The Flottenbegleiter F1 was used in the 1st Geleitflotille after being commissioned. Put out of service in April 1939 and rebuild as a fleet tender.

Renamed to Libelle on 23.05.1941, the ship was recommissioned on 05.06.1941 in the Baltic Sea. In May 1942 it was transferred to Norway with the Panzerschiff Lützow and returned to Germany on 04.09.1942. In June 1943 the ship was send into the Baltic Sea again, there it was renamed to fleet tender Jagd on 15.01.1945.

Taken over by the US after the war, but transferred to France and scraped in 1947.