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Kriegsfischkutter (armed fishing boat - short KFK ) were small auxiliary warships of the German navy during World War 2. They were used in coastal security service, in submarine hunting flotillas and of course before and after the war for fishing.

Crew: 18

Speed: 9.0 kts

Armed with one 3.7 cm flak, two 2 cm flak, and depth charges

During the 1920's, the politically controlled "standardization of the vehicles of the German fishing fleet" was started. The Reichsfischkutter was mostly built in wood and could be ordered affordably by private operators. In return, the vehicle had to returned to the navy during the war.

In 1942, the German Navy ordered many of these, and thus launched the largest shipbuilding series in German maritime history. The boats were built by 42 shipyards in seven European countries. Unknowingly, yards in neutral Sweden made war fishing boats for the German Navy. These orders were disguised as orders for "normal" trawlers and were awarded by the then Reich Ministry of Food. The cutters with the numbers KFK 93 to KFK 137, which were delivered completely with fishing gear, were converted into war configuration at German shipyards in the Baltic Sea region.