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- Raubmöve: Schnellboot fast attack craft, commissioned 1956—1967
- Raule: Hunt class frigate, former Royal Navy HMS Albrighton, commissioned through 1967
- Regensburg: Graudenz class light cruiser, launched 1914
- Regulus: Krebs class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1962—1990)
- Reiher: Jaguar (Type 140) fast attack craft, commissioned 1960—1973
- Reiher: Tiger class (Type 148) fast attack craft, decommissioned
- Renke: Landing craft, decommissioned
- Rhein: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
- Rhein: Elbe class (Type 404) replenishment ship
- Rheinland: 19,000 ton Nassau class battleship, launched 1908
- Rheinland-Pfalz: Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
- Rhön: Rhön class (Type 704) tanker
- Richard Beitzen: 2,230 ton Type 1934 destroyer
- Rochen: Barbe class (Type 520) utility landing craft, used as transport ships (decommissioned)
- Rommel: Lütjens class (Type 103B) destroyer, decommissioned
- Roon: 10,000 ton Roon class armored cruiser, launched 1903
- Rostock: Karlsruhe class light cruiser, launched 1912
- Rottweil: Frankenthal class (Type 332) minehunter
- Ruhr: Rhein class (Type 401) tender
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