The Marinefährprahm was designed for Operation Sea Lion, but production began only in 1941, too late to see service in the operation. It was the largest landing craft ever employed by the Kriegsmarine.
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| - The Marinefährprahm was designed for Operation Sea Lion, but production began only in 1941, too late to see service in the operation. It was the largest landing craft ever employed by the Kriegsmarine.
- The Marinefährprahm (MFP), "naval ferry barge", was the largest landing craft operated by Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. It served a variety of roles (transport, minelayer, escort, gunboat) in the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas as well as the English Channel and Norwegian coastal waters. Originally developed for the proposed invasion of England (Operation Sea Lion), the first of these ships was commissioned on 16 April 1941, with approximately 700 being completed by the war's end in May 1945. Allied sources sometimes refer to this class of vessel as a "Flak Lighter" or "F-lighter".
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| - The Marinefährprahm was designed for Operation Sea Lion, but production began only in 1941, too late to see service in the operation. It was the largest landing craft ever employed by the Kriegsmarine.
- The Marinefährprahm (MFP), "naval ferry barge", was the largest landing craft operated by Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. It served a variety of roles (transport, minelayer, escort, gunboat) in the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas as well as the English Channel and Norwegian coastal waters. Originally developed for the proposed invasion of England (Operation Sea Lion), the first of these ships was commissioned on 16 April 1941, with approximately 700 being completed by the war's end in May 1945. Allied sources sometimes refer to this class of vessel as a "Flak Lighter" or "F-lighter".
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