Frontflottille (Combat Flotilla)
since Sept 1939
Bases
09.36 - 05.40 06.40 - 05.41 06.41 - 08.44 |
Wilhelmshaven (for the first weeks in Kiel)
Wilhelmshaven/Lorient (France) Lorient (France) |
Flotilla Commanders
09.36 - 07.37 10.37 - 09.39 01.40 - 05.40 05.40 - 07.41 08.41 - 01.43 01.43 - 10.44 |
Fregkpt. Werner Scheer
Korvkpt. Hans Ibbeken Korvkpt. Werner Hartmann (Knights Cross) Korvkpt. Heinz Fischer Korvkpt. Victor Schütze (Knights Cross) Fregkpt. Ernst Kals (Knights Cross) |
U-boat Types
until 1941 | IA, VIIA, VIIC,
IX, IXC, IXC40 and XB |
after 1941 | IX, IXB and IXC |
Assigned U-boats
U-25, U-26, U-27, U-28, U-29, U-30, U-31, U-32,
U-33, U-34, U-35, U-36, U-37, U-38, U-41, U-43,
U-44, U-64, U-65, U-66, U-67, U-68, U-103, U-104,
U-105, U-106, U-107, U-108, U-109, U-110, U-111, U-116,
U-117, U-122, U-123, U-124, U-125, U-126, U-127, U-128,
U-129, U-130, U-131, U-153, U-154, U-156, U-157, U-161,
U-162, U-168, U-173, U-183, U-184, U-189, U-190, U-191,
U-193, U-501, U-502, U-503, U-504, U-505, U-507, U-518,
U-519, U-520, U-521, U-522, U-531, U-532, U-534, U-536,
U-538, U-545, U-547, U-548, U-801, U-802, U-841, U-842,
U-843, U-856, U-858, U-868, U-1223, U-1225, U-1226, U-1227,
U-1228, UA and UD-3
91 U-boats assigned to this flotilla during its service.
History
U-Flotilla "Saltzwedel"* was founded on 1 Sept 1936 under the command of Fregkpt. Scheer. From June 1940 to June 1941 the flotilla moved to Lorient, France. Its history ended in August 1944 when the last boats left Lorient for Norway.
* Oblt. z. S. Reinhold Saltzwedel was in WWI Commander of
UB-10, UC-10, UC-11, UC-21, UC-71 and
UB-81. He sank during 22 patrols 111 ships with a total of 170,526 tons. He died on 2 Dec,
1917, when his UB-81 was sunk by a mine in the English Channel.