Category: ww2 Kriegsmarine
Type XXI U-Boats (1944)
Nazi Germany, 1,170 planned, 118 completed (1944) The Elektroboot saga: Too late to win The Type XXI were large scale…
Deutschland class Cruisers (1931)
Germany (1931) – KMS Deutschland, Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer The “pocket battleships” of the Reichsmarine These ships were mostly…
S-Bootes (E-Boats)
Schnellbootes Germany (1934-45) Schnellboote – 9 classes*, circa 300 total +280 ordered The perile of S-Bootes: Called S-Boote (short for…
Bismarck class Battleships (1940)
Fast Battleships 1939-1945 Germany (1940) KMS Bismarck, Tirpitz Introduction: The most formidable battleship in the world, 1941. The Bismarck is…
Scharnhorst class battleships (1936)
Scharnhorst class battleships (1936) Germany (1936) Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau The Kriegsmarine “terrible twins”: The Scharnhost and Gneisenau were the first…
Leipzig class cruisers (1929)
Leipzig class cruisers (1929) Germany (1928-35), Leipzig, Nürnberg The last light German cruisers: The Leipzig class represented the last two…
Type IX U-Boats (1936)
Type IX U-Boats (1936) Germany (1936-45) 194 produced (290 ordered) Type IX, the long-range U-Boat: During world war two, two…
WW2 German Amphibious Ships
Germany (1940-44) – About 500 Amphibious ships German amphibious warfare in WW2: Prahme, converted riverine barges converted as landing ships…
Type-VII U-Boats (1933)
Type-VII U-Boats (1933) Germany (1933), About 700 subs A Massive Improvement of U-Boat designs: If German tanks, aircraft and small…
Königsberg class cruisers (1927)
“K” class light cruisers: Planned 1925, 3 ships Germany (1927), KMS Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln The “K class”, Reichsmarine’s innovative ships:…
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