Commander of the Naval Defense Sandnessjöen

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Allied air raid on German ships in Bodö on October 4, 1943

The commandant of the sea defense Sandnessjöen , short sea ​​commander Sandnessjöen , was a regional coastal commander of the German navy during World War II .

history

Flak position of the naval artillery department 510 near Bodö

After the German occupation of Norway in April 1940, the Navy set up the office of sea ​​commander Sandnessjöen in June 1940 , whose headquarters were in the town of Sandnessjøen . She was subordinate to the admiral of the Norwegian north coast .

The naval commander's area of ​​command extended from Bodø in the north to Rørvig in the south. The neighboring sea command offices were Narvik in the north and Drontheim in the south.

Subordinate departments and associations

German war graves in Mo i Rana

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

  • Port Captain Sandnessjöen
  • Port Captain Bodö
  • Port Captain Mosjöen
  • Port Captain Mo i Rana
  • Port Captain Brönnöysund
  • Sandnessjöen harbor protection flotilla , renamed 66th outpost flotilla ( Rörvik ) in May 1944 and subordinated to the 3rd coastal protection association.
  • Marine Artillery Department 510 (Sandnessjöen, Bodö): set up in August 1940, last commander at the end of the war, Lieutenant Captain MA of the Reserve Dr. Christian Degn

Further naval offices in the command area of ​​the sea commander Sandnessjöen

In the area of ​​the sea commander Sandnessjöen there were a number of naval services that were not under his service, including:

  • Naval equipment station Sandnessjöen
  • Sea transport point Sandnessjöen
  • Sandnessjöen Artillery Weapons Command

Naval commanders

The following officers held the post of sea commander Sandnessjöen:

  • Captain Herbert Bachmann, July 1940 - June 1941
  • Sea captain Wolfgang Dietrich, June 1941 - May 1944
  • Sea captain Hugo Lothar von Lamezan, July 1944 until the office is closed

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 Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 4, p. 8 f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Common German name at the time, Norwegian: Sandnessjøen