The 12th U-boat Flotilla (
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''12. Unterseebootsflottille'') was a German
U-boat
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare ro ...
flotilla formed on 15 October 1942 at
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...
under the command of ''
Korvettenkapitän
() is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies.
Austro-Hungary
Belgium
Germany
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Klaus Scholtz. The flotilla was disbanded on 25 August 1944 due to the imminent arrival of Allied forces.
Flotilla commanders
Assigned U-boats
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Thirty-nine of the forty-two U-boats assigned to 12th Flotilla were destroyed during their assignment. Before the base at Bordeaux was captured by the Allies, ''U-861'', ''U-862'' and ''U-1061'' managed to escape, and were transferred to other U-boat flotillas.
Assigned ex-Italian submarines
The following Italian submarines were captured after the Italian capitulation in September 1943 and assigned to the 12th U-boat Flotilla:
* ''UIT-22 (Alpino Bagnolini)''
* ''UIT-23 (Reginaldo Giuliani)''
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UIT-24 (Comandante Cappellini)''
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UIT-25 (Luigi Torelli)''
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Military units and formations established in 1941
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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