Guide of the torpedo boats

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Führer der Torpedoboote (FdT) was an agency of the Imperial Navy , the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine .

history

Imperial Navy

The service position was first established when the deep-sea fleet was organized in 1907. There was now the 1st and 2nd FdT. During the First World War, the 1st FdT was responsible for the torpedo boats added to the battle fleet , and the 2nd FdT for the torpedo boats of the reconnaissance forces. There was also one FdT in the Baltic Sea and one in Flanders . After the end of the war, the service of the FdT was abolished in 1919.

Reich and Kriegsmarine

The office was re-established in Świnoujście in October 1933 for the Reich and the navy that arose from it . It was formed from the disbanded commands of the previous I. and II. Torpedo boat flotilla. The torpedo boats, destroyers and speedboats were subordinate to the leader of the torpedo boats .

In November 1939, the staff of the FdT was subordinated to the new leader of the destroyers (FdZ) and at the same time a new FdT staff was set up, which was now only responsible for the torpedo boats and speedboats.

With effect from April 19, 1942, the FdT office was dissolved. The torpedo boats came under the responsibility of the leader of the destroyer, and the speed boats were subordinated to the newly created leader of the speed boats (FdS).

The FdT itself was subordinate to the commander of the reconnaissance forces (BdA) until July 31, 1940 , then directly to the fleet command .

Official

1914 to 1918
I. FdT

March to August 28, 1914 Rear Admiral Leberecht Maaß
September 6, 1914 to April 3, 1916 Sea captain Johannes Hartog
April 14, 1916 to June 4, 1917 Sea captain Andreas Michelsen
June 5, 1917 to November 30, 1918 Commodore Paul Heinrich

II. FdT

August 1st to 28th, 1914 Sea captain Johannes Hartog
September 6, 1914 to October 28, 1915 Sea captain Karl von Restorff
November 12, 1916 to April 3, 1916 Sea captain Max Köthner
April 4, 1916 to June 4, 1917 Commodore Paul Heinrich
June 5 to November 28, 1917 Sea captain Hans Eberius
November 29, 1917 to July 23, 1918 Sea captain Rudolf Madlung
July 23 to November 30, 1918 Frigate Captain Hans Quaet-Faslem

1933 to 1942:

October 1933 to October 1934 Frigate Captain Kurt Fricke
October 1934 to September 1937 Sea captain Oskar Kummetz
October 8, 1937 to October 20, 1939 Rear Admiral Günther Lütjens
October 24, 1937 to October 29, 1939 Sea captain Friedrich Bonte
November 1939 to April 1942 Sea captain Hans Bütow

literature

  • Friedrich Facius , Hans Booms , Heinz Boberach : The Federal Archives and its holdings (= writings of the Federal Archives. Vol. 10). 3rd, supplemented and revised edition, by Gerhard Granier, Josef Henke, Klaus Oldenhage. Boldt, Boppard 1977, ISBN 3-7646-1688-1 , p. 301.
  • Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Biographies. A mirror of naval history from 1815 to the present day. Volume 5: Historical Overview. Ship biographies from Kaiser to Lütjens. Mundus, Ratingen o. J. (1997?), P. 223.

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Notes and individual references

  1. ^ Facius, Booms, Boberach: The Federal Archives and its holdings. 1977, p. 301.
  2. ^ Rudolf Absolon: The Wehrmacht in the Third Reich. Volume 1: January 30, 1933 to August 2, 1934. With a review of the military system in Prussia, in the German Empire and in the Weimar Republic (= writings of the Federal Archives. Vol. 16, 1). 2nd Edition. Boldt-Verlag im Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-41070-9 , p. 60.
  3. ↑ From October 26, 1939 also FdZ, from October 30, 1939 only FdZ