United Greater German Reich Kriegsmarine battleships

United Greater German Reich Kriegsmarine battleships

It is mention in Lightning in the Night book that the United Greater German Reich Kriegsmarine on the eve of war on Augusts 1st 1945, have twenty-two battleships in service, of them only five are named with the rest not. It is also hinted in the book that the United Greater German Reich Kriegsmarine uses former British battleships taken over from the United Kingdom when it was forced to surrender in 1940, former French ships they confiscated from Vichy-France and former Italian battleships that where captured during black Friday in 1941.

This is my interpretation of the battleships in service with the United Greater German Reich Kriegsmarine.

 Scharnhorst-class battleship

KMS Scharnhorst KMS Gneisenau, mention in the book.

 Bismarck-class battleship

KMS Bismarck, mention in the book. KMS Tirpitz, mention in the book.

 Himmler-class battleship

Four former British King George V-class battleships under construction by the United Kingdom where taken over by the United Greater German Reich and completed for service with the United Greater German Reich Kriegsmarine.

KMS Himmler, mention in the book KMS Hindenburg KMS Helgoland KMS Hessen

 Adolf Hitler-class battleship

KMS Adolf Hitler, mention in the book. <span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Friedrich der Grosse

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> Former Italian battleships

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Six former Royal Italian Navy battleships who were re-commissioned after they were captured during black Friday. They form the main surface force in the German Mediterranean fleet based out of Alexandria, Egypt.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Münster <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Mönchengladbach <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Mannheim <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Magdeburg <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Oberhausen <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Gelsenkirchen

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> Former French battleships

<span class="postbody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Six former French Navy battleships who were either captured by the Third Reich when they invaded the French Republic in 1940 or where handed over to them by the Vichy-France (later renamed the Fascist State of France).

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Breslau <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Moltke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Bremse <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Bochum <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Mecklenburg <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">KMS Bonn