26th Flotilla

Ausbildungsflottille (Training Flotilla)

Bases

04.41 - 1945
1945 - 05.45		 Pillau
Warnemünde

Flotilla Commanders


04.41 - 01.43
01.43 - 04.43
04.43 - 03.45
04.45 - 05.45		 Korvkpt. Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (Knights Cross)
Korvkpt. Karl-Friedrich Merten (Knights Cross)
Fregkpt. Helmut Brümmer-Patzig
Korvkpt. Ernst Bauer (Knights Cross)

Assigned U-boats

U-37, U-46, U-48, U-52, U-80, U-101 and U-351

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

History

The 26th Flotilla was founded in April 1941. There the torpedo fire-training took place for the newly commisioned boats (Torpedoschiessausbildung). The training period was as a rule 3-4 weeks. The Flotilla history ended in May 1945 when Germany surrendered.

U-boat Flotillas