German Navy follows Kriegsmarine
Preußische Marine (Prussian Navy), 1701–1867
Reichsflotte (Fleet of the Realm), 1848–52
North German Federal Navy, 1867–71
Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), 1871–1919
Reichsmarine, 1919–35
Kriegsmarine, 1935–45
German Mine Sweeping Administration, 1945–48
Volksmarine, the navy of East Germany (GDR) 1956–90
Marine, 1956–present (Bundesmarine, colloquially)