In Service: 25 May 1936 to 30 March 1945
Ordered:
Builder: F.
Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel
Construction No: 531
Laid down: 1934
Launched: 1 October 1935
Commissioned: 25 May 1936
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
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Escorts
Articles:
25 May 1936
The F6 Escort is commissioned.
1936
The F6 Escort served as a flagship in the Escort Flotilla.
29 August 1938
The F6 Escort became the fleet tender Hai.
15 April 1939
The F6 Escort became the fleet tender K�nigin Luise.
30 March 1945
The F6 Escort is attacked by the RAF in Wilhelmshaven and
sunk.
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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