4. Räumbootsflottille
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- Published: 06 October 2012 06 October 2012
- Last Updated: 06 October 2012 06 October 2012
by Gareth Collins
Formed on 01 April 1940 and employed on minesweeping duties in the North Sea. With the beginning of operations in the West the Flotilla was employed at Holland & Belgium, then at the Channel & suffered heavy losses between 1943 & 1944. After the Allied invasion of France the remainder of the Flotilla was moved to Norway and based at Arendal. Here it was employed in security duties in Skagerrak & the Norwegian southern coast. It was dissolved in the summer of 1945.
Flottillenchef
Korvettenkapitän Hagen Küster (01 Apr 1940-00 Jul 1940)
Korvettenkapitän Waldemar Holst (00 Jul 1940-00 Aug 1942)
Korvettenkapitän Eberhard Homeyer (00 Sep 1942-00 Mar 1943)
Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Anhalt (00 May 1943-00 May 1945)
Subordinate Units & Vessels
Begleitschiff 'von der Groeben'
UJ-1430
F-6 'Königin Luise'
R-41
R-42
R-43
R-44
R-45
R-46
R-47
R-48
R-49
R-50
R-51
R-52
R-80
R-83
R-115
R-120
R-126
R-128
R-143
R-150
R-138
R-243
R-240
R-244
R-255
R-274
R-275
R-290
R-291
R-262
R-245
R-218
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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