by Gareth Collins

Formed on Île d'Oléron off the Atlantic coast of France (due west of Rochefort) in April 1942. It was subordinate to Seekommandant Loire. In August 1944 it became part of Festung La Rochelle and used by the Heer in land fighting where it was mostly destroyed. Only fixed artillery units remained on the islands.

Kommandeur

Korvettenkapitän M.A. der Reserve Louis Leisewitz (00 May 1942-09 Aug 1944)
Korvettenkapitän M.A. der Reserve Dipl.Ing. Werner Schaeffer (00 Aug 1944-00 May 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)

Reference material on this unit

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