by Gareth Collins

Formed in September 1943 with its seat in Kalamata and subordinate to the Kommandierender Admiral Ägäis. It was formed after Italy exited the war and German Forces took over the areas of Greece previously in Italian hands. The area of command covered the Peloponnese to the Corinth Channel, excluding a coastal strip in the north-west of the Peloponnese around the city of Patras. The area was abandoned in September 1944 when Greece was evacuated.

Seekommandant

Kapitän zur See Horst Gerlach (00 Sep 1943-00 Sep 1944)

Stabsoffizier beim Stabe
Kapitän zur See Alfred Freiherr Grote (00 Sep 1943-00 Sep 1944)

Subordinate Commands & Units

Hafenkommandant Kalamata
Hafenkommandant Nauplia
Hafenkommandant Navarino
Hafenkapitän Menemvasia
Küstenschutzflottille Peloponnes
Marineartillerieabteilung 609

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

- None known at this time -