by Gareth Collins

Formed in September 1939 and initially operated in the Baltic. From the autumn of 1940 in was moved to the West where it operated mostly in the Channel and based at Le Havre. After the Allied invasion of France a large number of the Flotillas boats were lost. The remainder of the Flotilla was supplemented by boats of other Flotillas and it was moved, in September 1944 to Norway. Here it was used in escort duties at Kristiansand until the wars end.

Flottillenchef

Kapitänleutnant der Reserve Kurt Hamacher (00 Sep 1939-00 Apr 1940)
Korvettenkapitän Curt Berndt (00 Apr 1940-00 Jul 1942)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Viktor Rall (00 Jul 1942-00 Jan 1945)
Kapitänleutnant Harald Güther (00 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

V 716, V 1501, V 1502, V 1503, V 1504, V 1505, V 1506, V 1507, V 1508, V 1509, V 1510, V 1511, V 1512, V 1513, V 1514, V 1515, V 1516, V 1517, V 1518,. V 1519, V 1520, V 1521, V 1522, V 1523, V 1524, V 1525, V 1526, v 1527, V 1528, V 1529, V 1530, V 1531, V 1532, V 1533, V 1534, V 1535, V 1536, V 1537, V 1538, V 1539, V 1540, V 1541, V 1542, V 1543, V 1544, V 1545, V 1546, V 1547, V 1548, V 1549
Ujäger 1430, Ujäger 1431, Ujäger 1432, Ujäger 1434, Ujäger 1435, Ujäger 'Brake'

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 -