List of German Navy ship classes

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This is a list of naval ship classes that were in service with the Bundesmarine (navy of West Germany), or are still in service with the German Navy (navy of reunited Germany). Some projects, that were not built or future designs are also present.

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The type codes

The post-war navy of western Germany introduced a three digit code system to designate every class of vessel they ordered to design or acquired from foreign nations. Even some classes that were only built for export got such codes, most prominently the Type 209 submarine. After reunification the German Navy kept the system, codes for ships from the former forces of East Germany (Volksmarine) were added. (See #Former NVA units).

The code is sometimes prefixed with a letter according to the category of the ships, e.g.:

Upgrades to the design or major refits of already built ships are marked with a postfixed letter, beginning with A for the first modification. This letter is usually spoken and sometimes written according to the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, e.g. class 206 alpha for the upgraded Type 206 submarine.

The codes are grouped with a two-level categorization, the first digit defines the first category. Categories are usually further subdivided in blocks.

In each block of type codes, the numbers were assigned chronologically for designed types. Classes acquired from foreign nation or from World War II were given numbers near the end of their block. Sometimes a block is further divided, e.g. Types 120139 have apparently been split in frigates (120129) and corvettes (130139) with the upcoming Type 130 corvette.

The type codes starting with 0 are not used, and also the digit 0 is skipped at the start of a category, i.e. codes 000099, 100, 200… are not used.

Individual ships in a class are designated with two digit number following a slash, e.g. 123/02 for the frigate F216 Schleswig-Holstein, second ship of the Type 123 Brandenburg class.

List of classes

100-199 surface combatants

101119 Zerstörer (Destroyer)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
101 Hamburg D181184419641994upgraded to 101A, all scrapped
103 Lütjens D185187319692003upgrades 103A and 103B, 1 museum ship, the others scrapped
119 Fletcher D1701806195819821 used as target ship, 1 scrapped, 4 sold to Greece (later scrapped),
120139 Fregatten und Korvetten (frigates and corvettes)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
120 Köln F22022561961~19891 used as hulk, 1 scrapped, 4 sold to Turkey
121Fregatte 70cancelled project
122 Bremen F207214819822022multi-purpose frigate, retired,
123 Brandenburg F21521841994present Anti-submarine warfare frigate
124 Sachsen F21922132003present Anti-aircraft warfare AEGIS frigate
125 Baden-Württemberg F22222542016presentStabilisation and maritime surveillance frigate
130 Braunschweig F260F26452008-presentCorvette, 5 ships active
138 Hunt / Black Swan F21221871958~1967Former British frigates and sloops, used for training, all scrapped
139 Isles A505121956~???Former British naval trawlers, converted and redesignated Type 752
140159 Schnellboote (Fast Attack Craft)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
140 Jaguar / Type 55
  • P60586067
  • P60826091
201957~19756 Eberhard-Arnis, 1 Hirdis-Kiel, 1 used as target ships France, 1 scrapped, 10 sold to Turkey scrapped, 1 museum ship (P6083 Kranich, scrapped 2007)
141 Seeadler P60686077101958~1976sold to Greece last scrapped 2005/2006
142 Zobel P60926101101961~19846 sold to Turkey, 1 Lürssen Shipyard, 3 German Navy (1 for training Ship safety device)
143 Albatros P61116120101976~20056 sold to Tunisia, 2 sold privately, 2 can be bought or will be scrapped (2007)
143A Gepard P61216130101982~201610 retired
144cancelled project with CODAG propulsion
145cancelled project of a missile boat
146cancelled project of a torpedo boat
148 Tiger P614161602019722002French origin & powered by Lürssen-Bremen, 6 sold to Chile, 5 to Egypt, 6 to Greece and 3 scrapped
149 Silbermöve P605260571019561967No former World War II of the German Kriegsmarine, new order from the German Bundesgrenzschutz/German Coastguard, unfortunately an offence against the Potsdam Agreement, seizure by the U.K., first in service of the Baltic Fishery Protection Service (Verband Klose), later in the 1. Schnellbootgeschwader of the German Navy
15050t patrol boat (cancelled project)
15150t patrol boat (cancelled project)
152 Nasty P61916192219601973From Norway, for trials
153 Vosper motor torpedo boat P61936194219621967British origin, for trials
157 ???211969???small patrol craft, given to Bundesgrenzschutz
160169 Tragflügelboote (Hydrofoils)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
160cancelled project, Schlichting design
161cancelled project, Lürssen design
162NATO project, Bundesmarine withdrew 1977, resulted in the US Pegasus-class hydrofoil, Type 143 built instead
170179 U-Jagdboote (Submarine hunters)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
179La Fouguex(?)11958French design, Licence built for NATO (?)

200299 subsurface combatants

201249 U-Boote (Submarines)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
201 Type 201 S18018231962~1967350 ton coastal submarines
202 Type 202 S17217321965~1966100 ton mini submarines, a large fleet was initially planned, used for trials only
203cancelled project
204cancelled project
205 Type 205 S183191101962~2005450 ton coastal submarines, U11 was upgraded to 205A and U12 to 205B
206 Type 206
  • S192199
  • S171179
181973~2011500 ton, 12 have been upgraded to 206A, 7 of them still in service
207 Kobben class (Type 207) 16Type 205 version for Norway and Denmark (lately used only by Poland)
208Cancelled project or maybe used internally for TR-1700 class
209 Type 209 over 601200-1600 ton boats, for export only
210 Ula class (Type 210) 61200 ton boats, Built for Norway
211cancelled project or maybe used internally for Dolphin class
212 Type 212 S18118662005present1800 ton, design upgraded to 212A, also built in/for Italy
213 Type 213 planned enhanced 2nd batch of Type 212
214 Type 214 larger export sub, based on Type 209 with some enhancements from Type 212
240 Type 240 S170S171219571968Upgraded former Kriegsmarine Type XXIII U-boats
241 Wilhelm Bauer Y880119601968Upgraded former Kriegsmarine Type XXI U-boat

Type numbers 250299 are not assigned.

300399 mine warfare vessels

301319 Hochseeminensuchboote (ocean-going minesweeper)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
319 M type
  • F207211
  • M187192
1119561963former Kriegsmarine boats, 4 used as target ships (1 sunk), 6 redesignated as 730, others scrapped
320329 Küstenminensuchboote (coastal minesweepers)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
320LindauM10701087181958198012 upgraded to type Type 331, 6 to 351
321VegesackM12501255619591969French origin, sold to Turkey
330339 Minenjagdboote (minehunters)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
331Fulda
  • M10711072
  • M10741075
  • M10771078
  • M1080
  • M10841087
12197220001 museum ship, 2 scrapped, 2 each to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 1 to Georgia, 1 to Gibraltar
332 Frankenthal M10581069121992present
333 Kulmbach M109110965upgraded Type 343 boats
339
  • W44,45
  • W5356
619561970former French Navy vessels, Canadian origin, all scrapped
340369 Schnelle Minensuch- und Minenkampfboote sowie Räumfahrzeuge (fast minesweepers, mine warfare ships and clearing vessels)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
340KrebsM105010591019591990decommissioned
341Scorpion
  • M10601069
  • M10901099
20195919901 redesignated as Type 903, others decommissioned
342cancelled project
343 Hameln M1090109910198920015 upgraded to Type 333, 5 to Type 352
350project cancelled 1973
351Ulm
  • M1073, M1076
  • M1079
  • M10811083
619892000
  • former Type 320, to South Africa in 2001.
  • M1081 Konstanz expended as target by two Exocet MM40 surface to surface missiles fired from SA Navy frigates SAS Amatola and SAS Isandlwana during Exercise Red Lion on November 1, 2007 about 90 km west of Saldanha Bay, South Africa.
352 Ensdorf
  • M1090
  • M10921094
  • M1098
5
  • former Type 343 boats
  • MCM drone controller
355ERMISScancelled project
359Schütze
  • M10511054
  • M10561064
  • M10671089
  • W4648
  • 52,61,62
241956196815 used as Type 730, 1 Type 732, 1 Type 739
360HansaW22119581968redesignated as Type 392
361HansaW21119581968redesignated as Type 391
362W234018196119688 redesignated as Type 393, 10 Type 394
368
  • W13
  • W1319
10195619744 to Tanzania, 2 to Greece, 1 Type 740
368NordwindY83411956presenttraining boat
369
  • Y827,830
  • Y832,833
  • Y845,846
6195619944 to Kazakhstan
370379 Minenleger (Minelayers)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
370A14031405319611971Former USN LSTs, 1 scrapped, 2 to Turkey

Type numbers 380389 Netzleger und Netzleichter (net layers and net lighters) were cancelled projects.

390399 Binnenminensuchboot (inland waterway minesweepers)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
390M265111966presenttransformed to Type 740, two boats cancelled
391NiobeM26611transformed into Type 740
392HansaM26621transformed into Type 732
393AriadneM265026578196119921 hulk, most scrapped
394FrauenlobM2658266710196620014 to Estonia, 1 museum ship

400499 auxiliary ships

401419 Tender
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
401 Rhein A58668196119934 scrapped, 3 sold to Turkey, 1 to Greece
402 Mosel A67,54,653196319912 scrapped, 1 sold to Turkey
403 Lahn A5556219641991scrapped
404 Elbe A51151661993present
419OsteA52,5321956???Former Kriegsmarine tender, redesignated and assigned to Type 753 (A52) and 754 (A53)
420429 Flottendienstboote und U-Jagdboote (Fleet service ships and small submarine hunters)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
420 Thetis P60526056519611992Sold to Greece
421Hans BürknerA1449119631990Fleet service ship, scrapped
422A50,52,53319571988Former Type 753 ships, Fleet service ships, 1 scrapped, one sold to Turkey, other to Greece
423 Oste A50,52,5331988presentConfusingly share same Pennant number and name combinations as Type 422 class
430439 Torpedofangboote (Torpedo retrieving boats)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
430Type 430
  • Y851856
  • 872874
91966present6 upgraded to 430A, most sold to Greece, 1 maybe still in service
438Type 438
  • Y883886
  • 835
719591989Former Kriegsmarine boats
439Type 439
  • Y806807
  • P60156020
  • P60436051
1819561976Some of them redesignated as Type 740 or 945, used as patrol boats
401419 Schulschiffe (School ships)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
440 Deutschland A59119631990Upgraded to 440A, scrapped
441 Gorch Fock A6011958presentSailing ship
4422Sailing ship (planned)

500599 landing craft

501539 Landungsboote (landing boats)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
502LSM 11decommissioned
520 Barbe
  • L760768
  • L788791
  • L795799
221965presentUtility landing craft, 5 different upgrades/versions (AD), 10 to Greece, L762 still in service
521 LCM-8
  • LCM120
  • A1423
  • A14301434
  • L786,787
281965present11 to Greece, decommissioned(?)
540599 not assigned
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
540Task force support ship (cancelled project?)
550 LSM L750753419581973Former USN LSMs
551LSML754,755219581967Former USN LSMs
552 LCA
  • LCA3033
  • LCA3540
919581964Former RN LCAs
553LCM
  • LCM10
  • LCM602606
  • LCM231,233
  • LCM235237
1119601973Former USN LCMs
554 LCU LCU1119591967Former USN LCU, used as LCA leader
555City of HavannaWS1119611965Former USN LSD, used as ferry and swimming barrack, sold to Greek Shipping company

600699 small combatants

This category was formally not used. Small NVA combatants were assigned here.

700799 support vessels, docks, tugs, special vehicles

701736 Transporter, Schlepper und Betriebsfahrzeuge (transport ships, tugs and utility vessels)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
701 Lüneburg A14111418819662005Many upgrades, 701A through 701E
702 Berlin A1411141232001present
703 Walchensee A1424142741966presentsmall fuel tanker and transport ship, 2 still in service
704 Rhön A1442144321977presentLarger fuel tanker, originally built for Libya
705
  • A14031406
  • Y865866
619632000Fresh water tanker, most sold to Turkey and Greece
706SchwarzwaldA1400119611974Former French Navy ship Almathée, ammunition transport ship
70821970Maintenance ships, swimming workshops. Built out of old landing ships
710FördeA16411642219671992Oil tank cleaning ships, scrapped
711 Hiev 21962present100t swimming cranes
71221961presentLifting docks
71341961presentlifting pontoons, 1 still in service?
714Dock B11963present4500t self-propelled swimming dock, built 1939
71531960present8000t swimming docks, built 1943
718LP1LP321964presentsubmarine battery loading prams, 1 still in service?
719MemmertY875119561980former US Navy USN 106 crane ship
720 Helgoland A1457145821966presentSalvage tug, upgrades 720A, 720B. A1458 Fehmarn still in service
721 Eisvogel A1401140221961presenticebreaker, A1402 decommissioned
722 Wangerooge A1451145661968presentocean tugs, three redesignated as Type 754, A1451 Wangerooge and A1452 Spiekeroog still in service, upgrades 722A,722B,722C
723 Lütje Hörn Y812819819581990small harbour tugs, 5 sold to Greece, two scrapped, 1 museum ship
724 Sylt
  • Y820823
  • Y16801682
81962presentlarger harbour tugs, 2 sold to Greece, one to Latvia, three scrapped, 1 to Bundesgrenzschutz, Y1680 still in service(?)
725 Nordstrand Y81281961987presentharbour tugs
726Y847848219601991former landing crafts used as workshop ships
727WielandY804119561971swimming workshop
7281workshop pram, decommissioned
729 Passat Y800Y803419561978former Kriegsmarine tugs, some used as target ship, others scrapped
730
  • Y809811
  • WBM IVI
  • WBR IXVII
281986assorted old ships used as hulks, all scrapped
732351956presentmine- and torpedo diver rafts, most (all?) scrapped
7341firefighting boat, decommissioned
735 hospital ship, cancelled project
736hospital ship, cancelled project
737211961presentassorted small lighters
738 Bottsand Y1634163521985presentoil recovery ships
739319691981electric power supply ships
740759 Erprobungs-, Forschungs- und Spezialschiffe (trials, research and special ships)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
740(many)31Assorted ships and boats used for trials
741A1408, Y83821967present naval mine trials ship
742 Walther von Ledebur
Mülhausen
  • A1410
  • M1052
1
  • 19671994
  • 1995present
mine trials ship, after upgrade to 742A renamed and now mine diver ship
743AM
  • Y1674,1675
  • Y1679
31971presentwork boats
744
  • Y1670,1683
  • Y1684,1686
41965presentmultipurpose utility boats
745 Stollergrund Y86386751989presentsmall multipurpose utility boats; Kalkgrund (Y865) and Bant (Y867) sold to Israeli Navy
746Torpedoscheibe31959present2 decommissioned
747419591983experimental remote controlled mine sweepers, trials of the TROIKA system
748 Schwedeneck Y86086231987presentmiddle sized multipurpose utility boats
749large multipurpose utility boats, project cancelled
750PlanetA145011967presentdefence trials ship
751TraveA511 ???1977oceanographic research ship; another boat was planned, but sold to Turkey instead
752A50,5121956??? mine-throwing ship, one converted to Type 732, other to Type 751
753
  • A50,52,53
  • A1456
41956presentmeasurement boats, first three converted to 422, A1456 is now a NATO research ship
754
  • Y1662
  • A14391441
41 former Kriegsmarine vessel (decommissioned), 3 former Type 722 tugs; diver training boats
759SeeschwalbeW6311966Research vessel, redesignated Type 740
760790 Transporter (transport ships)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
760 Westerwald A1435143621967presentA1435 still in service, A1436 decommissioned
761torpedo transport ship, not built
762 Sachsenwald A14371438219681993Mine transport ships, scrapped
763
  • A14061407
  • Y824Y825
419561995Fuel tanker, 2 were former Kriegsmarine ships, 1 sold to Turkey, 3 scrapped
764A14081409219551992Transport ships, French origin, both sold to Turkey
766A14281429219631977Fuel tanker, both scrapped in Netherlands
780A14381441419591977Fuel tanker, scrapped in Hamburg
785Y830832319601969Depot ships, scrapped
790Ammunition transport ship, cancelled project

800899

This range of Type numbers is not allocated.

900999 Safety, rescue, liaison & boats for special purposes

901909 Sicherheits- und Seenotrettungsfahrzeuge (safeguard and rescue vessels)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
903Stier1Y8491966presentformer M1061, Type 341, redesignated Type 732
905TodendorfY83583951993presentsecurity boats
906Y861863319611975former Royal Air Force aircrew rescue boats, one used as Type 740 target ship from 1975 to 1977, others scrapped
907W5760419561976former Luftwaffe and USN boats, used for air crew rescue missions
908VB12219731992fast messenger boats
909Y857860419561993air crew rescue boats, one gone to harbour police, Bremen
910919 Dienstsegelboote (service sailing boats)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
91026assorted small yachts, some sunk, most (all?) decommissioned
911 Star 8At least 2 decommissioned, named after Gemstones
91211Pirate class dinghy at least 1 decommissioned, have female given names
91312
91426another class of Pirat dinghies, have male names, all decommissioned
91517another class of Pirat dinghies, have male names,

920929 Sportboote (yachts) are unassigned.

930959 Verkehrs- und Beiboote (liaison boats and dinghies)
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
93032old Kriegsmarine barges, 45100PS motors, some with cabins, out of service
931819581993barges, 70/90PS motor
9321519581981liaison boats, 70/120PS motor
93323 pinnaces, with cabin, 70PS motor
93420barges , with cabin
93524pinnaces, wooden, without cabin, 70PS motor
93615pinnaces, wooden, cabin, 4775PS motor
9372pinnaces, wooden, 70 or 54PS motor
9386motor dinghies
939Lindau1motor dinghy, 5m, wooden/GRP hull, 75PS pump-jet
94060 cutter, wooden, with 20PS motor
94192cutters, wooden, with sail, no motor
94216dinghies, wooden, with sail and sword
9435dinghies, GRP hull, with sail
94475dinghies, wooden, with sail
945Y16xx16assorted harbour barges, diver service boats, motor barges, tug barges
946Y16xx51985presenttug barges
94765motor cutters, 20PS motor, GRP hull
94816pinnaces with cabin, GRP hull, 70PS motor, GRP hull
94948cutters, without motor, GRP hull
9502dinghies, GRP hull
95116utility motorboats, GRP hull
95212two types of open lifeboats for tankers 6.5 m (20 persons) or 6.0 m (14 persons) long, steel hull
953Emsland1prototype of closed lifeboat for tankers, GRP hull
95428pinnaces without cabin, 70PS motor, GRP hull
960965 Motorrettungs- und Bereitschaftsboote (motor lifeboats and stand-by boats
TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/Fate
960partly closed
961partly closed, self erecting
962fully closed
963with air supply
964fire protected
965assorted stand-by boats

Type numbers 966999 are not allocated.

Former NVA units

After the unification of the German Navies, the Eastern German ship classes got Type codes of the Western system. Especially for those that were soon sold afterwards to foreign navies, this process did not strictly follow the previous rules. Sometimes already allocated codes were reused or the previously spared x00 codes were assigned. But the vast majority was categorized in the previously unused 600-699 range, but even here the same Type code is often used more than once. And sometimes, ships of the same class are spread over different Type codes.

TypeClass Pennant
numbers
NumberIn serviceNotes/fate
140Parchim IP6167—617041984—1991sold to Indonesia
300Projekt 89.2M2670—267151973—19912 sold to Indonesia, 3 to Uruguay
391Projekt 89.1BG31—333—19961 to each Tunisia, Malta, Cape Verde
420Parchim213—214
222—224
231—233
242—244
11—1991submarine hunters, sold to Indonesia, see also Type 140
600K41—433-1991 ELINT ships, 2 to Estonia, 1 to Spain
600Wilhelm PieckS411—1996scrapped in Spain
600Project 600?C112, C6612—1991Tanker, scrapped?
600A441, A1142—1991salvage vessels, 1 to Uruguayan Navy, 1 scrapped(?)
600Koni I142, F22521986—1991Koni I, scrapped?
610RostockF22411978—1991another Koni I, sold to United Kingdom
620Balcom 10P616511990—1991to Bundesgrenzschutz
621Tarantul I571—575
P6166
61985—19912 to USN, 3 scrapped, 1 ??
630GrevesmühlenP616411984—1991Parchim I, sold to Indonesia
640TangerhütteM266911972—1991Project 89.2 minesweeper, ??
650Project 162Y890—89561984—2002Swimming base, habitat
660assorted tugboats Y1650—1651
Y1654—1656
...
???, two still in service
660assorted salvage vessels? ?? ??
670Gustav KönigsY1652, Y16572—1994Tankers, scrapped(?)
680Y1653, D442—1991Sea mark boats(?), scrapped(?)
690Project 602A1430—1434
V816
61983—1991Replenishment ships, Scrapped in Belgium(?)

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The Royal Canadian Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships, which are similar to the United States Navy's hull classification symbol system. The Royal Navy and some European and Commonwealth navies use a somewhat analogous system of pennant numbers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mid-ocean escort force</span>

Mid-Ocean Escort Force (MOEF) referred to the organisation of anti-submarine escorts for World War II trade convoys between Canada and Newfoundland, and the British Isles. The allocation of United States, British and Canadian escorts to these convoys reflected preferences of the United States upon United States' declaration of war and the organisation persisted through the winter of 1942–43 despite withdrawal of United States ships from the escort groups. By the summer of 1943, United States Atlantic escorts were focused on the faster CU convoys and the UG convoys between Chesapeake Bay and the Mediterranean Sea; and only British and Canadian escorts remained on the HX, SC and ON convoys.

Type C escort ship

The Type C escort ships were a class of escort ships in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The Japanese called them "Type C" ocean defense ships, and they were the fifth class of Kaibōkan, a name used to denote a multi-purpose vessel.

HMCS <i>Outremont</i>

HMCS Outremont was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and again from 1955–1965 as a Prestonian-class frigate. During the war she served primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for Outremont, Quebec.

HMCS <i>Waskesiu</i> River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS Waskesiu was a River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy. The frigate served as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. It was the first frigate constructed and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy. Following the war, the vessel was sold to India where it was renamed Hooghly. Named after the town of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, there was already a warship named "Prince Albert". The Royal Canadian Navy then named the ship after the town closest to Prince Albert National Park.

HMS Itchen (K227) was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Itchen was built to the RN's specifications as a Group I River-class frigate. She served in the North Atlantic during World War II.

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