List of war fishing trawlers (naval identifiers)

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The List of War Fish Cutters (Navy Identifiers) is a sub-list of List of War Fish Cutters .

Basic information

The compilation of this list is based on numerous sources (see individual references).

The list sorting with regard to the war codes was based on the archive of KFK codes in the Chronicle of the Naval War 1939-1945 by Jürgen Rohwer together with Gerhard Hümmelchen in the Württemberg State Library, published by the Library for Contemporary History. Much information about KFK losses is based on war diaries and information from wreck divers.

Identifiers of the German Navy

Identifiers according to locations

Note: An overview of the units deployed for harbor protection (HS) can be viewed at Navires de Guerre and other deployment data at Kriegsmarine units . A register of abbreviations can be viewed at the WLB.

DB = Germany, Borkum
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
DB 21 → KFK 93
DB 22 → KFK 95
DB 23 → KFK 110
DB 24 → KFK 115
DB 25 → KFK 126
DB 26 → KFK 129
DC = Germany, Cuxhaven
  • Use for harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
DC 38 → KFK 115
DC 56 → KFK 646
DC 57 → KFK 647
DC 58 → KFK 648
DH = Germany, Howacht
  • Use: harbor protection

DH 1 to DH 19 also had the designation M 3101 to M 3119

Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
DH 1 / M 3101 → KFK 158
DH 2 / M 3102 → KFK 148
DH 3 / M 3103 → KFK 154
DH 4 / M 3104 → KFK 149
DH 5 / M 3105 → KFK 139
DH 6 / M 3106 → KFK 140
DH 6 / M 3106 → KFK 162
DH 7 / M 3107 → KFK 141
DH 7 / M 3107 → KFK 161
DH 8 / M 3108 → KFK 150
DH 9 / M 3109 → KFK 142
DH 9 / M 3109 → KFK 159
DH 10
DH 11 / M 3111 → KFK 156
DH 12 / M 3112 → KFK 155
DH 12 / M 3112 → KFK 160
DH 13 / M 3113 → KFK 155
DH 14 / M 3114 → KFK 157
DH 15 / M 3115 → KFK 151
DH 16 / M 3116 → KFK 152
DH 17 / M 3117 → KFK 103
DH 17 / M 3117 → KFK 163
DH 18
DH 19 / M 3119 → KFK 153
DPK = Germany, Pomeranian Coast
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
DPK 39 → KFK 207
DW = Germany, Wilhelmshaven
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
Ext. 23 → KFK 622
Ext. 24 → KFK 623
Ext. 25 → KFK 624
DW 26
DW 32 → KFK 560
Ext. 33 → KFK 561, → KFK 561
Ext. 36 → KFK 493
Ext. 36 → KFK 686
Ext. 37 → KFK 494
Ext. 37 → KFK 687
Ext. 38 → KFK 495
Ext. 38 → KFK 465 (KFK 500 is wrong!)
Ext. 39 → KFK 496
DWo = Germany, Western Baltic Sea
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
DWo 78 → KFK 140
DWo 79 → KFK 142
DWo 80 → KFK 143
FB = France, Brest
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FB 06 → KFK 76
FB 07 → KFK 77
FB 08 → KFK 78
FB 09 → KFK 79
FB 10 → KFK 239
FB 11 → KFK 66
FBo = France, Boulogne
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FBo 31 → KFK 459
FBo 33 → KFK 446
FBo 34 → KFK 449
FK = France, Channel Islands
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FL 45 → KFK 457
FL = France, Lorient
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FL 13 → KFK 65
FL 14 → KFK 74
FN = France, St. Nazaire
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FN 09 → KFK 62
FN 10 → KFK 72
FN 12 → KFK 450
FN 13 → KFK 460
FO = France, Oléron
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FO 24 → KFK 445
FP = France, La Pallice
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FP 13 → KFK 461
G30 .. = 30th escort flotilla, Black Sea
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
G 3021 → KFK 36
G 3022 → KFK 37
GD = Greece, Dodecanese
  • Use: coastal protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
FP 13 → KFK 461
GD 92
GD 93 → KFK 196
GD 94 → KFK 197
GD 95 → KFK 263
GD 96 → KFK 264
GD 97 → KFK 265
GD 98 → KFK 266
GK = Greece, Crete
  • Use: coastal protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
GK 91 → KFK 7
GK 92 → KFK 8
GK 93 → KFK 267
GK 94 → KFK 268
GM or GN = Greece, Macedonia (Saloniki)

Check table! 'GK' not equal to 'GM'!

  • Why GN so far unclear
  • Use: coastal protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
GK 91 → KFK 7
GK 92 → KFK 8
GK 93 → KFK 267
GK 94 → KFK 268
GN 91 / GM 91 → KFK 28
GN 92 / GM 92 → KFK 30
→ further KFK
GP = Greece, Peloponnese
  • Use: coastal protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
GP 91 from March 29, 1943 to September 16, 1944 (sunk in the Peloponnese) → KFK 261
GP 92 dated March 29, 1943 → KFK 262
GW = Greece, West (West Greece)
  • Use: coastal protection
  • Group D of the coastal defense flotilla of Western Greece
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference swell
GW 91 until the end of May 1944 (sunk) → KFK 11
GW 92 until the end of May 1944 (sunk) → KFK 12
HI = Holland, Ijmuiden
  • Use: harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference swell
HI 10 → KFK 379
HI 11 → KFK 380
HI 12 → KFK 381
HI 13 → KFK 342
HI 14 → KFK 410
HI 15 → KFK 462
HI 16 → KFK 463
HI 17 → KFK 464
HOe = Holland, Hook of Holland (1944/45), port protection
  • HOe 1 → "KFK 517"
  • HOe 2 → "KFK 518"
  • HOe 3 → "KFK 519"
JBe = Jutland, Little Belt, harbor protection
  • JBe 10 → "KFK 231"
NB = Norway, Bergen, port protection
  • NB 53 → "KFK 146"? (see investigation report KFK 146)
  • NB 55 → "KFK 102" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NB 56 → "KFK 119" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NB 57 → "KFK 218"
  • NB 62 → "KFK 96" (Swedish shipyard construction) built in Sweden in 1942, deployed during the war in Bergen as part of the port protection flotilla , after the war in mine clearing service in Bergen, from 1946 to 1986 as TSD BJØRNEN (TSD 2) in service with the Norwegian Marine.
  • NB 64 → "KFK 339"
  • NB 65 → "KFK 101" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NB 67 → "KFK 513"
  • NB 72 → "KFK 510"
  • NB 73 → "KFK 511"
  • NB 74 → "KFK 541"
  • NB 75 → "KFK 544"
  • NB 76 → "KFK 545"
NH = Norway, Hammerfest, harbor protection
  • NH 10 → "KFK 211"
  • NH 11 → "KFK 212"
NK = Norway, Kristiansund-Süd, harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
NK 11 → KFK 213
NK 12 → KFK 212
NK 13 → KFK 214
NK 14 → KFK 215
NK 15 → KFK 217
NK 16 → KFK 338
NK 17 → KFK 377
NK 18 → KFK 378


NKi Norway, Kirkenes, harbor protection

Identification extension (HS) see also Navir de Guerre

  • NKi 13 → "KFK 208"
  • NKi 14 → "KFK 209"
  • NKi 15 → "KFK 210"
  • NKi 21 → "KFK 103" (Swedish shipyard construction) sunk on October 25, 1944
  • NKi 22 → "KFK 107" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NKi 23 → "KFK 105" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NKi 24 → "KFK 112" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NKi 25 → "KFK 113" (Swedish shipyard construction, also listed as "V 6715")
  • NKi 714 → "KFK 508"
  • NKi 716 → "KFK 658"
  • NKi 717 → "KFK 662"
  • NKi 718 → "KFK 656"
NM = Norway, Molde, harbor protection
  • NM 09 → "KFK 205"
  • NM? → "KFK 206"
NO = Norway, Oslo, harbor protection
Identifier Identifier used from / to reference
NO-40 → KFK 105
NO 40 → KFK 108
NO 41 → KFK ???
NO 42 → KFK 137
NO 43 → KFK 106
NO 44 → KFK 305
NO 45 → KFK 368
NO 46 → KFK 626
NO 47 → KFK 338
NO 48 → KFK 339
NO 51 → KFK ???
NO 55 → KFK 467
NO 56 → KFK 468
NO 70 → KFK 343
NO 71 → KFK 344
NO 72 → KFK 345
NO 73 → KFK 347
NO 74 → KFK 348
NS = Norway, Stavanger, harbor protection
  • NS 01 → "KFK 119" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NS 02 → "KFK 220"
  • NS 03 → "KFK 235"
  • NS 30 → "KFK 189" (also listed as "V 5530")
  • NS 31 → "KFK 190"
  • NS 32 → "KFK 191"
  • NS 33 → "KFK 133" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • NS 34 → "KFK 192"
  • NS 35 → "KFK 124" (Swedish shipyard construction), also listed as Vs 629
  • NS 36 → "KFK 387"
  • NS 37 → "KFK 388"
  • NS 38 → "KFK 508"
  • NS 39 → "KFK 509"
  • NS 69 → "KFK 213" (also listed as "NK 11") 1943 Burmeister shipyard; Mine sweepers and submarine hunters in Norway and Sweden.
NSa = Norway, Sandnessjöen, harbor protection
  • NSa 11 → "KFK 205"
  • NSa 12 → "KFK 206"
  • NSa 13 → "KFK 221"
  • NSa 14 → "KFK 222"
SM = Black Sea, port protection
  • SM 101 → "KFK 81" sunk on August 24, 1944
  • SM 102 → "KFK 84" sunk on May 3, 1944
  • SM 103 → "KFK 85"
  • SM 106 → "KFK 20" sunk on August 26, 1944
  • SM 108 → "KFK 200"
  • SM 109 → "KFK 269"
  • SM 110 → "KFK 373"
  • SM 111 → "KFK 371"
  • SM 130 → "KFK 372"
  • SM 201 → "KFK 195"
  • SM 203 → "KFK 89" sunk on August 29, 1944
  • SM 204 → "KFK 91" sunk on August 29, 1944
  • SM 205 → "KFK 90" sunk on August 17, 1944 sunk again on August 29, 1944
  • SM 206 → "KFK 14" sunk on August 20, 1944
  • SM 207 → "KFK 19" sunk on August 29, 1944
  • SM 208 → "KFK 44" sunk on August 29, 1944
  • SM 209 → "KFK 45" sunk on August 29, 1944
  • SM 210 → "KFK 21" sunk on August 29, 1944
  • SM 211 → "KFK 41" sunk on August 29, 1944

Identifiers by function

M 31 .. = 31st minesweeping flotilla

(Operational area: 1940–1941 Dutch coast, 1941–1945 Finnish bosom, during the surrender in the western Baltic Sea)

  • M 3101 → "KFK 158"
  • M 3102 → "KFK 148"
  • M 3103 → "KFK 154"
  • M 3104 → "KFK 149"
  • M 3105 → "KFK 139"
  • M 3106 → "KFK 140"
  • M 3106 → "KFK 162"
  • M 3107 → "KFK 141"
  • M 3107 → "KFK 161"
  • M 3108 → "KFK 150"
  • M 3109 → "KFK 142"
  • M 3109 → "KFK 159"
  • M 3111 → "KFK 156" sunk on March 17, 1944 lifted 46/47 GMSA later "Holstein"
  • M 3112 → "KFK 155" sunk on February 11, 1944
  • M 3112 → "KFK 160"
  • M 3113 → "KFK 155" December 24, 1942, † November 30, 1944 sunk (Gulf of Finland)
  • M 3114 → "KFK 157"
  • M 3115 → "KFK 151"
  • M 3116 → "KFK 152" UJ 319 (II), (December 14, 1942) † May 1945, Baltic Sea
  • M 3117 → "KFK 103" sunk on October 25, 1944
  • M 3117 → "KFK 163"
  • M 3119 → "KFK 153"
  • M 3121 → "KFK 165" sunk on May 19, 1944
  • M 3128 → "KFK 172"
  • M 3129 → "KFK 173" UJ 323 i. D. November 1943? / † June 17, 1944
  • M 3130 → "KFK 174" sunk on March 18, 1944
  • M 3133 → "KFK 177" sunk on September 20, 1944
  • M 3137 → "KFK 181"
  • M 3138 → "KFK 182"
  • M 3140 → "KFK 273" sunk on June 17, 1944
  • M 3141 → "KFK ___"
  • M 3142 → "KFK 275" sunk on June 17, 1944
  • M 3143 → "KFK 276" sunk on June 17, 1944
  • M 3144 → "KFK 358" sunk during a Soviet air raid Air raid on the port of Vergi (Baltic Sea), loss report from September 2, 1944 sunk
  • M 3145 → "KFK 333" sunk on August 2, 1944
  • M 3146 → "KFK ___"
  • M 3151 → "KFK ___"
  • M 3152 → "KFK ___"
  • M 3153 → "KFK 355" sunk in a Soviet air raid on September 21, 1944 in Windau (Baltic Sea), loss report from September 22, 1944 sunk again on October 21, 1944
  • M 3154 → "KFK ___"
  • M 3155 → "KFK 357" sunk in a Soviet air raid on September 21, 1944 in Windau (Baltic Sea). September 1944 sunk again sunk on October 21, 1944
  • M 3156 → "KFK 362" sunk on November 15, 1944
  • M 3157 → "KFK ___"
  • M 3158 → "KFK 530"
M 32 .. = 32nd minesweeping flotilla

(Operational area: 1940–1944 Dutch coast)

  • 1st group / I. lineup
    • M 3216 → "KFK 476" i. D. April 26, 1944
  • 3rd group / I. lineup
    • M 3244 → "KFK 274" i. D. November 1943?
    • M 3245 → "KFK 275" i. D. November 1943? ; † June 17, 1944 mine
  • 1st group / II. Line-up
    • M 3245 → "KFK 278" sunk on October 22, 1944
    • M 3248 → "KFK 412" sunk on June 24, 1944
  • Below 34 .. possible typing error? (To verify!)
    • M 3446 → "KFK 279" sunk on September 11, 1944
    • M 3446 → "KFK 279" sunk on September 11, 1944
    • M 3446 → "KFK 280" sunk on September 25, 1944
  • 2. Group / II. Line-up
    • M 3250 → "KFK 551" (KFK 551 with proof, subsequently numbered in ascending order)
    • M 3251 → "KFK 552"
    • M 3252 → "KFK 553"
    • M 3253 → "KFK 613"
    • M 3254 → "KFK 614"
    • M 3255 → "KFK 615"
M 34 .. = 34th minesweeping flotilla

(Operational area: 1940–1945 Dutch coast)

  • M 3441 → "KFK 251"
  • M 3442 → "KFK 254"
  • M 3443 → "KFK 256"
  • M 3444 → "KFK 254"
  • M 3445 → "KFK 257"
  • M 3446 → "KFK 256"
  • M 3447 → "KFK?"
  • M 3448 → "KFK?"
  • M 3449 → "KFK?"
  • M 3450 → "KFK?"
  • M 3451 → "KFK?"
  • M 3452 → "KFK?"
  • M 3453 → "KFK?"
  • M 3454 → "KFK?"
M 36 .. = 36th minesweeping flotilla

Operational area: 1940–1944 Dutch coast, 1945 Baltic Sea (base: Warnemünde)

  • M 3639 → "KFK 63"
  • M 3660 → "KFK 50" M 3600 to M 3683 were units of the 36th minesweeping flotilla set up in Ostend
  • M 3661 → "KFK 51"
  • M 3662 → "KFK 52" sunk on September 19, 1944
  • M 3663 → "KFK 55" sunk off the Meuse estuary in an Allied fighter-bomber attack on September 18, 1944, sunk on September 18, 1944
  • M 3664 → "KFK 56"
  • M 3665 → "KFK 57"
  • M 3666 → "KFK 58"
  • M 3667 → "KFK 60" badly damaged in an Allied fighter-bomber attack on September 18, 1944 was "touched down"
  • M 3668 → "KFK 61"
  • M 3669 → "KFK 63"
  • M 3670 → KFK 64
  • M 3671 → "KFK 238"
  • M 3672 → "KFK 342"
  • M 3673 → "KFK?"
  • M 3673 → "KFK 423"
M 38 .. = 38th minesweeping flotilla

Operational area: 1940–1944 English Canal and coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium (base Le Havre), 1944–1945 Kattegat (base: Nyköbing, Denmark)

  • M 3869 → "KFK 424"
  • M 3872 → "KFK 1"
  • M 3873 → "KFK 2"
  • M 3673 → "KFK 423"
  • M 3874 → "KFK 3"
  • M 3875 → "KFK 4"
  • M 3880 → "KFK 427"
  • M 3881 → "KFK 426"
  • M 3882 → "KFK 452"
  • M 3883 (I) → "KFK 453"
  • M 3883 (II) → "KFK 553"
  • M 3884 → "KFK 454"
  • M 3885 → "KFK 448"
  • M 3886 → "KFK 455"
  • M 3887 → "KFK 456"
  • M 3888 → "KFK 442"
  • M 3889 → "KFK 444"
  • M 3890 → "KFK 428"
  • M 3891 → "KFK 429"
  • M 3892 → "KFK 430"
  • M 3893 → "KFK 439"
  • M 3894 → "KFK 431"
  • M 3895 → "KFK 440"
  • M 3896 → "KFK 424"
M 40 .. = 40th minesweeping flotilla

Operational area: 1940–1944 on the coast of northern France (Brest)

  • M 4055 → "KFK 425"
M 42 .. = 42nd minesweeping flotilla

Operational area: 1940–1944 Atlantic coast of France (Les Sables d´Olonne)

  • M 4250 → "KFK 478"
  • M 4251 → "KFK?"
  • M 4252 → "KFK?"
  • M 4253 → "KFK 481"
  • M 4254 → "KFK?"
  • M 4255 → "KFK?"
M 44 .. = 44th minesweeping flotilla

Operational area: 1940–1944 west coast of France (Blaye)

  • M 4470 → "KFK?"
  • M 4471 → "KFK?"
  • M 4472 → "KFK?"
  • M 4473 → "KFK?"
  • M 4474 → "KFK?"
  • M 4475 → "KFK?"
M 56 .. = 56th minesweeping flotilla

Operational area: 1940-1945 coastal security service in the area of ​​the admiral of the Norwegian north coast (Drontheim)

  • M 5609 → "KFK 127"
  • M 5610 → "KFK 128"
  • M 5631 → "KFK 303"
  • M 5632 → "KFK 304"
P = sounding boats

"The surveying vehicles were subordinate to the OKM, Amtgruppe Nautik, with the specialist department 'Marinevermessungsabteilung', first in Gotenhafen, then in Neustettin and finally in Wustrow." From W.Lohmann / HHHildebrand's Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1939–1945

Sp =?
  • SP 1 → "KFK 184"
  • SP 2 → "KFK 341"
  • SP 3 → "KFK 175" BX 443 CASTOR
UJ 3 .. = 3rd submarine hunting flotilla (1)

Operational area: Black Sea (main mooring port Odessa, later: Sulina and Constanța)

  • UJ 301 → "KFK 87"
  • UJ 302 → "KFK 88"
  • UJ 303 → "KFK 89"
  • UJ 304 → "KFK 91"
  • UJ 305 → "KFK 90"
  • UJ 306 → "KFK 14"
  • UJ 307 → "KFK 19"
  • UJ 308 → "KFK 44"
  • UJ 309 → "KFK 193"
  • UJ 310 → "KFK 194"
  • UJ 312 → "KFK 209"
  • UJ 313 → "KFK 21"
  • UJ 314 → "KFK 22"
  • UJ 317 → "KFK 46"
  • UJ 318 → "KFK 195"
  • UJ 319 → "KFK 192" (only planned, no use proven)
UJ 3 .. = 3rd submarine hunting flotilla (2)
  • Application area: Baltic Sea
    • October 1944 - January 1945 Baltic Sea (Pillau) as part of the 9th Security Division
    • January 1945 - March 1945 Baltic Sea (Gotenhafen)
    • March 1945 - May 1945 Escort and refugee service (Hela)
  • UJ 301 → "KFK 532"
  • UJ 302 → "KFK 546"
  • UJ 303 → "KFK 547"
  • UJ 304 → "KFK 548"
  • UJ 305 → "KFK 541"
  • UJ 306 → "KFK 542"
  • UJ 307 → "KFK 543"
  • UJ 308 → "KFK 549"
  • UJ 309 → "KFK 550"
  • UJ 310 → "KFK 559"
  • UJ 311 → "KFK 141"
  • UJ 312 → "KFK 306"
  • UJ 313 → "KFK 160"
  • UJ 313 → "KFK 317"
  • UJ 314 → "KFK 308"
  • UJ 315 → "KFK 309"
  • UJ 316 → "KFK 310"
  • UJ 317 → "KFK 168"
  • UJ 318 → "KFK 170"
  • UJ 319 → "KFK 674"
  • UJ 320 → "KFK 164"
  • UJ 321 → "KFK 167"
  • UJ 322 → "KFK 169"
  • UJ 323 → "KFK 173"
  • UJ 324 → "KFK 634"
  • UJ 325 → "KFK 635"
  • UJ 326 → "KFK 632"
  • UJ 327 → "KFK 633"
  • UJ 328 → "KFK 638"
  • UJ 329 → "KFK 639"
  • UJ 330 → "KFK 644"
  • UJ 331 → "KFK 652"
  • UJ 332 → "KFK 653"
  • UJ 333 → "KFK 654"
  • UJ 340 → "KFK 523"
  • UJ 341 → "KFK 524"
  • UJ 345 → "KFK 522"
  • UJ 346 → "KFK 269"
UJ 14 .. = 14th submarine hunting flotilla

Operational area: May 1941 to January 8, 1942 Norway (Stavanger), January 15, 1942 to 1945: in France (Lorient)

  • UJ 1440 → "KFK 498"
  • UJ 1441 → "KFK 499"
  • UJ 1442 → " KFK 500 "
  • UJ 1443 → "KFK 501"
  • UJ 1444 → "KFK 502"
  • UJ 1445 → "KFK 503"
UJ 17 .. = 17th submarine hunting flotilla

Operational area: 1939–1940 Baltic Sea (Kiel), 1941–1945 the coast of Norway (Stavanger)

  • UJ 1760 → "KFK"
  • UJ 1761 → "KFK"
  • UJ 1762 → "KFK"
  • UJ 1763 → "KFK"
  • UJ 1764 → "KFK 216"
  • UJ 1765 → "KFK"
  • UJ 1766 → "KFK"
UJ 21 .. = 21st U-Boat Hunting Flotilla

Operational area: 1941–1944, Dardanelles to Crete, escort to Tobruk, involved in the conquest of Kos and Leros. (Disbanded after the loss of the boats in October 1944)

  • UJ 2151 → "KFK 2"
  • UJ 2151 → "KFK 3"
  • UJ 2153 → "KFK 6"
UJ 23 .. = 23rd U-Boat Hunting Flotilla

Use: "Western Black Sea",

  • UJ 2301 → "KFK 81"
  • UJ 2302 → "KFK 82"
  • UJ 2303 → "KFK 83"
  • UJ 2304 → "KFK 84"
  • UJ 2305 → "KFK 85"
  • UJ 2306 → "KFK 86"
  • UJ 2307 → "KFK 92"
  • UJ 2309 → "KFK 15"
  • UJ 2310 → "KFK 372"
  • UJ 2311 → "KFK 20"
  • UJ 2312 → "KFK 17"
  • UJ 2313 → "KFK 373"
  • UJ 2314 → "KFK 202"
  • UJ 2316 → "KFK 31"
  • UJ 2317 → "KFK 200"
  • UJ 2318 → "KFK 47"
  • UJ 2318 → "KFK 372"
V 2 .. = 2nd outpost flotilla
  • V 220 → "KFK 59"
  • V 221 → "KFK 67"
  • V 222 → "KFK 68"
  • V 223 → "KFK 69"
  • V 224 → "KFK 70"
  • V 225 → "KFK 71"
  • V 226 → "KFK 73"
  • V 227 → "KFK 75"
  • V 228 → "KFK 80"
  • V 229 → "KFK 240"
  • V 230 → "KFK 241"
  • V 231 → "KFK 242"
  • V 238 → "KFK 343"
  • V 239 → "KFK 344"
  • V 240 → "KFK 345"
  • V 241 → "KFK 346"
  • V 242 → "KFK 347"
  • V 243 → "KFK 348"
V 4 .. = 4th outpost flotilla
  • V 435 → "KFK 477"
V 6 .. = 6th outpost flotilla
  • V 630, ..: V 18 .., ..: V 1244 → "KFK 537"
  • V 631, ..: V 18 .., ..: V 1245 → "KFK 538"
  • V 632, ..: V 18 .., ..: V 1225 → "KFK 405"
  • V 633, ..: V 18 .., ..: V 1226 → "KFK 406"
  • V 634, ..: V 1228 → "KFK 250"
  • V 635, ..: V 18 .., ..: V 1229 → "KFK 408"
  • V 636 → "KFK 434"
  • V 637 → "KFK 420"
  • V 638 → "KFK 421"
  • V 639 → "KFK 435"
  • V 640 → "KFK 436"
  • V 641 → "KFK 422"
  • V 910 → "KFK 185" (also listed as "Vs914") see also main article KFK 185
  • V 911 → "KFK 186"
  • V 912 → "KFK 187"
  • V 913 → "KFK 188"
  • V 914 → "KFK 232" (also listed as "Vs 918")
  • V 915 → "KFK 233"
  • V 916 → "KFK 252"
  • V 917 → "KFK 253"
V 12 .. = 12th outpost flotilla
  • V 1219 → "KFK 236"
  • V 1220 → "KFK 237"
  • V 1221, ..: V 232 → "KFK 243"
  • V 1222 → "KFK 244"
  • V 1223 → "KFK 245"
  • V 1224 → "KFK 246"
  • V 1224 → "KFK 612"
  • V 1227 → "KFK 249"
  • V 1227 → "KFK 526"
  • V 1229 → "KFK 271"
  • V 1230 → "KFK 272"
  • V 1236 → "KFK 457"
  • V 1243 → "KFK 474"
  • V 1256 → "KFK 617"
  • V 1257 → "KFK 618"
  • V 1258 → "KFK 619"
  • V 1259 → "KFK 620"
  • V 1263 → "KFK 359"
  • V 1264 → "KFK 360"
  • V 1265 → "KFK 515"
  • V 1267 → "KFK 391"
  • V 1268 → "KFK 392"
  • V 1269 → "KFK 393" (possibly KFK 394?)
  • V 1270 → "KFK 294"
  • V 1270 → " KFK 394 "
V 15 .. = 15th outpost flotilla
  • V 1530, ..: V 5539 → "KFK 281"
  • V 1531, ..: V 5540 → "KFK 282"
  • V 1532, ..: V 5541 → "KFK 283"
  • V 1533, ..: V 5542 → "KFK 284"
  • V 1534, ..: V 5543 → "KFK 285"
  • V 1535, ..: V 5544 → "KFK 286"
  • V 1536, ..: V 5545 → "KFK 287"
  • V 1537 → "KFK 288"
  • V 1538 → "KFK 289"
  • V 1539 → "KFK 290"
  • V 1540 → "KFK 295"
  • V 1541 → "KFK 296"
V 18 .. = 18th outpost flotilla
  • V 1801 → "KFK 405"
  • V 1802 → "KFK 406"
  • V 1803, ..: V 1228 → "KFK 407"
  • V 1804 → "KFK 408"
  • V 1805 → "KFK 409"
  • V 1806 → "KFK 473"
  • V 1807 → "KFK 474"
  • V 1808 → "KFK 475"
  • V 1809 → "KFK 476"
  • V 1810 → "KFK 498"
  • V 1811 → " KFK 500 "
  • V 1812 → "KFK 501"
  • V 1813 → "KFK 502"
  • V 1814 → "KFK 503"
  • V 1815 → "KFK 537"
  • V 1816 → "KFK 538"
  • V 18 .. → "KFK 495"
  • V 18 .. → "KFK 499"
V 55 .. = 55th outpost flotilla

Area of ​​use: 1940–1945 Flörvag. Local security service in the association of KSV Norway. West coast, then 6th KSV

  • V 5502 → "KFK 1"
  • V 5506 → "KFK 332"
  • V 5521 → KFK 144
  • V 5522 → "KFK 145"
  • V 5523 → "KFK 146"
  • V 5524 → "KFK 147"
  • V 5525 → "KFK 102"
  • V 5525 → "KFK 331"
  • V 5525 → "KFK 522"
  • V 5526 → "KFK 332"
  • V 5527 → "KFK 218"
  • V 5528 → "KFK 219"
  • V 5529 → "KFK 220"
  • V 5530 → "KFK 189"
  • V 5531 → "KFK 190"
  • V 5532 → "KFK 191"
  • V 5533 → "KFK 627"
  • V 5534 → "KFK 628"
  • V 5535 → "KFK 629"
  • V 5536 → "KFK 630"
  • V 5537 → "KFK 631"
  • V 5538 → "KFK 234"
V 63 .. = 63rd outpost flotilla
  • V 6321, ..: V 6721 → "KFK 223"
  • V 6322, ..: V 6722 → "KFK 224"
  • V 6323 → V 6723 "" KFK 350 "
  • V 6324 → V 6724 "" KFK 351 "
  • V 6325 → "KFK ___"
  • V 6326 → "KFK 414"
  • V 6327 → "KFK 540"
  • V 6330, ..: V 67 .., ..: V 6530 → "KFK 123"
  • V 6331, ..: V 6731 → "KFK 655"
  • V 6332, ..: V 6732 → "KFK 672"
V 64 .. = 64th outpost flotilla
  • V 6421 → "KFK 130"
  • V 6422 → "KFK 116"
  • V 6423 → "KFK 98"
  • V 6424 → "KFK 111"
  • V 6425 → "KFK 132"
  • V 6426 → "KFK 361"
  • V 6427 → "KFK 118"
  • V 6428 → "KFK 122"
  • V 6429 → "KFK 635"
  • V 6430 → "KFK 666"
V 65 .. = 65th outpost flotilla
  • V 6616 → "KFK 123"
  • V 6521 → "KFK 211"
  • V 6522 → "KFK 212"
  • V 6523 → "KFK 225"
  • V 6524 → "KFK 226"
  • V 6525 → "KFK 385"
  • V 6526 → "KFK 386"
  • V 6527 → "KFK 465"
  • V 6528 → "KFK 382"
  • V 6529 → "KFK 384"
  • V 6531 → "KFK 120" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6532 → "KFK 100" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6533 → "KFK 114" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6534 → "KFK 126" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6535 → "KFK 135" (Swedish shipyard construction)
V 66 .. = 66th outpost flotilla
  • V 6611 → "KFK 205"
  • V 6612 → "KFK 206"
  • V 6613 → "KFK 221"
  • V 6614 → "KFK 222"
  • V 6615 → "KFK 349"
  • V 6616
    • → "KFK 123"
    • → "KFK 633"
  • V 6617 → "KFK 634"
V 67 .. = 67th outpost flotilla
  • V 6703 → "KFK 208"
  • V 6704 → "KFK 209" previously NKil4, sunk on October 15, 1944
  • V 6705 → "KFK 210"
  • V 6706 → "KFK 375" sunk on October 15, 1944
  • V 6707 → "KFK 376"
  • V 6708 → "KFK 466"
  • V 6709 → "KFK 487"
  • V 6710 → "KFK 488"
  • V 6711 → "KFK 103" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6712 → "KFK 134" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6713 → "KFK 105" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6714 → "KFK 112" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6715 → "KFK 113" (Swedish shipyard construction, also listed as "NKi 25")
  • V 6716 → "KFK 117" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • V 6717 → "KFK 504"
  • V 6718 → "KFK 505"
  • V 6719 → "KFK 506" sunk on August 25, 1944
  • V 6720 → "KFK 507"
  • V 6722 → "KFK 224"
  • V 6723 → "KFK 350"
  • V 6724 → "KFK 351"
  • V 6725 → "KFK 514"
  • V 6726 → "KFK 539"
  • V 6727 → "KFK ___"
V 68 .. = 68th outpost flotilla
  • V 6811 → "KFK 334"
  • V 6811 → "KFK 513"
  • V 6812 → "KFK 335"
  • V 6813 → "KFK 336"
  • V 6814 → "KFK 337"
  • V 6815 → "KFK 542"
  • V 6816 → "KFK ___"
  • V 6817 → "KFK 668"
Vs = outpost belay boats

Identification of the outpost security
boats of the Kriegsmarine from Vs 51 to Vs 1617 not to be confused with experimental express boats from VS1 to VS14

Vs 1 .. = 1st security flotilla

Use: Warnemünde / western Baltic coast

  • Vs 130 → "KFK 140"
  • Vs 131 → "KFK 142"
  • Vs 132 → "KFK 143"
  • Vs 133 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 134 → "KFK 323"
  • Vs 135 → "KFK 403"
  • Vs 136 → "KFK 404"
  • Vs 165 → "KFK 323"
  • Vs 165 → "KFK 324"
  • Vs 166 → "KFK 325"

Allocation to the 1st security flotilla unclear

  • Vs 168, ..: Vs 131 (also listed as "DWo 79")
  • Vs 169, ..: Vs 132 → "KFK 143"
Vs 2 .. = 2nd security flotilla

Use: Stettin / Pomeranian coast and the island of Rügen

  • Vs 219 → "KFK 227"
  • Vs 220 → "KFK 228"
  • Vs 221 → "KFK 97" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • Vs 222 → "KFK 104" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • Vs 223 → "KFK 363"
  • Vs 224 → "KFK 469"
  • Vs 225 → "KFK 483"
  • Vs 226 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 227 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 235 → "KFK 291"
  • Vs 236 → "KFK 292"
  • Vs 237 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 247 → "KFK 207"
  • Vs 248 → "KFK 136" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • Vs 249 → "KFK 326"
  • Vs 250 → " KFK 327 "
  • Vs 251 → " KFK 395 "
  • Vs 252 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 253 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 260 → "KFK 293"
  • Vs 261 → "KFK 294"
  • Vs 262 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 263 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 264 → "KFK ___"?
Vs 3 .. = 3rd security flotilla

Use: Gotenhafen / Danziger Bucht

  • Vs 322 → "KFK 340"
  • Vs 323 → "KFK 341"
  • Vs 326 → "KFK 299"
  • Vs 327 → "KFK 301"
  • Vs 328 → "KFK 328"
  • Vs 329 → "KFK 329"
  • Vs 330 → "KFK 396"
  • Vs 333 → "KFK 470"
  • Vs 334 → "KFK 549"
  • Vs 335 → "KFK 550"
  • Vs 342 → "KFK 298"
  • Vs 343 → "KFK 300"
  • Vs 345 → "KFK 364"
  • Vs 346 → "KFK 484"
  • Vs 347 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 410 → "KFK 231"
  • Vs 421 → "KFK 365"
  • Vs 424 → "KFK 131"
  • Vs 425 → "KFK 249"
  • Vs 425 → "KFK 259"
  • Vs 426 → "KFK 260"
  • Vs 427 → "KFK 485"
  • Vs 521 → "KFK 162"
  • Vs 553 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 601 → "KFK 141"
  • Vs 602 → "KFK 306"
  • Vs 603 → "KFK 310"
  • Vs 604 → "KFK 168"
  • Vs 605 → "KFK 170"
  • Vs 606 → "KFK 167"
  • Vs 607 → "KFK 498"
  • Vs 608 → "KFK 499"
  • Vs 609 → " KFK 500 "
  • Vs 609 → "KFK 495"
  • Vs 610 → "KFK 501"
  • Vs 611 → "KFK 502"
  • Vs 612 → "KFK 503"
  • Vs 613 → "KFK 510" sunk on August 17, 1944,
  • Vs 614 → "KFK 511"
  • Vs 615 → "KFK 512" sunk on August 30, 1944
  • Vs 629 → " KFK 124 " (Swedish shipyard construction), also listed as NS 35
  • Vs 630 → "KFK 487"
  • Vs 631 → "KFK 488"
  • Vs 632 → "KFK 507"
  • Vs 633 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 634 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 667 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 676 → "KFK ___"
Vs 8 .. =?
  • Vs 803 → "KFK 229"
  • Vs 804 → "KFK 230"
  • Vs 805 → "KFK 94" (Swedish shipyard construction) was spotted in 2005 as HECHT VI in Arnis .
  • Vs 806 → "KFK 121" (Swedish shipyard construction)
  • Vs 824 → "KFK 746"
  • Vs 825 → "KFK 749"
  • Vs 826 → "KFK 751"
  • Vs 827 → "KFK 397"
  • Vs 828 → "KFK 471"
  • Vs 829 → "KFK ___"
Vs 9 .. =?
  • Vs 910 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 911 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 912 → "KFK 532" later in the UJ 310 in the 3rd U-Boat Hunting Flotilla (2) / ( Baltic Sea (Swinemünde) )
  • Vs 913 → "KFK 546"
  • Vs 914 → "KFK 185" (also listed as "V 910") see: KFK 185
  • Vs 915 → "KFK 186"
  • Vs 916 → "KFK 187"
  • Vs 917 → "KFK 188"
  • Vs 918 → "KFK 232" (also listed as "V 914")
  • Vs 919 → "KFK 233"
  • Vs 920 → "KFK 252"
  • Vs 921 → "KFK 253"
  • Vs 922 → "KFK 366"
  • Vs 923 → "KFK 398"
  • Vs 924 → "KFK 472"
  • Vs 925 → "KFK 486"
  • Vs 926 → "KFK ___"
Vs 12 .. =?
  • Vs 1223 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1224 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1225 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1226 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1227 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1228 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1229 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1230 → "KFK ___"
Vs 14 .. =?
  • Vs 1401 → "KFK 314"
  • Vs 1402 → "KFK 315"
  • Vs 1403 → "KFK 316"
  • Vs 1404 → "KFK 317"
  • Vs 1405 → "KFK 318"
  • Vs 1406 → "KFK 319"
  • Vs 1407 → "KFK 320"
  • Vs 1408 → "KFK 321"
  • Vs 1409 → "KFK 322"
  • Vs 1410 → "KFK 308"
  • Vs 1411 → "KFK 309"
  • Vs 1521 → "KFK 246"
  • Vs 1522 → "KFK 247"
  • Vs 1523 → "KFK 248"
Vs 15 .. =?
  • Vs 1524 → "KFK 250"
  • Vs 1525 → "KFK 271"
  • Vs 1526 → "KFK 272"
  • Vs 1527 → "KFK 399"
  • Vs 1528 → "KFK 400"
  • Vs 1529 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1530 → "KFK ___"
  • Vs 1531 → "KFK 401"
  • Vs 1532 → "KFK 402"
  • Vs 1533 → "KFK 284" sunk on May 14, 1944
  • Vs 1534 → "KFK 516"
  • Vs 1537 → "KFK 288" sunk on June 14, 1944
  • Vs 1539 → "KFK 290" sunk on May 14, 1944
  • Vs 1540 → "KFK 295" sunk on June 14, 1944
  • Vs 1541 → "KFK 296" sunk on June 14, 1944
Vs 16 .. =?
  • Vs 1607 → "KFK 743"
  • Vs 1608 → "KFK 740"
  • Vs 1609 → "KFK 741"
  • Vs 1610 → "KFK 742"
  • Vs 1611 → "KFK 744"
  • Vs 1612 → "KFK 745"
  • Vs 1613 → "KFK 748"
  • Vs 1614 → "KFK 750"
  • Vs 1615 → "KFK 747"
  • Vs 1616 → "KFK 752"

Where and where the KFK was used after 1945

The largest number of these cutters remained in German use after 1945, with urgent mine clearance tasks being carried out under the direction of the Allied administration. Another part of these cutters was used for fishing and thus for the food supply of post-war Germany. The use of these cutters as deep-sea fishing ships or as " traditional ships" is for the time being the last chapter of these ships, which were assumed to have a short lifespan even at the time of construction - around 60 years ago. In addition to the individual information from the KFK, this list provides a historical and international overview of the use of the war fishing cutters.

There are several sources with different figures on the whereabouts of the KFK; This is due to the fact that the distribution of the KFK was reorganized several times by the victorious powers and, in addition, further shifts in numbers occurred later due to transfers back to the FRG. The first KFK distribution plan (A. Komarov, op.cit. Page 82) of December 6, 1945: USSR 146 - UK 147 - USA 148 (units), 1st plan revision: USSR 147 - UK 137 - USA 101 (units) , 2nd plan revision: USSR 147 - UK 136 - USA 101 (units) (see also Monakov, page 180). These contingents were later divided up by the victorious powers. The first use after the war was the German mine clearance service, which gave away a number of KFKs for other purposes. Some of the vehicles that had sunk after the war were lifted and put into motion, some were scrapped, and some of them remained unclear. Therefore, the following figures cannot be fully verified.

  • around 300 were initially used for the German mine clearance service
  • around 293 were used for fishing in Germany (around 60 ports)
  • 182 of the KFK remaining after the war (as reparations) as follows:
  • Soviet Union 140 (split between different countries)
  • France 26
  • Norway 9
  • Netherlands 5
  • Sweden 1
  • Greece 1

After use by the German Navy, the following were left:

  • Remain in the follow-up period
    • Greece 3
    • Tanzania 4
    • former Eastern Bloc currently unclear
    • In 2001 around 24 KFKs with German registration are said to have existed

The numerous documented assignments and the resulting transitions are remarkable for the IDs:

  • Reorganization of the 3rd submarine hunting flotilla (2) ( Baltic Sea (Swinoujscie) ), whose cutters were used for evacuation (see Escape via the Baltic Sea: Company Hannibal ). On 4th / 5th April 1945 at the company "Walpurgisnacht" 25 KFK were used to evacuate the Oxhöfter Kämpe (Oksywska Kępa) to Hela .
  • Identification of the KFK according to the original document The German Navy in Norway (as of May 1, 1945)
  • Identifications of one hundred and nine KFK archived under the title “German naval vessels in Norway at the time of the capitulation May 9, 1945” (document number: AIR 15/476 available in National Archives, Kew, London.)
  • Identifiers beginning with K ..., which were used for a short time within the German Mine Clearance Service (GMSA), were then replaced by further identifiers or ship names according to the further use of the ships.
  • Identifiers in the acquisition of 382 ships in the transfer of ownership from OMGUS to the management Federal Republic of Germany have been logged
  • Identifications contained in document FO 936/1406 (from 1952) on the sale of various war fishing cutters by British administration.
  • Fisheries identifiers

K = IDs of the German mine clearance service from 1945

  • The KFK numbers were simply used, but the prefix "KFK" was shortened to "K".
  • The following lists contain only the KFK. They do not represent the complete stocks of the associations, which also included numerous other ships of other types!

Divisions under British supervision but independent management

The German mine clearance service was formed in 1945 on the instructions of the Allies from the remaining parts of the navy and had the task of clearing the sea ​​mines in German coastal waters. For this purpose, six mine clearance divisions were formed from former parts of the navy.

1st Mining Division (Kiel)

The following units were formed from former war fishing trawlers:

  • 31. Minesweeping Flotilla
    • Group A: K 274, K 314, K 551, K 552, K 613, K 614, K 615, K 616
    • Group B: K 142, K 326, K 396, K 404, K 621, K 622, K 626, K 627
    • Group C: K 50, K 51, K 60, K 63, K 64 , K 238, K 277, K 481
    • Group D: K 227, K 293, K 469, K 483, K 294, K 525, K 534, K 554
  • KFK Guard Association: (The structure of the association was subject to major changes)
    • 1st group: K 172, K 228, K 455, Vs 667, Vs 668, Vs 676, Vs 521
    • 2nd group: K 139, K 141, K 148, K 161, K 168, K 171, K 176, K 311, K 411, K 546
    • 3rd group: K 318, K 319, K 321, K 322, K 329, K 479
    • 4th group: K 154, K 179, K 278, K 409, K 473, K 475, K 476, K 530
    • 5th group: K 149, K 158, K 159, K 170, K 354, K 358, K 402, K 478, K 480, K 501, K 707, UJ 614
    • 6th group: K 151, K 156, K 157, K 312, K 291, K 328, K 356, K 363, K 523, K 524, Vs 237
    • 7th group: K 160, K 269, K 431, K 479, K 501, K 542, K 550, K 559, UJ 633
  • KFK special group: K 138, K 153, K 180, K 315, K 499, K 500 , K 502, K 503, K 512, UJ 634
    • Boat group of the 1st mine clearance division: K 369, K 370
2nd Mining Division (Cuxhaven)

The following units were formed from former war fishing trawlers:

  • 14th Minesweeping Flotilla (Wilhelmshaven)
    • 1st group: K 450, K 462, K 500, K 537, K 619, K 623, K 624
    • 2nd group: K 342, K 393, K 410, K 463, K 464, K 517, K 561
    • 3rd group: K 95, K 244, K 379, K 381, K 518, K 519, K 620, Gudrun
    • 4th group: K 129, K 406, K 448, K 560, K 617
    • 5th group: K 110, K 392, K 450, K 474, Gudrun, Hans Sachs, Siegfried
    • 6th group: K 80, K 126, K 250, K 240, K 618
    • 7th group: K 123, K 338, K 343, K 344, K 345, K 347, K 467
  • 18th minesweeping flotilla (Bremerhaven)
    • 2nd group: K 251, K 254, K 256, K 257, K 258, K 415, K 416, K 417, K 527, K 243, K 245, K 408
3rd Mining Division (Copenhagen)

The following units were formed from former war fishing trawlers:

  • 30. Minesweeping Flotilla
    • 1st group: K 365, K 131, K 249, K 485, K 397
    • 2nd group: K 185; K 187, K 188, K 232, K 233
    • 3rd group: K 252, K 253, K 366, K 472, K 486
    • 4th group: K 246, K 247, K 248, K 250, K 395
  • Net clearing group: K 389
4th Mining Division (Kristiansand)

The following units were formed from former war fishing trawlers:

Identifier reference
5th clearing flotilla
K 122 → KFK 122
K 221 → KFK 221
K 222 → KFK 222
55th Vp Flotilla
1st Group
K 119 → KFK 119
K 144 → KFK 144
K 145 → KFK 145
K 146 → KFK 146
K 147 → KFK 147
K 189 → KFK 189
K 219 → KFK 219
K 235 → KFK 235
NB 67 (K 513) → KFK 513
55th Vp Flotilla
2nd Group
K 281 → KFK 281
K 282 → KFK 282
K 283 → KFK 283
K 284 → KFK 284
K 285 → KFK 285
K 286 → KFK 286
K 287 → KFK 287
NB 73 (K 511) → KFK 513
NB 75 (K 544) → KFK 544
65th Vp Flotilla
K 211 → KFK 211
K 225 → KFK 225
K 226 → KFK 226
K 382 → KFK 382
67th Vp Flotilla
K 103
K 113 → KFK 113
K 134 → KFK 134
K 208 → KFK 208
K 210 → KFK 210
K 223 → KFK 223
K 224 → KFK 224
K 350 → KFK 350
K 351 → KFK 351
K 376 → KFK 376
K 466 → KFK 466
K 504 → KFK 504
K 505 → KFK 505
K 514 → KFK 514
K 539 → KFK 539
V 6727 (K 540) → KFK 540
KFK group Oslo
NO 40 (K 105) → KFK 105  ?
(see also Tromsö!)
NO 44 (K 305) → KFK 305
NO 47 (K 338) → KFK 338
K 114 → KFK 114
K 117 → KFK 117
K 120 → KFK 120
KMA clearing flotilla
Stavanger
K 124 → KFK 124
K 127 → KFK 127
K 192 → KFK 192
K 215 → KFK 215
K 334 → KFK 334
K 338 → KFK 338
K 339 → KFK 339
K 352 → KFK 339
KMA clearing flotilla
Kristiansand-Süd
K 126 → KFK 126
K 214 → KFK 214
K 217 → KFK 217
Transport
flotilla Tromso
K 105 → KFK 105  ?
(see also Oslo!)
K 111 → KFK 111
K 112 → KFK 112
K 118 → KFK 118
K 132 → KFK 132
K 163 → KFK 163
K 205 → KFK 205
K 212 → KFK 212
K 349 → KFK 217
K 361 → KFK 361
K 384 → KFK 384
K 385 → KFK 385
K 465 → KFK 465
K 505 → KFK 505
V 6730 → KFK
Transport association
Kristiansand-Süd
NK 17 (K 377) → KFK 377

Stavanger Transport Association
K 133 → KFK 133
K 508 → KFK 508
6th Mining Division (Bremerhaven)

The following units were formed from former war fishing trawlers:

  • 18. Minesweeping Flotilla
    • 2. Group K 251, K 254, K 256, K 257, K 258, K 415, K 416, K 417, K 527, K 243, K 245, K 408

French mine clearance management

This mine clearance service was not subordinate to the German mine clearance service. The service was mainly carried out with minesweepers of the former minesweeping flotillas, which were stationed in France until the withdrawal of the Wehrmacht in September 1944. B. the minesweeping flotillas of the 3rd and 4th Security Divisions with an additional 6th outpost flotilla. The German crews of the boats evacuated under French leadership. 13 KFK were parked as a reserve.

German mine clearance service in the Baltic Sea under Soviet leadership

About 100 mine detection u. Clearance boats that had been awarded to the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference were surrendered. These ships were used by the Maritime Police Headquarters and its predecessor organizations for mine clearance and evacuation escorts , among other things .

KFK in the German Navy

In particular due to the dissolution of the Navy and the German Mine Clearance Service, a number of KFKs were taken over for use in the Federal Navy. "BGS-See precursor organizations" can sometimes be identified as previous owners.

Within the German Federal Navy, the KFK were listed in Class 386 and Class 740 as W .. H .. KW .. and Y ....

Identification as harbor protection or coast guard boats of class 368 ("war fishing cutter")

From July 1, 1956, "H" identifiers were used. "H" stood for "harbor protection boat" or "harbor protection squadron".

In 1960 the "H" was replaced by "KW" identifiers with the same numbering. "KW" ​​stood for "Coast Guard Boat" or "Coast Guard Squadron". The KW identifiers corresponded to identical NATO W identifiers.

  • 368/01: KW01 or W1 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H1 → KFK 309
  • 368/02: KW02 or W2 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H2 → KFK 613
  • 368/03: KW03 or W3 (07/1956 to 08/1963) ex H3 → KFK 561, and also KFK 561
  • 368/04: KW04 or W4 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H4 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/05: KW05 or W5 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H5 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/06: KW06 or W6 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H6 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/07: KW07 or W7 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H7 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/08: KW08 or W8 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H7 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/09: KW09 or W9 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H7 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/10: KW10 or W10 (?? / 1956 to ?? / 19 ??) ex H10 → portraits of KFK war structures without KFK assignment
  • 368/11: NORDWIND (W43) (from 07/1956 to 08/1969), later NORDWIND (Y834) (08/1969 with interruptions until 12/2006), → Nord series from the Burmester shipyard → hull number 2893, and also → North wind


Class 740 (measuring boats, ..., ...)

  • 740/24: Radio loading boat Y 829 (from 12/1965 to 5/1990) → KFK 561, and also → KFK 561


Identification of other navies

In particular, through the dissolution of the Navy and the German Mine Clearance Service, war fish cutters were placed with owners in Europe and beyond.

Soviet Navy

From the literature, 29 CFCs are known by codes in the Soviet Navy; of these, the following 29 CFCs in Varna and Constanța were taken over or restored (Monakov, page 167).

    • T 651 → "KFK ___"
    • T 652 → "KFK ___"
    • T 653 → "KFK ___"
    • T 654 → "KFK ___"
    • T 655 → "KFK ___"
    • T 666 → "KFK ___"
    • T 667 → "KFK ___"
    • T 668 → "KFK ___"
    • T 669 → "KFK ___"
    • T 671 → "KFK ___"
    • T 672 → "KFK ___"
    • T 673 → "KFK ___"
    • T 674 → "KFK ___"
    • T 675 → "KFK ___"
    • T 676 → "KFK ___"
    • T 667 → "KFK ___"
    • T 678 → "KFK ___"
    • T 679 → "KFK ___"
    • T 680 → "KFK ___"
    • T 685 → "KFK ___"
    • T 686 → "KFK ___"
    • T 687 → "KFK ___"
    • T 688 → "KFK ___"
    • T 689 → "KFK ___"
    • T 690 → "KFK ___"
    • T 691 → "KFK ___"
    • T 692 → "KFK ___"
    • T 693 → "KFK ___"
    • T 694 → "KFK ___"

Since the USSR took over considerably more KFK after the end of the war, the remaining KFK must have been used elsewhere. Transitions with Romanian fleet affiliations also remain unclear.Examples:

  • KFK 198 → UJ 311 → MO 851 → T-668
  • KFK 199 → UJ 319 → MO 852 → T-666

Navy of Greece

    • KFK ___ Anemos
    • KFK 613 as first P 288 then A 477 called HNS Arhikelefstis Stassis 1975 ex. W 2
    • KFK 195 HNS Arhikelefstis Maliopoulis ex. W 8

Navy of Tanzania

The Tanzanian Navy received 4 KFK from the German Navy - all sunk.

literature

Web links

Commons : War Fish Cutter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen ; Library for Contemporary History (Ed.): Chronicle of the Naval War 1939–1945. Württemberg State Library, Stuttgart 2007.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax loss list of German ships at schiffswrackliste.de (accessed on August 31, 2009)
  3. ↑ a b Identifiers in the port protection at Navires de Guerre (viewed on August 22, 2009)
  4. ↑ a b c UN document no. 3069, transfer of ownership of ships etc. to the Federal Republic of Germany ( memento of October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Ship identifiers / abbreviations of the Kriegsmarine
  6. ↑ List of ship numbers Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement Version: 2. - 01/2004, pages 16 and 34 (viewed on August 28, 2009) ( Memento from August 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Original document The German Navy in Norway (as of May 1, 1945) (photographs of the original document, viewed on August 29, 2009) ( Memento from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ KFK inventory overview Norway at the time of the capitulation German naval vessels in Norway at the time of the capitulation May 9, 1945 (viewed on August 29, 2009) ( Memento from November 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ KFK sales, document FO 936/1406 (from 1952) on the sale of various war fishing cutters by British administration are included - only documentary evidence (viewed on August 29, 2009)
  10. ↑ Mandors, The German mine clearing service ( Memento of 19 July 2011 at the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Coast Guard of the FRG, ship class 368, war fishing cutter (Russian accessed on August 24, 2009)
  12. ↑ a b c KFK in the Greek Navy, Patrol craft / KFK Class
  13. ↑ KFK 195 in the Greek Navy as "HNS Arhikelefstis Stassis-1975"
  14. ↑ KFK 195 in the Greek Navy as "HNS Arhikelefstis Maliopoulis-1975"