15. Outpost Flotilla

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The 15th outpost flotilla was a naval unit of the German Navy during World War II .

This flotilla of outpost boats was part of the 2nd Security Division and was set up in September 1939 as part of the mobilization and disbanded after the end of the war in 1945. The operational area of ​​the flotilla in 1939 was the Baltic Sea, from April 1940 Kattegat and Skagerrak , from autumn 1940 to 1944 the western area with base in Le Havre and, after the invasion of the Allies in Normandy, for the remaining boats from October 1944 Norway with base: Kristiansand . Flotilla chiefs were Lieutenant Captain Kurt Hamacher (September 1939 to April 1940), Corvette Captain Curt Berndt (April 1940 to July 1942), Corvette Captain Viktor Rall (July 1942 to January 1945) and Lieutenant Harald Günther (February to May 1945).

Overview of the boats

1st group of the 15th outpost flotilla
Boat number Name / (ex) tonnage Construction year Commissioning Out of service (a. D.) /
sunk or destroyed (†) 		annotation
V 1501 Wiking 7 381 GRT 1939 October 5, 1939 † September 27, 1943 (Cap d'Antifer) British torpedo boat
V 1502 Wiking 6 381 GRT 1939 October 5, 1939 a. D. June 25, 1940 becomes Flakjäger 24
V 1503 Wiking 10 470 GRT 1939 October 5, 1939 a. D. June 25, 1940 becomes Flakjäger 22
V 1504 Wiking 8 381 GRT 1939 October 5, 1939 a. D. June 25, 1940 becomes Flakjäger 23
V 1505 Whale 8 348 GRT 1938 September 25, 1939 † June 15, 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
V 1506 Whale 9 348 GRT 1938 October 2, 1939 † June 15, 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
V 1507 1 Rau VI 354 GRT 1937 October 2, 1939 † April 10, 1940 british submarine
V 1507 2 Rough I 354 GRT 1937 May 22, 1940 † June 12, 1944 (Cape d'Antifer) Mine hit
V 1508 Rau III 354 GRT 1937 October 2, 1939 † July 23, 1941 (Boulogne) British motor torpedo boat
V 1509 Rau II 354 GRT 1937 September 25, 1939 † June 6, 1944 (Le Havre) British motor torpedo boat
V 1510 Unitas 6 341 GRT 1937 May 23, 1940 † June 3, 1942 (Dieppe) collision
V 1511 Unitas 7 341 GRT 1937 May 23, 1940 † June 14, 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
V 1512 Unitas 8 341 GRT 1937 May 23, 1940   1945 British booty
V 1513 Linz 245 GRT 1921 August 13, 1941 a. D. November 14, 1943 becomes V 1814 ; † 15./16. June 1944
V 1514 Bytom 214 GRT 1921 June 12, 1941 † November 25, 1942 (Dieppe) Mine hit
V 1515 Rotherbaum 215 GRT 1920 June 26, 1941 † August 25, 1944 (Fécamp) British motor torpedo boat
V 1516 Rouen
ex L'Orientaise		 398 GRT 1933 September 16, 1942 a. D. November 15, 1943 becomes minesweeper M 3853
V 1517 Gironde I
ex Kerdonis II		 384 GRT 1918 Spring 1943 a. D. November 15, 1943 becomes minesweeper M 3854
PA 1 Arquebuse 1250 ts 1940 April 15, 1944 a. D. August 24, 1944  
PA 2 Hallebard 1250 ts 1940 November 16, 1943 † June 15, 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
PA 3 Saber 1250 ts 1940 November 16, 1943 a. D. August 17, 1944  
PA 4 Poignard 1250 ts 1940     Planned for 1944; No use
V 1548 The Kähler brothers 550 GRT 1944     Planned for 1944; No use
V 1549 1 Red sand 553 GRT 1944     Scheduled for 1944, WBS 7 / Berlebek becomes
V 1549 2 Hoheweg 550 GRT 1947     Planned for 1944; No use
2nd group (coastal defense boats) of the 15th outpost flotilla
Boat number Name / (ex) tonnage Construction year Commissioning Out of service (a. D.) /
sunk or destroyed (†) 		annotation
V 1520 Loods boat 6 303 GRT 1915 June 1, 1942 a. D. November 10, 1943 becomes V 1815 ; † 15./16. June 1944
V 1521 Vimy 286 GRT 1904 June 1, 1942 a. D. November 10, 1943 becomes minesweeper M 3855 ; † June 14, 1944
V 1522 dauphin 207 GRT 1900 June 11, 1942 a. D. November 15, 1943 becomes V 1816
V 1523 Deltra I 252 GRT 1920 June 1, 1942 a. D. November 23, 1943 becomes V 215
V 1524 Patrice 248 GRT 1907 August 10, 1942 a. D. November 15, 1943 becomes minesweeper M 3856
V 1525 Eglantine 297 GRT 1905 October 9, 1942 a. D. November 10, 1943 becomes V 1817
V 1526 -
V 1529		            
V 1530 KFK 281 110 GRT 1943 November 3, 1943 a. D. January 12, 1945 becomes V 5539
V 1531 KFK 282 110 GRT 1943 November 3, 1943 a. D. June 27, 1944 (burned out) MGB bombardment; becomes V 5540
V 1532 KFK 283 110 GRT 1943 November 3, 1943 a. D. January 12, 1945 becomes V 5541
V 1533 KFK 284 110 GRT 1943 November 3, 1943 a. D. May 14, 1944 (stranded) becomes V 5542
V 1534 KFK 285 110 GRT 1943 November 13, 1943 a. D. January 12, 1945 becomes V 5543
V 1535 KFK 286 110 GRT 1943 November 13, 1943 a. D. January 12, 1945 becomes V 5544
V 1536 KFK 287 110 GRT 1943 November 27, 1943 a. D. January 12, 1945 becomes V 5545
V 1537 KFK 288 110 GRT 1943 November 23, 1943 † 14./15. June 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
V 1538 KFK 289 110 GRT 1943 __. November 1943   1945 Norwegian booty
V 1539 KFK 290 110 GRT 1943 November 20, 1943 a. D. May 14, 1944 (stranded) † January 12, 1945 (Dieppe) during the rescue
V 1540 KFK 295 110 GRT 1943 December 2, 1943 † 14./15. June 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
V 1541 KFK 296 110 GRT 1943 December 19, 1943 † 14./15. June 1944 (Le Havre) bombardment
V 1542 -
V 1547		            

After landing in Normandy, the 15th outpost flotilla became a “collection point for dispersed people”. A large number of boats were cut off from their bases in western France. Since many boats were missing from the 15th V-Flotilla, individual boats or groups of boats were assigned to it, some for a short time, others until the end of the war.

Further additions of the 15th outpost flotilla
Boat number Surname tonnage Construction year Commissioning Out of service (a. D.) /
sunk or destroyed (†) 		annotation
V 716 Alfred II 1133 GRT 1942 June 16, 1942   1945 returned to France
UJ 1430 KUJ 2 542 GRT 1943 June 1944   1947 British booty
UJ 1431 KUJ 2 542 GRT 1943 June 1944   1947 Soviet booty
UJ 1432 KUJ 2 542 GRT 1943 June 1944   1947 Soviet booty
UJ 1433 KUJ 9 542 GRT 1943 June 1944 † August 28, 1944 MGB shelling at Cape d'Antifer
UJ 1434 Lofoten 550 GRT 1943 August 5, 1944   1946 British booty
UJ 1435 Malangen 550 GRT 1943 September 15, 1944 † March 24, 1945 Airplane missile near Egersund
V 238 KFK 343 110 GRT 1944 June 1944 a. D. December 1944 becomes NO 70 ( harbor protection flotilla Oslo)
V 239 KFK 344 110 GRT 1944 June 1944 a. D. December 1944 becomes NO 71
V 240 KFK 345 110 GRT 1944 June 1944 a. D. December 1944 becomes NO 72
V 241 KFK 346 110 GRT 1944 June 1944 † August 9, 1944 SGB ​​bombardment in front of Fécamp
V 242 KFK 347 110 GRT 1944 June 1944 a. D. December 1944 becomes NO 73
V 243 KFK 348 110 GRT 1944 June 1944 a. D. December 1944 becomes NO 74

literature

  • Günther Naims, Lothar Frädrich: Sea war in the English Channel ; ES Mittler & Sohn: Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0810-9 .
  • Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German Warships 1815-1945, Volume 8 ; Bernard & Graefe: Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-4807-5 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ When the British submarine Sturgeon sank the German troop carrier Pioneer on September 2, 1940 about 15 nautical miles north of Skagen , the boats of the flotilla recovered 25 survivors and 24 dead and brought them to Frederikshavn .
  2. ^ Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart: outpost flotillas ; queried on May 16, 2010
  3. ↑ Steam Gun Boat SGB ​​4
  4. ↑ HMS Triton (N15)
  5. ↑ PA is the abbreviation for Patrol Boat Abroad , captured Flower class corvettes
  6. ↑ CBRNP ( accessed on December 13, 2009)
  7. ^ Günther Naims / Lothar Frädrich: Sea war in the English Channel . Mittler: Hamburg 2003, p. 75.
  8. ↑ a b Numbers were not given
  9. ^ Günther Naims / Lothar Frädrich: Sea war in the English Channel . Mittler: Hamburg 2003, pp. 127, 148
  10. ↑ taken over by the 7th outpost flotilla
  11. ↑ taken over by the 14th submarine hunting flotilla
  12. ↑ taken over by the 2nd outpost flotilla