At least three ships in the Prussian Navy (later German Imperial Navy) or Austro-Hungarian Navy were named SMS Natter:
SMS Kaiser has been the name of two ships of the German Imperial Navy:
Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven was a German shipbuilding company in Wilhelmshaven, founded in 1871 and closed in 1918. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Kiel it was one of three shipyards which solely produced warships for the Preußische Marine and the following German Kaiserliche Marine. With the end of World War I all three imperial shipyards were closed, but the Wilhelmshaven shipyard was reopened in 1919, first as Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, and after 1935 named Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven.
In addition to several other ships, two ships of the Imperial German Navy and one ship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor.
Three ships of the German and Austro-Hungarian navies have been named SMS Basilisk:
Three ships of the Imperial German Navy and one of the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Möwe:
Several ships of the Prussian and Austrian/Austro-Hungarian Navies have been named SMS Drache (Dragon)
Several ships of the Austrian, Prussian, and German navies have been named SMS Salamander:
SMS Viper was a torpedo boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Viper was built by the British shipbuilder Yarrow between 1895 and 1896 and formed the basis for the following Cobra-class torpedo boats. She was renamed Torpedoboot 17 in 1910 and served through the First World War as a patrol boat and minesweeper. She was scrapped in 1920.
SMS Natter was a steam gunboat of the Jäger class built for the Prussian Navy in the late 1850s and early 1860s. The ship was ordered as part of a program to strengthen Prussia's coastal defense forces, then oriented against neighboring Denmark. She was armed with a battery of three guns. The ship saw very little activity during her career. She was activated during the Second Schleswig War against Denmark in 1864 and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, being used to defend the Prussian coast. She saw no action against enemy forces in either conflict, however. Natter largely remained out of service until her disposal in 1880, but her ultimate fate is unknown.
There were two ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy named SMS Wespe:
There were two ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy named SMS Scorpion:
There were two ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy named SMS Crocodill:
There were two ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy named SMS Hay:
There were two ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy named SMS Hyäne:
There were three ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy or Austro-Hungarian Navy named SMS Habicht:
Several ships in the Prussian Navy and later German Imperial Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Tiger:
At least two ships of the Imperial German Navy or Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Viper:
At least three ships of the Prussian Navy or Austro-Hungarian Navy had been named SMS Sperber:
At least three ships of the Prussian Navy or Austro-Hungarian Navy had been named SMS Schwalbe: