by Gareth Collins

Formed in Rotterdam on 01 February 1943 from fishing steamers and later replenished with German fishing boats from the 13. Vorpostenflottille. The Flotilla operated off the Dutch coast for escort duties. It dissolved at the end of the war.

Flottillenchef

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve z.V. Franz Friske (01 Feb 1943-00 Apr 1944)
Korvettenkapitän z.V. Dipl.Ing. Rudolf Schennen (00 Apr 1944-08 May 1945)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

V 1401, V 1402, V 1403, V 1404, V 1405, V 1406, V 1407, V 1408, V 1409, V 1410, V 1411, V 1412, V 1413, V 1414, V 1415, V 1416, V 1417, V 1418, V 1419, V 1420, V 1421, V 1422, V 1423, V 1424, V 1425, V 1429, V 1427, V 1428, V 1429

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 -