KRIEGSMARINE ESCORT BOATS
(Geleitboote, Flottenbegleiter)
The 1st Escort Flotilla in Hamburg before the war.
In 1940, F2, F4, F7, F8, and F10 were fitted as torpedo recovery boats.
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: standard 712 mt, full load 1,028 mt.
Dimensions: Waterline length 73.5 m, overall length 75.94 m, beam 8.8 m, maximum draft 3.24 m, depth 4.55 m.
Armament:
2 x 10.5cm/L45
4 x 37cm/L83
2 x 2cm/L65
Fire control: 2 x 3-m rangefinders.
Radar equipment: None.
Propulsion plant: 2 La Mont or Velox-Benson boilers, 2 Brown-Boveri turbines, 14,000 hp.
Speed: 27-28 knots.
Endurance: 1,500 nm at 20 knots.
Fuel capacity: 216 mt.
Crew: 121.
| Fleet Escorts |
| Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| F1 |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
02.08.1934 |
01.03.1935 |
15.12.1935 |
To USA 1945
To France 1947 |
| F2 |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
07.08.1934 |
02.04.1935 |
27.02.1936 |
To Britain 1945 |
| F3 |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
22.08.1934 |
01.06.1935 |
07.03.1936 |
Bombed in Kiel
05.05.1945 |
| F4 |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
22.08.1934 |
02.07.1935 |
05.04.1936 |
To Britain 1945 |
| F5 |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
06.09.1934 |
14.08.1935 |
01.05.1936 |
Mined in the Baltic
29.01.1945 |
| F6 |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
06.09.1934 |
01.10.1935 |
25.05.1936 |
Sunk in Wilhelmshaven
30.03.1945 |
| F7 |
Blohm & Voss,
Hamburg |
10.01.1935 |
25.05.1936 |
15.02.1937 |
To USSR 1945 |
| F8 |
Blohm & Voss,
Hamburg |
29.01.1935 |
27.07.1936 |
08.04.1937 |
To Britain 1945 |
| F9 |
Kriegsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven |
12.11.1934 |
11.05.1936 |
21.08.1937 |
Torpedoed near Heligoland
14.12.1939 |
| F10 |
Kriegsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven |
12.11.1934 |
11.05.1936 |
12.03.1938 |
To USA 1945 |
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