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Ships of the Imperial Gothic Navy

- Reichskriegsflagge und Seekriegsflagge -
- Imperial War Flag and War Ensign -

- Kriegsg�sch -
- Naval Jack -

Commissioned ("K.G.K." or "K.G.H."):
- 18 Fast battleships
- 18 Missile battleships (also termed "arsenal battleships"; a type of heavy missile-carrying capital ship, armed not primarily with large-calibre artillery as a "normal" battleship is, but with a large number of missiles)
- 100 Fleet aircraft carriers (also "large/heavy aircraft carrier"; also known unofficially as "supercarriers")
- 113 Light aircraft carriers (also dubbed/termed "sea control ships")
- 70 Amphibious assault ships/helicopter carriers
- 18 Aviation cruisers (in Gothic military terminology: "combination of a cruiser and a carrier"; also termed "heavy aircraft carrying cruiser" or "heavy aircraft cruiser")
- 5 Flagship battlecruisers (German "Flagg-/Admiralskreuzer", also termed "command cruisers", "heavy battlecruisers"; essentially particularly large and powerful cruisers used as dedicated flagships)
- 125 Battlecruisers (other terms, e.g. "large cruiser" or "heavy cruiser", are also used)
- 328 Fleet cruisers (also termed "standard cruisers" and most commonly referred to simply as "cruisers")
- 350 Fleet destroyers (termed as such in order to differentiate them from other destroyer types)
- 150 Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyers
- 150 Anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) destroyers
- 191 Frigates
- 220 Corvettes
- 80 Amphibious transport docks
- 4 Amphibious command ships (in Gothic military terminology: "special purpose naval vessels designed to command amphibious invasions, also utilised as general command ships")
- 8 Command and control ships (in Gothic military terminology: "specialised naval vessels serving in electronic intelligence, tracking, command and communications relay roles")
- 440 Fleet submarines (i.e. general-purpose attack submarines)
- 50 Ballistic missile submarines
- 78 Cruise missile submarines
- 41 Cruiser submarines
- 243 Coastal submarines (other terms, e.g. "small submarine", are also used)
- 45 Transport submarines (also "submarine troop transports", "armed submersible transports", "submarine tankers", "submarine freighters", "submarine cargo vessels" etc)
- 10 Submarine aircraft carriers
- 25 Amphibious assault submarines
- 392 Patrol boats
- 125 Mine countermeasures vessels
- 10 Fleet service ships (in Gothic military terminology: a cover/code name for "purpose built SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships")
- 5 Tracking ships (also "missile range instrumentation ships")
- 23 Training ships
- 2 Artillery training ships (German "Artillerieschulschiffe")
- 6 Aviation training ships
- 8 Hospital ships
- 10 Research vessels
- 84 Fast combat support ships (in Gothic military terminology: "combat logistics ships; designed as oilers, ammunition and supply ships")
- 350 AMT freighters (AMT: "Armoured Multi-purpose Transport"; double as troop/attack transports and amphibious warfare ships and are also used for civilian transport purposes)
- 20 Dispatch boats
- 12 Recreational ships (also "amenities ships"; military-operated cruise ships providing recreational activities for sailors)
- 2 Imperial yachts
- 1 State yacht
- Numerous others (e.g. river monitors, fast attack craft, large landing ships, air-cushioned landing craft, Coast Guard cutters, icebreakers, repair ships, tenders, tankers, cargo ships, barracks ships, various small boats etc)

+ 1508 Reserve

= Grand Total: 14530

Fast battleships

Walk�re-class:
Walk�re | Paladin | War�ger | L�we | Tiger

Imperator-class:
Imperator | Imperium | Indomabilis | Insuperabilis | Invictus

Reginleif-class:
Reginleif | Br�nhild

Missile battleships

Fleet aircraft carriers

Light aircraft carriers

Amphibious assault ships

Aviation cruisers

Flagship battlecruisers

Sehnsucht-class:
Sehnsucht | Leidenschaft | Freiheit | Tapferkeit | Gerechtigkeit

Battlecruisers

Fleet cruisers

Fleet destroyers

Anti-submarine warfare destroyers

Anti-aircraft warfare destroyers

Frigates

Corvettes

Amphibious transport docks

Amphibious command ships

Triumph-class:
Triumph | Pracht

Sieg-class:
Sieg | Ruhm

Command and control ships

Siegreich-class:
Siegreich | Glorreich | Ruhmreich

Feldherrnhalle-class:
Feldherrnhalle | Blut und Boden

Gethsemane-class:
Gethsemane | �lberg

Gral-class:
Gral

Fleet submarines

Ballistic missile submarines

Cruise missile submarines

Treue-class (or Type 40):
Treue | Eid | Schwur | Vergeltung | Zorn

Cruiser submarines

Coastal submarines

Transport submarines

Submarine aircraft carriers

Olympus-class (or Type 50C):
Olympus | Elysium | Bifr�st | Yggdrasill

Jorsala-class (or Type 50B):
Jorsala | Miklagard | Hierosolyma | Terra Mariana

Daedalus-class (or Type 50A):
Daedalus | Ikarus

Amphibious assault submarines

Patrol boats

Mine countermeasures vessels

Fleet service ships

Vorsehung-class:
Vorsehung | Minne

Seele-class:
Seele | W�rde | Wahrheit | Recht

Heimat-class:
Heimat | Tradition | Tugend | Glaube

Tracking ships

Ichthys-class:
Ichthys | Labarum | Stauros

Planet-class:
Planet | Ozean

Training ships

Nordwind-class:
Nordwind | Ostwind | Wikinger | Meerjungfrau | Suomen Joutsen

Nachtigall-class:
Nachtigall | Rotkehlchen | Eisvogel | Taucher | Schwan

Anna-Serena-class:
Anna Serena

General-Admiral-class:
General-Admiral | Herold | Adjutant

Artillery training ships

Brummer-class:
Brummer | Bremse

Aviation training ships

Feuervogel-class:
Feuervogel | Fee

Merlin-class:
Merlin | Reiher | Seefalke | Geier

Hospital ships

Soteira-class:
Soteira | Galen | Hippokrates

Paracelsus-class:
Paracelsus | Robert Koch | Emil von Behring | Rudolf Virchow | �skulap

Research vessels

Max-Planck-class:
Max Planck | Leonhard Euler | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Otto Hahn | Nikolaus Kopernikus

Gau�-class:
Gau� | Tesla | M�bius | Heisenberg

Undine-class:
Undine

Fast combat support ships

AMT freighters

Dispatch boats

Recreational ships

Prinzessin-Victoria-Luise-class:
Prinzessin Victoria Luise

Gottlob-class:
Gottlob | Gotthilf | Gottlieb | Gotthold | Gottfriede

Imperial yachts

Meteor-class:
Meteor | Komet

State yachts

Grille-class:
Grille

Numerous others

Gothic ship naming conventions (as per the amended Naval Law of 1972)

- Battleships (of any type) are named after Gothic monarchs, important statesmen, commanders and noble houses, or given traditional/legacy or special names (e.g. Walk�re);
- Aircraft carriers are named after Gothic monarchs or given traditional/legacy or special names (e.g. Stella Maris, alternate names of the Gothic Empire, titles of the monarch, names from mythology);
- Amphibious assault ships and amphibious assault submarines are named after famous and important battles (in which the Gothic military participated/was involved);
- Aviation cruisers are named after famous Gothic pilots, air force officers, aviation pioneers and aerospace engineers;
- All other types of cruisers are named after Gothic monarchs, admirals, generals and statesmen, other famous Goths, saints, and notable Gothic houses/families (with the permanent exception of Frauenlob);
- Destroyers and corvettes are named for Gothic towns and cities;
- Frigates are given special or traditional names (often harkening back to the Age of Sail) or named after animals;
- Amphibious transport docks are named for Gothic kingdoms, provinces and Gaue, Imperial Circles, and important cities in the Gothic Empire;
- Dedicated command ships and other special purpose vessels are given special or traditional/legacy names;
- Submarines are given traditional/legacy or special names or named after/for naval personnel connected with submarines, mythological figures, and Gothic kingdoms, provinces and Gaue, and Imperial Circles;
- Patrol boats are named for islands, rivers, lakes, mountains and mountain ranges in the Gothic Empire;
- Mine countermeasures vessels are named for small Gothic towns and villages;
- Monitors are named for rivers in the Gothic Empire;
- Fast attack craft are named after Gothic naval and Marine corps personnel, particularly those killed in action;
- Landing ships and craft are named after Gothic naval personnel;
- Coast Guard cutters and icebreakers are named for Gothic towns and cities;
- Training ships are given traditional names;
- Repair ships are named after famous Gothic engineers, inventors and industrialists;
- Hospital ships are named after famous Gothic physicians and medical practitioners and other outstanding figures in the history of medicine (with the exception of Soteira and �skulap);
- Research vessels are named after famous Gothic scientists, especially mathematicians and physicists (with the exception of Undine);
- Tenders are named after Gothic nobility;
- Replenishment ships, oilers, freighters etc are named after Gothic scientists, inventors, poets, composers, artists, inventors, industrialists, entrepreneurs and other "influential figures in Gothic culture, society and economy".

Occasional exceptions from these naming conventions are made (often to honour the Japanese-Gothic Alliance). Current exceptions:
- the Sehnsucht-class flagship battlecruisers bear important traditional/special names;
- eight Veleda-class battlecruisers are named after figures from mythology;
- the Viktoria-Luise-class battlecruiser Akagi is named in honour of the famous Japanese battlecruiser/-ship of the same name;
- the Viktoria-Luise-class battlecruiser Oda Nobunaga is named after the most famous and important Japanese national hero;
- the Graf-Flemming-class cruiser Frauenlob is named after a famous sailing frigate of the same name;
- several Emden- and Gotenhafen-class destroyers are named for Japanese cities;
- the Scandza-class fleet submarine Okinawa is named after the Japanese Okinawa Prefecture;
- the Monarchen-class cruiser submarines are named after the incumbent monarchs of the Twelve Gothic Kingdoms;
- the hospital ships Soteira and �skulap and the research vessel Undine bear traditional names;
- the Neuschwanstein-class fast combat support ships are named after Gothic castles, fortresses, palaces and other famous buildings and monuments;
- the Rheingold-class fast combat support ships are named after Gothic musical and literary works;
- the Conrad-Haas-class AMT freighters William Shakespeare and Violet Evergarden are named after the famous English playwright and authoress of the same names;
- the Richard-Wagner-class AMT freighter Isaac Newton is named after the famous English scientist of the same name;
- several Richard-Wagner-class AMT freighters are named after influential figures in Japanese culture and society.

All Gothic ships with Japanese names (or names relating to Japan) - e.g. Yamato, Japan, Amaterasu, Bishamon, Tennō, Mikoto, Kamikaze, Shōkaku, Zuikaku, Yamazaki, Sekigahara - fly the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kyokujitsu-ki ("Rising Sun Flag", the Japanese naval ensign) in addition to the Imperial Gothic War Ensign. Yamato, Japan, Amaterasu, Bishamon, Tennō, Mikoto, Kamikaze, Yamazaki, Sekigahara, Akagi, Oda Nobunaga and Hitomi no Mikoto also each have three IJN officers permanently assigned to their company; in return, the Imperial Gothic Navy has officers permanently stationed on twelve Japanese warships (namely the battleships Yamato, Musashi, Shinano, Fusō, Yamashiro, Nagato and Mutsu, the aircraft carriers Shōkaku, Zuikaku, Sōryū and Hiryū, and the battlecruiser Akagi).

If a ship is reclassified it generally retains its original name.
Clarification of class and subclass: In the Imperial Gothic Navy, subclasses of a design are generally designated as seperate classes; for example, the K�nig-Friedrich-II.-class cruisers constitute a subclass of the Graf-Flemming-class cruisers, despite being designated as their own class.

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