German ship Emden
Emden  may refer to one of the following German naval ships that were named after the town of Emden on the Ems River:

 , a  light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine commissioned in 1909. She sank two Allied warships and sank or captured nearly thirty Allied merchant vessels during World War I, and was run aground after the Battle of Cocos in 1914.
 , a  of the Kaiserliche Marine that was scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919
 , a unique light cruiser of the Reichsmarine (later Kriegsmarine) commissioned in 1925 and scrapped in 1949.
 , a  of the Bundesmarine commissioned in 1961 and withdrawn in 1983.
 , a  of the Bundesmarine commissioned in 1983 and withdrawn in 2013. Emden, a  of the Bundesmarine planned to enter service in 2023. German Navy ship names