by Gareth Collins

Formed on 04 Jul 1940 and from then until the end of 1944 was employed in Security duties off the Dutch, Belgian & Channel coasts, with the HQ at Le Havre. From 1945 the Flotilla moved to Danish Waters at Nykøbing for security duties at Kattegat. It dissolved after the wars end.

Flottillenchef

Kapitänleutnant der Reserve Walter Rauff (04 Jul 1940-00 Apr 1941)
Kapitänleutnant Walter Gemein (00 Apr 1941-00 Oct 1941)
Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Haack (00 Oct 1941-00 Jan 1943)
Korvettenkapitän Otto Ulrich (00 Jan 1943-00 May 1944)
Fregattenkapitän der Reserve Karl Palmgren (00 May 1944-00 Jan 1945)
Kapitänleutnant Gustav-Werner Haubold (00 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

fishing boats (MFL)
KFK
RA 1-9

Notable members

Walther Rauff (SS-Standartenführer, Korvettenkapitän d.R., recipient of the German Cross in both Gold and Silver)

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 -