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6. Unterseebootsflottille

6. Unterseebootsflottille (also known as Unterseebootsflottille Hundius) was formed in October 1, 1938 in Kiel under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann. It was named in honour of Kapitänleutnant Paul Hundius, a U-boat commander during World War I, that died on September 16, 1918 after his U-boat UB-103 sunk by depth charges from British steamer Young Crow. The flotilla was disbanded in December 1939.

The flotilla was re-formed as 6. Unterseebootsflottille in July 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz with her base in Danzig. During the first months it was a training flotilla, but when it moved to St. Nazaire in February 1942 it became a combat flotilla. Its history ended in August 1944 by disbandment, when the last boats left the base for Norway.

Flotilla commanders

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