Summary of Capital Ship Authorisations
Programme |
Newbuild name |
Launch Name |
1872/73 |
Armoured ship A |
Bayern (i) |
1872/73 |
Armoured ship B |
Sachsen (i) |
1873/74 |
Armoured ship C |
Baden (i) |
1873/74 |
Armoured ship D |
Württemberg (i) |
1880/81 |
Armoured ship E |
Oldenburg (i) |
1887/88 |
Armoured vessel O |
Siegfried |
1888/89 |
Cruiser-corvette H |
Kaiserin Augusta |
1889/90 |
Armoured vessel P |
Beowulf |
1889/90 |
Armoured vessel Q |
Frithjof |
1889/90 |
Armoured vessel R |
Hildebrand |
1889/90 |
Armoured ship A |
Brandenburg |
1889/90 |
Armoured ship B |
Wörth |
1889/90 |
Armoured ship C |
Weißenburg |
1889/90 |
Armoured ship D |
Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm |
1890/91 |
Armoured vessel S |
Hagen |
1890/91 |
Armoured vessel U |
Heimdall |
1891/92 |
Armoured vessel V |
Odin |
1892/93 |
Armoured vessel T |
Aegir |
1894/95 |
Ersatz-Preußen |
Kaiser Friedrich III |
1895/96 |
Cruiser-corvette K |
Hertha |
1895/96 |
Cruiser-corvette L |
Victoria Louise |
1895/96 |
Ersatz-Freya (i) |
Freya |
1895/96 |
Ersatz-Leipzig |
Fürst Bismarck |
1896/97 |
Cruiser-corvette M |
Vineta |
1896/97 |
Cruiser-corvette N |
Hansa |
1896/97 |
Ersatz-Friedrich der Große |
Kaiser Wilhelm II |
1897/98 |
Ersatz-König Wilhelm (i) |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Große |
1898/99 |
Battleship A |
Kaiser Barbarossa |
1898/99 |
Battleship B |
Kaiser Karl der Große |
1898/99 |
Large Cruiser A |
Prinz Heinrich |
1899/1900 |
Battleship C |
Wittelsbach |
1899/1900 |
Battleship D |
Wettin |
1899/1900 |
Battleship E |
Zähringen |
1900 |
Battleship F |
Schwaben |
1900 |
Battleship G |
Mecklenburg |
1900 |
Large cruiser B |
Prinz Adalbert (iii) |
1901 |
Battleship H |
Braunschweig |
1901 |
Battleship J |
Elsaß |
1901 |
Ersatz-König Wilhelm (ii) |
Friedrich Carl (ii) |
1902 |
Battleship K |
Preußen (ii) |
1902 |
Battleship L |
Hessen |
1902 |
Ersatz-Kaiser |
Roon |
1903 |
Battleship M |
Lothringen |
1903 |
Battleship N |
Deutschland (ii) |
1903 |
Ersatz-Deutschland |
Yorck |
1904 |
Battleship O |
Pommern |
1904 |
Battleship P |
Hannover |
1904 |
Large Cruiser C |
Gneisenau |
1905 |
Battleship Q |
Schleswig-Holstein |
1905 |
Battleship R |
Schlesien |
1905 |
Large Cruiser D |
Scharnhorst |
1906 |
Ersatz-Bayern |
Nassau |
1906 |
Ersatz-Sachsen |
Westfalen |
1906 |
Large Cruiser E |
Blücher (ii) |
1907 |
Ersatz-Baden |
Posen |
1907 |
Ersatz-Württemberg |
Rheinland |
1907 |
Large Cruiser F |
Von der Tann |
1908 |
Ersatz-Oldenburg |
Ostfriesland |
1908 |
Ersatz-Siegfried |
Helgoland |
1908 |
Ersatz-Beowulf |
Thüringen |
1908 |
Large Cruiser G |
Moltke |
1909 |
Ersatz-Frithjof |
Oldenburg (ii) |
1909 |
Ersatz-Hildebrand |
Kaiser (ii) |
1909 |
Ersatz-Heimdall |
Friedrich der Große (ii) |
1909 |
Large Cruiser H |
Goeben |
1910 |
Ersatz-Hagen |
Kaiserin |
1910 |
Ersatz-Aegir |
Prinzregent Luitpold |
1910 |
Ersatz-Odin |
König Albert |
1910 |
Large Cruiser J |
Seydlitz |
1911 |
Ersatz-Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm |
Großer Kurfürst (ii) |
1911 |
Ersatz-Weißenburg |
Markgraf |
1911 |
Battleship S |
König |
1911 |
Large Cruiser K |
Derfflinger |
1912 |
Ersatz-Brandenburg |
Kronprinz (ii) |
1912 |
Ersatz-Kaiserin Augusta |
Lützow |
1913 |
Ersatz-Wörth |
Baden (ii) |
1913 |
Battleship T |
Bayern (ii) |
1913 |
Ersatz-Hertha |
Hindenburg |
1914 |
Ersatz-Kaiser Friedrich III |
Sachsen (ii) |
1914 |
Ersatz-Victoria Louise |
Mackensen |
1915 |
Ersatz-Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Württemberg (ii) |
War/1915 |
Ersatz-Blücher |
Graf Spee |
War/1915 |
Ersatz-Freya (ii) |
[Prinz Eitel Friedrich] |
War/1915 |
Ersatz-Friedrich Carl/Ersatz-A |
[Fürst Bismarck or Scharnhorst?] |
War/1915 |
Ersatz-Yorck |
– |
War/1915 |
Ersatz-Gneisenau |
– |
War/1915 |
Ersatz-Scharnhorst |
– |
1917 (ex-1916) |
Ersatz-Prinz Adalbert |
– |