by Gareth Collins

Formed in Berdyansk in October 1944. It was employed in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov from Feodosiya, Kerch, Constanta and Sevastopol. It was dissolved in August 1944 when the area of the Black Sea was vacated. Its boats were all destroyed.

Chef

Fregattenkapitän Gustav Strempel (00 Oct 1942-00 Sep 1943)
Korvettenkapitän z.V. Carl Mehler (i.V.) (00 Sep 1943-00 Nov 1943)
Kapitänleutnant der Reserve z.V. Robert Alexy (00 Nov 1943-00 Feb 1944)
Kapitänleutnant der Reserve Herbert Kuppig (00 Feb 1944-00 Aug 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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