Sixth Flotilla (People's Navy)
The 6th Flotilla of the People's Navy of the GDR (camouflage name Bukwa ) was the fast boat association of the People's Navy . It was one of three flotillas of the People's Navy and was founded on May 1, 1963. On May 8, 1965, she moved to her base on the Bug peninsula near Dranske on Rügen . The flotilla was dissolved on October 2nd, 1990.
history
construction
With order 4/56 of the Minister for National Defense of the GDR , Colonel General Willi Stoph , the formation of the GDR's naval forces began in early 1956 . The already existing units of the People's Police at Sea were placed under the command of the National People's Army and formed the basis of the new naval forces.
Although the development of speedboats began in September 1952 , these were not yet available in the year the naval forces were founded. In the Peene shipyard in Wolgast , the torpedo speedboat (TS boat) type "salmon" (project 16) was developed. The development work was stopped in March 1957 on instructions from the naval forces. At that time it was decided to buy Soviet torpedo speedboats Project 183 ( P-6 class ).
The Roßlau research center also received an order to develop a TS boat. In 1955 a boat of the type "Forelle" (Project 57) was completed for testing. Due to frequent malfunctions and damage to the boat and boat equipment, this development was discontinued in 1958 and the prototype was scrapped.
The first nine P-6 boats entered service on October 8, 1957. From 1958 on, the barge Grobian , a converted Dutch tank barge , was used to accommodate the crews . On October 30, 1958, five more TS boats of this type were put into service and in 1959 the Torpedo Speedboat Brigade (TSB Brigade) was formed from the TS boats as an independent unit of the naval forces. In September 1960 the naval forces increased their number of TS boats from Project 183 to 27 boats.
In August 1961 the first supply and accommodation ship from our own production under the designation Floating Base Project 62 ( youth class ) was put into service. By the end of 1963, these eight floating bases were made for the Schnellboot Brigades. In September 1962 the commissioning of the light torpedo speed boats (LTS-Boot) type "Iltis" Project 63 ( Iltis-A-Class ) began in-house production. The LTS-Boot Projekt 63 was a development of the Peene-Werft Wolgast. At the same time in the Yachtwerft Berlin the Light torpedo boat "Hydra", respectively. "Wiesel" (Project 68) ( Iltis-B-Class ) developed. At this time test boats were already in service, but they were not taken into active service until 1964.
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Due to the stipulations made in 1961 to convert the armed forces to rocket armament, the first two Soviet high-speed rocket boats (RS boats) Project 205 ( Osa I class ) were put into service on November 26, 1962 . Although more RS boats were only put into service over a year later, the Raketenschnellboot-Brigade (RSB-Brigade) was formed in October 1962.
From the founding of the association to the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1963 to 1989
On the orders of the GDR's Minister for National Defense, Army General Heinz Hoffmann , the 6th Flotilla was created in Sassnitz on May 1, 1963 as the Association of Ship Impact Forces of the People's Navy . The association consisted of RS, TS and LTS boats as well as coastal defense vessels project 50 (Riga class), landing craft type "Labo" (project 49) and auxiliary vessels . In addition to the already existing TSB and RSB brigades, the Light Torpedo Speedboat Brigade (7th LTSB Brigade) was also formed when the association was founded. The Bug peninsula near Dranske on Rügen was chosen as the home port and base for the 6th Flotilla . The bow was already used by the Imperial Navy , which had set up a sea flight station for naval aviators there. After the war all military installations were dismantled under the supervision of the English. During the Second World War , the bow was used by the Air Force's 126th Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron as a sea air base. From November 1944, the sea emergency squadron 81 was stationed here under the command of Captain Karl Born , which was the last to leave the base on May 5, 1945. After the Second World War, the base was blown up by the Soviet troops and dismantled. With the establishment of the 6th Flotilla, construction work began on the bow to establish the new base.
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Even if the home base of the 6th Flotilla was not yet ready, new speedboats were continuously put into service. At the end of 1964 the commissioning of the LTS boats Project 68.200 began. In contrast to the LTS boats Project 63.300 with two torpedo tubes, they had three torpedo tubes and could quickly be converted into a mine or transport variant.
In May 1965 the base was ready to move into. The association was restructured for this purpose. The coastal defense ships and landing craft were separated and subordinated to other associations. On May 8, 1965, the Bug / Dranske base was inaugurated with a military ceremony. It became the home port of all TS, RS and LTS boats, which were previously stationed at different locations, and all future speed boats of the Volksmarine.
In 1966 the last LTS boat project 63.300 was put into service and one year later the oldest LTS boats project 63.300 and project 68.200 were taken out of service. The last commissioning of the LTS boats Project 68.200 took place in 1968. In November 1967 the first eight TS boats Project 183 were also decommissioned. The TS boats of this series were not all immediately scrapped after their decommissioning. Some of them also found other uses. 13 boats were sunk around the fishing port of Dranske to protect them from wind and waves . Their hulls were also used to raise trout .
On October 14, 1968, the first Soviet high-speed torpedo boat Project 206 ( Shershen class ) was taken over. The TS boats project 206 replaced the decommissioned TS boats project 183. By 1971, 18 of these torpedo carriers were put into service.
On December 1, 1971, the association was restructured again. The previously single-type units of the RSB and TSB brigades were transformed into three mixed rocket and torpedo speedboat brigades (RTSB brigades), the 1st, 3rd and 5th RTSB brigades. An RTSB brigade consisted of a rocket speed boat department (RSB-A) with four RS boats project 205 and a torpedo speed boat department (TSB-A) with five TS boats project 206 and a floating base. The 7th LTSB Brigade remained unchanged, it included three divisions of ten boats each and two floating bases. Three RS and three TS boats were moved to Parow to the school boat brigade, which was returned in 1981 when this brigade was dissolved.
In December 1974, the commissioning of the small torpedo speed boats (KTS boats) Project 131.4 ( Libelle class ), which replaced the decommissioned LTS boats. On December 1, 1976, the brigade was separated and the 9th LTSB Brigade was formed. A brigade consisted of three groups of five boats each and a floating base. The LTSB brigades were renamed TSB brigades on December 1, 1982 after there had been no more LTS boats for a few years.
Due to increasing technical wear and tear and material fatigue, the first three RS boats were taken out of service in 1981. However, since there was no successor boat at that time that could have taken over the tasks of the RS boats, the other twelve RS boats had to remain in service until 1990.
In July 1984, the TSB brigades were greatly reduced in size and over half of the KTS boats were decommissioned because torpedo operations against surface targets were no longer appropriate. Anti-ship missiles made it possible to combat them from a much greater distance. Also in 1984 the floating bases Project 62 were replaced by Project 162 ( ear class ).
In October 1984 the commissioning of a new generation of missile carriers, the small missile ships Project 1241 RE ( Tarantul-I-Class ) from Soviet production began. Due to their much greater displacement compared to the previous boats, they were referred to as ships.
Since the early 1980s, the Peene shipyard in Wolgast has been developing a "small rocket ship" Project 151 ( Balcom 10 class ) with interchangeable rocket containers that were to be provided by the USSR. However, the USSR did not keep its promises and changed the technical data of the containers several times, so that dummy containers were installed on the test ship, which was completed in 1987. On July 30, 1990, the first patrol boat without missiles was put into service. Two of the three boats were taken over by the Federal Border Police and were still running as BG 22 and BG 23 until February 2018 .
November 9, 1989 to October 2, 1990
Even after the Wall came down , there was still a new vehicle in the 6th flotilla. The already manufactured and tested ship Project 151 was put into service on July 31, 1990. However, the day before the handover, the name was changed from Small Rocket Ship to Patrol Boat and the empty rocket containers were dismantled. It is one of the few ships of the People's Navy that, in this case , was taken over by the Federal Border Guard See .
In preparation for German reunification and the associated end of the GDR, on August 31, 1990 the Ministry of Disarmament and Defense issued an order to demunition combat vehicles, ships and aircraft. On October 2, 1990, the day before German reunification, the NVA and its armed forces were disbanded.
After October 3, 1990
On October 3, 1990, the Federal Minister of Defense Gerhard Stoltenberg took over the command and command over the parts of the dissolved NVA that had been absorbed into the Bundeswehr . Remains of the 6th Flotilla were in the German navy , now German Navy , and taken out of service after a short time. Many of the professional officers of the People's Navy resigned from military service. There were also many who applied for service in the German Navy and were taken on.
The Bug / Dranske base was the first base of the Volksmarine to be closed and sold to a private investor.
Accidents and incidents
In the first hours of August 31, 1968, the TS boat 844 Willi Bänsch collided with the Swedish ferry Drottningen in thick fog and sank. Seven crew members died in this most serious marine accident involving the People's Navy, which was attributed to the nautical misconduct of the boat commander. This was preceded in January 1968 by the arrest of several crew members of the boat for planned desertion to Denmark. Then the crew was reassembled and the TS boat received a new commander. In memory of the dead, a memorial stone was placed at the base. Today the memorial stone is in the Dranske cemetery and a plaque of honor in the Laboe Naval Memorial .
On April 16, 1986 a collision occurred northeast of Darßer Ort between the KTS boat 945, Ex 951 (hull number 131.421) and a rocket high-speed boat from Project 205 (RSB 734, Paul Eisenschneider), with the RS boat being the KTS boat rammed on the starboard side between the superstructure and the gun. The Ari guest (artillery guest) was killed while the other crew members were able to save themselves. The KTS boat was so badly damaged that it sank. After the recovery of the KTS boat, it was decommissioned on June 30, 1986. The incident was officially concealed.
units
At first, coastal defense ships and small landing ships belonged to the association, which were separated from the association during a restructuring in 1965. The specified number of ships and boats relates to the total number of vehicles put into service in the 6th Flotilla.
Combat ships and boats
| Class name | VM-internal abbreviation | Project no. | NATO designation | VM designation | number |
| light torpedo speedboat | LTS boot | Project 63 | - | Polecat class | 36 boats |
| light torpedo speedboat | LTS boot | Project 68 | - | Weasel class | 23 boats |
| small torpedo speedboat | KTS boat | Project 131 | - | Dragonfly class | 30 boats |
| Torpedo speedboat | TS boot | Project 183 | P-6 class | - | 27 boats |
| Missile speedboat | RS boot | Project 205 | Osa I class | - | 15 boats |
| Torpedo speedboat | TS boot | Project 206 | Shershen class | - | 18 boats |
| Small rocket ship | KR ship | Project 151 | Balcom-10 / Sassnitz class | - | 1 ship |
| Small rocket ship | KR ship | Project 1241 | Tarantul I class | - | 5 ships |
Auxiliary ships
| Class name | Type | Project no. | NATO designation | VM designation | number |
| Floating base | Barge | Project 62 | - | Youth class | 7 ships |
| Floating base | Barge | Project 162 | - | Ear class | 6 ships |
| Shipping tug | tractor | Project 270 | - | Havel class | 2 ships |
| Shipping tug | tractor | Project 414 | - | Zander class | 1 ship |
| Shipping tug | tractor | Project M-9 | - | Elbe class | 1 ship |
| Torpedo fishing boat | Auxiliary ship | Project 65 | Condor class | - | 2 ships |
| Offshore supplier | Supplier | Project 602 | - | Darss class | 1 ship |
| Tanker | Tanker | Project 600 | - | Riems class | 1 ship |
| Port tanker | Tanker | Project 2855/56 | - | King class | 2 ships |
More units
- Evaluation, calculation and information group 6, ARIG-6
- Telecommunication train, FmTeZ, stationed in Sassnitz
- Repair base 6, IB-6
- Motor vehicle company 6, KfzK-6
- Motor vehicle repair train 6, KfzIZ-6
- Teaching basis 6, LB-6
- Ammunition depot 6, ML-6, stationed in Sehlen
- Naval Engineer Platoon 6, MpiZ-6
- News Company 6, NK-6
- Missile Engineering Department 6, RTA-6, based in Tilzow near Bergen
- Supply and equipment warehouse 6, VAL-6
- Flak battery 16
- Zug chemical defense 6, ZCHA-6
- Music corps
- House of the NVA Dranske, HdADranske
- Guard company 6, WK-6
- Torpedo Company 6, TTK-6
- Diving unit (rescue and rescue service -BRD-, later rescue and security service -BSD-), stationed in Saßnitz, Nonnewitz, Bug
Chiefs of the flotilla
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Awards
- 1959: Honorary banner of the Central Council of the FDJ for outstanding achievements in socialist competition
- 1971: Best Association of the People's Navy
- 1971: Golden Laurel for excellent support for the television film Rottenknechte
- 1978: Bronze relief on the occasion of the joint USSR-GDR space flight
- 1979: Honorary banner of the Central Committee of the SED , the Council of Ministers and the Federal Executive of the FDGB - For outstanding achievements in socialist competition in honor of the 30th anniversary of the GDR
- 1982: Honor plaque of the Presidium of the DTSB of the GDR - for meritorious work in the field of physical culture and sport
- 1984: Karl Marx Order
- 1984: Honorary banner of the GDR Solidarity Committee
- 1986: Honorary banner of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship
literature
- Association's collective of authors: Schnellbootsverband Gefechtsereit. on the 25th anniversary of the foundation, for the members of the association.
- Manfred Röseberg: Ships and boats of the People's Navy of the GDR. Rostock, ISBN 3-935319-82-7 .
- R. Fuchs: Comrade Sailor! BS-Verlag, Rostock, ISBN 3-89954-196-0 .
- Hans Mehl, Knut Schäfer: The naval forces of the NVA. Motorbuch Verlag, ISBN 3-613-02406-3 .
- Knut Schäfer: Chronicle of the People's Navy. Prussian military publishing house, ISBN 3-927292-21-4 .
- Elchlepp, Jablonsky, Minow, Röseberg: People's Navy of the GDR. Verlag Mittler, ISBN 3-8132-0587-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The location database of the National People's Army, the border troops of the GDR and the Soviet (Russian) armed forces in the GDR. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Military History Research Office .
- ↑ Position of the sunken boats 54 ° 37 ′ 19 ″ N , 13 ° 13 ′ 35 ″ E
- ↑ Detailed description of the accident and its consequences. PDF Naval Fellowship Bug Retrieved December 11, 2012
- ^ Ingo Pfeiffer: In the sights of the MfS: desertions of VM members. In: Marineforum 6/2005 , p. 25 ff.
- ↑ Memorial stone in the Dranske cemetery
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Coordinates: 54 ° 35 '56.4 " N , 13 ° 13' 58.8" E