Naval base command Kiel
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Naval Base |
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 Association badge |
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| active | October 1, 2001 to the present |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces |
 armed forces
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| Armed forces |
 German Navy
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| Strength | 144 soldiers 103 civilian employees |
| Insinuation |
 Operation flotilla 1
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| Location | Naval base Kiel |
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| commander | Frigate Captain Lars Petersen |
The Kiel Naval Base Command is an office of the German Navy in Kiel .
tasks
The task of the command is to supply the commands and facilities of the Navy belonging to the Kiel naval base and all the floating units calling at the base . In addition, there is the management of other subordinate departments and the technical management of the vehicle readiness in the bases in the Baltic Sea area. During the construction phase, the base command was also responsible for setting up the Kiel base and later the Olpenitz base , the military security of the coastal apron and the takeover and maintenance of the former sea border protection systems in Neustadt in Holstein . The base has lost its importance and life considerably because the destroyer flotilla has been disbanded and the speedboats have moved to Warnemünde . Only two minesweeping squadrons are still in Kiel.
history
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The first naval force in German naval history to use Kiel as a base was the Schleswig-Holstein Navy . It served Kiel from 1848 to 1852 as the most important base with all the facilities necessary for the operation of the navy.
After the German-Danish War , Kiel came under Austrian administration in 1864, but the Prussian Navy was able to build a naval port here as early as 1865. It began to relocate its main base from Gdansk because Kiel was in a strategically better position because of the planned Kiel Canal . Its role as the most important German base in the Baltic Sea grew after the establishment of the Navy of the North German Confederation in 1867 and its transfer to the Imperial Navy in 1871. With the Imperial War Port Act, Kiel's position as a Imperial War Port, which had existed since 1871, was confirmed in 1883.
After the First World War , the regulations of the Versailles Treaty limited the scope of the German naval forces, now known as the Reichsmarine , but Kiel retained its role as the most important base in the Baltic Sea. With the development of the navy from 1935, the importance of the naval port grew, making it an important target for air raids on Kiel during World War II .
In the post-war period , the port was used by the Royal Navy and (until 1947) by the German mine clearance service . In 1951, the newly established Maritime Border Guard stationed some of its units at the Kiel-Wik base and in 1956 handed the facility over to the German Navy . When the sea border protection was dissolved on July 1, 1956, some of the ships and boats handed over were placed directly under the command of the naval base. The first commander of the naval base command , frigate captain (from 1959 captain at sea) Klaus Scholtz , came from the maritime border guard.
The first naval base command in Kiel was set up on May 2, 1956 and was subordinate to the Baltic Sea Section Command . On September 30, 1994, the command was dissolved and reorganized on October 1, 2001. Since 2001 it has been under the command of the Wilhelmshaven naval base . Since June 29, 2006, the naval base commandos on the Baltic Sea have been subordinate to Operation Flotilla 1 .
organization
The base in Kiel, various offices and units in the area of the base and branch offices are or were subordinate to the naval base command. The commander of the naval base command was a regular sea captain until 1994 . It has been a frigate captain since 2001 .
Base in Kiel
The base in Kiel is subordinate to the naval base command and is managed by the port captain. From 1994 to 2001, the base was under the Naval Section Command North. It is located in the Kiel-Wik district and consists of port facilities and land facilities. The port is bordered by the Scheer mole in the north and the Tirpitz mole in the south. "Tirpitzhafen" is a common name for the entire naval base.
Auxiliary ships
The base always had a number of auxiliary and port vehicles. This includes tugs , small tankers and other supply and disposal vehicles.
Marine First Aid Squadron Kiel
The Kiel Marine Medical Squadron was set up in 1966 and was under the command of the Kiel Naval Base Command. Then she was subordinate to the Admiralty of the Navy in the Naval Office and in 1998 assigned to the Marine Medical Section East under conversion into a naval medical center. The medical center at the Kiel naval base has been part of the Central Medical Service of the German Armed Forces since 2001 .
Branch offices
Several branch offices were temporarily subordinate to the Kiel naval base command, which were renamed to naval bases on July 1, 1985:
- Eckernförde (1957–1994, 2001–2003)
- Neustadt in Holstein (1957–1994)
- Hamburg (1958–1962)
- Grossenbrode (1963-1967)
Floating associations
With the takeover of the maritime border protection, its vehicles were essentially assigned to three squadrons, which were subordinate to the naval base command in Kiel. Above all, they had training and security tasks. Since 1964, the base has no longer been subject to any floating associations.
School squadron Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea School Squadron emerged on July 1, 1956 from the 3rd Flotilla of the Maritime Border Guard. It took over his six large guard boats, which were now referred to as school boats, and the escort ships of the Eider and Trave sea border protection . The squadron existed until September 30, 1958.
1. Harbor Protection Squadron
The 1st port protection squadron emerged on July 1, 1956 from the 1st and 4th watchboat flotilla of the maritime border protection. It was based in Neustadt in Holstein and consisted of ten watch boats of the war fishing cutter type . Shortly after it was set up, the squadron was renamed the 1st Coast Guard Squadron . In January 1962, the squadron took over the boats of the 3rd Coast Guard Squadron after its own boats had been decommissioned or used for other purposes. The boats taken over were decommissioned in the second half of 1963 and some of them were handed over to the newly established Federal Border Police (See). The squadron was then disbanded.
3rd Port Guard Squadron
The 3rd port protection squadron was set up on November 15, 1956 in Neustadt in Holstein. His main task was to secure the Todendorf firing range . It had ten Weser River Patrol patrol boats . Four of them had previously formed the Maritime Border Guard's patrol boat flotilla. Six more, largely identical boats came from the American Labor Service Unit (B) . Shortly after it was set up, the squadron was renamed the 3rd Coast Guard Squadron . In 1958, the squadron received the Niobe and Hansa boats, which were built as prototypes for a planned boat class of Coast Guard Boat 55 .
After handing over its patrol boats to the 1st Coast Guard Squadron in January 1962, the squadron staff with Niobe , Hansa and the further new building Ariadne (class 362, later classified as inland minesweeper class 393 ) moved to Cuxhaven , where it was subordinated to the local naval base command as the 2nd Coast Guard Squadron . After a further change of position under the command of the mine forces in 1964, it was renamed the 10th Minesweeping Squadron in 1966 and disbanded in 1968.
Resident associations and ships
Over the years, a number of naval units with their staffs, ships and boats have been based at the base in Kiel. With the exception of the Baltic Sea School Squadron and a few individual vehicles, they were not subordinate to the naval base command.
destroyer
- Destroyer Flotilla (1966–1982)
- 1st Destroyer Squadron (1958-2003)
- 3rd Destroyer Squadron (1968–1981)
Amphibious forces
- 1. Landungsgeschwader (berth Kiel-Stickenhörn) → Landungsbootgruppe Kiel (1977–1993), subordinated to the Amphibious Group
Mine forces
- 3rd Mine Sweeping Squadron (1958–1992) (2005 – today)
- 5th Mine Sweeping Squadron (2006-2016)
Speed boats
- 1. Schnellbootgeschwader (1956–1967)
- 7th Schnellbootgeschwader (1961–1994)
School associations and ships
- School Squadron (German Navy) (1960–1963)
- Baltic Sea School Squadron (1956–1958)
- Sail training ship Gorch Fock (1958 to today)
- School ship Germany (1963–1990)
- Sailing school boat Nordwind (1969–1972)
Submarines
- Submarine flotilla (1960–1963, 1975–1998)
- 1st submarine squadron (1961-2006)
Supply units and auxiliary ships
- 1. Supply squadron (1967-1997) with subordinate units in all Baltic Sea bases
- Fuel transporter Spessart
- Task force provider Frankfurt am Main (until 2013)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press and Information Center Navy: Change of command at the naval base in Kiel. www.marine.de, March 28, 2013, accessed April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Kiel naval base gets a new commander , article on https://m.kn-online.de/ from September 25, 2019
- ↑ Gerd Stolz. The Schleswig-Holstein Navy 1848-1852 . Heide in Holstein 1978. ISBN 3-8042-0188-1
- ↑ a b Official website of the city of Kiel
- ↑ Guntram Schulze-Wegener : Germany at sea. Illustrated naval history from the beginning to the present day . 2., completely revised and exp. Hamburg 2007 edition.
- ↑ Development of the port until 1955
- ↑ Overview of the German mine clearance associations 1945-47 in the holdings of the Württemberg State Library
- ↑ a b Fritz Poske . The sea border protection 1951–1956. Reminder - report - documentation . Koblenz / Bonn 1982. ISBN 3-7637-5410-5
- ↑ a b c d Federal Archives-Military Archives Stock BM 30
- ↑ Federal Archives-Military Archives Stock BM 4
- ↑ a b Federal Archives-Military Archives Stock BM 21
- ↑ a b Federal Archives-Military Archives Stock BM 28
- ↑ a b c Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop; The ships and vehicles of the German Federal Navy 1956-1976; Munich 1978; ISBN 3-7637-5155-6
Remarks
- ↑ From January 1, 1967 to March 31, 1974 it was under the Baltic Sea Division .
- ↑ In some sources also referred to as port protection squadron without number
- ↑ For details on the associations mentioned see p. List of associations and offices of the German Navy
- ^ Period of stationing at the base in Kiel