27. Unterseebootsflottille
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- Published: 19 October 2012 19 October 2012
- Last Updated: 19 October 2012 19 October 2012
by Gareth Collins
Formed in Gotenhafen in January 1940 as a training flotilla responsible for the tactical training of U-Boat crews. The Flotilla was initially named the taktische Unterseebootsfrontausbildungsflottille until July 1940 when it was redesignated 27. Unterseebootsflottille. It was dissolved in March 1945.
Flottillenchef
Korvettenkapitän Ernst Stobe (00 Jan 1940-00 Dec 1941)
Fregattenkapitän Werner Hartmann (00 Dec 1941-00 Oct 1942)
Korvettenkapitän Erich Topp (00 Oct 1942-00 Jul 1944)
Kapitänleutnant Ernst Bauer (00 Jul 1944-00 Mar 1945)
U-Boat Types
1 boat - UD-4
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
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