Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1028 t
- Length (Total)
- 75,94 m
- Length (Waterline)
- 73,50 m
- Beam
- 8,8 m
- Draft
- 3,24 m
- Crew
- 113
75,94 mOverall length
1028 tMaximum displacement
28 knMaximum speed
113Complement
Design and service
The story of F5
The Flottenbegleiter F5 was used in the 1st Geleitflotille after being commissioned. Put out of service in April 1939 to be rebuilt as a training ship for the anti-submarine school. On 18 December 1939 the ship was put into service again and was attached to the 23rd and 25th U-Flottilla as a torpedo recovery vessel where it served almost the entire war. In 1944 it was assigned to the 7th M-flotilla in the North Sea and returned to the Baltic Sea in January 1945.
On 29 January 1945 it was hit by a ground mine between Copenhagen and Swinemünde and despite its heavy damage - the complete stern was destroyed - it kept afloat.
When it was tried to tow the ship to Swinemünde, the F5 collided with a wreck and capsized.
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 (6 since 1944)
- 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
Construction record
F5
- Laid down
- Germaniawerft Kiel, 1934
- Launched
- 15.08.1935
- Commissioned
- 01.05.1936
- Fate
- sunk 29.01.1945