page_title: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy
section_title: Corvettes
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy / Corvettes
caption_attribution_description: English: The three training ships of the Imperial Navy, Stosch, Stein and Gneisenau under full sail Deutsch: Die drei Schulschiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine, Stosch, Stein und Gneisenau unter vollen Segeln Français&#160;: Les trois navires de formation de la Marine Impériale, Stosch, Stein et Gneisenau toutes voiles dehors
context_page_description: The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire, through to the end of the Empire in 1918.
context_section_description: Nymphe class
  SMS Nymphe
  SMS Medusa
  Augusta class
  SMS Augusta
  SMS Victoria
  Ariadne class
  SMS Ariadne
  SMS Luise
  SMS Freya
  Leipzig class
  SMS Leipzig
  SMS Prinz Adalbert
  Bismarck class (3,386 tonnes, 16 x 15 cm L/22 guns)
  SMS Bismarck
  SMS Blücher
  SMS Stosch
  SMS Moltke
  SMS Gneisenau
  SMS Stein
  Carola class
  SMS Carola
  SMS Olga
  SMS Marie
  SMS Sophie
  SMS Alexandrine
  SMS Arcona
  SMS Nixe
  SMS Charlotte
caption: A painting of Stosch, Stein, and Gneisenau under sail, by Alexander Kircher
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