by Gareth Collins

Formed in April 1939, and from the outbreak of war to spring 1940 it was used in the North Sea for mine defence, Channel passes, Merchant War & escort duties. At the invasion of Norway the Flottille was used there for security duties & escort tasks, after that campaigned it was utilised again in the North Sea & West. The Flottille was dissolved in February 1941.

Chef

Korvettenkapitän Georg Waue (04 Apr 1939-04 Mar 1940)
Korvettenkapitän Hans Marks (05 Mar 1940-00 May 1940)
Kapitänleutnant Werner Hartenstein (i.V.) (00 May 1940-00 Jan 1941)
Korvettenkapitän Hans Marks (00 Jan 1941-00 Feb 1941)

Flottillen-Ingenieur
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Friedrich Schleswing (00 Feb 1939-00 Feb 1940)
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Fritz Weller (00 Feb 1940-00 Feb 1941)

Ships

Iltis
Jaguar
Leopard
Luchs
Wolf
Seeadler
T-28
T-29
T-30
T-31
T-32
T-33
T-28
T-29
T-22
T-23

Torpedo boats "Tiger" (TG), "Luchs" (LU), "Jaguar" (JA), "Iltis" (IT) at anchor

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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 -