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21st U-boat Flotilla

Field	Value
unit_name	21st U-boat Flotilla
21. Unterseebootsflottille
image	Uboat Flo21 logo.gif
image_size	150
dates	1935—1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Kriegsmarine
type	U-boat flotilla
battles	World War II
disbanded	1945

Unterseebootsflottille 21st U-boat Flotilla ("21. Unterseebootsflottille") was a unit of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine before and during World War II. It was formed in 1935 as a Schulverband ("School Unit") based at Kiel under the command of Kapitän zur See Kurt Slevogt (Chef des Schulverbandes).

In May 1937 the unit moved to Neustadt and was redesignated as the Unterseebootsschulflottille, ("U-boat School Flotilla"), commanded by Kapitänleutnant Heinz Beduhn.

In June 1940 it was redesignated 21. Unterseebootsflottille, and in July 1941 the flotilla moved bases to Pillau. The flotilla was disbanded in March 1945.{{Cite web |access-date=12 February 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100306033127/http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/21flo.htm| archive-date= 6 March 2010 | url-status= live}}

Flotilla commanders

Kapitän zur See Kurt Slevogt (1935–1937)
Kapitänleutnant Heinz Beduhn (November 1937—March 1940)
Korvettenkapitän Paul Büchel (March 1940—June 1943)
Korvettenkapitän Otto Schuhart (June 1943—September 1944)
Kapitänleutnant Herwig Collmann (September 1944—March 1945)

Assigned U-boats

Fifty-one U-boats were assigned to this flotilla during its service.

References

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