Operation flotilla 2

Flotilla 2 - EinsFltl 2 -
Internal association badge (coat of arms)
active	June 27, 2006 to the present
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	German Navy
Type	Command authority and major association
Subordinate troops	2nd frigate squadron 4th frigate squadron baggage squadron
Insinuation	Naval command
Seat of the staff	Wilhelmshaven , Lower Saxony
Awards	Lower Saxony flag ribbon (2009)
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commander	Flotilla Admiral Ralf Kuchler
Chief of Staff	Sea captain Andreas Seidl
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Flag of a flotilla admiral commander of the flotilla 2

The Operational Flotilla 2 ( EinsFltl 2 or EF 2 ) is one of the three major units of the German Navy at brigade level , alongside the Operational Flotilla 1 and the Naval Aviation Command . The EF 2 is subordinate to the department head of operations in the naval command in Rostock . Command and headquarters of Flotilla 2 have their headquarters as a command authority in Wilhelmshaven .

organization

The EF 2 emerged from the former destroyer flotilla on June 27, 2006 as part of a major reorganization of the fleet . It contains the largest units of the fleet with frigates and supply units.

The EF 2 staff is located in Wilhelmshaven. A task force for the management of tactical units belongs to it. All frigates and some of the supply ships are stationed in Wilhelmshaven , some supply ships have their home ports on the Baltic Sea.

The following units are subordinate to the Commander EF 2:

2nd frigate squadron

On October 1, 1988, the 2nd frigate squadron was set up in Wilhelmshaven. Since January 2006 all frigates of the Sachsen -class (124) and Brandenburg -class (123) have been subordinate to the 2nd frigate squadron.

• Saxony class (124) ; Multipurpose frigates for escort protection and for air defense units
  • Saxony (F 219)
  • Hamburg (F 220)
  • Hesse (F 221)

• Brandenburg- class (123) ; Frigates for hunting submarines and leading a unit
  • Brandenburg (F 215)
  • Schleswig-Holstein (F 216)
  • Bavaria (F 217)
  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (F 218)

4th frigate squadron

On November 16, 1981, the 4th frigate squadron was set up in Wilhelmshaven. Since January 2006, all frigates of the Bremen class (122) have been subordinate to the 4th frigate squadron. It will be replaced by the new Baden-Württemberg class (125).

• Bremen- class (122) ; Frigates for submarine hunting and anti-sea targeting.
  • Lübeck (F 214)
• Baden-Württemberg class (125) ; Frigates for stabilization missions and the transport of special forces .
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg (F 222)
  • North Rhine-Westphalia (F 223)

Baggage squadron

The following military or civilian manned auxiliary ships are subordinate to the supply squadron .

• 3 task force provider Berlin class (702)
• 2 fuel transporters Rhön class (704)
• 1 rescue tug Fehmarn class (720)
• 2 sea ​​tugs Wangerooge class (722B)

Naval base command Wilhelmshaven

The naval base command Wilhelmshaven is responsible for the operation of the naval base Heppenser Groden .

Commanders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the command	End of command	Remarks
6th	Flotilla Admiral Ralf Kuchler	June 29, 2018	-	previously Deputy Commander
5.	Flotilla Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard	March 23, 2015	June 29, 2018
4th	Flotilla Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen	January 1, 2013	March 20, 2015
3.	Flotilla Admiral Thorsten Kähler	October 1, 2009	December 31, 2012
2.	Flotilla Admiral Karl-Wilhelm Bollow	October 1, 2006	September 30, 2009
1.	Flotilla Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer	June 27, 2006	September 30, 2006	previously commander of the destroyer flotilla

Calls

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As before, the EF 2 ships are involved in many naval missions abroad as part of the destroyer flotilla. They also make the German contribution to the standing NATO associations Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1) and Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) and take part in NATO operations within this framework. The commander of the EF 2 is intended as the German unit leader of national or multinational naval units and is supported in this task by his task force.

Operation name	Beginning	The End	Sea area	Participating units of EF 2	Remarks
European Union Naval Force - Mediterranean Operation SOPHIA	May 2015	-	southern Mediterranean	Frigates, task force supplies	Currently no sea-going unit planned for this mission or on site.
Operation Atalanta	December 2008	-	Horn of Africa , Gulf of Aden	Frigates, tankers	-
Maritime Task Force (MTF) UNIFIL	October 2006	-	eastern Mediterranean	Frigates, task force supply, task force	Management of the MTF temporarily by Commander EF 2, s. here
Operation Enduring Freedom	January 2002	June 2010	Horn of Africa, Gulf of Aden	Frigates, task force supplies, tankers, task force
Operation Active Endeavor	November 2001	October 2016	Mediterranean Sea	Frigates, task force supplies, tankers	Mostly managed by units of the SNMG, successor: Operation Sea Guardian

• Units of the operational flotilla 2
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  Frigate "Bremen" , type ship of the class F122

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  Frigate “Brandenburg” , type ship of the class F123

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  Frigate "Sachsen" , type ship of the class F124

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  Supply company "Berlin" , type ship of the Einsatzgruppen supply company class 702

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  Tanker Rhön, type ship of the fuel transporter class 704

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  Sea tug "Wangerooge", type ship of class 722

Location

The staff of the flotilla and most of the units are stationed in Wilhelmshaven at the Heppenser Groden naval base .

literature

• Frank Hünten, Lars Dörmann: Home of the Dickships - The Mission Flotilla 2 in a new structure . In: Marineforum . No. 10-2013 , 2013, pp. 22nd ff . ( Online ( Memento from August 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 769 kB ; accessed on August 2, 2018]).

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Axel Schimpf. The naval command in Rostock - the navy on course for the future . In: Marineforum 1 / 2-2013, p. 22 ff.
2. ↑ Jürgen R. Draxler: From the Destroyer Flotilla to the Operational Flotilla 2. (No longer available online.) Globaldefence.net, archived from the original on December 27, 2010 ; Retrieved August 26, 2013 .  
3. ↑ Double change at the head of the operational flotilla 2. In: http://www.marine.de/ . PIZ Marine, June 29, 2018, accessed June 29, 2018 . 
4. ↑ BMVg PI3: Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - March 2015. Bundeswehr, May 27, 2015, accessed on August 24, 2015 .