Frontflottille (Combat Flotilla)
since Sept 1939
Bases
12.38 - 12.39 | Kiel |
Flotilla Commanders
12.38 - 12.39 | Korvkpt. Hans-Rudolf Rösing
(Knights Cross) |
U-boat Types
Assigned U-boats
since | 09.39 | 10.39 | 11.39 | 12.39 | sunk | tons | |
U-56 | 11.38 | x | x | x | x | none | |
U-57 | 12.38 | x | x | x | x | 3 ships | 4,122 |
U-58 | 02.39 | x | x | x | x | none | |
U-59 | 03.39 | x | x | x | x | 8 ships | 6,323 |
U-60 | 07.39 | T* | T* | x | x | 1 ship | 4,373 |
U-61 | 08.39 | T* | T* | x | x | none | |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 ships | 14,818 |
History
U-Flotilla "Emsmann"* was founded on 1 Dec 1938 under the command of Kptlt. Hans-Rudolf Rösing. The history ended in Jan 1940 when the Flotilla was disbanded and the boats all went to the 1st Flotilla.
Note: In June 1941 a training flotilla was established at Kiel which was also called the 5. Flottille.
* Oblt. Hans Joachim Emsmann was during WWI Commander of the U-boat UB-5, UB-10, UB-40 and UB-116. He sank on 10 patrols 27 ships with a total of 9,221 tons. He died on 28 Oct, 1918, when his U-116 was sunk by mine. Oblt. Emsmann tried in that moment to break in Scapa Flow, a raid which Kptlt Prien attempted 21 years later more successfully.