F1
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | F-class Destroyer Escort |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft |
Yard Number | 530 |
Ordered | 17 May 1934 |
Laid Down | 2 Aug 1934 |
Launched | 1 Mar 1935 |
Commissioned | 15 Dec 1935 |
Displacement | 1,147 tons standard |
Length | 263 feet |
Beam | 29 feet |
Draft | 11 feet |
Machinery | Two geared turbines, two shafts |
Power Output | 14,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 21 knots |
Range | 1700nm at 13 knots |
Crew | 113 |
Armament | 2x10.5cm L/45 guns, 4x3.7cm L/83 guns, 2x2cm anti-aircraft guns (4x in 1945), depth charge launchers |
Contributor: Al Griffis
ww2dbaseF1 was the lead ship of her class of ten fleet escort ships. She entered service in 1935 and was decommissioned in Apr 1939 to be rebuilt as fleet tender Libelle. In Jan 1945, she was renamed Jagd. She was taken over by the United States after the war and was scrapped in France in 1947.
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17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F1 was placed. |
2 Aug 1934 | The keel of fleet escort ship F1 was laid down at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
1 Mar 1935 | Fleet escort ship F1 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
15 Dec 1935 | Fleet escort ship F1 was commissioned into service. |
23 May 1941 | Fleet escort ship F1 was renamed Libelle during her rebuild. |
5 Jun 1941 | Libelle was recommissioned into service. |
4 Sep 1942 | Libelle arrived in Germany. |
15 Jan 1945 | Libelle was renamed Jagd. |
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