''24th U-boat Flotilla'' ("24. Unterseebootsflottille") was a training flotilla ("''Ausbildungsflottille''") of
Nazi Germany
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Kriegsmarine
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World War II
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Unit history
The flotilla was founded at
Danzig in November 1939 under the command of ''
Korvettenkapitän
(; ) is the lowest ranking Field officer, senior officer in the German navy.
Germany
Korvettenkapitän, short: KKpt/in lists: KK, () is the lowest senior officer military rank, rank () in the German Navy.
Address
The official manner, in li ...
'' Hannes Weingärtner as the ''Unterseebootsausbildungsflottille'' ("U-boat Training Flotilla"). It was redesignated ''1. Unterseebootsausbildungsflottille'' in April 1940, and then ''24. Unterseebootsflottille'' in June 1940.
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.
Bases
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Danzig (November 1939–June 1940)
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Memel (June 1940–June 1941)
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Trondheim
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(June–September 1941)
* Memel (September 1941–October 1944)
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Gotenhafen
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(October 1944–February 1945)
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Eckernförde
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(February–March 1945)
Flotilla commanders
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Korvettenkapitän
(; ) is the lowest ranking Field officer, senior officer in the German navy.
Germany
Korvettenkapitän, short: KKpt/in lists: KK, () is the lowest senior officer military rank, rank () in the German Navy.
Address
The official manner, in li ...
'' Hannes Weingärtner (November 1939–July 1942)
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Kapitän zur See
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Equivalent ranks worldwide include ...
'' Rudolf Peters (July 1942–January 1943)
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Fregattenkapitan''
Karl-Friedrich Merten
Karl-Friedrich Merten (15 August 1905 – 2 May 1993) commanded the U-boat in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Merten was credited with the sinking of 2 ...
(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.
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References
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Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945