Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1028 t
- Length (Total)
- 75,94 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 73,50 m
- Beam
- 8,8 m
- Draft
- 3,24 m
- Crew
- 117
75,94 mOverall length
1028 tMaximum displacement
28 knMaximum speed
117Complement
Design and service
The story of F8
The Flottenbegleiter F8 was used in the 2nd Geleitflotille after being commissioned. Used in the Baltic Sea after the outbreak of the war and sent to Helgoland on 6 September 1939 where it was operating as an escort vessel and used to lay mine fields. On 1 April 1940 it was attached to the 25th UFlottilla and after a short time spend in Oslo in May 1940, F8 was used for U-boat training until March 1945. Taken over by the USA after the war, the ship was broken down in 1950.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45
- 2
- 3,7 cm L/83
- 4
- 2 cm Flak
- 2
- Depth Charge Launcher
- 2 + 2
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Turbines
- 2
- Type
- Geared Turbines
Performance
- Total Performance
- 16993 shp
- Speed
- 28 kn
- Range
- 1965 sm at 13 kn
Construction record
F8
- Laid down
- Blohm & Voss Hamburg, 1935
- Launched
- 27.07.1935
- Commissioned
- 08.04.1937
- Fate
- scrapped 1950