GERMANY
Training vessels = the few surviving Kaisers and Konigs
Modernised but used for home defence = Badens
Modernised and in the Persian Gulf = Mackensens and Yorcks
Modernised L20Alpha (here named Deutschlands) in the Atlantic Fleet
The above are all historically-designed ships.Their names are as follows :-
1. Baden , Bayern , Sachsen , Wurttemburg
2. Mackensen, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Graf Spee, Furst Bismarck
3. Yorck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau
4. Deutschland , Preussen, Braunschweig, Mecklenburg
In addition the High Seas Fleet has continued to build during the 1920s and 1930s , there having been no naval disarmament in any fashion :-
| Built early 1920s | 4 'Rupprecht' class |
| Built mid 1920s | 4 'Seydlitz' class |
| Built late 1920s | 5 'Kronprinz Wilhelm' class |
| Built early 1930s | 4 'Oldenburg' class |
| Built mid 1930s | 4 'Admirals' class |
Brief Details
a) Built early 1920s - RUPPRECHT class
4 ships , 16" gun to match US and Japan
Names = Rupprecht, Ludendorff, Tirpitz, Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse
b) Built mid 1920s - SEYDLITZ class
4 ships , 16" gun (believed superior to British and Japanese 18")
Names = Seydlitz, Lutzow, Blucher, Prinz Leopold
c) Built late 1920s - KRONPRINZ WILHELM
5 ships , 18" gun (new German design)
Names = Kronprinz Wilhelm , Prinz Adalbert, Prinz August Wilhelm, Prinz Oskar ,
Prinz Joachim
d) Built early 1930s - OLDENBURG
4 ships , 16.25" gun (reversion to smaller calibre but better reliability)
Names = Oldenburg , Luxemburg, Hessen, Lippe
e) Built mid 1930s - ADMIRAL INGENOHL
4 ships , 16.25" gun (improvement on the previous class)
Names = Admiral Ingenohl, Admiral Hipper , Admiral Boedicker , Admiral Paschewitz
Currently under construction is the 4-ship 18"-gunned (new model) Hindenburg class
- Hindenburg, Kressenstein , Derfflinger , Moltke
Thus by 1938 the order of battle for Germany is as follows :-
BALTIC
4 Badens (modernised) ; 15" guns
PERSIAN GULF (Basra)
4 Mackensens (modernised) ; 13.75" guns
3 Yorcks (modernised) ; 15" guns
PACIFIC FLEET (Tsingtao, Yap , Paulau)
5 Kronprinz Wilhelms ; 18" guns
4 Oldenburgs ; 16.25" guns
ATLANTIC FLEET
4 Deutschlands (modernised); 16.25" guns
4 Rupprechts; 16" gun
4 Seydlitz class; 16" gun>br>
4 Admirals; 16.25" guns
In brief :-
| Baltic | 4 |
| Persian Gulf | 7 |
| Pacific | 9 |
| Atlantic | 16 |
| Total | 36 |
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
Only small vessels currently exist, intended for scouting and land-attack operations
| Baltic | 1 old vessel , Draken |
| Persian Gulf | 1 small modern vessel , Brummer |
| Atlantic | 2 small modern vessels , Moewe & Geier |
| Pacific | 3 midling-age small vessels , Bremse & Wespe & See Adler |
After the state visit of the Kaiser to Japan, Prinz Adalbert prevailed upon the admiralty to begin the construction of 4 large fleet carriers now (1938) under construction - the Boelcke class