by Gareth Collins

Formed in Nikolayev on 01 February 1942 and subordinate to the Admiral Schwarzes Meer/Kommandierender Admiral Schwarzes Meer. The staff quarters were moved constantly. From Nikolayev to Simferopol, then Yalta, then in December 1942 to Feodosia. In April 1943 it was again moved to Yalta. In November 1943 the Führungsstab was based in Simferopol and the Quartiermeisterstab in Sevastopol. From April 1944 the Führungsstab was moved to Sevastopol, then Fort Maxim Gorki. The command area was the coast of the Crimea, bordering at the Perekop Isthmus. With the advance of German Forces into the occupied Caucasus the Seekommandant gained ports at Temryuk and Taman. In January 1943 this area was made subordinate to Seekommandant 'W'. In December 1942 Seekommandant Ukraine ('V') was dissolved and its command area was passed to the Seekommandant Krim. Between December 1942 and February 1943 the Seekommandant Krim was responsible for the coastal defence of the entire Crimean and Ukrainian coasts as well as the coast around the Sea of Azov. For a short time the command was named Seekommandant Krim-Ukraine. In 1943 and 1944 parts of the command area were ceded to the Seekommandant Ostkrim and Seekommandant Westkrim. From the end of 1943 the Crimea was cut off by the advancing Russians and on 12 May 1944 Sevastopol and the Seekommandant was dissolved.

Seekommandant

Konteradmiral Hans-Hermann Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Freiherr von Kauder (01 Feb 1942-03 Sep 1942)
Konteradmiral Fritz Lamprecht (i.V.) (04 Sep 1942-13 Nov 1942)
Konteradmiral Hans-Hermann Graf von Schweinitz und Krain Freiherr von Kauder (14 Nov 1942-31 Mar 1943)
Konteradmiral Otto Schulz (01 Apr 1943-12 May 1944)

Chef des Stabes

Kapitän zur See Bernd Remmler (00 Dec 1943-00 May 1944)

Stabsoffizier beim Stabe
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dipl.Ing. Helmut Mattel (01 Feb 1942-00 Dec 1942)
Fregattenkapitän Curt Goehring (00 Dec 1942-00 Mar 1943)
Korvettenkapitän Hans-Henning Quedenfeldt (00 Mar 1943-00 Jun 1943)
Fregattenkapitän Bernd Remmler (00 Jun 1943-00 Dec 1943)

1. Admiralstabsoffizier
Korvettenkapitän (MN) der Reserve Dipl.Ing. Alfred Kroeker (00 Dec 1943-00 May 1944)

Subordinate Commands & Units

Hafenkommandant Feodosia
Hafenkommandant Jalta
Hafenkommandant Kertsch
Hafenkommandant Mariupol
Hafenkommandant Nikolajew
Hafenkommandant Odessa
Hafenkommandant Sewastopol
Hafenkommandant Taganrog
Hafenkapitän Ak Metschet
Hafenkapitän Balaklawa
Hafenkapitän Berdjansk
Hafenkapitän Cherson
Hafenkapitän Eupatoria
Hafenkapitän Genitschesk
Hafenkapitän Otschakow
Hafenkapitän Skadowsk
Hafenschutzflottille Kertsch
Marineartillerieabteilung 601
Marineartillerieabteilung 602
Marineartillerieabteilung 613
Marineartillerieabteilung 614
33. Marinebordflakabteilung
19. Marinekraftfahrabteilung
Marinebataillon Hossfeld (304)
Marinebataillon Klemm
Marineartilleriearsenal Sewastopol

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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