List of U-boat flotillas contains lists of the German

U-boat U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare ro ...

flotilla A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small ''flota'' ( fleet) of ships), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. Composition A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same clas ...

s 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 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, submarine flotillas were often tactically deployed, in contrast to the

surface flotillas of the Kriegsmarine Surface flotillas of the Kriegsmarine were Organization of the Kriegsmarine, organizational groupings of List of Kriegsmarine ships, German naval vessels during World War II based on class of vessel and geographical location. Surface flotillas we ...

which were mainly administrative.

World War I

This list contains the German U-boats flotillas during the First World War.

World War II

This list contains the German U-boats flotillas during the Second World War. After 1941, the U-boat flotillas were in turn organized into U-boat regions.

External links

Uboat.net: U-boat flotillas webpage
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