6. Unterseebootsflottille

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=6. Unterseebootsflottille


caption=
country=Nazi Germany
type=U-boat flottilla
branch=Kriegsmarine
dates=Raised 1938, Dissolved 1939, Re-raised 1941, Finally dissolved 1944
command_structure=
garrison=Kiel, Danzig, St. Nazaire
nickname=Unterseebootsflottille Hundius
battles=
notable_commanders=Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann, Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann
associated units=

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

References

*cite web | title= Uboat.net| work= The Flotillas – 6th Flotilla| url=http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/6flo.htm| accessdate=12 February| accessyear=2007
*cite web | title= Uboatnet.de| work= Die Flottillen – 6. Unterseebootsflottille| url=http://www.uboatnet.de/Archiv/Flottillen/6.U_Flottille.htm| accessdate=12 February| accessyear=2007