Unterseebootsflottille Lohs
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- Published: 19 October 2012 19 October 2012
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by Gareth Collins
Formed at Kiel on 04 September 1937 this was the third Flotilla formed in the Kriegsmarine. It was named after Oberleutnant zur See Johannes Lohs, a U-Boat commander of World War One. It was disbanded in December 1939.
Flottillenchef
Kapitänleutnant Hans Eckermann (04 Sep 1937-31 Dec 1939)
U-Boat Types
Typ II B
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)
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