F-class Destroyer Escort
Country | Germany |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
This article refers to the entire F-class; it is not about an individual vessel.
ww2dbaseThe ten F-class fleet escort ships (German: Flottenbegleiter) were the only ships built for the German Navy during WW2 in this role. They were built by Krupp Germania Werft of Kiel, Germany; Blohm und Voss of Hamburg, Germany; and Kriegsmarinewerft of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. They entered service in the late 1930s, and were rebuilt before 1940 to remedy hull structure issues caused by their over-powerful engines. In addition to escort duties, they also served as tenders and submarine training ships.
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Last Major Revision: Sep 2019
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17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F6 was placed. |
17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F5 was placed. |
17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F4 was placed. |
17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F3 was placed. |
17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F2 was placed. |
17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F7 was placed. |
17 May 1934 | The order for fleet escort ship F8 was placed. |
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. |
17 Aug 1934 | The construction of escort ship F10 was ordered. |
22 Aug 1934 | The keel of fleet escort ship F4 was laid down at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
24 Aug 1934 | The construction of escort ship F9 was ordered. |
6 Sep 1934 | The keel of fleet escort ship F6 was laid down at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
6 Sep 1934 | The keel of fleet escort ship F5 was laid down at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
12 Nov 1934 | The keel of F9 was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
12 Nov 1934 | The keel of F10 was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
10 Jan 1935 | The keel of fleet escort ship F7 was laid down at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany. |
29 Jan 1935 | The keel of fleet escort ship F8 was laid down at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany. |
1 Mar 1935 | Fleet escort ship F1 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
2 Apr 1935 | Fleet escort ship F2 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
1 Jun 1935 | Fleet escort ship F3 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
2 Jul 1935 | Fleet escort ship F4 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
14 Aug 1935 | Fleet escort ship F5 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
1 Oct 1935 | Fleet escort ship F6 was launched at the Krupp Germania Werft yard in Kiel, Germany. |
15 Dec 1935 | Fleet escort ship F1 was commissioned into service. |
27 Feb 1936 | Fleet escort ship F2 was commissioned into service. |
7 Mar 1936 | Fleet escort ship F3 was commissioned into service. |
5 Apr 1936 | Fleet escort ship F4 was commissioned into service. |
1 May 1936 | Fleet escort ship F5 was commissioned into service. |
11 May 1936 | F9 was launched at the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
11 May 1936 | F10 was launched at the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
25 May 1936 | Fleet escort ship F7 was launched at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany. |
25 May 1936 | Fleet escort ship F6 was commissioned into service. |
27 Jul 1936 | Fleet escort ship F8 was launched at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany. |
15 Feb 1937 | Fleet escort ship F7 was commissioned into service. |
8 Apr 1937 | Fleet escort ship F8 was commissioned into service. |
21 Aug 1937 | F9 was commissioned into service. |
21 Mar 1938 | F10 was commissioned into service. |
28 Oct 1938 | Fleet escort ship F3 was decommissioned for conversion into a fleet tender. |
28 Oct 1938 | Fleet escort ship F6 was decommissioned from service for conversion into a fleet tender. |
6 Sep 1939 | German escort ship F9 was transferred from the Baltic Sea to the Helgoland archipelago north of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
6 Sep 1939 | Fleet escort ship F7 was transferred from the Baltic Sea to the German archipelago of Helgoland. |
6 Sep 1939 | Fleet escort ship F8 was transferred from the Baltic Sea to the German archipelago of Helgoland. |
6 Sep 1939 | German escort ship F10 was transferred from the Baltic Sea to the Helgoland archipelago north of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
20 Sep 1939 | Fleet escort ship F6 completed her conversion into a fleet tender and was recommissioned Königin Louise. |
14 Dec 1939 | HMS Ursula sank German escort ship F9 with a torpedo in the North Sea. |
18 Dec 1939 | F5 was recommissioned into service. |
5 Mar 1940 | Fleet escort ship F3 was recommissioned as a fleet tender, with the new name of Hai. |
1 Apr 1940 | Fleet escort ship F8 was assigned to the 25th Submarine Flotilla as a torpedo recovery vessel. |
1 Apr 1940 | Fleet escort ship F7 was assigned to the 25th Submarine Flotilla as a torpedo recovery vessel. |
1 Apr 1940 | The work to convert fleet escort ship F2 was halted. |
6 Apr 1940 | Fleet escort ship F2 was recommissioned into service. |
1 Aug 1940 | The work to convert F4 from a fleet escort ship to a torpedo recovery vessel ceased. |
23 May 1941 | Fleet escort ship F1 was renamed Libelle during her rebuild. |
5 Jun 1941 | Libelle was recommissioned into service. |
28 Jun 1941 | Fleet tender Hai sustained some damage by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic Sea. |
24 Jun 1942 | Fleet tender Hai sustained some damage by Soviet aircraft. |
4 Sep 1942 | Libelle arrived in Germany. |
15 Jan 1945 | Libelle was renamed Jagd. |
29 Jan 1945 | Fleet escort ship F5 struck a mine in western Baltic Sea and suffered heavy damage; while being towed toward Swinemünde, Germany (now Swinoujscie, Poland), she collided with a wreck and sank. |
25 Feb 1945 | The former German ship F7, now in Soviet service, was renamed Buran. |
30 Mar 1945 | Fleet tender Königin Louise was sunk by USAAF B-24 bombers at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
3 May 1945 | Fleet tender Hai was sunk by British Typhoon fighter bombers at Kiel, Germany. |
5 Nov 1945 | Fleet escort ship F7 was transferred to the Soviet Union. |
15 Feb 1946 | Fleet escort ship F7 was assigned to the Soviet North Baltic Fleet. |
2 Dec 1946 | Buran was disarmed and reclassified an experimental ship. |
30 Dec 1946 | Fleet escort ship F2 was sunk during a storm at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom. |
24 Apr 1947 | Buran ceased her role as an experimental ship. |
7 May 1951 | Buran was reclassified as a depot ship and was renamed Dubna. She was attached to the North Atlantic Fleet. |
24 Dec 1955 | Dubna was transferred to the Baltic Fleet. |
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