''26th U-boat Flotilla'' ("26. Unterseebootsflottille") was a training flotilla ("Ausbildungsflottille ") of

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's '' Kriegsmarine'' during

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. The flotilla was formed at

Pillau Baltiysk (russian: Балти́йск; german: Pillau; Old Prussian: ''Pillawa''; pl, Piława; lt, Piliava; Yiddish: פּילאַווע, ''Pilave'') is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Ru ...

in April 1941 under the command of ''

Korvettenkapitän () is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies. Austro-Hungary Belgium Germany Korvettenkapitän, short: KKpt/in lists: KK, () is the lowest senior officer rank () in the German Navy. Address The off ...

'' Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen. The flotilla trained newly commissioned U-boats in the firing of torpedoes (''Torpedoschiessausbildung''), a course which lasted for three to four weeks. In 1945, as the Russians advanced deeper into Eastern Europe, the flotilla relocated to

Warnemünde (, literally ''Mouth of the Warnow'') is a seaside resort and a district of the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany. It is located on the Baltic Sea and, as the name implies, at the estuary of the river Warnow. is one of the world's busi ...

. The flotilla was disbanded in May 1945 when Germany surrendered.

Flotilla commanders

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'' Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (April 1941–January 1943) * ''Korvettenkapitän'' Karl-Friedrich Merten (January–April 1943) * '' Fregattenkapitan''

Helmut Brümmer-Patzig Helmut Patzig, also known as Helmut Brümmer-Patzig (26 October 1890 – 11 March 1984) was a German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I, and the Kriegsmarine in World War II. He was captain of , the vessel that sank a Canad ...

(April 1943–March 1945) * ''Korvettenkapitän'' Ernst Bauer (April–May 1945)

Assigned U-boats

Seven U-boats were assigned to this flotilla during its service. * * * * * * *

References

{{Uboat 26 Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945