Einsatzflottille 1

The Einsatzflottille 1 (EinsFltl 1 or EF 1) is one of the three large naval units of the German navy on brigade level in addition to the Einsatzflottille 2 and the Naval Air Command. EF 1 is under the department head of the naval command in Rostock.

History
The Einsatzflottille 1 was set up on 29 June 2006 as part of a major reorganization of the fleet. In it, the speedboat flotilla, the submarine flotilla, and the minesweeper flotilla were merged. It originally included, among other things, all speedboats, minesweeper ships, and submarines of the German Navy. The five new corvettes of the Braunschweig class (K 130) were integrated into the flotilla from 2008 onwards. In 2012 the EF 1 was stationed in the Baltic sea. On 27 September 2016, the 5th Minensuchgeschwader was held in Kiel as part of the service and support squadron. On November 16, 2016, the 7th Speedboat Squadron in Warnemünde was put out of service.

Subordinate units

 * 1st Korvettengeschwader
 * 3rd Minesuchgeschwader
 * Unterstützungsgeschwader
 * 1st Ubootgeschwader
 * Naval Force Protection Battalion
 * Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine
 * Marinestützpunktkommando Eckernförde
 * Marinestützpunktkommando Kiel
 * Marinsteutzpunktkommando Warnemünde

The commander of EF 1 is also the director of the NATO- led Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters, COE CSW.