Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1028 t (1065 t since 1940)
- Length (Total)
- 75,94 m (78,94 msince 1940)
- Length (Waterline)
- 73,50 m (74,80 m since 1940)
- Beam
- 8,8 m
- Draft
- 3,24 m
- Crew
- 113
- 75.94 mOriginal
- 78.94 mAfter 1940 conversion
- 1,028 tOriginal
- 1,065 tAfter 1940 conversion
28 knMaximum speed
113Complement
Design and service
The story of F2
The Flottenbegleiter F2 was used in the 1st Geleitflotille after being commissioned. Put out of service in April 1939 to be rebuilt to a torpedo recovery vessel, but reconstruction was stopped on 1 April 1940. F2 then was then attached to the 25th U-Flottilla and recommissioned on 6 April 1940. During its time as a torpedo recovery vessel, all of its 10,5 cm guns were removed. In June 1944, the Flottenbegleiter was again used in its original role, as part of the 5th Geleitflotille (Escort flotilla), it was used in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea.
Taken over by Britain after the war and transferred to Scapa Flow. Anchoring at a buoy, the ship sunk in a storm on 30 December 1946 at 58°50'46"N/03°11'30"E. The wreck broke into two pieces. Sold for scrap in 1967 and partly scrapped after that, but parts were still existing in 1989.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45
- 2 (0 between 1940 and July 1942; 1 since July 1942)
- 3,7 cm L/83
- 4 (until 1950)
- 2 cm Flak
- 2 (7 since July 1942)
- Depth Charge Launcher
- 2 + 2
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Geared Turbines
Performance
- Total Performance
- 16993 shp (14000 since 1940)
- Speed
- 28 kn
- Range
- 1965 sm at 13 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
F2
- Laid down
- Germaniawerft Kiel, 1934
- Launched
- 02.04.1935
- Commissioned
- 27.02.1936
- Fate
- sunk 30.12.1946