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German Navy (2023)


Current Active Inventory: 34 Fleet Units


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Last Updated: 11/05/2022 | © www.WDMMW.org


The following represents an overview of the modern naval fighting capabilities of the German Navy (2023). The service currently counts 34 total units in its active naval inventory. This total includes frontline commissioned vessels but excludes smaller patrol vessels, auxiliary / survey ships, replenishment, and historical ceremonial types. The WDMMW review takes into account specific categories of warships covering attack, defense, and general support designs. Inventory numbers and related unit types are provided as-is and derived from publically-available information / sources. "On Order" totals found at the bottom of this article are related to any future hulls currently under procurement/construction though said hulls may not be delivered for service in the current year for various reasons.


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Total Units: 34
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TvR:
54.7
True Value Rating takes into account current strengths/weaknesses, matched against the highest-rated service (the USN yields a top rating of 323.9).
Global Rank:
17/35
A total of 35 naval services from 35 nations currently tracked. Current Ranking.
FORCE CONCENTRATION:

Carriers: 0 units
Submarines: 6 units
Fleet Core: 28 units
Amphib Asslt: 0 units
FORCE BALANCE:

FAIR

Fleet focuses on a portion of basic requirements though generally lacking in key areas.
SUPPLIERS:
National flag of Germany
HULL PREFIX:
"FGS"
ESTABLISHED:
1956
67 yrs ago
as the "German Navy"
MEDIAN HULL AGE:
18.4
Years
HULL AGE VISUALIZATION


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Unit Age Color Key




0 to 15 yrs

16 to 25 yrs

26 to 30 yrs

>30 yrs


Age plays a vital role in the life of any warship as hulls and various onboard technologies are pushed to the limit, ultimately exposed to the corrosive and generally unforgiving effects of life at sea. Such degradation often leads to modernizations, refits, or outright retirement. Our color gauge attempts to showcase a vessel's current state within the fleet, helping to detail those outgoing vessels against those at the midway point of their service or those just having been commissioned.




Submarines (6)


Hulls developed for undersea/submersible operation; nuclear-powered or conventionally-powered.

OUTLOOK
STABLE
 
18yrs
U31
S181
Type 212
18yrs
U32
S182
Type 212
17yrs
U33
S183
Type 212
16yrs
U34
S184
Type 212
8yrs
U35
S185
Type 212
7yrs
U36
S186
Type 212

Total Units: 6 (18%)




Frigates (11)


Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than Destroyers, though larger than corvettes, having Blue Water capabilities.

OUTLOOK
POSITIVE
 
4yrs
Baden-Wurttmbrg
F222
Baden Wurttemberg-class
3yrs
Nord.-Westfalen
F223
Baden Wurttemberg-class
2yrs
Sachsen-Anhalt
F224
Baden Wurttemberg-class
19yrs
Sachsen
F219
Sachsen-class
19yrs
Hamburg
F220
Sachsen-class
17yrs
Hessen
F221
Sachsen-class
29yrs
Brandenburg
F215
Brandenburg-class
28yrs
Schleswig-Holstein
F216
Brandenburg-class
27yrs
Bayern
F217
Brandenburg-class
27yrs
Mecklenburg-Vorp.
F218
Brandenburg-class
33yrs
Lubeck
F214
Bremen-class

Total Units: 11 (32%)




Corvettes (5)


Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than frigates but larger than OPVs, capable of operating independently or as part of the main fighting fleet.

OUTLOOK
POSITIVE
 
15yrs
Braunschweig
F260
Braunschweig-class
15yrs
Magdeburg
F261
Braunschweig-class
10yrs
Erfurt
F262
Braunschweig-class
10yrs
Oldenburg
F263
Braunschweig-class
10yrs
Ldwg. am Rhein
F264
Braunschweig-class

Total Units: 5 (15%)




Mine Warfare (12)


Hulls outfitted for the purpose of mine countermeasures/countermine warfare.

OUTLOOK
STABLE
 
33yrs
Pegnitz
M1090
Ensdorf-class
33yrs
Siegburg
M1098
Ensdorf-class
30yrs
Bad Bevensen
M1063
Frankenthal-class
30yrs
Rottweill
M1061
Frankenthal-class
29yrs
Gromitz
M1064
Frankenthal-class
29yrs
Datteln
M1068
Frankenthal-class
28yrs
Dillingen
M1065
Frankenthal-class
28yrs
Homburg
M1069
Frankenthal-class
27yrs
Sulzbch-Rosnbrg
M1062
Frankenthal-class
25yrs
Fulda
M1058
Frankenthal-class
25yrs
Weilheim
M1059
Frankenthal-class
29yrs
Bad Rappenau
M1067
Frankenthal-class

Total Units: 12 (35%)




On Order (6)


Hulls set to be delivered in the current procurement year or in subsequent year(s).

Rheinland-Pfalz
Frigate
Unnamned Ship
Corvette
Unnamned Ship
Corvette
Unnamned Ship
Corvette
Unnamned Ship
Corvette
Unnamned Ship
Corvette

Total Units: 6


On Order Commitment: 6 Units


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