SMS Kaiser
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SMS Kaiser has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:
- SMS Kaiser (1875), a Kaiser class armored frigate
- SMS Kaiser (1911), a Kaiser-class battleship which served through 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

