by Gareth Collins

Formed in 1937. In the Polish Campaign of September 1939 the Flotilla was used for minesweeping duties in the Danzig Bay. After that it was used in the North Sea & the Baltic. With the Operations against Norway it became part of Kriegsschiffgruppe 5. After that campaign it became based at Horten in Norway, with numerous batteries on the small islands of the Oslofjord. In the middle of 1940 it was moved to Rotterdam and employed off the Dutch coast & Channel for security duties. In 1941 it was moved back to the Baltic to participate in the Eastern Campaign and between 1942-1944 it operated in the Gulf of Finland, retreating with the German land front back across the Baltic until the wars end. After the war it was used with 1. Minenräumdivision for mine clearing in the Baltic until the end of 1947.

Flottillenchef

Korvettenkapitän Karl Bergelt (00 Oct 1937-00 Oct 1939)
Korvettenkapitän Walter Berger (00 Oct 1939-00 Nov 1939)
Korvettenkapitän Gustav Forstmann (00 Dec 1939-00 Mar 1942)
Korvettenkapitän Claus Henning von Grumbkow (00 Mar 1942-00 Mar 1942)
Korvettenkapitän Erich Klünder (00 Apr 1942-00 Sep 1943)
Kapitänleutnant Walter-Erich Schneider (00 Sep 1943-00 Jul 1944)
Kapitänleutnant Carl Hoff (00 Jul 1944-00 000 1947)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

Begleitschiff 'Nettelbeck'
Begleitschiff 'Nordpol'
R-67
R-68
R-69
R-72
R-76
R-119
R-127
R-145
R-249
R-259
R-260
R-120
R-43
R-52
R-128
R-150
R-268
R-24
R-17
R-19
R-18
R-20
R-21
R-22
R-23
R-65
R-66
R-70
R-71
R-73
R-74
R-75
R-106

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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