by Gareth Collins

Formed in Tromsø on 01 Sep 1940 from the Seekommandant Polarküste. It was subordinate to the Admiral der norwegischen Nordküste until December 1940 when it was moved to the Admiral der norwegischen Polarküste. Initially the area of command ranged from Finnfjordbotn in the south to the Finnish-Russian border, although the island of Andøy and the Andsfjord were moved to the command of Seekommandant Narvik in 1941. In March 1941 the northern section of the Porsanger-Fjord was transferred to the command of the newly-formed Seekommandant Kirkenes. The next year, in March 1942, another section of the command area was ceded, from the Loppa island to the Porsanger-Fjord. This was ceded to another new command, Seekommandant Hammerfest, which took control of this & also a section in the Kirkenes command area. Finally, when Seekommandant Harstad was formed in January 1945 half of the island of Senja was ceded to that Command.

Seekommandant

Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Jerchel (01 Sep 1940-00 Oct 1942)
Kapitän zur See Wilibald Schmidt (00 Oct 1942-00 Nov 1943)
Kapitän zur See Gottfried Krüger (00 Oct 1943-00 Feb 1945)
Kapitän zur See Hans Georg Zimmer (00 Mar 1945-00 May 1945)

Stabsoffizier beim Stabe (A I)
Korvettenkapitän Carl Gutjahr (00 Oct 1940-00 Nov 1940)
Korvettenkapitän M.A. Wilfried Schlag (00 Jan 1941-00 Dec 1941)
Fregattenkapitän Paul Schütze (00 Dec 1941-00 May 1944)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dr. Christian Momsen (00 May 1944-00 May 1945)

Subordinate Commands & Units

Hafenkommandant Hammerfest
Hafenkommandant Tromsö
Hafenkommandant Vardö
Hafenkapitän Alta
Hafenkapitän Kirkenes
Hafenkapitän Tromsö
Hafenkapitän Vardö
Marineartillerieabteilung 512
Marineartillerieabteilung 513
Marineflakabteilung 710
Marineausrüstungsstelle Tromsö
5. Landungsflottille
8. Landungsflottille
Marinelazarett Tromsö

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 -