6th U-boat Flotilla

6th U-boat Flotilla
Active	October 1938–December 1939 July 1941–August 1944
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	U-boat flotilla
Garrison/HQ	Kiel, Danzig, St. Nazaire
Nickname(s)	Hundius Flotilla
Commanders
Notable commanders	Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann

The 6th U-boat Flotilla (German 6. Unterseebootsflottille), also known as Hundius Flotilla, was a front-line unit of the German Kriegsmarine before and during World War II.

Formed on 1 October 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 16 September 1918 after his U-boat SM UB-103 was sunk by depth charges from British steamer Young Crow. The flotilla was disbanded in December 1939.

The flotilla was re-formed as "6th U-boat Flotilla" 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. It was disbanded in August 1944, when the last boats left the base for Norway.

Flotilla commanders

Commander	Duration
Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann	October 1938–December 1939
Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz	September 1941–November 1943
Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann	November 1942–August 1944

Assigned U-boats

At one point in their service history, each of the following boats served with 6th flotilla

U-37 U-38 U-39 U-40 U-41 U-42 U-43 U-44 U-87 U-136 U-209 U-223 U-226

U-228 U-229 U-237 U-251 U-252 U-253 U-260 U-261 U-264 U-269 U-270 U-277 U-290

U-308 U-312 U-335 U-340 U-356 U-357 U-376 U-377 U-380 U-385 U-386 U-404 U-405

U-411 U-414 U-417 U-436 U-437 U-445 U-456 U-457 U-465 U-477 U-585 U-586 U-587

U-588 U-589 U-590 U-591 U-592 U-598 U-608 U-609 U-610 U-614 U-616 U-623 U-626

U-627 U-640 U-642 U-648 U-655 U-658 U-666 U-668 U-672 U-673 U-675 U-680 U-703

U-705 U-742 U-756 U-757 U-758 U-766 U-964 U-967 U-972 U-981 U-982 U-986 U-999

References

• "Uboat.net". The Flotillas – 6th Flotilla. http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/6flo.htm. Retrieved 12 February 2007. 
• "Uboatnet.de". Die Flottillen – 6. Unterseebootsflottille. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070102124815/http://uboatnet.de/Archiv/Flottillen/6.U_Flottille.htm. Retrieved 12 February 2007.