9th U-boat Flotilla

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9th U-boat Flotilla
Der lachende Sägefisch - "The laughing Sawfish"
ActiveRaised 1941, Dissolved 1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Kriegsmarine
TypeU-boat flotilla
Garrison/HQBrest
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

The 9th U-boat Flotilla (

Bergen, Norway, and this marked the end of the 9th Flotilla. All its surviving boats were reassigned to the 11th U-boat Flotilla
in Bergen.

The symbol of the 9th Flotilla, Der lachende Sägefisch or the "laughing Sawfish" became the unit symbol after Lehmann-Willenbrock assumed command. It has previously been the conning tower emblem on his previous command, U-96 of "Das Boot" fame.

Flotilla commanders

Duration Rank Commander
October 1941 - February 1942 Kapitänleutnant Jürgen Oesten
May 1942 - September 1944 Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

U-boats of the Flotilla

U-89 U-90 U-91 U-92 U-210 U-211 U-213
U-214 U-215 U-216 U-217 U-218 U-230 U-232
U-240 U-244 U-248 U-254 U-256 U-273 U-279
U-282 U-283 U-284 U-293 U-296 U-302 U-309
U-317 U-347 U-348 U-365 U-377 U-383 U-388
U-389 U-403 U-407 U-408 U-409 U-412 U-421
U-425 U-438 U-443 U-447 U-450 U-473 U-480
U-482 U-591 U-595 U-604 U-605 U-606 U-621
U-631 U-633 U-634 U-638 U-659 U-660 U-663
U-664 U-709 U-715 U-739 U-744 U-755 U-759
U-761 U-762 U-764 U-771 U-772 U-951 U-954
U-955 U-966 U-979 U-984 U-989 U-997 U-1165

References

  • "Uboat.net". The Flotillas – 9th Flotilla. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  • "Uboatnet.de". Die Flottillen – 7. Unterseebootsflottille. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.

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