by Gareth Collins

Formed in July 1940 and employed in the West, primarily in the Channel and escort service between the Elbe and Holland. At the start of 1945 the Flotilla was moved to the Baltic where it was employed in escort duties.

After the war it was re-designated 20. Minensuchflottille and employed in the western Baltic for mine clearing as part of the Deutscher Minenräumdienst (DMRL, the German Mine Sweeping Administration, GMSA; Kriegsmarine vessels under Allied control used for mine sweeping duties 1945-1948).

Flottillenchef

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dr.med. Georg Dinger (00 Jul 1940-00 Jan 1943)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Kurt Seifert (00 Jan 1943-00 Aug 1943)
Korvettenkapitän Arthur Gampert (00 Aug 1943-00 Jan 1944)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Hans Georg Puttfarken (00 Jan 1944-08 May 1945)

Subordinate Units & Vessels

V 2001, V 2002, V 2003, V 2004, V 2005, V 2006, V 2007, V 2007, V 2008, V 2009, V 2010, V 2011, V 2012, V 2013, V 2014, V 2015, V 2016, V 2017, V 2018, V 2019, V 2020, V 2021, V 2022, V 2023
Mehrzweckschiff MZ 1

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 -