by Gareth Collins

Formed on 01 December 1942 from the staff of the 17. Minensuchflottille. Until the end of 1943 the Flotilla was employed in security & escort service in the North Sea & Norway. It was then was moved to Finnenbusen where it operated in the Baltic sea for escort duties until the wars end.

After the war it was used for mine clearing until November 1947.

Flottillenchef

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Viktor Siemers (01 Nov 1942-00 Dec 1942)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Wolfgang Leonhardt (00 Dec 1942-00 May 1943)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dr. Hans Katinszky (m.W.d.G.b.) (00 May 1943-00 Aug 1943)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Wolfgang Leonhardt (00 Aug 1943-00 Nov 1943)
Kapitänleutnant Günther Borchert (i.V.) (00 Nov 1943-00 Mar 1944)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Wolfgang Leonhardt (00 Mar 1944-00 May 1944)
Kapitänleutnant Heinz Vogeler (stellvertreter) (00 Jun 1944-00 Jul 1944)
Kapitänleutnant Walter-Erich Schneider (00 Jul 1944-00 Aug 1944)
Kapitänleutnant Heinz Vogeler (00 Aug 1944-00 Feb 1945)
Kapitänleutnant Emershaus von Haxthausen (00 Feb 1945-00 Nov 1947)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

M 278
M 294
M 295
M 328
M 330
M 341
M 342
M 403
M 413
M 423
M 433
M 443
M 451
M 453
M 459
M 460

M 460 and M 388 in Kiel in January 1949 awaiting rebuilding

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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 -