9. Vorpostenflottille
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- Published: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
- Last Updated: 09 October 2012 09 October 2012
by Gareth Collins
Formed in Lübeck on 27 September 1939 with 9 small fishing vessels. It was employed in the western Baltic, Kattegat & Skagerrak and was based in Aalborg in Denmark. The Flotilla was dissolved on 23 Apr 1945.
Flottillenchef
Fregattenkapitän der Reserve Kurt Weese (27 Sep 1939-00 Jan 1941)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Dr. Johannes Peters (00 Jan 1941-00 Apr 1944)
Korvettenkapitän der Reserve Arthur Löffelbein (00 Apr 1944-00 Jan 1945)
Kapitänleutnant der Reserve Karl Kirschenlohr (00 Jan 1945-23 Apr 1945)
Subordinate Units & Vessels
V 901
V 902
V 903
V 904
V 905
V 906
V 907
V 908
V 909
V 910
V 911
V 912
V 913
V 914
V 915
V 916
V 917
Sources used
Research by Gareth Collins
Erich Gröner - Die Schiffe der deutschen Kriegsmarine und ihr Verbleib 1939-1945, J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, München (1976)
Hans H. Hildebrand - Die organisatorische Entwicklung der Marine nebst Stellenbesetzung 1848 bis 1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück (2000)
Hans H. Hildebrand & Ernest Henriot – Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989)
Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr & Hans-Otto Steinmetz – Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg (1980)
Walter Lohmann & Hans H. Hildebrand – Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine, Verlag Hans-Henning Podzun, Bad Nauheim (1956)
Reference material on this unit
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