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| style="font-size: 11pt; background: #ABCDEF; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''German Navy<br>Deutsches Marine'''
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| colspan="2" | <hr>
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| align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #F5F5F5;" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Naval_Ensign_of_Germany.svg/250px-Naval_Ensign_of_Germany.svg.png<br><small>The German Naval Ensign</small> 
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| colspan="2" | <hr>
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|'''Founded'''
|1956 (West Germany)<br>1990 (Germany)
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|'''Country'''
|[[Germany]]
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|'''Branch'''
|[http://editthis.info/daily_escape/Category:Navies Navy]
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|'''Part of'''
|[[Bundeswehr]]
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|'''Naval Headquarters'''
|Bonn
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|'''Size'''
|100 ships, 55 aircraft, about 17,000 personnel
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| style="font-size: 9pt; background: #ABCDEF; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Commanders'''
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|'''Chief of Staff, Marine'''
|Vice Admiral Axel Schimpf
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| style="font-size: 9pt; background: #ABCDEF; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Insignia'''
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|'''Navy Logo'''
|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Logo_Marine_with_lettering.svg/90px-Logo_Marine_with_lettering.svg.png
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| style="font-size: 9pt; background: #ABCDEF; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Ship classes'''
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|'''Frigates'''
|Sachsen class, Brandenburg class, Bremen class
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|'''Corvettes'''
|Braunschweig class
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|'''Fast Attack Craft'''
|Gepard class
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|'''U-Boats'''
|Type 212, Type 206
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|'''Amphibious ships'''
|Barbe class
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|'''Auxiliaries'''
|Success class, HMAS Sirius
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| style="font-size: 9pt; background: #ABCDEF; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Aircraft flown'''
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|'''Maritime Patrol'''
|P-3C Orion, Dassault Atlantic, Dornier Do-228
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|'''ASW Helicopter'''
|Westland Sea Lynx Mk 88
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|'''VERTREP'''
|Westland Sea King Mk 41
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The German Navy (Deutsche Marine) is the navy of [[Germany]] and part of the [[Bundeswehr|Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces)]].

The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet (Reichsflotte) of the revolutionary era of 1848–1852 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy (Norddeutsche Bundesmarine, 1866–1871) and became the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine, 1872–1918). From 1919 to 1921 it was known as the Temporary Imperial Navy (Vorläufige Reichsmarine) and then became the Reichsmarine. It was known as the War Navy (Kriegsmarine) from 1935 to 1945.
From 1945 to 1956, the German Mine Sweeping Administration and its successor organisations, made up of former members of the Kriegsmarine, became something of a transition stage for the German Navy, allowing the future Bundesmarine to draw on experienced personnel upon its formation.
In 1956, with West Germany's accession to NATO, a new navy was established and was referred to as the Federal Navy (Bundesmarine). With the reunification of Germany in 1990, and the take-over of units of the former East German Volksmarine ("People's Navy"), it was decided to simply use the name Deutsche Marine ("German Navy").

In total, there are 50 commissioned ships in the German Navy, excluding the 10 submarines and 43 auxiliary ships.

[[Category:Bundeswehr|Marine]]
[[Category:Navies|Germany]]