by Gareth Collins

Formed in April 1943 and positioned at Taganrog, Mariupol, Berdyansk & Perekop in the Crimea. It was subordinate to the Seekommandant Westkrim, then Seekommandant Ukraine. In October 1943 it was employed by the 50. Infanterie-Division in the northern front of the Crimea under Seekommandant Krim. The Abteilung was dissolved in May 1944.

Kommandeur

Korvettenkapitän M.A. der Reserve Arnold Werner (00 Apr 1943-00 May 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)

Reference material on this unit

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