The 10th U-boat Flotilla (German10. Unterseebootsflottille) was a German U-boatflotilla used for front-line combat purposes during World War II. Founded on 15 January 1942 at Lorient under the command of KorvettenkapitänGünther Kuhnke, eighty U-boats operated with this flotilla before it was dissolved on 21 August 1944, and the remaining U-boats were moved to bases in Norway and Germany.[1] Kuhnke himself took command of U-853, the last U-boat to leave, on 27 August 1944 to sail to Flensburg[2] where he assumed command of 33rd U-boat Flotilla.
10th, boat, flotilla, german, unterseebootsflottille, german, boat, flotilla, used, front, line, combat, purposes, during, world, founded, january, 1942, lorient, under, command, korvettenkapitän, günther, kuhnke, eighty, boats, operated, with, this, flotilla,. The 10th U boat Flotilla German 10 Unterseebootsflottille was a German U boat flotilla used for front line combat purposes during World War II Founded on 15 January 1942 at Lorient under the command of Korvettenkapitan Gunther Kuhnke eighty U boats operated with this flotilla before it was dissolved on 21 August 1944 and the remaining U boats were moved to bases in Norway and Germany 1 Kuhnke himself took command of U 853 the last U boat to leave on 27 August 1944 to sail to Flensburg 2 where he assumed command of 33rd U boat Flotilla 10th U boat FlotillaThe 10th Flotilla emblemActive15 January 1942 21 October 1944Country Nazi GermanyBranch KriegsmarineTypeU boatGarrison HQLorient FranceEngagementsWorld War II Battle of the Atlantic 1939 1945 CommandersNotablecommandersKorvettenkapitan Gunther KuhnkeU boats assigned EditU 118 U 155 U 158 U 159 U 160 U 163 U 164 U 165 U 166 U 167 U 169 U 170 U 171 U 172 U 174 U 175 U 176 U 177 U 178 U 179 U 181 U 185 U 186 U 187 U 188 U 192 U 193 U 194 U 459 U 460 U 461 U 462 U 463 U 464 U 506 U 508 U 509 U 510 U 511 U 512 U 513 U 514 U 515 U 516 U 517 U 523 U 524 U 525 U 526 U 527 U 528 U 529 U 530 U 533 U 535 U 537 U 539 U 540 U 541 U 542 U 543 U 544 U 546 U 549 U 550 U 804 U 844 U 845 U 846 U 853 U 855 U 857 U 865 U 866 U 1221 U 1222 U 1229 U 1230 and UD 3 and UD 5 two captured Dutch submarines that were operated by the Germans during the time 2 References Edit Uboatnet Archiv 10 U Flottille uboatnet de in German Archived from the original on 19 May 2011 Retrieved 24 February 2010 a b uboat net Boats Flotillas 10th Flotilla uboat net Archived from the original on 24 January 2010 Retrieved 24 February 2010 Portals Military of Germany World War II This article about a specific German military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 10th U boat Flotilla amp oldid 1001235479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
