19th Flotilla emblem

19th Flotilla

Ausbildungsflottille (Training Flotilla)

Bases

10.43 - 02.45
02.45 - 05.45
Pillau
Kiel

Flotilla Commanders

10.43 - 05.45
(04.44)
Korvkpt. Jost Metzler (Knights Cross)

U-boat Types

IIC

Assigned U-boats

U-56, U-57, U-58 and U-59

4 U-boats assigned to this flotilla during its service.

History

The 19th Flotilla was founded in October 1943 as a training Flotilla. There future commanders received their basic training (Kommandanten-Vorschule). Its history ended in May 1945, when Germany surrendered.

U-boat Flotillas