by Gareth Collins

Formed in December 1941 in Swinemünde in Pomerania. After formation it was shifted to Tallinn in Estonia under the Seekommandant Reval, then Seekommandant Estland. Some Batterien of the division were employed at Leningrad. In the autumn of 1944 the Abteilung was moved from Tallinn to Liepāja in western Latvia and employed in the Courland Pocket. On 01 October 1944 the Abteilung was renamed Marineartillerieabteilung 534.

Kommandeur

Korvettenkapitän M.A. der Reserve Richard Behn (00 Dec 1941-00 Jan 1944)
Korvettenkapitän M.A. Paul Zimmermann (00 Jan 1944-30 Sep 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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