List of destroyers of Germany
The following is a list of destroyers and large torpedo boats of Germany. In naval terminology, a
torpedo boat destroyer
. In practice the destroyer, being also armed with torpedoes, came to replace the torpedo boat in its attacking function, as well as executing its protecting role.
In the Imperial German Navy, there was no clear distinction between
torpedo boat destroyers
, which were all numbered in the same series, the number being preceded by a letter that represented the building contractor. A new numbering series began in 1911; hence years of construction are appended in brackets below, to distinguish the two series.
Kaiserliche Marine
- 1898 Type Large Torpedo Boat
- S90-class torpedo boat
- G108-class torpedo boat
- S114-class torpedo boat
- S120-class torpedo boat
- S126-class torpedo boat
- G132-class torpedo boat
- G137-class torpedo boat
- 1906 Type Large Torpedo Boat
- S138-class torpedo boat
- V150-class torpedo boat
- V162-class torpedo boat
- S165-class torpedo boat
- G169-class torpedo boat
- S176-class torpedo boat
- V180-class torpedo boat
- G192-class torpedo boat
- 1911 Type Large Torpedo Boat
- V1-class destroyer
- G7-class destroyer
- S13-class destroyer
- 1913 Type Large Torpedo Boat
- V25-class destroyer
- S31-class destroyer
- G37-class destroyer
- V43-class destroyer
- S49-class destroyer
- V67-class destroyer
- G85-class destroyer
- 1914 Type Destroyer
- B 97-class destroyer
- G101-class destroyer
- V105-class destroyer
- 1916 Type Destroyer
- S113-class destroyer
- 1916 Mob Large Torpedo Boat
- V125-class destroyer
- S131-class destroyer
- H145-class destroyer
Kriegsmarine
- Type 23 torpedo boat
- Type 24 torpedo boat
- Zerstörer/Typ 1934
- Zerstörer/Typ 1934 A
- Zerstörer/Typ 1936
- Zerstörer/Typ 1936 A
- Zerstörer/Typ 1936 A (Mob)
- Zerstörer/Typ 1936 B
Post war Bundesmarine
- Type 101 Hamburg class
- Type 103 Lütjens class