KFK 561
KFK 561 in April 2003 as a trailer in Wilhelmshaven
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KFK 561 was a German war fish cutter (KFK) and was one of the largest shipbuilding series in the world. It was built in 1944 at Ernst Burmester Schiffswerft KG Swinemünde-Ost in Swinoujscie .
Until the end of the war the ship served as a polar bear (DW 33) in the port protection flotilla Wilhelmshaven of the Navy . After the war, like many other KFK, it served as a mine clearance vehicle in the German mine clearance service .
In December 1946, the KFK 561 , as an example for many other KFK, did justice to the F in the type designation and thus the post-war use planned during construction. It was sold to A. & T. Pekeler in Hamburg for use as a civil fishing vessel and renamed ANKE . After the necessary reconstruction in Elmshorn at Kremer & Sohn, the ship sailed from Hamburg-Finkenwerder as a fishing cutter with the fishing license number (HF 423) and was registered for A. Pekeler.
In 1953, the Maritime Border Guard took over the boat and had it converted back into a guard boat at the Böbswerft in Travemünde . From April 1953 it served as coast guard boat W 3 in the 4th watch boat flotilla Kiel .
On July 1, 1956, the boat was taken over with the entire inventory of the sea border protection in the German Navy . From July 2, 1956, it served as the H 3 in the port protection squadron and from 1959 as the coast guard boat KW 3 in the 1st coast guard squadron. It was decommissioned on August 1, 1963. Apparently planned as a school boat for the Naval School Mürwik , the cutter was launched in the Naval Arsenal in Wilhelmshaven .
On December 1, 1965, it was restarted as a radio-controlled charging boat KW 3 of class 740 with the identification Y 829 with a civilian crew and assigned to the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal.
On May 22, 1990 it was finally decommissioned and replaced by the new Bant building that was built at the Kröger shipyard in Schacht-Audorf .
The only existing KFK at the time, which had served in four navies and was still under construction as a coast guard boat, was sold to the city of Wilhelmshaven via the Vebeg in July 1991 and launched again in Wilhelmshaven. This KFK was scrapped in Wilhelmshaven in April 2004. In the German Naval Museum in Wilhelmshaven, part of the stern is still located outside as a showpiece.
literature
- Erich Gröner , continued by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass: The German Warships 1815-1945 ; Volume 8/2 Outpost boats, auxiliary minesweepers, coastal protection associations (Part 2), small combat associations, dinghies, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 1993, ISBN 3-7637-4807-5 .
- Herwig Danner, Kriegsfischkutter , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-8132-0729-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ see literature
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/867082/display/7512063
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KFK 561 broken up in April 2004 according to Herwig Danner
