1st_U-boat_Flotilla

1st U-boat flotilla
1st U-boat flotilla
Active	Raised 1935, Dissolved 1944
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	U-boat flotilla
Base	Kiel, Brest
Nickname(s)	Weddigen flotilla
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Fregattenkapitän Karl Dönitz

1st U-boat Flotilla

1935–1944 submarine unit of the German Navy

The 1st U-boat flotilla (German 1. Unterseebootsflottille) also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Karl Dönitz,^[1] it was named in honor of Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen. Weddigen, a U-boat commander during World War I, died on 18 March 1915 after his submarine U-29 was rammed by the British battleship HMS Dreadnought in the North Sea.^[2]

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The flotilla at first only consisted of U-9, a Type IIB boat commissioned on 21 August 1935. Later, boats U-1 to U-12 were included in the flotilla, but U-1 to U-6 were only used as training boats and were attached to the U-boat training school in Neustadt.^[3] Originally based in Kiel from September 1935 – May 1941, it was moved to Brest, France in June 1941. In September 1944, the flotilla was disbanded and its remaining boats were distributed to other flotillas.

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Duration	Commander
September 1935 – October 1936	Kpt. z. S. Karl Dönitz
October 1936 – September 1937	Kpt. z. S. Otto Loycke
October 1937 – September 1939	Kptlt. Hans-Güther Looff
September 1939 – December 1939	Kptlt. Hans Eckermann m.d.F.b.
January 1940 – October 1940	K.Kapt. Hans Eckermann
November 1940 – February 1942	K.Kapt. Hans Cohausz
February 1942 – July 1942	Kptlt. Heinz Buchholz i.V.
July 1942 – September 1944	K.Kapt. Werner Winter

U-7	U-8	U-9	U-10	U-11	U-12	U-13
U-14	U-15	U-16	U-17	U-18	U-19	U-20
U-21	U-22	U-23	U-24	U-56	U-57	U-58
U-59	U-60	U-61	U-62	U-63	U-79	U-80
U-81	U-83	U-84	U-86	U-116	U-117	U-137
U-138	U-139	U-140	U-141	U-142	U-143	U-144
U-145	U-146	U-147	U-149	U-150	U-201	U-202
U-203	U-204	U-208	U-209	U-213	U-225	U-238
U-243	U-247	U-263	U-268	U-271	U-276	U-292
U-301	U-304	U-305	U-306	U-311	U-331	U-336
U-353	U-354	U-371	U-372	U-374	U-379	U-392
U-394	U-396	U-401	U-405	U-413	U-415	U-418
U-422	U-424	U-426	U-435	U-439	U-440	U-441
U-456	U-471	U-556	U-557	U-558	U-559	U-561
U-562	U-563	U-564	U-565	U-566	U-574	U-582
U-584	U-597	U-599	U-603	U-625	U-628	U-629
U-632	U-637	U-643	U-651	U-653	U-654	U-656
U-665	U-669	U-722	U-731	U-732	U-736	U-740
U-741	U-743	U-754	U-767	U-773	U-821	U-925
U-956	U-963	U-987	U-1007	U-1199

1st_U-boat_Flotilla

1st U-boat Flotilla

Flotilla commanders

U-boats assigned to the flotilla

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