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La octava flotilla de submarinos alemana (en alemán 8. Unterseebootsflottille ) se formó en junio de 1941 en Königsberg, Alemania bajo el mando del Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz , quien también en ese momento comandaba la 6ª Flotilla de submarinos en Danzig .
The 8th U-boat Flotilla (German 8. Unterseebootsflottille) was formed in June 1941 in Königsberg under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, who also at this time commanded the 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig.
List of U-boat flotillas contains lists of the German U-boat flotillas in the two World Wars. The bases shown here are the ones at which the flotillas spent most of their career. During World War II, submarine flotillas were often tactically deployed, in contrast to the surface flotillas of the Kriegsmarine which were mainly ...
NameTypeBaseCombatCombatCombatTrainingThe 8th Flotilla was founded in June 1941 under the command of Kptlt. Wilhelm Schulz, which also commanded at this time the 6th Flotilla in Danzig. In the last months of war some flotilla boats were in combat against the Soviet Navy in the Baltic.
- Organisation in August 1914
- War Service 1914
- Organisation in February 1916
- Flotilla Re-Constituted August 1916
- Organisation in October 1916
- Organisation in January 1919
On 5 August 1914, the Eighth Submarine Flotilla was based at its war station at Harwichand was constituted as follows: Submarines Depot ships Attached Destroyers HMS D.1 was also notionally part of the flotilla, but was transferred to the Dover Patrolwhen war broke out. She re-joined the Flotilla on 23 August 1914
The Flotilla carried out patrols in the Heligoland Bight and in the Kattegat. It participated in the First Battle of Heligoland and the Cuxhaven Raid and covered the passage of the British Expeditionary Force to France. The development of a satellite base at Yarmouthwas commenced. Notable events and organisational changes are as follows: HMS E.10jo...
As at 1 February 1916, the flotilla had grown in size and was based at both Harwich and Yarmouth. It was constituted as follows: Submarines Depot ships Attached Destroyers HMS E.1, HMS E.8, HMS E.9, HMS E.18 and HMS E.19were notionally still in the flotilla, but were all on detached service with the Russian Baltic Fleet.
Vessels based at Harwich were transferred to the re-established 9th Submarine Flotilla in August 1916 and only those submarines based at Yarmouth remained in 8th Flotilla
As at 1 October 1916 the flotilla was based at Yarmouth and formed part of the Harwich Force: Submarines Depot ship
As at 1 January 1919 the flotilla remained part of the Harwich Force, but following the suspension of hostilities had moved to Doverand was constituted as follows: Submarines Depot ship
- 1912–15 January 1919, 1939-1945
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- Home Fleet 1912-1919, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Pacific based commands 1939-1945
The U-boats. Follow us on Twitter. This page contains all U-boat flotillas of WWII. The bases shown here are the ones at which the flotillas spent most of their career. For complete details examine the flotilla-pages themselves. Other training units. The ULD and UAA training divisions among others. U-boat Flotillas.
12th U-boat Flotilla. 13th U-boat Flotilla. In August 1944, as the Germans withdrew from France, the staff of region west evacuated to Norway. The command technically existed until the end of the war, although its authority now overlapped with the North Sea U-boat regions.
