List of ships of the Second World War (F)

This is a list of ships of the Second World War ships starting with F. [1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.

Ship Country Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Falke  Kriegsmarine Raubvogel class torpedoboat 1,290 15 August 1927 sunk 15 June 1944
Fall River  United States Navy Baltimore class heavy cruiser 17,200 1 July 1945 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972
Fanning  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 8 October 1937 scrapped 1948
Farenholt  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 2 April 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Farndale  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 27 April 1941 scrapped 1962
Farragut  United States Navy Farragut destroyer 1,365 18 June 1934 scrapped 1947
Fencer  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 14,400 20 February 1943 paid off 21 December 1945, sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1975
Fennel  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
Flower corvette 925 16 January 1941 to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 12 June 1945
Fergus  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 18 November 1944 14 July 1945
Fernie  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 29 May 1940 paid off 1947
Fiji  Royal Navy Crown Colony-class cruiser 8,000 5 May 1940 sunk 22 May 1941
Finisterre  Royal Navy Battle destroyer 2,325 11 September 1945[5] paid off 1965, scrapped 1967
Fitch  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 3 February 1942 decommissioned 1956, sunk as target 1973
Fiume  Regia Marina Zara class heavy cruiser 11,500 1931 sunk 29 March 1941
Fletcher  United States Navy Fletcher destroyer 2,100 30 June 1942 Decommissioned 1 August 1969, scrapped 1972
Fleur de Lys  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 26 August 1940 14 October 1941
USS Flint  United States Navy Atlanta class light cruiser 6,000 31 August 1944 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1966
Flores  Netherlands Flores Sloop 1,457 25 March 1926 scrapped November 1968
Flusser  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 1 October 1936 scrapped 1948
Forrest Hill  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 1 December 1943 9 July 1945
Fort Erie  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 27 October 1944 paid off 26 March 1965
Foch  French Navy Suffren class heavy cruiser 10,000 15 August 1931 scuttled 27 November 1942
Folkestone  Royal Navy Folkestone Sloop 1,045 25 June 1940 scrapped 22 May 1947
Formidable  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 24 November 1940 scrapped 1953
Forrest  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 13 January 1942 scrapped 1946
Fort Erie  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 27 October 1944 paid off 26 March 1965
Fortune  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
F destroyer 1,405 27 April 1935 to Canada as Saskatchewan 31 May 1943, mined 21 June 1944
Foxhound  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy
V destroyer 1,405 6 June 1935 Transferred to RCN 8 February 1944 as HMCS Qu'Appelle, paid off 26 May 1946
Frankford  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 31 March 1943 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973
Franklin  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 31 January 1944 Decommissioned 17 February 1947, scrapped 1964
Fraser  Royal Canadian Navy C destroyer 1,375 17 February 1937 sunk in a collision 25 June 1940
Frazier  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 30 July 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Frederick C. Davis  United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort 1,200 14 July 1943 sunk 24 April 1945
Fredericton  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 8 December 1941 paid off 14 July 1945
Freesia  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 19 November 1940
Fresia  Chilean Navy H submarine 441 1917 scrapped 1945
Fridtjof Nansen  Norway Coast Guard ship 1,575 29 May 1931 ran aground and sank 8 November 1940
Fritillary  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 1 November 1941
Frobisher  Royal Navy Hawkins class heavy cruiser 9,750 20 September 1924 sold for scrap March 26th, 1949
Frome  Royal Navy
 Free French
River frigate 1,370 3 March 1944 to Free French 3 March 1944 as Escarmouche, paid off 1960
Frontenac  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 26 October 1943 22 July 1945
Fu An  China gunship 1,900
Fubuki  Imperial Japanese Navy Fubuki destroyer 1.750 10 August 1928 sunk 11 October 1942
Fujinami  Imperial Japanese Navy Yūgumo destroyer 2.520 31 July 1943 sunk 10 January 1945
Fumizuki  Imperial Japanese Navy Mutsuki destroyer 1.315 3 July 1926 sunk 18 February 1944
Furious  Royal Navy Glorious aircraft carrier 22,400 14 October 1917 scrapped 1948
Furutaka  Imperial Japanese Navy Furutaka class heavy cruiser 9.150 31 March 1926 sunk 20 December 1942
Fury  Royal Navy F destroyer 1,405 10 September 1934 mined 21 June 1944, not repaired
Fusō  Imperial Japanese Navy Fusō dreadnought 34,700 18 November 1915 sunk 25 October 1944
Fuyuzuki  Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki destroyer 2.700 30 April 1944 scrapped and converted to breakwater 1948
Fyen  Denmark light cruiser hulk 2,737

References

  1. Naval Vessel Register Index
  2. "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  4. Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. Listed as active, prior to the end of the war, in the Navy List July 1945. Great Britain: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1945.
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