Commandant of the Molde Naval Defense
The Commandant of the Naval Defense Molde , or Seekommandant Molde for short , was a regional coastal commander of the German Navy during World War II .
history
After the German occupation of Norway in May 1940, the navy set up the office of sea commandant Molde , whose headquarters were in the town of the same name. She was initially under the Admiral of the Norwegian west coast and changed on December 1, 1940 under the Admiral of the Norwegian north coast .
The sea commander's area of command extended from Vinjefjord in the north to Cape Stadlandet in the south. The neighboring sea command offices were Drontheim in the north and Bergen in the south.
Subordinate departments and associations
The following units and offices were subordinate to the sea commander:
- Port Captain Molde
- Port Captain Aalesund : from August 1942 to September 1942 Corvette Captain Robert Morath
- Port Captain Kristiansund
- Port Captain Andalsnes
- Molde harbor protection flotilla
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Naval Artillery Department 505 (Molde), originally Naval Artillery Department Molde , then Naval Artillery Department 305 , final designation from July 1940
- Julholm torpedo battery , 1st battery
- Naval Artillery Command Molde
- Molde Marine Rifle Command
- Naval Equipment Station Molde
Naval commanders
The following officers had the post of sea commander Molde:
- Sea captain Hans Ahlmann, April - August 1943
- Sea captain Albert Liesmann, August 1943 - August 1944
- Sea captain Dothias Wiarda, August 1944 - February 1945 (deceased in office)
- Admiral Paul Fanger , February - March 1945 (deputy)
- Captain Konrad Weygold, March 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, chapter 4