Commander of the sea defense Kristiansand-Süd

The sea commander Kristiansand-Süd , from 1941 as the commander of the sea defense Kristiansand-Süd , was a regional coastal commander in the German navy during World War II .

history

After the German occupation of Norway in April 1940, the Navy initially deployed a German port commander in Kristiansand-Süd . In May 1940 this agency was named Maritime Commander Kristiansand-Süd , and its headquarters were in Kristiansand .

The sea commander Kristiansand-Süd was initially subordinate to the admiral of the Norwegian south coast . His area of command initially extended from Langesund in the east to the Jössingfjord in the west, and later to the Flekkefjord. The neighboring sea command offices were Stavanger in the north and Oslofjord in the east.

The subordination changed in August 1940 with the dissolution of the office of the admiral of the Norwegian south coast to the admiral of the Norwegian west coast .

The heavy batteries of Naval Artillery Division 502, which is subordinate to the sea commander, were designed, together with their counterparts in Denmark ( Bangsbo Fort ), to combat Allied naval forces invading the Skagerrak .

Subordinate departments and associations

6. Vara battery of Naval Artillery Division 502 near Kristiansand

The following units and offices were subordinate to the sea commander:

Port Captain Farsund
Harbor master Kristiansand-Süd
Port Captain Arendal
Kristiansand-Süd harbor protection association, from June 1940 Kristiansand-Süd harbor protection flotilla until July 1944
from July 1940 Naval Artillery Department 502 (Kristiansand) with several batteries, including
- Randøya Fort (1st battery) MKB 1./502 (MKB - Marine Coastal Battery ): three 15 cm guns
- Belteviga Fort, Kjære (2nd battery) MKB 2./502: three 15 cm guns
- Battery Lakseviga , Flekkerøya (3rd battery) MKB 3./502: two 21 cm guns
- Odderøya (5th battery) MKB 5./502: four 24 cm guns
- Vara (6th battery) MKB 6./502: three 38 cm guns and four 8.8 cm guns
Naval Artillery Department Kristiansand-Süd, from 1943 Naval Artillery Arsenal
Kristiansand South Naval Equipment Station

In the area of command of the sea commander Kristiansand-Süd was the sea transport point Kristiansand-Süd, which was subordinate to the sea transport chief Norway.

Naval commanders

The following officers held the post of sea commander Kristiansand-Süd:

Frigate Captain Wolfgang Jerchel, April - September 1940
Rear Admiral Hermann von Bredow , September 1940 - January 1945
Captain Heinz Kiderlen, January 1945 - dissolution of the office

literature

Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapters 1 and 2

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 2, p. 2 f.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 3, p. 9 f.
↑ Kristiansand canon museum , accessed on 8 March 2010 (Norwegian)
^ Zaloga Steven J: Atlantický val - Belgie, Nizozemsko, Dánsko a Norsko . Grada Publishing as, 2010, ISBN 978-80-247-3410-1 , pp. 44 ( google.de [accessed on March 11, 2020]).

[LH122-2-1] A ^b ^c Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 2, p. 2 f.

[LH123-9-2] Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 3, p. 9 f.

[3] Kristiansand canon museum , accessed on 8 March 2010 (Norwegian)

[4] Zaloga Steven J: Atlantický val - Belgie, Nizozemsko, Dánsko a Norsko . Grada Publishing as, 2010, ISBN 978-80-247-3410-1 , pp. 44 ( google.de [accessed on March 11, 2020]).