by Gareth Collins

Formed in September 1939 and initially used in the Baltic. In 1940 it was shifted to the North Sea and used for outpost & escort duties in the area of Holland. For a short time from October 1940 the Flotilla Chief was designated Leiter Geleitdienst Westraum of 2. Führer der Minensuchboote Niederlande/Belgien. In this existence it was planned for Operation 'Seelöwe' for Escort Leadership from German & Dutch ports in Abschnitt Rotterdam-Cherbourg. The Flotilla was dissolved in January 1945.

Flottillenchef

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dr. Walther Fischer (00 Sep 1939-00 Mar 1943)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dr. Fritz Lobeck (00 Mar 1943-00 Jan 1945)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

V 1300
V 1301
V 1302
V 1303
V 1304
V 1305
V 1306
V 1307
V 1308
V 1309
V 1310
V 1311
V 1312
V 1313
V 1314
V 1315
V 1316
V 1317
V 1318
V 1319
V 1320
V 1321
V 1322
V 1323
V 1324
V 1325
V 1326
V 1327
V 1328
V 1329
V 1330
V 1331
V 1332
V 1333
V 1334
V 1335
V 1336
V 1337
V 1338
V 1339
V 1340

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 -