By 1938 it had become obvious that the class had been a failure. As a consquence, the two escort flotillas were summarized into one and several of the ships rebuilt.
F1,
F3 and
F6 were rebuilt as fleet tenders, with
F1 being decomissioned in 1939 and leaving the shipyards again in 1941. Named
Libelle (Dragonfly) for a short time, she was ultimately named
Jagd (Hunt). The main changes were an enlarged and heightened hull and a rebuilt bridge structure. The 37mm twins were gone, replaced by the 20mm singles that once were placed next to the bridge. The funnels were once again raised to equal height and five waterbomb throwers added to each side.
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Duing the war she served as torpedo retrieval vessel and destroyer tender and was one of the few German ships to survive the war. She was in Kopenhagen at the point of the capitulation and given to the USA as war prize. However,
Jagd did serve in the German MineSweeping Administration in the post-war years and was given to France in 1947, where she was scrapped.
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