Commander of the Naval Defense Narvik

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The Commander of the Naval Defense Narvik , briefly Maritime Commander Narvik , was a regional coastal commander of the German Navy during World War II .

history

The wrecks of German supply ships near Narvik after an English air raid on April 13, 1940

After the German occupation of Norway in April 1940, the Navy set up the office of the port captain, later port commanders and, from June 1940, sea ​​commanders Narvik , whose headquarters were in the city of Narvik . She was initially subordinate to the admiral of the Norwegian north coast and moved in August 1940 to the newly created area of ​​the admiral of the Norwegian polar coast .

The naval commander's area of ​​command extended from Finnfjordbotn in the north to a little north of Bodø in the south. The neighboring sea command offices were Tromsø in the north and Sandnessjøen in the south. In the north, the area around Harstad was partitioned off in January 1945 and placed under its own sea commander.

Subordinate departments and associations

German warships in Narvik harbor, 1940

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

  • Port Captain Narvik
  • Harbor master Lødingen
  • Port Captain Harstad (until January 1945)
  • Section Commander West Lofoten ( Svolvær , from December 1944)
    • Harbor master Lødingen
    • Harbor master Svolvær
    • Harbor master Kabelvåg
    • Port Captain Reine
    • Naval Fortress Engineer Battalion 323
    • Naval Artillery Department 514 (only subordinated to tactical terms, part of the Naval Artillery Regiment 30 on the service side)
  • Narvik Harbor Protection Flotilla, renamed the 63rd Outpost Flotilla in May 1944 and subordinated to the 2nd Coastal Protection Association
  • 9th landing flotilla from July 1944 (Narvik), from September 1944 to the L-Einsatzstab (landing operations staff) polar coast
  • Marine Artillery Regiment 30 (from April 1944; Harstad, from January 1945 Lødingen)
    • Naval Artillery Division 511 (Harstad)
    • Naval Artillery Division 514 (Reine)
    • Naval artillery department 516 (Lødingen)
  • Marine Flak Regiment 30 (Narvik) May 1942 - March 1944, subordinate departments were subordinate to Marine Artillery Regiment 30 .
    • Naval Flak Division 706 (Narvik) from June 1941
    • Marine Flaka Department 709 (Harstad) from November 1941
    • Marine Flaka Department 710 (Narvik) from January 1942, previously Gotenhafen , then from March 1943 with the sea ​​commander Hammerfest
  • Naval Fortress Engineer Battalion 323 (Narvik), previously in the Trondheim area
  • Naval Artillery Department Narvik, from 1943 Naval Artillery Arsenal

Other naval offices in the command area of ​​the sea commander Narvik

German submarine entering Narvik (1942)

A number of naval offices were located in the area of ​​the sea commander Narvik that were not under his service, including:

  • Guide of the submarines Norway from January 1943, in September 1944 in F. d. U. North Sea renamed (Narvik)
  • Naval equipment and repair company Narvik (from June 1942)
  • Narvik Naval Hospital
  • 7th Marine Flak Division, subordinate to the Marine Flakbrigade Nord in Hamburg.

Naval equipment and repair shop Narvik

The Naval Equipment and Repair Company Narvik was set up in June 1942 and was subordinate to the Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast .

The following officers were appointed as director:

  • Captain of the Sea (Ing.) Karl Besch, June - July 1942 (died on duty)
  • Rear Admiral (Ing.) Wilhelm Johannsen , September 1942 - February 1944
  • Captain of the Sea (Ing.) Hans Kreplin, February - September 1944
  • Captain of the Sea (Ing.) Heinrich Vöge, September 1944 until the office was closed

Naval commanders

The following officers held the post of Naval Commander Narvik:

literature

  • Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 5, p. 5 ff.
  2. ↑ Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter VII, chapter 3
  3. ↑ a b Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 5, p. 4 f.