24th U-boat Flotilla

24. Unterseebootsflottille
Active	November 1939–March 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	U-boat flotilla
Commanders
Notable commanders	FrgKpt. Karl-Friedrich Merten

Military unit

24th U-boat Flotilla ("24. Unterseebootsflottille") was a training flotilla ("Ausbildungsflottille") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Unit history

The flotilla was founded at Danzig in November 1939 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Hannes Weingärtner as the Unterseebootsausbildungsflottille ("U-boat Training Flotilla"). It was redesignated 1. Unterseebootsausbildungsflottille in April 1940, and then 24. Unterseebootsflottille in June 1940.^[1]

The flotilla trained new U-boat commanders in attack techniques in the Kommandantenschiesslehrgang ("Commanders shooting training course"). The course lasted four weeks and trained 10 to 12 officers each time. The flotilla was disbanded in March 1945.^[1]

Bases

Danzig (November 1939–June 1940)
Memel (June 1940–June 1941)
Trondheim (June–September 1941)
Memel (September 1941–October 1944)
Gotenhafen (October 1944–February 1945)
Eckernförde (February–March 1945)

Flotilla commanders

Korvettenkapitän Hannes Weingärtner (November 1939–July 1942)
Kapitän zur See Rudolf Peters (July 1942–January 1943)
Fregattenkapitan Karl-Friedrich Merten (March 1943–May 1944)
Korvettenkapitän Karl Jasper (May–July 1944)
Fregattenkapitan Karl-Friedrich Merten (July 1944–March 1945)

Assigned U-boats

Fifty-three U-boats were assigned to this flotilla during its service.

U-8
U-9
U-14
U-18
U-19
U-28
U-29
U-30
U-34
U-38
U-46
U-52
U-56
U-71
U-72
U-80
U-96
U-101
U-103
U-121
U-142
U-143
U-148
U-151
U-152
U-236
U-251
U-287
U-351
U-393
U-554
U-555
U-560
U-579
U-612
U-704
U-747
U-748
U-749
U-750
U-763
U-821
U-982
U-999
U-1007
U-1008
U-1161
U-1162
U-1192
U-1193
U-1195
U-1207
UD-4

References

^ ^a ^b "uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - 24th Flotilla". uboat.net. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.

U-boats

U-boat lists

Commanders

Wolfpacks

List of wolfpacks of World War II
Blücher
Borkum
Delphin II
Dränger
Eisbär
Eisteufel
Endrass
Hai
Hartmann
Hecht
Kiebitz
Kreuzotter
Leuthen
Lohs
Pfadfinder
Pfeil
Prien
Raubgraf
Rösing
Rossbach
Schill
Schlieffen
Seewolf
Steinbrinck
Siegfried
Streitaxt
Tümmler
Vorwärts
Weddigen
West
Wolf

Major engagements

U-boat flotillas

World War I	I II III IV Flanders Kurland Pola Constantinople
World War II	Regions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

Capital ships sunk

World War I	HMS Britannia HMS Cornwallis French battleship Danton HMS Formidable Gaulois Russian battleship Peresvet HMS Majestic Italian battleship Regina Margherita HMS Russell French battleship Suffren HMS Triumph
World War II	HMS Ark Royal HMS Barham HMS Courageous HMS Eagle HMS Royal Oak