Reserve flotilla
The reserve flotilla was a non-active association of the German Navy . It was set up on January 1, 1969 in Wilhelmshaven and dissolved on December 31, 1976.
Organization and subordination
The reserve flotilla was subordinate to the North Sea Marine Division until 1974 , then to the newly established North Sea Marine Section Command , and was led by a commander with the rank of frigate captain . It consisted of an active staff and non-active equipment units, which were the material responsibility of the naval arsenals. In addition, the establishment of non-active association and unit staffs was planned in advance. These included:
- 10th Mine Sweeping Squadron (10th MGschw)
- 2nd landing squadron (2nd LG)
- LCM company (16 LCM)
The staff was based on the Wilhelmshaven Wiesbaden Bridge , which also served as the main berth for the flotilla.
tasks
The reserve flotilla was responsible for all tasks related to the management of the equipment units and the preparation for reactivation. Her staff kept the material records and alarm records of the subordinate squadron staff and equipment units, and administered their service regulations, which had to be returned to board when reactivated. He also supported the preparation of the handover of ships and boats to be preserved and their regular inspection of the condition. He was responsible for preparing the personnel and material measures for taking over depreserved ships / boats from the naval arsenals by military personnel in the event of an alarm and for putting them into service. This included, among other things, the monitoring of the training of the reactivated ships and boats up to the readiness inspection.
Ship inventory
The reserve flotilla was formed in 1969 from 34 ships and boats of the Navy lying up in the Wilhelmshaven arsenal. The following vehicles were at least temporarily part of the reserve flotilla:
- 6 minesweepers of the Vegesack class (ex 2nd MSG)
- 8 inland minesweepers / coast guard boats of the Ariadne class (ex-10th MSG)
- 4 landing craft (type LSM )
- 2 landing support ships (type LSMR )
- about 10 multi-purpose landing craft barbel class
- about 16 landing craft (type LCM)
- 4 tenders of the Rhine class ( Danube , Isar , Ruhr , Weser )
- 2 companions (mob) (ex-school frigates Scharnhorst and Gneisenau )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Federal Archives / Military Archives inventory BM 38, reserve flotilla
- ^ A b c Egbert Thomer, Jürgen Rhades. Navy Yearbook 1970 , Fifth Volume, p. 15; Bremen no year
- ^ Siegfried Breyer, Gerhard Koop: The ships, vehicles and planes of the German Navy 1956 until today. Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 .