25th U-boat Flotilla () was formed in
Danzig in April 1940 as a training flotilla responsible for Firing Training.
It moved bases several times throughout the war. Between June 1941 and September 1941 it moved to
Drontheim. Then it was shifted to
Memel and subsequently to
Libau. At the end of 1944 it was shifted again to
Gotenhafen
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and then finally in 1945 it moved to
Travemünde
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.
The Flotilla was originally called 2. Unterseebootsausbildungsflottille until July 1940 when it was renamed 25. Unterseebootsflottille.
Flotilla commanders
*Korvettenkapitän
Ernst Hashagen (Apr 1940-Dec 1941)
*Korvettenkapitän
Karl Jasper (Dec 1941-Aug 1943)
*Fregattenkapitän
Karl Neitzel (i.V.) (Aug 1943-Dec 1943)
*Korvettenkapitän
Robert Gysae
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(Dec 1943-Apr 1945)
*Korvettenkapitän
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz (Apr 1945-8 May 1945)
References
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U-boat flotillas
Military units and formations established in 1941
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945