by Gareth Collins

Re-formed in Kirkenes in July 1944 and employed in northern Norway from Kirkenes, Vardø and later Tromsø. On 21 Apr 1945 it was dissolved with its operational boats given to various Flottillen in the area of the Kommandierender Admiral der norwegischen Polarküste. Between September 1944 and March 1945 it was operationally subordinate to L-Einsatzstab Polarküste.

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Kapitänleutnant z.V. Felix Molle (00 Jul 1944-21 Apr 1945)

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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