by Gareth Collins

Formed in Bossekop in Finnmark, Northern Norway in March 1944 and subordinate to the Kommandierender Admiral der norwegischen Polarküste. It had the tactical command of the Marineflakabteilung 710 and the Marinenebelkompanie im Altafjord which were tasked with the protection of the 'Tirpitz' (the disciplinary control of these units remained with Seekommandant Hammerfest). It was dissolved again in October 1944.

Kommandant

Kapitän zur See Klaus Ferber (00 Mar 1944-00 Oct 1944)

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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