by Gareth Collins

Formed in the area of Danzig in May 1941 as Seekommandant 'Q'. In June 1941 the base moved to Cranz in East Prussia, then in October/November 1941 to Tallinn in Estonia, then to Haljala near Rakvere. It was subordinate to the Marinebefehlshaber D/Ostland, then Kommandierender Admiral Ostland. In November 1941 it was designated Seekommandant Reval. The area of command stretched from the Estonian-Lithuanian border at Salacgrīva in Latvia to the Narva Delta at Narva-Jöesuu, including the Baltic Islands. With the dissolution of Seekommandant 'R' in 13 February 1944 Seekommandant Reval absorbed its command area and was designated Seekommandant Estland.

Seekommandant

Fregattenkapitän Robert Terfloth (00 May 1941-00 Nov 1941)
Kapitän zur See Heinrich Jörss (00 Nov 1941-00 Nov 1943)
Kapitän zur See Erich Dresky (i.V.) (00 Nov 1944-00 Feb 1944)

Stabsoffizier beim Stabe (A I)
Korvettenkapitän M.A. der Reserve z.V. Ernst Menge (00 May 1941-00 Aug 1941)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Rudolf Nordmann (00 Nov 1941-00 May 1943)
Kapitänleutnant (AMD) der Reserve z.V. Hans Köster (00 May 1943-00 Feb 1944)

Subordinate Commands & Units

Hafenkommandant Reval
Marineartillerieabteilung 530
Marineartillerieabteilung 532
Marineflakabteilung 239
Marineflakabteilung 711
Marineausrüstungsstelle Reval
Marineartilleriearsenal Reval

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 -