by Gareth Collins

Formed in April 1941 and after it completed training the Flotilla was employed in the West and in the North Sea for escort duties & mine defence. From the beginning of 1942 to spring 1943 it was employed for Channel Pass escort duties. While some boats remained in the West, the majority was moved to northern waters for the defence of the heavier ships. In Autumn 1943 the Flotilla participated in the disarmament of the Danish Navy then assigned to the Torpedo-School for training duties. In Spring 1944 some of the Flotillas ships were temporarily detached for employment in the Baltic Sea, and in the summer of 1944 it was used in the Skagerrak for escort duties until autumn when it was used for escort, guard & security operations at Finnenbusen, then Baltic Sea. Lastly, from the winter of 1944 to the wars end it was employed in the Skagerrak for mine defence.

Commanders

Korvettenkapitän Hans Wilcke (00 May 1941-14 Oct 1942)
Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Koppenhagen (14 Oct 1942-00 Nov 1942) (i.V.)
Korvettenkapitän Heinz Schuur (00 Nov 1942-00 Jun 1943)
Korvettenkapitän Franz Kohlauf (00 Jun 1943-00 Sep 1943)
Kapitänleutnant Werner Gotzmann (00 Sep 1943-00 Nov 1943) (m.W.d.G.b.)
Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Verlohr (00 Nov 1943-00 Dec 1944)
Korvettenkapitän August Hoepner (00 Dec 1944-08 May 1945)

Flottillen-Ingenieur
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Werner Wierig (00 Jul 1941-00 Mar 1943)
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Günter Züllich (00 Mar 1943-00 Sep 1943)
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Kurt Geßler (00 Sep 1943-08 May 1945)

Ships

T-13
T-14
T-15
T-16
T-17
T-18
T-19
T-20
T-21

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 -