Coastguard, security and school boats of the Navy (Bundeswehr)

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The German Navy possessed in the first years of its existence, a large number of smaller coast guard, backup and school boats that had next to their operational responsibilities a significant role in the training of crews of new ships and boats. The boats were partly used as warships , partly as civilian auxiliary ships and partly as floating equipment without a permanent crew.

The vehicles came from the Kriegsmarine , from the German maritime associations that existed between 1945 and 1956 under Allied leadership , the Maritime Border Guard or from other stocks. In addition, some vehicles were commissioned by the German Navy.

Class 359

The clearing boats of the Labor Service Unit (B) in Bremerhaven in 1952, which were later handed over to the German Navy

In 1956, the German Navy took over 26 former mine clearance boats that had been built for the Navy from the Labor Service Unit (B) of the United States Navy . Most of them were used again as anti-mine vehicles, some were immediately or later converted into school, living or security boats. The following were used as safety and school boats:

Class 360/361

The two coast guard boats of classes 360 and 361 Hansa and Niobe were prototypes for the 18 coast guard boats of class 362, which were later divided into classes 393 ( Ariadne class ) and 394 ( Frauenlob class ).

Hansa and Niobe were outwardly similar, but differed in their drive system. Both boats were put into service in the 3rd Port Guard Squadron in 1958 , and in 1960 they switched to the 2nd Coast Guard Squadron , which was renamed the 10th Minesweeping Squadron in 1965. They were reclassified several times and later given different tasks. In detail:

  • Niobe , class 361, from 1968 class 391, coast guard boat until 1969, then converted to a barge-rifle steering boat (test boat class 740) and service at the naval barrage test center and test center 71. 1976 decommissioned and sold.
  • Hansa , class 360, from 1968 class 392, coast guard boat until 1968, then converted to mine diving boat class 732, school boat of the mine diving company until decommissioned.

Class 368

Former KFK lying down after the end of his service in the German Navy

On July 1, 1956, the German Navy took over ten war fishing cutters used as watch boats for the Maritime Border Guard and the sailing school boat Nordwind, which is based on the same type . The watch boats formed the 1st Harbor Protection Squadron , which was renamed the 1st Coast Guard Squadron in 1960 . From 1963, they were decommissioned as military units and most of them were sold. The Nordwind, most recently occupied by civilians, was decommissioned in 2006 and handed over to the German Naval Museum in Wilhelmshaven as an active museum ship .

Class 369

KW 19 as an exhibit in Horumersiel

The six class 369 coast guard boats were built by the Labor Service Unit (B) of the United States Navy at the Lürssen shipyard in Vegesack and commissioned in 1953. They formed the Weser River Patrol and were unarmed. On November 30, 1956, the boats were taken over by the German Navy as H 15 to H 20 and assigned to the 3rd Port Protection Squadron in Kiel. After it was renamed the 3rd Coast Guard Squadron , the names of the boats were changed from week 15 to week 20 around 1960 .

During their service in the German Navy, the boats had a crew of 17 men. They were armed with two 20mm flak in single mounts (KW 19: 4 20mm flak in double mounts). Her top speed was 25 knots.

In detail:

  • Four boats (15, 16, 17, 20) were decommissioned and laid up in 1963. In 1964 they were loaned as BG 1 to BG 4 to the Federal Border Police (See), which was being set up , and then returned to the Bundeswehr, where they were used as security boats for the Todendorf firing range under Defense Division I. They were replaced by the Todendorf class boats around 1993/4 .
  • KW 18 was decommissioned in 1965 and then used as a civilian liaison boat of the Military District Command I. From 1967, like the aforementioned boats, it was parked to secure the Todendorf shooting range and also decommissioned in 1993.
  • KW 19 served after the time in the 3rd Coast Guard Squadron as a school boat for the naval artillery school , later as a liaison boat for the Borkum naval base command until it was decommissioned in 1981.

Class 438/439

A former Kriegsmarine torpedo boat in American service. These boats were taken over by the German Navy from 1956

The torpedo catching boats of classes 438/439 are former work boats of the Navy and possibly the Air Force from the Second World War. The boats then fell into Allied hands, mostly the United States. The United States Navy used them as patrol boats on the Rhine and Weser, e.g. B. in the Rhine River Patrol . During this time they were registered as P-60XX . Some were privately owned at times. When the Federal Navy was set up in 1956, it took over 19 of the boats for various tasks, including training, support for trial and testing sites, surveying or securing the Todendorf shooting range. Most of them only had identifiers instead of names, and only a few boats had names. They were unarmed and mostly had a civilian crew of about 7 men. The boats in question were:

  • TF 1 , Marine Fernmeldeschule, Erprobungsstelle 71, sold in 1973
  • TF 2 , Marine Fernmeldeschule, Erprobungsstelle 71, sold at an unknown date
  • TF 3 , Marine Fernmeldeschule, Erprobungsstelle 71, sold in 1974
  • TF 4 , Naval Telecommunications School, Test Center 71, 1970 eliminated
  • TF 25 , Marine Underwater Weapons School, as AM 1 (II) to test site 72, 1967 delivery to Greece, there in service as BB 15 Idi
  • TF 26 , Marine Unterwasserwaffenschule, as AM 2 (I) to Erprobungsstelle 72, renamed to Dienstboot Seefalke , sold in 1971 via VEBEG
  • TF 101 , from 1959 at test site 71, whereabouts?
  • TF 102 , from 1959 at test site 71, whereabouts?
  • TF 103 , from 1959 at test center 71, excluded in 1976
  • TF 105 , from 1959 at test site 71, whereabouts?
  • B 1 , naval artillery test center, then as TF 109 test center 71, whereabouts?
  • B 2 , naval artillery test center, then TF 110 test center 71, renamed to Woge approx. 1970 , segregated in 1976
  • B 3 , Naval Artillery School, renamed Barbara , sold in 1974
  • B 4 , Marine Underwater Weapons School, renamed MV 1 , as AM 1 (I) to Erprobungsstelle 72, 1967 sold to reservists association Düsseldorf
  • B 5 , Marine Underwater Weapons School, decommissioned in 1966, as AK 5 in the Kiel Naval Arsenal, there later a radar loading boat Welle , separated in 1975
  • Todendorf , security boat shooting range command Todendorf, sold in 1970
  • Putlos , security boat at the Todendorf firing range, sold in 1972
  • Hohwacht , security boat at the Todendorf firing range command, handed over to the Bremen Marine Reservists Association in 1974
  • Heiligenhafen , security boat shooting range command Todendorf, sold in 1976

Class 906

The flight safety boats of the class 906 were three of five units that the British armed forces in Germany ordered in 1954 for the air traffic control service of the Royal Air Force at the Kröger shipyard in Rendsburg . Delivered in 1955, they were handed over to the German Navy in 1961 and assigned to the Navy Emergency Squadron , later to the Naval Aviation Wing 5 . There they briefly led a military crew of 15 men, later a civilian crew of six to eight men for the rest of their service life. They had a top speed of 30 knots and were unarmed. The boats were designated FL 9 to FL 11 until they were decommissioned in 1975/6. Then they found different uses:

  • FL 9 : sold to private owner in 1978
  • FL 10 : 1976 in service with the naval base command in Kiel as a connection boat H 21 , whereabouts unknown
  • FL 11 : 1975 in service as the test boat EB 1 of the test center 71, separated in 1977

Class 907

The class 907 boats were built in 1941 for the German Air Force as type B VI air traffic control boats. After the end of the war they served in the American Rhine River Patrol . On September 1, 1957, she was as a school boat with the names FL 1 to FL 3 of the Naval Academy Mürwik allocated and segregated 1962/3. They were crewed eight to ten, had a top speed of 18 knots and were unarmed. Only FL 3 was used until 1976 as a security boat Neuland at the Todendorf shooting range.

Class 908

The class 908 air traffic control boat was built for the German Air Force between 1935 and 1939. It was smaller and slower than the class 907 boats. It was in Allied service from 1945 to 1951, before it was put into service by the Maritime Border Guard as the Falke school boat . Under this name it was taken over by the German Navy in 1956 and assigned to the Mürwik Naval School. In 1957 it came under the designation FL 4 to the Navy Sea Emergency Squadron, where it was eliminated in 1962.

Class 909

The boats of class 909 were used and designated one after the other as harbor protection, coast guard and air traffic control boats. They were ordered from the Lürssen shipyard by the Maritime Border Guard and were very similar to the class 369 boats that were built around the same time for the Labor Service Unit (B) at the same shipyard. However, the sea border protection insisted on a higher speed, so that the boats got a stronger drive, which gave them a top speed of 28 knots. On July 1, 1956, the boats were taken over by the German Navy as H 11 to H 14 and assigned to the 3rd Port Protection Squadron in Kiel. After it was renamed the 3rd Coast Guard Squadron , the names of the boats were changed from week 11 to week 14 around 1960 . They had a military crew of 14 men and were armed with one or two 20mm anti-aircraft guns. Subsequently, the boats led a reduced civilian crew and found different uses:

  • KW 11 from August 1, 1958 as a FL 5 flight safety boat at Marinefliegergeschwader 5, there October 15, 1975 out of service, on December 8, 1975 as a safety boat H 11 for the Todendorf firing range until it was decommissioned in 1983
  • KW 12 from August 1, 1958 as a flight safety boat FL 6 at Marinefliegergeschwader 5, there December 1, 1970 out of service, handed over to a private buyer on July 7, 1971 via VEBEG
  • KW 13 from August 1, 1958 as a flight safety boat FL 7 with Marinefliegergeschwader 5, there October 15, 1975 out of service, on December 8, 1975 as a safety boat H 13 for the Todendorf firing range until it was decommissioned in 1992
  • KW 14 from August 1, 1958 as flight safety boat FL 8 with Marinefliegergeschwader 5, there September 15, 1975 out of service, trailer in the Kiel Naval Arsenal, on May 10, 1977 handed over to the Bremen water police, there in service as Bremen-14

See also

literature

  • Heinz-Ludger Borgert, Walter Stürm, Norbert Wiggershaus. Service groups and West German defense contribution - preliminary considerations for arming the Federal Republic of Germany. Boppard am Rhein 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1807-8
  • Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and planes of the German Navy from 1956-1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6
  • Hartmut Klüver (ed.): Stations of German naval history (II): German sea associations 1945–1956, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-935091-08-7
  • Douglas C. Peifer. Three German navies - dissolution, transitions and new beginnings. Bochum 2007. ISBN 978-3-89911-101-9
  • Fritz Poske: The sea border protection 1951-1956. Reminder - report - documentation . Koblenz / Bonn 1982, ISBN 3-7637-5410-5

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Fritz Poske: The sea border protection 1951–1956. Reminder - report - documentation . Koblenz / Bonn 1982, ISBN 3-7637-5410-5
  2. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and planes of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , pp. 195 ff.
  3. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 214 ff.
  4. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 211 ff.
  5. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships and vehicles of the German Federal Navy. 1956-1976. Bernard and Graefe, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 . P. 169 ff
  6. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 173 ff.
  7. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 291 ff.
  8. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 177 ff.
  9. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 165 ff.
  10. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956-1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 166 f.
  11. ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and aircraft of the German Navy from 1956–1976 , Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-7637-5155-6 , p. 167 ff.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Because many vehicles changed their function during their service in the German Navy, they are dealt with in this article in the order of their unchanged class numbers according to the list of ship numbers .