F9
| Country | Germany |
| Ship Class | F-class Destroyer Escort |
| Builder | Kriegsmarinewerft |
| Yard Number | 126 |
| Ordered | 24 Aug 1934 |
| Laid Down | 12 Nov 1934 |
| Launched | 11 May 1936 |
| Commissioned | 21 Aug 1937 |
| Sunk | 6 Sep 1939 |
| Displacement | 712 tons standard; 1,028 tons full |
| Length | 263 feet |
| Beam | 29 feet |
| Draft | 11 feet |
| Machinery | 2 boilers, 2 Brown-Boveri geared turbines, 2 shafts |
| Power Output | 16,993 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 29 knots |
| Crew | 117 |
| Armament | 2x10.5cm L/45 guns, 2x2x3.7cm L/83 anti-aircraft guns, 2x2cm anti-aircraft guns, 2x depth charge launchers |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseGerman escort ship F9 was commissioned into German Navy service in Aug 1937 and saw service in the Baltic Sea in the initial two years of her service. In Sep 1939, days after the start of the European War, she was transferred to the Helgoland archipelago north of Wilhelmshaven, Germany where she operated as an escort vessel and as a minelayer. In Dec 1939, while escorting cruisers Nürnberg and Leipzig in the North Sea, the convoy was detected by British submarine HMS Ursula. Ursula fired a spread of torpedoes, intending on sinking Nürnberg, which had already sustained damage from an attack from submarine HMS Salmon the day prior, but striking and sinking F9 instead.
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Last Major Revision: Nov 2019
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| 24 Aug 1934 | The construction of escort ship F9 was ordered. |
| 12 Nov 1934 | The keel of F9 was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
| 11 May 1936 | F9 was launched at the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
| 21 Aug 1937 | F9 was commissioned into service. |
| 6 Sep 1939 | German escort ship F9 was transferred from the Baltic Sea to the Helgoland archipelago north of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
| 14 Dec 1939 | HMS Ursula sank German escort ship F9 with a torpedo in the North Sea. |
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