9. Minensuchflottille
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- Published: 23 September 2012 23 September 2012
- Last Updated: 16 February 2013 16 February 2013
by Gareth Collins
Formed on 15 March 1943 and employed for security & escort duties in Norway, mainly northern Norway.
With the wars end the Flotilla was transferred to the control of the Deutscher Minenräumdienst (DMRL, the German Mine Sweeping Administration, GMSA; Kriegsmarine vessels under Allied control used for mine sweeping duties 1945-1948) for mine clearing operations in Norwegian Fjords & Skagerrak. It was dissolved in June 1947.
Flottillenchef
Korvettenkapitän Werner Dobberstein (15 Mar 1943-00 Feb 1944)
Korvettenkapitän Emil Härder (00 Feb 1944-00 Jun 1947)
Subordinate Units & Vessels
M 272
M 273
M 274
M 276
M 306
M 326
M 346
M 348
M 364
M 365
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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