by Gareth Collins

Formed in August 1940 and subordinate to the Seekommandant Seine-Somme. Between July and August 1940 it was a Zweigstelle of the Kriegsmarinedienststelle Bordeaux. Between September 1940 and February 1941 it was the supreme KMD for France (from then the supreme KMD for France was KMD Bordeaux). In February 1941 the position was dissolved and its staff was used to form a new Seekommandant Seine-Somme.

Chef

Korvettenkapitän z.V. Otto Launburg (00 Aug 1940-02 Sep 1940)
Kapitän zur See Bernhard Liebetanz (03 Sep 1940-02 Feb 1941)

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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