by Gareth Collins

Formed as Seekommandant 'X' in August 1942 and was designated to command sea and coastal defences of the Caspian Sea and was subordinate to the Admiral Schwarzes Meer. The designated Seekommandant advanced and then retreated with Panzerarmee von Kleist. The Seekommandant was due to control serveral designated Hafenkommandanten at Astrakhan, Baku & Makhachkala, 2 Hafenkapitäne were also due to form for the smaller ports. In February 1943 it was moved to Eupatoria and designated Seekommandant Westkrim to relieve the Seekommandant Krim ('U').

Seekommandant

Kapitän zur See Hermann Brennecke (00 Sep 1942-00 Feb 1943)

Stabsoffizier beim Stabe

Korvettenkapitän Hans-Henning Quedenfeldt (00 Aug 1942-00 Feb 1943)

Subordinate Commands & Units

1. Marinekraftfahreinsatzabteilung

Sources used

Research by Gareth Collins
Erich Gröner - Die Schiffe der deutschen Kriegsmarine und ihr Verbleib 1939-1945, J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, München (1976)
Hans H. Hildebrand - Die organisatorische Entwicklung der Marine nebst Stellenbesetzung 1848 bis 1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück(2000)
Hans H. Hildebrand & Ernest Henriot – Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989)
Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr & Hans-Otto Steinmetz – Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg (1980)
Walter Lohmann & Hans H. Hildebrand – Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine, Verlag Hans-Henning Podzun, Bad Nauheim (1956)

Reference material on this unit

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