by Gareth Collins

Based in Saßnitz in Pommerania and subordinate to the 2. Admiral der Ostsee. In October 1941 it was moved to Liepāja in Latvia under the 1. Schiffsstammregiment, then from January 1943 to the 3. Schiffsstammregiment. In April 1943 the Abteilung was moved to Lager Schwallenberg in Pillau, then moved again in November 1943 to Remiremont/Gerardmer near Epinal in Lorraine. In the autumn of 1944 it was merged with Heer units and dissolved.

Kommandeur

Kapitän zur See Heinrich Rollmann (00 Nov 1938-00 Nov 1939)
Kapitän zur See Wilibald Schmidt (00 Nov 1939-00 Aug 1941)
Fregattenkapitän der Reserve z.V. Karl Jacobi (00 Aug 1941-00 Jan 1943)
Kapitän zur See (Ing.) Walter Schuck (00 Jan 1943-00 Apr 1943)
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) der Reserve Walter Zschoche (00 Apr 1943-00 Jul 1943)
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) der Reserve Willi Pitz (00 Jul 1943-00 Nov 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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