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F5

Escort




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Service Data

In Service: 1 May 1936 to 29 January 1945

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel
Construction No: 530
Laid down: 1934
Launched: 15 August 1935
Commissioned: 1 May 1936

Technical Data

Type: Escort / Flottenbegleiter
Class: F1

Displacement: 7,12 tons standard 1,028 tons full load
Length: 75.94 m
Beam: 8.8 m
Draft: 3.24 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft 2 × geared turbines producing up to 16,993 shp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 27.9 knots
Range: 1,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
Crew: 113 men and officers
Armament:
2 × 10.5 cm L/45 SK C/32
carried 400 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 6,000 rounds
4 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 8,000 rounds
4 × depth charge launcher
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Operators: Kriegsmarine
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Career

1 May 1936
The Escort F5 is commissioned.

18 December 1931
The Escort F5 is converted to a recovery torpedo boat. until 1 April 1941.

29 January 1945
The Escort F5 was hit by a mine in the Baltic Sea and sunk.

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Sources

German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330

German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X

German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378

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