29th U-boat Flotilla ("29. Unterseebootsflottille") was formed in December 1941 in
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second largest city ...
in
Italy 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 offici ...
Franz Becker
Franz Becker (1 March 1918 – 26 May 1965) was a German Association football, footballer. He played with 1. FC Köln for three years between 1951 and 1954 together with Hans Schäfer, Josef Röhrig and Fritz Herkenrath in the Western league.
In ...
. The
flotilla operated mostly various marks of the
Type VII U-boat and it concentrated its efforts mainly in the
Mediterranean Sea, against convoys. In August 1943, the flotilla moved to
Toulon, but did also have U-boats in
Marseille and
Salamis. The flotilla was disbanded in September 1944, when was sunk on September 19 and the two last flotilla boats and were scuttled in Salamis.
Flotilla commanders
U-boats assigned to the flotilla
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Military units and formations established in 1941
Military units and formations established in 1944
La Spezia
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