School frigate class 138
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| Class (138) | |
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| Ship type | School frigate |
| Units: | 7th |
| period of service | 1958-1968 |
The class 138 school frigates were the first frigates of the Federal Navy of the Federal Republic of Germany .
history
On May 16, 1956, Department VII (forerunner of the later naval command staff ) of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bad Godesberg asked Department X (Defense Management and Technology) to procure seven British "Corvette-type school boats" for the German Navy for conversion into school frigates .
The British Admiralty had already offered the sale of frigates after the Federal Republic of Germany joined NATO in May 1955. The seven frigates, which had been in service with the Royal Navy from 1939 to 1946 and , apart from one ship, had also participated in the Second World War, were purchased in November 1957. From October 1958 to May 1959, after conversions at British shipyards, it was put into service in the German Navy. The term school frigate class 138 was used as a generic term . In the tradition of that time, they were named after former military personnel from the armies or navies of Prussia and Germany and were subordinate to the Naval Artillery School in Kiel , the Naval Underwater Weapons School in Flensburg - Mürwik and the Naval Locating School (MOS) in Bremerhaven . In August 1959, the Ministry of Defense determined the exact total procurement costs including conversions for all seven frigates at DM 70,050,000. From 1964 to 1968, all school ships in the class were decommissioned and subsequently scrapped until 1990.
technology
The seven units belonged to two classes or four sub-classes. As a result, they differed in their technical data. Three were Purchased escort destroyer of the Hunt class with HMS Oakley (II) from type II and HMS Albrighton and HMS Eggesford and four sloops of Black Swan class with the HMS Flamingo the prototyping and the HMS Hart , HMS Mermaid and HMS Actaeon improved Execution.
The technical differences increased as a result of various modifications during their service under the German flag. A detailed overview of the technical data can be found with the respective ship classes and the later differences between the individual units are listed in the technical data of the respective unit.
- The hunts
- The Black Swans
units
| Surname | ex HMS | Type | Launch | in service | off-duty | task |
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| F 212 Gneisenau | Oakley | Hunt II | Jan 15, 1942 | Oct 18, 1958 | June 30, 1966 | Artillery training ship |
| F 213 Scharnhorst | Mermaid | mod Black Swan | Nov 11, 1943 | May 28, 1959 | 15th Mar 1968 | Artillery training ship |
| F 214 hipper | Actaeon | mod Black Swan | July 25, 1945 | Jan. 10, 1959 | July 31, 1964 | Cadet training ship |
| F 215 Graf Spee | flamingo | Black Swan | Apr 18, 1939 | Feb 21, 1959 | July 31, 1964 | Cadet training ship |
| F 216 Scheer | Hard | mod Black Swan | July 7, 1943 | May 21, 1959 | Dec 12, 1967 | Locating training ship |
| F 217 Raule | Albrighton | Hunt III | Nov 11, 1941 | May 14, 1959 | Dec. 20, 1967 | Training ship for underwater weapons |
| F 218 Brommy | Eggesford | Hunt III | Sep 12 1942 | May 14, 1959 | Apr 30, 1965 | Training ship for underwater weapons |
literature
- Günter Kroschel, Klaus-Jürgen Steindorff : The German Navy 1955–1985, ships and aircraft . Verlag Lohse - Eissing, Wilhelmshaven 1985, ISBN 3-920602-30-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The seven school frigates (class 138) of the German Navy. Federal Archives, June 15, 2013, archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; accessed on December 15, 2014 .