German
Cruiser
Lineage

Builder's Acronyms:

B&V Ham: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
KMW, Wil: Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
DWK: Deutsche Werke Kiel

Large Cruiser Lineage

Ship Name

Class

Builder

Ordered

Laid Down

Launched

COMM

DECOM

Notes

Deutschland
(later Lützow)

Deutschland

DWK


02/05/1929

05/19/31

04/01/33



Admiral Scheer

Deutschland



06/25/1931

04/01/33

11/12/34

SUNK

Sunk
9 to 10 April 1945

Admiral Graf Spee

Deutschland



10/01/32

06/30/34

01/06/36

SUNK

Sunk
17 December 1939

Kreuzer P1

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P2

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P3

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P4

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P5

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P6

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P7

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P8

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P9

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P10

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Kreuzer P11

P-Class



N/A




Z-Plan
Never Laid Down

Heavy Cruiser Lineage

Ship Name

Class

Builder

Ordered

Laid Down

Launched

COMM

DECOM

Notes

Admiral Hipper

Admiral Hipper

B&V, Ham.

10/30/1934

07/06/1935

02/06/37

04/25/39



Blücher

Admiral Hipper

DWK

10/30/1934

08/15/1935

06/08/37

09/20/39

SUNK

Sunk
9 April 1940

Prinz Eugen

Admiral Hipper



04/23/36

08/22/38

08/01/40


Nuked at Bikini Atoll

Seydlitz

Admiral Hipper



12/29/36

01/19/39

N/A

N/A

Chosen for Conversion into carrier at 90% complete. Stopped in January 1943.

Lützow

Admiral Hipper



02/08/37

01/08/39

N/A

N/A

Bought by Soviet Union in April 1940.

Light Cruiser Lineage

Ship Name

Class

Builder

Ordered

Laid Down

Launched

COMM

DECOM

Notes

Emden

Emden




01/06/1925

10/15/2025



Königsberg

Königsberg



04/12/1926

03/26/1927

04/17/1929

SUNK

Sunk
10 April 1940

Karlsruhe

Königsberg



07/27/1926

08/20/1927

11/06/1929

SUNK

Sunk
9 April 1940

Köln

Königsberg




05/23/1928


SUNK

Sunk
3 March 1945

Leipzig

Leipzig



04/18/1928

10/18/1929

10/08/1931



Nürnberg

Leipzig








Kreuzer M

M-Class


05/28/1938





Z Plan
Not Completed

Kreuzer N

M-Class


05/28/1938





Z Plan
Not Completed

Kreuzer O

M-Class


05/28/1938





Z Plan
Not Completed

Kreuzer P

M-Class


05/28/1938





Z Plan
Not Completed

Kreuzer Q

Q-Class
(improved M)







Z Plan
Not Completed

Kreuzer R

Q-Class
(improved M)







Z Plan
Not Completed

Bundesmarine / deutsche Marine Cruisers

Pen.
No.

Ship Name

Class

Builder

Ordered

Laid Down

Launched

COMM

DECOM

Notes

A59

Deutschland

Deutschland (Type 440)

Nobisk.

1958

09/11/1959

11/05/1960

05/25/1966

06/28/1990

Training ship