Category: ww2 Kriegsmarine
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)
Germany (1936) Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau The Kriegsmarine “terrible twins”: The Scharnhost and Gneisenau were the first Kriegsmarine battleships, completed shortly…
Leipzig class cruisers (1929)
Germany (1928-35), Leipzig, Nürnberg The last light German cruisers: The Leipzig class represented the last two light cruisers of the…
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)
Germany (1933), About 700 subs A Massive Improvement of U-Boat designs: If German tanks, aircraft and small arms from the…
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:…
WW2 German submarines: U-Boats
You certainly have heard of the Type VIIC and the Type IX which roamed the seas during WW2 and almost strangled seaways to UK in 1942-43. But over 1,100 U-Boats has been built during this war, mostly deployed in the Atlantic and over twenty-four types designed, many if which were left as paper projects…
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