by Gareth Collins

Formed in Swinemünde on 20 September 1942 for the preparation of MFP for the area of Norway. It transferred and delivered most of its craft to various different commands up to February 1943. From then it moved from Tromsø to Hamburg with the remainder of its vessels. It was dissolved in July 1943.

Chef

Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dipl.Ing. Fritz Apitzsch (00 Sep 1942-00 Feb 1943)
Kapitänleutnant der Reserve Werner Breitenstein (m.d.F.b.) (00 Feb 1943-00 Jul 1943)

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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