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2nd U-boat Flotilla

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd U-boat Flotilla
image	2 Flottille emblem.svg
country	Nazi Germany
type	U-boat flotilla
branch
dates	Raised 1936, Dissolved 1944
garrison	Kiel, Wilhelmshaven, Lorient
nickname	Saltzwedel Flotilla
battles
notable_commanders	Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann
Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze
Fregattenkapitän Ernst Kals

World War II
- Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
  - Battle of the Caribbean Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze Fregattenkapitän Ernst Kals The 2nd U-boat Flotilla (German 2. Unterseebootsflottille), also known as the Saltzwedel Flotilla, was the second operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Founded on 1 September 1936 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Werner Scheer, it was named in honour of Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel. Saltzwedel, a U-boat commander during World War I, died on 2 December 1917, when his submarine UB-81 was sunk by a mine in the English Channel.

The flotilla was based in Kiel for the first few weeks after its formation, but was later moved to Wilhelmshaven, where it remained until May 1940. In June 1940, the flotilla was moved to Lorient in France until it was disbanded in August 1944.

Flotilla Commanders

Duration	Rank	Commander
September 1936 - July 1937	Fregattenkapitän	Werner Scheer
October 1937 - September 1939	Korvettenkapitän	Hans Ibbeken
January 1940 - May 1940	Korvettenkapitän	Werner Hartmann
May 1940 - July 1941	Korvettenkapitän	Heinz Fischer
August 1941 - January 1943	Korvettenkapitän	Viktor Schütze
January 1943 - October 1944	Kapitän zur See	Ernst Kals

U-boats assigned to the flotilla

{{GS	U-1223	2}}	{{GS	U-1225	2}}	{{GS	U-1226	2}}	{{GS	U-1227	2}}	{{GS	U-1228	2}}

References

Gordon Williamson. Wolf Pack: The Story of the U-Boat in World War Two, Osprey Publishing, 2005.

References

"Konteradmiral Werner Scheer". www.uboat.net.
"Kapitän zur See Hans Ibbeken". www.uboat.net.
"Kapitän zur See Werner Hartmann". www.uboat.net.
"Fregattenkapitän Heinz Fischer". www.uboat.net.
"Kapitän zur See Viktor Schütze". www.uboat.net.
"Kapitän zur See Ernst Kals". www.uboat.net.

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