trawlers, converted and redesignated Type 752
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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;"|140—159 Schnellboote (Fast Attack Craft

Fast Attack Craft

Fast Attack Craft are small, fast, agile and offensive warships, that are armed with anti-ship missiles, guns or torpedoes. These are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the sea-keeping and all-round defensive capabilities to survive in blue water. The size of the vessel...

)
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|140||Jaguar

Jaguar class fast attack craft

The Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55. The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in Service from 1959 to 1976...

/ Typ 55 ||P6058—6067
P6082—6091||20||1957—1975||6 Eberhard-Arnis, 1 Hirdis-Kiel, 1 used as target ship

Target ship

s France,
1 scrapped, 10 sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

scrapped,
1 museum ship

Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...

(P6083 Kranich, scrapped 2007)
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|141||Seeadler

Seeadler class fast attack craft

The Type 141 Seeadler class fast attack craft differs from Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft only in the installation of other, later more powerful diesel engine....

||P6068—6077 ||10||1958—1976||sold to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

last scrapped 2005/2006
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|142||Zobel

Zobel class fast attack craft

The Type 142 Zobel class was a German class of torpedo bearing Fast Attack Craft . They were in service with the Bundesmarine during the Cold War to protect the Baltic sea coast...

||P6092—6101 ||10||1961—1984||6 sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, 1 Lürssen Shipyard, 3 German Navy (1 for training Ship safety device)
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|143||Albatros

Albatros class fast attack craft

The Type 143 Albatros class was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey including the albatross, condor and and cormorant....

||P6111—6120 ||10||1976—2005||6 sold to Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

, 2 sold privately, 2 can be bought or will be scrapped (2007)
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|143A||Gepard

Gepard class fast attack craft

The Type 143A Gepard class is Germany's last class of missile bearing fast attack craft and the only one still in service with the German Navy since 1990.It is an evolution of the Type 143 Albatros class...

||P6121—6130 ||10||1982—||
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|144|| || ||0|| || cancelled project with CODAG

Combined diesel and gas

Combined diesel and gas ' is a type of propulsion system for ships which need a maximum speed that is considerably faster than their cruise speed, particularly warships like modern frigates or corvettes....

propulsion
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|145|| || ||0|| || cancelled project of a missile boat

Missile boat

A Missile Boat is a small craft armed with anti-ship missiles. Being a small craft, missile boats are popular with nations interested in forming an inexpensive navy...

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|146|| || ||0|| || cancelled project of a torpedo boat

Torpedo boat

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...

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|148||Tiger

Tiger class fast attack craft

The Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft is a modification of the French La Combattante II design for the Bundesmarine . The La Combattante had been designed by Lürssen of Germany for Israel, but were built in France by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie in Cherbourg for political reasons...

||P6141—6160 ||20||1972—2002||French origin & powered by Lürssen-Bremen, 6 sold to Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, 5 to Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

, 6 to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

and 3 scrapped
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|149||Silbermöve ||P6052—6057||10||1956—1967||No former World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

of the German Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

, new order from the German Bundesgrenzschutz

Bundesgrenzschutz

Bundesgrenzschutz was the first federal police organization in Western Germany after World War II permitted by the Allied occupation authorities. In July 2005, the BGS was renamed Bundespolizei to reflect its transition to a multi-faceted police agency.It was established in 1951...

/German Coastguard, unfortunately an offence against the Potsdam Agreement

Potsdam Agreement

The Potsdam Agreement was the Allied plan of tripartite military occupation and reconstruction of Germany—referring to the German Reich with its pre-war 1937 borders including the former eastern territories—and the entire European Theatre of War territory...

, seizure by the U.K., first in service of the Baltic Fishery Protection Service (Verband Klose), later in the 1. Schnellbootgeschwader of the German Navy
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|150|| || ||0|| ||50t patrol boat

Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...

(cancelled project)
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|151|| || ||0|| ||50t patrol boat

Patrol boat

(cancelled project)
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|152||Nasty ||P6191—6192|| 2||1960—1973||From Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, for trials
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|153||Vosper

Vosper & Company

Vosper & Company, often referred to simply as Vospers, was a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth, England.-History:The Company was established in 1871 by Herbert Edward Vosper, concentrating on ship repair and refitting work....

motor torpedo boat

Motor Torpedo Boat

Motor Torpedo Boat was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navy.The capitalised term is generally used for the Royal Navy boats and abbreviated to "MTB"...

||P6193—6194||2||1962—1967||British origin, for trials
|-
|157||??? || ||21||1969—??||small patrol craft, given to Bundesgrenzschutz

Bundesgrenzschutz

|-
!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;"|160—169 Tragflügelboote (Hydrofoil

Hydrofoil

A hydrofoil is a foil which operates in water. They are similar in appearance and purpose to airfoils.Hydrofoils can be artificial, such as the rudder or keel on a boat, the diving planes on a submarine, a surfboard fin, or occur naturally, as with fish fins, the flippers of aquatic mammals, the...

s)
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|160|| || ||0|| ||cancelled project, Schlichting

Schlichting

Schlichting could refer to:*Hermann Schlichting , German engineer*Joachim Schlichting , German major*Jonas Schlichting, 17th century German-Polish Socinian theologian*Kurt C...

design
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|161|| || ||0|| ||cancelled project, Lürssen

Lürssen

Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...

design
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|162|| || ||0|| ||NATO project, Bundesmarine withdrew 1977, resulted in the US Pegasus class hydrofoil

Pegasus class hydrofoil

The Pegasus-class hydrofoils were a series of fast attack patrol boats employed by the U.S. Navy. They were in service from 1977 through 1993...

, Type 143 built instead
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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;" |170—179 U-Jagdboote (Submarine

Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...

hunters)
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|179||La Fouguex(?)|| ||1||1958||French design, Licence built for NATO (?)
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200-299 subsurface combatants

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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;"|201—249 U-Boote (Submarine

Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...

s)
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!Type!!Class!!Pennant
Numbers

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes
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|201|| Type 201

Type 201 submarine

The Type 201 was Germany's first class of military submarines built after World War II. They were built out of amagnetic steel to counter the threat of magnetic naval mines...

||S180—182||3||1962—1967||350 ton coastal submarines
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|202|| Type 202

Type 202 submarine

The Type 202 was a short lived class of German submarines. Design of these very small submarines started in 1957 by Ingenieurkontor Lübeck . It was intended to build 40 Type 202 mini submarines with a six man crew but technical difficulties and doubts about their usefulness reduced them to three,...

||S172—173||2||1965—1966||100 ton mini submarines, a large fleet was initially planned, used for trials only
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|203|| || || || ||cancelled project
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|204|| || || || ||cancelled project
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|205|| Type 205

Type 205 submarine

The Type 205 was a class of diesel-electric German hunter-killer U-boat submarines. They were single-hull vessels optimized for the use in the shallow Baltic Sea. The Type 205 is a direct evolution of the Type 201 class with lengthened hull, new machinery and sensors...

||S183—191||10||1962—2005||450 ton coastal submarines,
U11 was upgraded to 205A and U12 to 205B
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|206|| Type 206

Type 206 submarine

||S192—199
S171—179||18||1973— ||500 ton, 12 have been upgraded to 206A, 7 of them still in service
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|207|| Kobben (Type 207)

Kobben class submarine

The Kobben class or Type 207 is a version of the German Type 205 submarine customized for use by the Royal Norwegian Navy.- History :...

|| ||16|| ||Type 205 version for Norway and Denmark(lately used only by Poland)]
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|208|| || || || ||Cancelled project or maybe used internally for TR-1700

TR-1700 class submarine

The TR-1700 is a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines built by Thyssen Nordseewerke for the Argentine Navy in the 1980s. These ships are the largest submarines built in Germany since World War II and are among the fastest diesel-electric submarines in the world.- Development :The original...

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|209|| Type 209

Type 209 submarine

The Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export in the late 1960s by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany...

|| ||over 60|| ||1200-1600 ton boats, for export only
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|210|| Ula (Type 210)

Ula class submarine

The Ula class is a Norwegian submarine type which was assembled in Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The class, consisting of 6 vessels, is currently the only submarine type in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy.-History:...

|| ||6|| ||1200 ton boats, Built for Norway

Norway

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|211|| || || || ||cancelled project or maybe used internally for Dolphin

Dolphin class submarine

The Type 800 Dolphin class is a diesel-electric submarine developed and constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG , Germany for the Israeli Navy. It is based on the export-only German 209 class submarines, but modified and reduced and is thus not seen as a member of the 209 family...

|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|212|| Type 212

Type 212 submarine

The German Type 212 class, also Italian Todaro class, is a highly advanced design of non-nuclear submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG and Fincantieri S.p.a. for the German and Italian Navy. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion system using...

||S181—184||4||2005—||1800 ton, design upgraded to 212A, also built in/for Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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|213|| Type 213 || || || ||planned enhanced 2nd batch of Type 212
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|214|| Type 214

Type 214 submarine

The Type 214 is a diesel-electric submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH . It features diesel propulsion with an air-independent propulsion system using Siemens polymer electrolyte membrane hydrogen fuel cells...

|| || || ||larger export sub, based on Type 209 with some enhancements from Type 212
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|240|| Type 240 ||S170—S171||2||1957—1968||Upgraded former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

Type XXIII U-boats
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|241|| Wilhelm Bauer ||Y880||1||1960—1968||Upgraded former Kriegsmarine Type XXI U-boat
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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;"|250—299 not assigned
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300-399 mine
Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...

warfare vessels

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!colspan=6 align=center|301—319 Hochseeminensuchboote (ocean-going minesweeper

Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...

)
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!Type!!Class!!Pennant
number

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes/Fate
|-

|319|| M type

M class minesweeper (Germany)

The M class were the standard minesweeper of the German Navy during World War II.-M1935:The first series; the M1935 were ordered in the late 1930s to replace worn out World War I vintage boats. These ships proved versatile and seaworthy. The vessels could also undertake convoy escort,...

||F207—211
M187—192||11||1956—1963||former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

boats, 4 used as target ship

Target ship

s (1 sunk), 6 redesignated as 730, others scrapped
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|320—329 Küstenminensuchboote (coastal minesweepers)
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|320||Lindau||M1070—1087||18||1958—1980||12 upgraded to type Type 331, 6 to 351
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|321||Vegesack||M1250—1255||6||1959—1969||French Origin, sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

|-
!colspan=6 align=center|330—339 Minenjagdboote (minehunter

Minehunter

Minehunters are mine countermeasure vessels that actively detect and destroy individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines...

s)
|-
|331||Fulda||M1071—1072
M1074—1075
M1077—1078
M1080
M1084—1087||12||1972—2000||1 museum ship

Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...

, 2 scrapped, 2 each to Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

, 1 to Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, 1 to Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

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|332|| Frankenthal

Frankenthal class mine hunter

The Type 332 Frankenthal class mine hunter is a class of German mine hunters. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 Hameln class minesweeper, but the equipment differs....

||M1058—1069||12||1992—||
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|333||Kulmbach

Kulmbach class mine hunter

The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.-List of ships:...

||M1091—1096||5|| ||upgraded Type 343 boats
|-
|339|| ||W44,45
W53—56||6||1956—1970||former French Navy

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

vessels, Canadian origin, all scrapped
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|340—369 Schnelle Minensuch- und Minenkampfboote sowie Räumfahrzeuge
(fast minesweepers, mine warfare ships and clearing vessels)
|-
|340||Krebs||M1050—1059||10||1959—1990||decommissioned
|-
|341||Schütze||M1060—1069
M1090—1099||20||1959—1990||1 redesignated as Type 903, others decommissioned
|-
|342|| || || || ||cancelled project
|-
|343|| Hameln ||M1090—1099||10||1989—2001||5 upgraded to Type 333, 5 to Type 352
|-
|350|| || || || ||project cancelled 1973
|-
|351||Ulm||M1073,M1076
M1079
M1081—1083||6||1989—2000||former Type 320, to South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

in 2001
M1081 Konstanz expended as target by two Exocet MM40 surface to surface missiles fired from SA Navy frigates SAS Amatola and SAS Isandlwana during Exercise Red Lion on November 1, 2007 about 90 km west of Saldanha Bay, South Africa.
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|352|| Ensdorf

Ensdorf class minesweeper

The five minesweepers of the German Navy's Type 352 Ensdorf class are former Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers that have been upgraded with the TROIKA PLUS system.The Ensdorf class have three modes to clear mine fields:...

||M1090
M1092—1094
M1098||5|| ||former Type 343 boats
MCM drone controller
|-
|355||ERMISS|| || || ||cancelled project
|-
|359|| ||M1051—1054
M1056—1064
M1067—1089
W46—48
52,61,62||24||1956—1968||15 used as Type 730, 1 Type 732, 1 Type 739
|-
|360||Hansa||W22||1||1958—1968||redesignated as Type 392
|-
|361||Hansa||W21||1||1958—1968||redesignated as Type 391
|-
|362|| ||W23—40||18||1961—1968||8 redesignated as Type 393, 10 Type 394
|-
|368|| ||W1—3
W13—19||10||1956—1974||4 to Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, 2 to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, 1 Type 740
|-
|368||Nordwind||Y834||1||1956—||training boat
|-
|369|| ||Y827,830
Y832,833
Y845,846||6||1956—1994||4 to Kazahstan
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|370—379 Minenleger (Minelayer

Minelayer

Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft. Additionally, since World War I the term minelayer refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines...

s)
|-
|370|| ||A1403—1405||3||1961—1971||Former USN

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

LST

Tank landing ship

Landing Ship, Tank was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto an unimproved shore....

s, 1 scrapped, 2 to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

|-
!colspan=6 align=center|380-389 Netzleger und Netzleichter (net layers and net lighters)
|-
| || || || || ||cancelled projects
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|390-399 Binnenminensuchboot (inland waterway minesweepers)
|-
|390|| ||M2651||1||1966—||transformed to Type 740, two boats cancelled
|-
|391||Niobe||M2661||1|| ||transformed into Type 740
|-

|-
|392||Hansa ||M2662||1|| ||transformed into Type 732
|-
|393||Ariadne ||M2650—2657||8||1961—1992||1 hulk

Hulk (ship)

, most scrapped
|-
|394||Frauenlob||M2658—2667||10||1966—2001||4 to Estonia

Estonia

, 1 museum ship

Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...

|-

!colspan=6|

400-499 auxiliary ships

|-
!colspan=6 align=center|401—419 Tender

Ship's tender

A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship...

|-
!Type!!Class!!Pennant
number

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes/Fate
|-
|401|| Rhein ||A58—66||8||1961—1993||4 scrapped, 3 sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, 1 to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

|-
|402|| Mosel ||A67,54,65||3||1963—1991||2 scrapped, 1 sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

|-
|403|| Lahn ||A55—56||2||1964—1991||scrapped
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|404|| Elbe

Elbe class replenishment ship

The Type 404 Elbe class replenishment ships of the German Navy were built to support its squadrons of Fast Attack Craft, submarines and minesweeper/hunters, as such they are usually referred to as tenders....

||A511—516||6||1993—||
|-
|419|| Oste ||A52,53||2||1956—?||Former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

tender, redesignated and assigned to Type 753 (A52) and 754 (A53)

|-
!colspan=6 align=center|420—429 Flottendienstboote und U-Jagdboote

(Fleet service ships and small submarine hunters)
|-
|420|| Thetis ||P6052—6056||5||1961—1992||Sold to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

|-

|421||Hans Bürkner||A1449||1||1963—1990||Fleet service ship, scrapped
|-
|422|| ||A50,52,53||3||1957—1988||Former Type 753 ships, Fleet service ships, 1 scrapped, one sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, other to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|423||Oste

Oste class fleet service ship

Type 423 Oste class are purpose built SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships of the German Navy. Officially designated as fleet service ships, they replaced the Type 422 class....

|| A50,52,53||3||1988—||Confusingly share same Pennant number and name combinations as Type 422 class
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|430—439 Torpedofangboote (Torpedo

Torpedo

The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...

retrieving boats)
|-
|430||Type 430||Y851—856
872—874||9||1966—||6 upgraded to 430A, most sold to Greece, 1 maybe still in service
|-
|438||Type 438||Y883—886
835||7||1959—1989||Former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

boats
|-
|439||Type 439||Y806—807
P6015—6020
P6043—6051||18||1956—1976||Some of them redesignated as Type 740 or 945, used as patrol boats
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|401—419 Schulschiffe (School ship

School ship

A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms....

s)
|-
|440|| Deutschland

German naval ship Deutschland (A59)

Deutschland was a naval ship of the Bundesmarine, the West German Navy. She was constructed and used as a training cruiser in peacetime and planned for multi-role missions in the event of war: troop ship, hospital ship, minelayer, and escort...

||A59||1||1963—1990||Upgraded to 440A, scrapped
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|441|| Gorch Fock II

Gorch Fock (1958)

The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy . She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916...

||A60||1||1958—||Sailing ship
|-
|442|| || ||2|| ||Sailing ship (planned)
|-

!colspan=6|

500-599 landing craft

|-
!colspan=6 align=center|501-539 Landungsboote (landing boats)
|-
!Type!!Class!!Pennant
number

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes/Fate
|-
|502||LSM 1|| ||1|| ||decommissioned
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|520||Barbe

Barbe class utility landing craft

The Type 520 Barbe class utility landing craft are small units of the German Navy used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying....

||L760—768
L788—791
L795—799||22||1965—||Utility landing craft, 5 different upgrades/versions (A—D), 10 to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, L762 and L765 still in service
|-
|521|| LCM-8

LCM-8

The LCM-8 is a river boat and mechanized landing craft used by the United States Navy and Army during the Vietnam War and subsequent operations. They are currently used by governments and private organizations throughout the world. The acronym stands for "Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8...

||LCM1—20
A1423
A1430—1434
L786,787
|28||1965—||11 to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, decommissioned(?)
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|540-599 not assigned
|-
|540|| || || || ||Task force support ship (cancelled project?)
|-
|550|| LSM ||L750—753||4||1958—1973||Former USN

United States Navy

LSMs
|-
|551||LSM||L754,755||2||1958—1967||Former USN LSMs
|-
|552|| LCA

Landing Craft Assault

The Landing Craft Assault was a British landing craft used extensively in World War II. Its primary purpose was to ferry troops from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. The craft derived from a prototype designed by John I. Thornycroft Ltd. During the war it was manufactured throughout...

||LCA30—33
LCA35—40||9||1958—1964||Formar RN

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

LCAs
|-
|553|| LCM ||LCM10
LCM602—606
LCM231,233
LCM235—237||11||1960—1973||Former USN LCMs
|-
|554|| LCU

Landing Craft Utility

The Landing Craft Utility is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers....

||LCU1||1||1959—1967||Former USN LCU, used as LCA leader
|-
|555|| Citiy of Havanna ||WS1||1||1961—1965||Former USN LSD

Dock landing ship

A Dock landing ship or Landing ship is a form of amphibious warship designed to support amphibious operations. These amphibious assault ships transport and launch amphibious craft and vehicles with their crews and embarked personnel...

, used as ferry and swimming barrack, sold to Greek Shipping company
|-

!colspan=6|

600-699 small combatants

|-
|colspan=6|
This category was formally not used. Small NVA

National People's Army

combatants were assigned here.
|-

!colspan=6|

700-799 support vessels, docks, tugs, special vehicles

|-
!colspan=6 align=center|701—736 Transporter, Schlepper und Betriebsfahrzeuge
(transport ships, tugs and utility vessels)
|-
!Type!!Class!!Pennant
numbers

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes/Fate
|-
|701|| Lüneburg ||A1411—1418||8||1966—2005||Many upgrades, 701A through 701E
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|702|| |Berlin

Berlin class replenishment ship

The Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine . In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a...

|| A1411—1412||2||2001—||Third unit ordered
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|703|| Walchensee

Walchensee class tanker

The Walchensee class tanker is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour....

||A1424—1427||4||1966—||small fuel tanker and transport ship, 2 still in service
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|704|| Rhön

Rhön class tanker

The Type 704A Rhön class tankers are replenishment oiler used by the German Navy to provide underway replenishment for its ships at sea.-Ship list:Originally the ships were built for Libya as Okene and Okapi...

||A1442—1443||2||1977—||Larger fuel tanker, originally built for Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

|-
|705|| ||A1403—1406
Y865—866||6||1963—2000||Fresh water tanker, most sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

and Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

|-
|706||Schwarzwald||A1400||1||1961—1974||Former French Navy

French Navy

ship Almathée, ammunition transport ship
|-
|708|| || ||2||—1970||Maintenance ships, swimming workshops. Built out of old landing ships
|-
|710||Förde ||A1641—1642||2||1967—1992||Oil tank cleaning ships, scrapped
|-
|711||Hiev || ||2||1962— ||100t swimming cranes
|-
|712|| || ||2||1961— ||Lifting docks
|-
|713|| || ||4||1961– ||lifiting pontoons

Pontoon (boat)

A pontoon is a flotation device with buoyancy sufficient to float itself as well as a heavy load. A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on pontoons to float. Pontoons may be used on boats, rafts, barges, docks, floatplanes or seaplanes. Pontoons may support a platform, creating a raft. A...

, 1 still in service?
|-
|714||Dock B|| ||1||1963— ||4500t self propelled swimming dock, built 1939
|-
|715|| || ||3||1960— ||8000t swimming docks, built 1943
|-
|718|| ||LP1—LP3 ||2||1964— ||submarine battery loading pram

Pram (ship)

A pram or pramm describes a type of shallow-draught flat-bottomed ship.They were used in Europe during the 18th century, particularly in the Baltic Sea during the Great Northern War and Napoleonic Wars, as the pram's shallow draught allowed it to approach the shore. They typically carried 10-20...

s, 1 still in service?
|-
|719||Memmert||Y875||1||1956—1980||former US Navy

United States Navy

USN 106 crane ship
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|720||Helgoland

Helgoland class tug

The Type 720 Helgoland class tugs are large seagoing salvage tugs used by the German Navy. After the decommissioning of Helgoland, the class is now referred to as Fehmarn Klasse in the German Navy. As with other auxiliary ship classes in Germany, these tugboats are manned by a civilian crew...

||A1457—1458||2||1966— ||Salvage tug, upgrades 720A, 720B. A1458 Fehmarn still in service
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|721||Eisvogel

Eisvogel class icebreaker

The Eisvogel class icebreakers was a two ship class built for the German Navy by the Hitzler Werft shipyard of Lauenburg/Elbe....

||A1401—1402||2||1961—||icebreaker, A1402 decommissioned
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|722||Wangerooge

Wangerooge class tug

The Type 722 Wangerooge class seagoing tugboats are used for rescue and salvage operation by the German Navy. They are also used for towing targets and retrieving training torpedoes...

||A1451—1456||6||1968—||ocean tugs, three redesignated as Type 754, A1451 Wangerooge and A1452 Spiekeroog still in service, upgrades 722A,722B,722C
|-
|723||Lütje Hörn ||Y812—819||8||1958—1990||small harbour tugs, 5 sold to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, two scrapped, 1 museum ship

Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...

|-
|724||Sylt ||Y820—823
Y1680—1682||8||1962—||larger harbour tugs, 2 sold to Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, one to Latvia

Latvia

, three scrapped, 1 to Bundesgrenzschutz

Bundesgrenzschutz

, Y1680 still in service(?)
|-
|725||Nordstrand||Y812—819||6||1987—||harbour tugs
|-
|726|| ||Y847—848||2||1960—1991||former landing crafts used as workshop ships
|-
|727||Wieland||Y804||1||1956—1971||swimming workshop
|-
|728|| || ||1|| ||workshop pram

Pram (ship)

, decommissioned
|-
|729||Passat||Y800—Y803||4||1956—1978||former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

tugs, some used as target ship, others scrapped
|-
|730|| ||Y809—811
WBM I—VI
WBR I—XVII||28||—1986||assorted old ships used as hulk

Hulk (ship)

s, all scrapped
|-
|732|| || ||35||1956—||mine- and torpedo diver rafts, most (all?) scrapped
|-
|734|| || ||1|| ||firefighting boat, decommissioned
|-
|735|| || || || ||hospital ship

Hospital ship

A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones....

, cancelled project
|-
|736|| || || || ||hospital ship, cancelled project
|-
|737|| || ||21||1961—||assorted small lighter

Lighter

A lighter is a portable device used to generate a flame. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with a flammable fluid or pressurized liquid gas, a means of ignition, and some provision for extinguishing the flame.- History :...

s
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|738||Bottsand

Bottsand class oil recovery ship

The Bottsand class oil recovery ships of the German Navy are intended for seawater pollution control. The twin hull ships feature a bow which can be opened by 65 degrees. This creates an area of more than 40 m² to collect oil-polluted seawater. The water is pumped into the ship's 790 m³ tank,...

||Y1634—1635||2||1985—||oil recovery ships
|-
|739|| || ||3||1969—1981||electric power supply ships
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|740—759 Erprobungs-, Forschungs- und Spezialschiffe
(trials, research and special ships)
|-
|740|| ||(many)||31|| ||Assorted ships and boats used for trials
|-
|741|| ||A1408,Y838||2||1967—||naval mine

Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...

trials ship
|-style="background:#F0F0FF"
|742 ||Walther von Ledebur
Mülhausen

German naval ship Mühlhausen

Mühlhausen was a naval ship in service with the German Navy. The ship was launched June 30, 1966 at the Burmester Werft in Bremen with the name Walther von Ledebur. She was a prototype of a new class of ocean-going minesweepers, which however was not accepted by the Bundesmarine...

||A1410
M1052||1||1967—1994
1995—||mine trials ship, after upgrade to 742A renamed and now mine diver ship
|-
|743||AM||Y1674,1675
Y1679||3||1971—||work boats
|-
|744|| ||Y1670,1683
Y1684,1686||4||1965—||multipurpose utility boats
|-
|745||Stollergrund||Y863—867||5||1989—||small multipurpose utility boats
|-
|746||Torpedoscheibe|| ||3||1959—||2 decommissioned
|-
|747|| || ||4||1959—1983||experimental remote controlled mine sweepers, trials of the TROIKA system
|-
|748||Schwedeneck||Y860—862||3||1987—||middle sized multipurpose utility boats
|-
|749|| || || || ||large multipurpose utility boats, project cancelled
|-
|750||Planet||A1450||1||1967—||defence trials ship
|-
|751||Trave ||A51||1||—1977||oceanographic research ship; another boat was planned, but sold to Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

instead
|-
|752|| ||A50,51||2||1956—?||mine

Naval mine

-throwing ship, one converted to Type 732, other to Type 751
|-
|753|| ||A50,52,53
A1456||4||1956—||measurement boats, first three converted to 422, A1456 is now a NATO research ship
|-
|754|| ||Y1662
A1439—1441||4|| ||1 former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

vessel (decommissioned), 3 former Type 722 tugs; diver training boats
|-
|759||Seeschwalbe||W63||1||—1966||Research vessel, redesignated Type 740
|-
!colspan=6 align=center|760—790 Transporter (transport ships)
|- style="background:#F0F0FF"
|760|| Westerwald

Westerwald class transport ship

The Westerwald class transport ships are used by the German Navy to carry ammunition and other matériel.-Ships:...

||A1435—1436||2||1967—||A1435 still in service, A1436 decommissioned
|-
|761|| || || || ||torpedo transport ship, not built
|-
|762|| Sachsenwald ||A1437—1438||2||1968—1993||Mine transport ships, scrapped
|-
|763|| ||A1406—1407
Y824—Y825||4||1956—1995||Fuel tanker, 2 were former Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

ships, 1 sold to Turkey, 3 scrapped
|-
|764|| ||A1408—1409||2||1955—1992||Transport ships, French origin, both sold to Turkey
|-
|766|| ||A1428—1429||2||1963—1977||Fuel tanker, both scrapped in Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

|-
|780|| ||A1438—1441||4||1959—1977||Fuel tanker, scrapped in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

|-
|785|| ||Y830—832||3||1960—1969||Depot ships, scrapped
|-
|790|| || || || ||Ammunition transport ship, cancelled project
|-

!colspan=6|

900-999 Safety, rescue, liaison & boats for special purposes

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;" |901—909 Sicherheits- und Seenotrettungsfahrzeuge (safeguard and rescue vessels)
|-
!Type!!Class!!Pennant
numbers

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes
|-
|903||Stier||1||Y849||1966—||former M1061, Type 341, redesignated Type 732
|- style="background:#F0F0FF;"
|905||Todendorf||Y835—839||5||1993—||security boats
|-
|906|| ||Y861—863||3||1961—1975||former Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

aircrew rescue boats, one used as Type 740 target ship from 1975 to 1977, others scrapped
|-
|907|| ||W57—60||4||1956—1976||former Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

and USN

United States Navy

boats, used for air crew rescue missions
|-
|908|| ||VB1—2||2||1973—1992||fast messenger boats
|-
|909|| ||Y857—860||4||1956—1993||air crew rescue boats, one gone to harbour police, Bremen

Bremen (state)

The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is the smallest of Germany's 16 states. A more informal name, but used in some official contexts, is Land Bremen .-Geography:...

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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;"|910—919 Dienstsegelboote (service sailing boats)
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|910|| || ||26|| ||assorted small yachts, some sunk, most (all?) decommissioned
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|911|| Star

Star (sailboat)

The International Star is a 6.9 m one-design racing keelboat for two people.The boat must weigh at least 671 kg with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m . It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length...

|| || 8|| || At least 2 decommissioned, named after Gemstones
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|912|| || ||11|| || Pirate class dinghy

Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:* the sails* the foils ....

at least 1 decommissioned, have female given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

s
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|913|| || ||12|| ||
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|914|| || ||26|| || another class of Pirat dinghies, have male names, all decommissioned
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|915|| || ||17|| || another class of Pirat dinghies, have male names,
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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;" |920—929 Sportboote (yacht

Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...

Dinghy

A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed for use as a ship's boat by a larger vessel. It is a loanword from either Bengali or Urdu. The term can also refer to small racing yachts or recreational open sailing boats. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor,...

)
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|930|| || ||32|| ||old Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

barge

Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...

s, 45—100PS motors, some with cabins, out of service
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|931|| || || 8||1958—1993||barges, 70/90PS motor
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|932|| || ||15||1958—1981||liaison boats, 70/120PS motor
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|933|| || ||23|| ||pinnace

Pinnace (ship's boat)

As a ship's boat the pinnace is a light boat, propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a "tender" for guiding merchant and war vessels. In modern parlance, pinnace has come to mean a boat associated with some kind of larger vessel, that doesn't fit under the launch or lifeboat definitions...

s, with cabin, 70PS motor
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|934|| || ||20|| ||barges , with cabin
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|935|| || ||24|| ||pinnaces, wooden, without cabin, 70PS motor
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|936|| || ||15|| ||pinnaces, wooden, cabin, 47—75PS motor
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|937|| || ||2|| ||pinnaces, wooden, 70 or 54PS motor
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|938|| || ||6|| ||motor dinghies
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|939||Lindau|| ||1|| ||motor dinghy, 5m

Metre

The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...

, wooden/GRP

Glass-reinforced plastic

Fiberglass , is a fiber reinforced polymer made of a plastic matrix reinforced by fine fibers of glass. It is also known as GFK ....

hull, 75PS pump-jet

Pump-jet

A pump-jet, hydrojet, or water jet, is a marine system that creates a jet of water for propulsion. The mechanical arrangement may be a ducted propeller with nozzle, or a centrifugal pump and nozzle...

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|940|| || ||60|| ||cutter, wooden, with 20PS motor
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|941|| || ||92|| ||cutters, wooden, with sail, no motor
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|942|| || ||16|| ||dinghies, wooden, with sail and sword
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|943|| || ||5|| ||dinghies, GRP hull, with sail
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|944|| || ||75|| ||dinghies, wooden, with sail
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|945|| ||Y16xx ||16|| ||assorted harbour barge

Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...

s, diver service boats, motor barges, tug barges
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|946|| ||Y16xx||5||1985—||tug barge

Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...

s
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|947|| || ||65|| ||motor cutters, 20PS motor, GRP hull
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|948|| || ||16|| || pinnaces with cabin, GRP hull, 70PS motor, GRP hull
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|949|| || ||48|| ||cutters, without motor, GRP hull
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|950|| || ||2|| ||dinghies, GRP hull
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|951|| || ||16|| ||utility motorboat

Motorboat

A motorboat is a boat which is powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gearbox and the propeller in one portable unit.An inboard/outboard contains a hybrid of a...

s, GRP hull
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|952|| || ||12|| ||two types of open lifeboats for tankers 6.5 m (20 persons) or 6.0 m (14 persons) long, steel hull
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|953||Emsland|| ||1|| ||prototype of closed lifeboat for tankers, GRP hull
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|954|| || ||28|| ||pinnaces without cabin, 70PS motor, GRP hull
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!colspan=6 style="text-align: left;" |960—965 Motorrettungs- und Bereitschaftsboote (motor lifeboat

Lifeboat (shipboard)

A lifeboat is a small, rigid or inflatable watercraft carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard ship. In the military, a lifeboat may be referred to as a whaleboat, dinghy, or gig. The ship's tenders of cruise ships often double as lifeboats. Recreational sailors sometimes...

s and stand-by boats
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|960|| || || || ||partly closed
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|961|| || || || ||partly closed, self erecting
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|962|| || || || ||fully closed
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|963|| || || || ||with air supply
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|964|| || || || ||fire protected
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|965|| || || || ||assorted stand-by boats
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Type numbers 966—999 are not allocated

Former NVA units

After the unification of the German Navies, the Eastern German ship classes got Type codes of the Western system. Especially for those that were soon sold afterwards to foreign navies, this process did not strictly follow the previous rules. Sometimes already allocated codes were reused or the previously spared x00 codes were assigned. But the vast majority was categorized in the previously unused 600-699 range, but even here the same Type code is often used more than once. And sometimes, ships of the same class are spread over different Type codes.
{|class="wikitable"
!Type!!Class!!Pennant
numbers

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

!!Number!!In service!!Notes/fate
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|140|| Parchim I ||P6167—6170||4||1984—1991||sold to Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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|300||Projekt 89.2||M2670—2671||5||1973—1991||2 sold to Indonesia

Indonesia

, 3 to Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

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|391||Projekt 89.1||BG31—33 ||3||—1996||1 to each Tunisia

Tunisia

, Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

, Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

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|420||Parchim ||213—214
222—224
231—233
242—244||11||—1991||submarine hunters, sold to Indonesia

Indonesia

, see also Type 140
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|600|| ||K41—43||3||-1991|| ELINT ships, 2 to Estonia

Estonia

, 1 to Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

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|600||Wilhelm Pieck||S41||1||—1996||scrapped in Spain
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|600||Project 600?||C112,C661||2||—1991||Tanker, scrapped?
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|600|| ||A441,A114||2||—1991||salvage vessels, 1 to Uruguayan Navy, 1 scrapped(?)
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|600||Koni I ||142,F225||2||1986—1991|| Koni I, scrapped?
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|610||Rostock ||F224||1||1978—1991||another Koni I, sold to United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

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|620||Balcom 10||P6165||1||1990—1991|| to Bundesgrenzschutz

Bundesgrenzschutz

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|621||Tarantul I||571—575
P6166||6||1985—1991||2 to USN

United States Navy

, 3 scrapped, 1 ??
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|630||Grevesmühlen||P6164||1||1984—1991||Parchim I, sold to Indonesia

Indonesia

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|640||Tangerhütte||M2669||1||1972—1991||Project 89.2 minesweeper, ??
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|650||Project 162||Y890—895||6||1984—2002||Swimming base, habitat
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|660||assorted tugboat

Tugboat

A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

s||Y1650—1651
Y1654—1656
...||?|| ||??, two still in service
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|660||assorted salvage vessels|| ||?|| ?? || ??
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|670||Gustav Königs||Y1652,Y1657||2||—1994||Tankers, scrapped(?)
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|680|| ||Y1653,D44||2||—1991||Sea mark boats(?), scrapped(?)
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|690||Project 602||A1430—1434
V816||6||1983—1991||Replenishment ships, Scrapped in Belgium(?)
|}

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The Type codes

List of classes

200-299 subsurface combatants

300-399 mineNaval mineA naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel... warfare vessels

400-499 auxiliary ships

500-599 landing craft

600-699 small combatants

700-799 support vessels, docks, tugs, special vehicles

900-999 Safety, rescue, liaison & boats for special purposes

Former NVA units

300-399 mine
Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...

warfare vessels