SMS Kaiser

SMS Kaiser has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:

• SMS Kaiser (1874), a Kaiser-class ironclad
• SMS Kaiser (1911), a Kaiser-class battleship which served through World War I
• SMS Kaiser (1905), a fleet auxiliary converted into a minelayer during World War I

Additionally, a number of Imperial Navy vessels were given names of specific kaisers:

• SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1900
• SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1896
• SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1899
• SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1897
• SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, an 11,600-ton Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship, launched 1899

Two ships have been named Kaiserin:

• SMS Kaiserin, a 25,000-ton Kaiser-class battleship, launched 1911
• SMS Kaiserin Augusta: 6,000-ton unique heavy cruiser, launched 1892

SMS Kaiser was the name of a ship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy:

• SMS Kaiser (1858), the last wooden ship of the line of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.