by Gareth Collins

Formed in September 1942 in Eforie in Romania and subordinate to the Admiral Schwarzes Meer/Kommandierender Admiral Schwarzes Meer. The Seetransportchef had Seetransportstellen subordinate situated where operations needed them. There were Seetransportstellen in Constanţa, Varna, Burgas & Braila and Außenstellen in Sulina, Odessa, Nikolayev, Cherson, Genichesk, Sevastopol, Yalta, Mariupol, Taganrog, Asov, Kerch, Temryuk, Yeisk and Anager. It was dissolved in June 1944.

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Kapitän zur See Boy Feddersen (00 Sep 1942-20 Apr 1943)
Korvettenkapitän z.V. Hans-Dietrich Harries (00 Apr 1943-00 Jun 1944)

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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