Fourth Flotilla (People's Navy)

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Flag of a rear admiral as chief of the 4th flotilla

The 4th Flotilla of the People's Navy of the GDR was a mixed association of the People's Navy . It was one of three flotillas in the People's Navy and was founded in 1956. It was stationed at the Warnemünde - Hohe Düne base and was disbanded on October 2, 1990.

History of the association

History of the association up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1956 to 1989

1982 - Conscripts of the 4th Flotilla are released into civilian life.

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. ( See also History of the People's Navy )

From the staff and some units of the “Fleet Base West” of the People's Police, the 4th Flotilla of the People's Navy was set up on December 4, 1956 on a former airfield in Hohe Düne near Rostock. In 1957 and 1958 staff quarters and facilities were established and the first ships were stationed. In the early years, the association's main task was to repair and expand the buildings and streets on the base, which was badly damaged after the Second World War as a result of the Potsdam Agreement . In addition, were mines cleared in the waters around Warnemünde.

November 9, 1989 to October 2, 1990

In preparation for German reunification and the associated end of the GDR, the Ministry of Disarmament and Defense ordered the demmunition of combat vehicles, ships and aircraft on August 31, 1990. On October 2, 1990, the day before German reunification, the National People's Army (NVA) and its armed forces were disbanded. The soldiers and staff appeared for the last time as members of the 4th Flotilla of the People's Navy on October 2, when the flags of the People's Army and the People's Navy were lowered at a ceremony.

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 . Remnants of the 4th flotilla were transferred to the German Navy in the Rostock naval command and after a short time decommissioned.

structure

A flotilla of the People's Navy was composed of brigades , which in turn were divided into departments . The ships were assigned to these departments. The 4th Flotilla consisted of a coastal defense ship and a security brigade, and two departments were directly subordinate to it.

4. Coastal Defense Ship Brigade

Stand of a brigade chief

The 4th Coast Guard Ship Brigade consisted of the coast guard ships of the People's Navy. Initially there were four Riga-class frigates and later three Koni-class frigates . Initially referred to as the 4th Coast Guard Ship Division, the association was restructured into a brigade in 1980 .

4th Security Brigade

Coastal protection ship Berlin, capital of the GDR of the Koni class

The 4th Brigade assurance consisted of minesweepers - and submarine defense units were divided into four departments. A training ship also belonged to this brigade .

4. Capture Ship Department

Stand of a department head

The 4th security ship division consisted of tugs , various supply ships and a barge. It was run as the 4th auxiliary ship and rescue service department until 1986 , before it was renamed.

4. Survey Ship Department

The 4th survey ship department mainly served the sea ​​hydrographic service of the GDR and consisted of survey vessels that carried out hydrographic measurements and reconnaissance vessels for radio reconnaissance. The latter included the reconnaissance aircraft from Project 65.2 Meteor and Komet (modified ships of the Condor class ). To the group of survey ships belonged z. B. the Karl Friedrich Gauss , Project 136, a modified Condor II class .

Accidents and incidents

On November 2, 1962, an MLR ship of the 4th Krake flotilla (board number 221) and the minesweeper "Minden" of the German Navy (board number M1085) collided at 9:32 p.m. north of Warnemünde as a result of misjudgments by the commanders . Both ships were damaged at the bow , there was no personal injury.

On July 8, 1980, a collision occurred south of Gedser . The survey ship Komet (Kondor-II-Klasse), 4th survey ship division, came from port side , running hard in front of the bow of the Danish naval cutter MHV-94. The ships wedged briefly, the railing on the Komet was bent, and a leak above the waterline of the MHV-94 was torn in the bow area. There was no personal injury, but there was heavy diplomatic activity and reports in the Danish press that the Komet had disregarded maritime traffic regulations . The GDR, however, informed the Danish authorities that MHV-94 was clearly to blame for the incident.

Units of the association

The 4th flotilla was home to the largest warships of the People's Navy , the coastal defense ships (KSS) after they had been separated from the 6th flotilla . Until their decommissioning, these were the KSS of the Riga and later those of the Koni class.

Combat ships

Class name VM-internal abbreviation Project no. NATO designation VM designation number period of service
Coastal defense ship KSS Project 50 Riga class - 4 ships 1965 to 1977
Coastal defense ship KSS Project 1159 Koni class - 3 ships 1978 to 1990
Anti-submarine ship UAW ship Project 133 - Parchim class 8 ships until 1990
Mine sweeper and clearing ship MSR ship Project 89.2 Condor II class - 12 ships until 1990
Mine-laying and clearing ship MLR ship Project 15 - Octopus class - until 1969
Anti-submarine defense boat UAW boat Project 201M - - - until 1976
Anti-submarine ship UAW ship Project 12 Shark class Shark class - until 1982
Motor training ship SS Project 888 Vodnik class Wilhelm Pieck 1 ship 1976 to 1990

Auxiliary ships

The reconnaissance ship Jasmund in 1986 while observing a NATO maneuver
Class name Type Project no. NATO designation VM designation number period of service
Shipping tug tractor Project 270 - Havel class 2 ships -
Shipping tug tractor Project 414 - Zander class 2 ships -
Supply ship Offshore supplier Project 602 Darss class MS "Darss" E 441 Project 602/131 // // MS "Cooling" P 441 Project 602/134 2 ships MS "Darss" from 01/1983 to 11/1991
Survey ship Reconnaissance ship Project 65.2 Condor class Meteor, comet 2 ships until 1990
Survey ship Reconnaissance ship - - Hydrograph 1 ship until 1985
Survey ship Reconnaissance ship Project 602 Darss class Jasmund 1 ship 1985 to 1990
Tanker Tanker Project 1545 - Baskunchak class tanker "Usedom" // Riems class tanker "Poehl" 2 ships -
Port tanker Inland tankers Project 2855/56 - King class 1 ship -
Floating base Barge Project 162 - Ear class 1 ship -
In June 1976 Fidel Castro visited units of the 4th Flotilla in Rostock

More units

  • Guard company 4
  • Motor vehicle company 4
  • Maritime Hydrographic Service 4
  • 4. Marine Hydrographic Ship Group
  • Parts of the Sea Hydrographic Service 4 (Tonhof)
  • Missile Engineering Department / Company 4
  • Teaching basis 4
  • Ammunition dump 4
  • Marine pioneer train 4 (in object 2)
  • Marine diver 4 (in object 2)
  • Flak battery 4 reservists (in object 2)
  • Chemical Service 4
  • News Company 4
  • Motor vehicle repair train 4
  • Evaluation, calculation and information group 4
  • Repair basis 4
  • Music Corps 4
  • Port Command Darßer Ort
  • Supply and equipment warehouse 4
  • Zug Chemical Defense 4, ZChA-4 (in object 2)
  • HBTD - Hafenbau Techn. Dienst (Pioneers)
  • BD - Rescue Service (Divers)
  • CD - Chem. Service (Enlightenment)

Commanders of the flotilla

  • May 1, 1956-31. October 1956 Frigate Captain Neumeister, Hellmut
  • November 1, 1956-31. December 1958 frigate captain Kühn, Walter - from 1958 captain at sea
  • January 1, 1959-31. December 1961 Frigate captain Streubel, Johannes - from 1960 captain at sea
  • January 1, 1961-30. November 1964 frigate captain Notroff, Fritz - from 1964 captain at sea
  • December 1, 1964-31. May 1971 frigate captain Bernig, Herbert - from 1969 captain at sea
  • June 1, 1971-30. March 1976 Captain Richter, Waldemar
  • May 1, 1976-30. November 1980 Captain Kahnt, Klaus - from 1979 rear admiral
  • December 1, 1980-30. June 1985 Captain Rödel, Rolf - from 1983 rear admiral
  • July 1, 1985-31. January 1990 sea captain Müller, Gerhard - from 1989 rear admiral
  • February 1, 1990–2. October 1990 Captain Fechner, Hans-Joachim

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History of the "Hohe Düne" barracks in Warnemünde ( Memento from May 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Roberto Roth about the Hohe Duene location
  2. ↑ http://www.kss-wismar.de/kw/bilder/begegierungen/marineforum2008-01.pdf Encounters between the German Navy and the Volksmarine at sea, PDF, viewed on June 21, 2009
  3. ↑ Østtysk minestryger påsejler dansk hjemmeværnskutter ( Memento from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), events and pictures on navalhistory.dk, Danish, viewed on June 14, 2009
  4. ↑ http://www.mks-kss.de/index.php?page_id=22 KSS time table on mks-kss.de, viewed on June 20, 2009
  5. ↑ Ship projects of the People's Navy ( Memento from September 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), names and identifiers of Roberto Roth
  6. ↑ Warnemünde base ( memento from July 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), freundeskreis-schnellboote-korvetten.de, viewed on July 1, 2009

literature

  • Manfred Röseberg: Ships and boats of the People's Navy of the GDR. 2nd revised edition. Ingo Koch Verlag, Rostock 2002, ISBN 3-935319-82-7 .
  • R. Fuchs: Comrade Sailor! BS-Verlag, Rostock, ISBN 3-89954-196-0 .

Web links

Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 34 ″  N , 12 ° 7 ′ 8 ″  E