Marine Division North Sea

Flotilla admiral's flag as the command sign of the commander of the North Sea Naval Division

The North Sea Marinedivision (MDiv North Sea) was a major association of the German Navy at the division level .

history

The North Sea Marine Division was set up on January 1, 1967 as part of a reorganization of the German Navy. It emerged from the former North Sea naval section command and was subordinate to the fleet command . The staff was in Sengwarden near Wilhelmshaven . In parallel with the MDiv North Sea, there was the Baltic Sea Marine Division for the Baltic Sea region . In the course of a further reorganization, the MDiv North Sea was dissolved on April 1, 1975 and part of its tasks were transferred to the re-established Marine Section Command North Sea , which was subordinate to the newly established Marine Support Command . The naval communications section 2 was subordinated to the newly established naval command service command.

assignment

The naval divisions provided logistical support for the German naval and sea air forces. Their responsibilities were geographically and professionally delimited. Spatially, the MDiv North Sea was responsible for the federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen , the MDiv Baltic Sea for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein including its North Sea coast but excluding Heligoland , for which the MDiv North Sea was responsible.

Technically, the central control of the fleet supply of the MDiv Baltic Sea was transferred, while the MDiv North Sea became the superior agency of a number of associations and units, some of which were stationed on the Baltic Sea. The units of the amphibious group and the supply flotilla of the MDiv North Sea , which were previously subordinate to the fleet command, were assigned. The reserve flotilla set up in 1969 , the mothballed units of which were in the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal , was also placed under the MDiv North Sea.

Both divisions were subordinate to supply facilities in their area, which were divided into two levels. The rear organization was referred to as the depot supply level, while the base supply level served to directly support the fleet. These facilities included depots, transport battalions and base commands.

organization

The following associations and departments were subordinate to the MDiv North Sea:

• Support and reserve associations
  • Amphibious transport group
  • Supply flotilla
  • Reserve flotilla (from January 1, 1969)
  • Naval communications section 2
  • Naval Music Corps North Sea
  • Marine First Aid Squadrons
• Associations and departments of the depot supply level
  • Marine material depot 2
  • Naval ammunition depot 2
  • Naval ammunition depot 4
  • Naval ammunition depot 6
  • Marine Transport Battalion 2
    • heavy naval repair company 2
• Departments of the base supply level
  • Naval base command Wilhelmshaven with branches in Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven
  • Borkum naval base command with branch in Emden

Commanders

A flag officer with the rank of flotilla admiral was intended as commander , but the last two commanders were only sea ​​captains .

Rank	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Remarks
FlAdm	Robert Gysae	02nd 1967	03. 1970
FlAdm	Rolf Thomsen	04th 1970	03rd 1972
Kpt zS	Werner Jochmann	03rd 1972	09th 1972
Kpt zS	Helmut Eggers	10th 1972	12th 1974

Web links

• Federal Archives, holdings BM 8 Bundeswehr, Armed Forces of the Bundeswehr, Navy, Central Services of the Navy

literature

• Marine divisions on the North and Baltic Seas, in: Egbert Thomer, Jürgen Rhades; Yearbook of the Navy 5, 1970. Bremen undated, p. 103 ff.