1. Major
Squadrons
BREST
1st
SQUADRON, Force de Raid (Vice Amiral Marcel B
Gensoul)
1st
Line Division -
battlecruisers DUNKERQUE (comp 1 May 37, Flag, Gensoul, CV J
L Negadelle, CV
M J M Seguin from 16 Oct), STRASBOURG (Dec 1938, CV J F E
Bouxin, CV D A J
Collinett from 22 Dec)
Aircraft
carrier - BÉARN
(comp 29 Jan 26, CV M M A Lafargue, CV Y E Aubert from 7
Oct)
4th
Cruiser Division
(Contre Amiral C J L Bourrague) - light cruisers GEORGES
LEYGUES (comp 4 Dec
37, Flag, CV R L Perot, CV Bernaud from 10 Nov), GLOIRE (4
Dec 37, CV F H R De
Belot), MONTCALM (27 Oct 37, CV P J Ronarc'h, CV J L de
Corbiere from 5 Jan 40)
2nd
LIGHT SQUADRON (Contre Amiral E M Lacroix)
6th
Large Destroyer
Division - MOGADOR (comp 8 Apr 39, Flag, CF P Maerten),
VOLTA (6 Mar
39, CF C V E Jacquinet)
8th
Large Destroyer
Division - LE MALIN (1 May 35, CF G E Graziani, CF L M J A
Deprez from 5 Nov), LE TRIOMPHANT (1
Oct 35, CF M
M P Pothau) L'INDOMPTABLE (10 Feb 35, Leader, CV P T J
Barnaud, CV E G M
Barthes from 9 Nov),
10th
Large Destroyer Division
- L'AUDACIEUX (27
Nov 35, CF L
M Clatin, CF E
Derrien
from 5 Dec 39), LE FANTASQUE (10 Mar 35, Leader, CV P A B
Still),
LE TERRIBLE (1 Oct 35, CF A E R Bonneau)
ORAN
arrived from
Toulon on 2 Sep
2nd
SQUADRON (Vice Amiral E L H Ollive, later left
Squadron to take up
new post at Casablanca, Contre Amiral J F E Bouxin from 22
Dec)
Battleship
- PROVENCE (comp 20 Jan 16, Flag, CV G T E
Barois)
2nd
Line Division (Contre
Amiral P J E Vallee) - battleships BRETAGNE (comp 29 Nov 15,
CV H J M Seguin, CV
L R E Le Pivian from 16 Oct), LORRAINE (1 Jul 16, Flag,
Vallee until 16
Oct, CV G O L Aubin, CV M L M Rey from 16 Oct)
1st
Destroyer Flotilla (CV L M C Longaud)
1st
Division - LA PALME
(comp 6 Feb 28, Leader, Longaud), LE MARS (20 Jan 28, CC F R
Lamorte), TEMPÊTE
(28 Sep 26, CC F A M C Pellegrin)
3rd
Division - LA
RAILLEUSE (15 Mar 28, CC J E C Hourcade), LE FORTUNÉ (1 Jul
28, Leader, CF C M
L D'Hespel), SIMOUN (29 Apr 28, CC F Hainguerlot, CC M J G
Bataille from 28
Nov)
7th
Division - TORNADE
(10 May 28, CC R G A Labat, CC J A M F Delbeil from 1 Oct),
TRAMONTANE (comp 15
Oct 27, Leader, CF R M J A Renault), TYPHON (27 Jun 28, CC Y
M J Le Hagre, CC G
B H Jouanin from 30 Oct)
TOULON
3rd
SQUADRON (Vice Amiral E A H Duplat)
1st
Cruiser Division
(Vice Amiral E A H Duplat) - heavy cruisers ALGÉRIE (comp 15
Sep 34,
Flag, CV L H M Nouvel de la Fleche), DUPLEIX (20 Jul 32, CV
L L M Hameury), FOCH (15 Sep 31,
CV J Mathieu)
2nd
Cruiser Division
(Contre Amiral E J R M Kerdudo) - heavy cruisers COLBERT
(comp 4 Mar 31, CV E H
M A A Du Tour), DUQUESNE (6 Dec 28, Flag, Kerdudo, CV P S R
Husson, CV G E
Besineau from 20 Nov), TOURVILLE (1 Dec 28, CV A J A Marloy)
3rd
LIGHT SQUADRON (Contre Amiral E H H
N Derrien)
5th
Large Destroyer
Division - CHEVALIER PAUL (comp 24 Aug 34, CF J M L Bonnot),
TARTU (8 Feb 33, Leader, CV J M Chomel), VAUQUELIN (29
Mar 34, CF R
Jaujard)
7th
Large Destroyer
Division - ALBATROS (25 Jan 32, CF R G Lambert), GERFAUT (15
Mar
32, CF M J A H Penet), VAUTOUR (1 Jun 32, Leader, CV G F J M
Reboul Hector-Berlioz)
9th
Large Destroyer
Division - CASSARD (6 Oct 33, CF R A A Braxmeyer), KERSAINT
(14
Jan 34, CF G
L J Rebuffel), MAILLÉ BRÉZÉ (25 Apr 33, Flag, CF H M E A
Glotin)
2. French
Channel and Biscay Ports
ADMIRAL NORTH
Amiral
Raoul V P Castex, Vice Amiral
J J G M La Bigot from 17 Nov to 20 Dec,
Amiral J M C
Abrial from 20 Dec
Headquarters at
Dunkirk
11th
Destroyer Division - torpedo boats BRANLEBAS (comp
16
Mar 38, CC H
L J Nomy) at Cherbourg, LA CORDELIÈRE (1
Dec 37,
Leader, CF H A J Robinet de Plas), L'INCOMPRISE (16 Mar 38,
CC A A P Gras), both at Dunkirk
1st
Sloop Squadron - AMIRAL MOUCHEZ (comp 1937, LV de
Reserve Saulnier) arr
Cherbourg 24 Aug from oceanographic research,
old sloops ARRAS (1918, CC H F Dagorn), GASTON RIVIER (1918,
no CO listed),
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT (1916, LV A M J De Lesquen du
Plessis-Casso), all at Cherbourg.
The
Squadron
was reinforced on 23 Sep by sloop ÉPINAL (CC Bor) and
shortly after by
sloop AMIENS (CC Monick).
ARRAS and AMIRAL
MOUCHEZ assembled at Dunkirk 20 Sep and ÉPINAL
on 28 Sep. AMIENS arr Dunkirk 27 Dec
Sloops
attached to naval aviation - BELFORT (comp 1919, LV P
A Viel) at Boulogne, DILIGENTE (1917, CC P A C De
Cornulier- Luciniere) at Dunkirk
16th
Submarine Division - AMAZONE (comp Oct 1933, LV R H G
Richard), ANTIOPE
(Oct 1932, LV M A L Balastre), LA SYBILLE (Dec 1934, LV G L
M Blaison,
repairing to comp 27 Oct), ORPHÉE (Jun 1933, Leader, CC L E
Y M Courson,
repairing to comp 31 Jan 40), all at Cherbourg
Minelayer
- POLLUX (CC C Blayo) depot ship for port flotilla and
MTB's, at Cherbourg
ADMIRAL WEST
Vice Amiral Jean
J J de Laborde, Headquarters at Brest
Admiral West
2nd Naval Region
Vice Amiral M E
F Traub
3rd
Line Division (Contre Amiral J H CF Moreau, CV P L
Guillerm from 1 Sep) -
battleships COURBET (com 19 Nov 1913, CV A M J Croiset),
PARIS (1 Aug 14, Flag, CV P L Guillerm)
2nd
Large Destroyer Division (CV de reserve Defforges) -
CHACAL
(com 12 Jun 26, CF R Roques) under repair at Brest until 20
Oct, JAGUAR (24 Jul 26,
Leader, CF M J Adam), LÉOPARD (10 Oct 27, CF J H Duroche),
PANTHÈRE (10 Oct 26,
CF E J G Mando) attached provisionally pending comp of
CHACAL's repairs
2nd
Destroyer Squadron (CV Y F C A M Urvoy de Portzamparc)
2nd
Division - FOUGUEUX
(comp 15 Jun 30, Leader, CF C A Loisel, CF E E Y Poher
from 9 Oct), FRONDEUR
(28 Oct 31, CC H L Alix), L'ADROIT (1 Jul 29, CC H M A
Dupin de Saint -Cyr)
4th
Division - BOURRASQUE
(23 Sep 26, Leader, CF R G A Fouque), ORAGE (1 Dec 26, CC
R V M Viennot de
Vanblanc), OURAGAN (19 Jan 27, CC J M J Tariel)
5th
Division - BOULONNAIS
(25 Jun 28, CC J CF Champion), BRESTOIS (15 Jun 28,
Leader, CF J G Quedec),
FOUDROYANT (10 Oct 30, CC P L A Fontaine)
6th
Division - CYCLONE (1
Jun 28, Leader, Urvoy de Portzamparc) under repair until 4
Sep, MISTRAL (1 Jun
27, CC E P Ferrand), SIROCCO (1 Jul 27, CC J Lapebie), all
at Cherbourg under repair, dep for Brest 4 Sep
4th
Submarine Squadron (CF M A H Leportier) - SURCOUF
(comp May 1934, CC P M
H Martin) under direct orders of Naval Staff, en route to
Fort de France, arr 6
Sep
2nd
Division - ACHILLE
(1932, LV P A G Terlier), CASABIANCA (1935, Leader, CC F M
Carre, CC R L B
Sacaze from 4 Nov), PASTEUR (1932, LV P E A E Mertz) under
repair until end of
first week Sep, SFAX (1935, LV M J M Groix) under repair
until third week of Sep
4th
Division - detached
to Admiral South (qv)
6th
Division - AJAX (1933, CC T F Guimont) under repair
until Jan 40, ARCHIMÈDE (1932, LV R F J Attane), PERSÉE
(1933, Leader, CC M J B
Lapierre), PONCELET (1932, LV P H S B De Saussine du Pont
de Gault)
8th
Division - AGOSTA
(1935, Leader, CC A E Beaussant), BÉVÉZIERS (1936, LV H
Nicolau) under repair
at Cherbourg until 14 Oct, OUESSANT (1937, CC C
Lecreux), SIDI FERRUCH (1939, LV Y M E Lostie de Kerhor de
Saint-Hippolyte)
under repair at Cherbourg until 13 Sep)
2nd
Sloop Squadron - COMMANDANT DUBOC (comp 1939, CC J M J
Bluzet), COMMANDANT
RIVIÈRE (1939, CC J F U M De Gantes) working up at Lorient,
ÉLAN (1939, CC J M
J Bluzet) working up at Brest, old sloops COUCY (1919, CC L
M L Le Floch),
ÉPINAL (1919, CC C R V Bor), SOMME (1917, CC R M Guillard),
SUIPPE (1918, CC M
R Lewden), VAUQUOIS (1919, CC R M F Villebrun)
Admiral West
5th Naval Region
Vice
Amiral H L M De Penfentyo de
Kervereguin
14th
Destroyer Division - torpedo boats BOUCLIER (comp
6
Aug 38,
Leader, CC P Parion), LA FLORE (25 Nov 36, CC F M N P
Madelin), LA MELPOMÈNE (20
Nov 36, CC H
P M L M Lachese), all at Lorient
5th
Sloop Squadron - CHAMOIS (comp 1939, CF M L J Moreau),
COMMANDANT BORY
(1939, CC R Leblanc, working up at Lorient), LE CHEVREUIL
(1939, CC H M J De
Veillecheze de La Mardiere), old sloops AILETTE (1918, CF A
L E Barbier, CC R C
A A Duval from 16 Oct), DUBOURDIEU (1918, CC J Y M M
Tromeur), LURONNE (1917,
LV F A G M Le Roux, at St Nazaire), all at Lorient
3.
Mediterranean Ports
ADMIRAL SOUTH
Amiral Jean
Pierre Estava
3rd Naval
Region, Toulon
Vice
Amiral E L H Ollive
4th
Large Destroyer Division - LYNX (comp 10 Oct 27, CF A
M De Gouyon
Matignon de Pontourade), PANTHÈRE detached to 2nd Large
Destroyer Division
(qv), TIGRE (1 Feb 26, Leader, CV C G De Vedrines, CV M De
La Forest Divonne
from 2 Dec) repairing until 15 Oct
13th
Destroyer Division - torpedo boats BALISTE (comp 24
May 38, Leader, CF J F
Rue), LA BAYONNAISE (1 Apr 38, CC H P A Vaillant), LA
POURSIVANTE (5 Nov 37, CC
M J De Metz)
3rd
Sloop Squadron - AMIENS (comp 1919, CC J M C De
Boysson), DÉDAIGNEUSE (1916,
LV (R) Coadou), LASSIGNY (1919, CC Robillard from 14 Feb
40), LES ÉPARGES
(1919, LV A M G Hurault, LV A Guyot from 27 Nov)
1st
SUBMARINE FLOTILLA (Contre Amiral G Walser)
3rd
Submarine Squadron (CF L C Vidil)
1st
Division - LE
CONQUÉRANT (comp 1935, LV H M P Bazin, LV P G L Le Gall
from 1 Dec), LE
GLORIEUX (1933, LV J C P Champel), LE HÉROS (1934, Leader,
CC R E Courson), LE
TONNANT (1935, CC J M Vaillant, LV A A C H P Secondant de
Montesquie from 19
Dec) repairing until Nov
3rd
Division - ACHÉRON
(comp 1931, LV J J M Alliou) repairing until 12 Sep,
ACTEON (1931, LV L L M
Boulat, LV J C G Clavieres from 15 Sep) repairing until 1
Dec, FRESNEL (1931,
LV P G Daussy) repairing until 14 Sep PROTÉE (1932,
Leader, CC E J J Gras)
repairing until 1 Dec
5th
Division - L'ESPOIR
(comp 1932, LV H S A Tezenas du Montcel) under repair at
Saigon until 22 Oct,
proceeded to Toulon, arr in Dec, MONGE (1932, LV L A
Laroze), PÉGASE (1932, LV
H M E J Baudet)
5th
Submarine Squadron (CF R E G Fitte)
13th
Division - CALYPSO
(comp 1929, LV J M T L Petitt) under repair at Toulon,
CIRCÉ (1929, LV M A J
Delort, LV A Frossard from 2 Nov) at La Ciotat repairing,
DORIS (1930, Leader,
LV J E M Favreul) under repair until 15 Jan 40 at La
Ciotat, THÉTIS (29, LV J E
L Lefevre) under repair at Toulon, on completion of
repairs 13th Divisions to
relieve the 17th Division at Bizerte
15th
Division - CÉRÈS
(1939, LV G L P Lemiere) at Oran, IRIS (Sep 1936, Leader,
CC R A H J Mourral,
CC R D M Antoine from 18 Nov) under repair until 10 Sep at
Toulon, PALLAS
(1939, LV M G R Douenel), VÉNUS (Nov 36, LV P Dartigues)
SUBMARINE
CENTRE AT TOULON (CF R M Revel de Bretteville)
7th
Division -
REDOUBTABLE (comp 1931, LV C E G Barde), VENGEUR (1931, LV
H J M Digard)
repairing until 2 Feb 40)
19th
Division - ARGONAUTE
(Jun 1932, LV R G Pellotier), GALATÉE (1927, Leader, CC R
Bertrand), NAIADE
(1927, LV A J M Blachere), SIRÈNE (1927, LV A J M Hamon)
21st
Division - LA PERLE
(Mar 1937, LV A P R Bourgeois), LE DIAMANT (Jun 1934, LV P
J G M Lancelot)
4th Naval
Region, Bizerte
Vice Amiral E L
Rivet
LIGHT
ATTACK FORCE (4th SQUADRON)
Light
Attack Force (3rd
Cruiser Squadron, Contre Amiral Andre A A Marquis) - light
cruisers ÉMILE
BERTIN (comp 28 Jan 34, CV R M J Battet), JEAN DE VIENNE (15
Apr 37, CV J M
Missoffe) repairing at Toulon until 12 Sep, LA GALISONNIÈRE
(31 Dec 35, CV L M
L Dupre), MARSEILLAISE (25 Oct 35, Flag, CV Y J E Hamon),
1st
Large Destroyer
Division - ÉPERVIER (18 May 34, CF J J G Bros) with 11th
Division,
provisionally attached as a replacement for AIGLE which was
repairing, LION (5 Feb 31, CF Vetillard), VAUBAN (5
Feb 31, Leader, CV Chardenot)
3rd
Large Destroyer
Division - GUÉPARD (comp 13 Aug 29, Leader, CV R Le
Chuitton, CV R E Gervais de
Lafond from 18 Dec), VALMY (26 Jan 30, CF J L P Constantin),
VERDUN (19 Apr 30,
CF M L A Annibert, CF C E Byr from 14 Dec)
11th
Large Destroyer
Division - BISON (comp 24 Oct 30, CF A M Herbout, CV J A R
Bouan from 13 Nov),
MILAN (18 May 34, CF M A H Favier) under repair until Nov)
BISON
collided with light
cruiser GEORGES LEYGUES in heavy fog on 8 Feb 39 while on
firing manoeuvres 15
miles southwest of Penmarch. Provisionally attached to
Raiding Force while
under repairs at Lorient, repairing until 10 Dec
12th
Destroyer Division - torpedo boats LA BOMBARDE (comp
16 Aug 37, CC P P C A
M Revoil), LA POMONE (1 Dec 36, Leader, CF H A M L
Pecqueur), L' IPHIGÉNIE (1
Nov 36, CC J J L Maunier, CC J A Antras from 1 Dec)
4th
Sloop Squadron - old sloops ENGAGEANTE (comp 1917, CC
J L L Voillaume),
TAPAGEUSE (1916, LV F P C Bernard de Saint Affrique), YPRES
(1918, CF R L Noel,
O E Normant from 23 Dec)
SUBMARINE
CENTRE AT BIZERTE (CF J E M De Richoufftz de Manin) -
Submarine Depot Ship, ex-minelayer CASTOR (LV J M A Duthu)
4th
Submarine Flotilla (Contre Amiral) - large destroyer
AIGLE (comp 1 Nov
32, Flag, CF P E Renon, under repair until 15 Oct,
transferred to 11th Large
Destroyer Division, effective 9 Oct)
6th
Submarine Squadron
9th
Division - CAIMAN
(comp 1927, Leader, LV J B A Golse), MORSE (1927, LV J G C
Paris), SOUFFLEUR
(1926, LV P C Bazoche)
10th
Division - DAUPHIN
(1927, LV B J J Petit), ESPADON (1927, LV P E Jalabert),
PHOQUE (1927, Leader,
CC J F M A P Lagarrigue), all repairing into Oct
11th
Division (detached
to Levant Division) - MARSOUIN (1926, Leader, LV J E L A
Lorthioir), REQUIN
(1926, LV R B H Prevost-Sansac de Traversay), NARVAL
(1927, LV J H Cloarec)
17th
Division - ARÉTHUSE
(Jul 1933, LV Gardair), ATALANTE (Sep 1934, LV E R Mine),
LA SULTANE (Jun 1935,
LV J A G Mottez), LA VESTALE (Jun 1934, Leader, LV G F A
Vidal),
20th
Division - NAUTILUS
(Jul 1931, LV E Briand), RUBIS (Apr 1933, LV G E J
Cabanier), SAPHIR (Nov 1930,
LV R A M R Roumeas), TURQUOISE (Nov 1930, Leader, LV R P
Wacogne),
Oran
Contre Amiral M
L H Jarry from 6 Dec
6th
SQUADRON (Contre Amiral Y V M Donval)
8th
Destroyer Division - BORDELAIS (comp 8 Apr 30, Leader,
CF D F M V De
Bourgoing), L'ALCYON (15 Jul 29, CC V A M Albertas, CC J M
Bosvieux from 1 Dec),
TROMBE (27 Oct 27, CC A A M Lepotier)
Seaplane
tender - COMMANDANT TESTE (comp 1932, CV M Petyst de
Morcourt)
Submarine
tender - JULES VERNE (Flag, CV J Tonnele, CF L Le
Floch from 12 Mar)
2nd
Submarine Flotilla (CF P J M Cadoret)
12th
Division - JUNON
(comp Sep 37, LV J J E Garnuchot) dep Oran on 1 Sep for
Casablanca, MINERVE
(Sep 1936, Leader, CC R J Cherdel, LV H M P Bazin from 7
Dec), ONDINE (1932, LV
J G Hemmerich, LV M A F Bourgnine from 27 Nov) at Toulon,
ORION (1932, LV J L C
Vichot) at Toulon
14th
Submarine Division -
ARIANE (comp 1928, LV N L B Piot) dep Cherbourg 1 Sep with
DIANE for
Casablanca, arr 9 Sep), DANAÉ (1929, LV P C Ropers) dep
Oran 1 Sep for
Casablanca, DIANE (Sep 1932, Leader, CC R H J L
Boyer-Resses), EURYDICE (1929,
LV C M L Mangin d'Ouince)
18th
Division -
AMPHITRITE (comp Jan 1933, LV G Saglio), LA PSYCHÉ (Dec
1933, Leader, LV J C
Leroy), MÉDUSE (Sep 1932, LV J M A Chevallier), ORÉADE
(Nov 1934, LV A H M
Vallee), 18th Division dep Oran 1 Sep for Casablanca
Levant
Division
Contre Amiral M
F L F de Carpentier
Headquarters at
Beirut
Sloop
- D'IBERVILLE (comp 1935, CF L M E Arden)
11th
Submarine Division (detached from 4th Submarine
Flotilla) - MARSOUIN
(comp 1926, Leader, LV J E L A Lorthioir), NARVAL (1927, LV
J H Cloarec),
REQUIN (1926, LV R B H Prevost-Sansac de Traversay)
Casablanca
Division
Contre Amiral L
M J Sable
Destroyers
- BASQUE (comp 5 Mar 31, CC Y G M Caron), FORBIN (1 May 30,
CC
L S Sticca, CC R C M Chartellier from 30 Nov)
4th
Submarine Division - ARGO (comp 1932, LV R R L J
Lamaire), HENRI POINCARÉ
(1931, LV A F C Parent), LE CENTAURE (1934, CC M J B
Ricquebourg), PASCAL
(1931, LV P J J Chuniaud)
4. Overseas
Atlantic
Ports
(excluding
Casablanca)
ADMIRAL
AFRICA
Vice Amiral
Emmanuel L H Ollive
Established
20 Dec 1939
with headquarters at Casablanca. The command covered the sea
area from
Gibraltar to Dakar, westward to include the Azores, Madeira,
the Canaries and
Cape Verde Islands.
Dakar
5th
SQUADRON (Contre Amiral J H CF Moreau)
6th
Cruiser Division (Contre
Amiral J H CF Moreau) - light cruisers DUGUAY TROUIN (comp
10 Sep 26, Flag, CV
J M C Trolley de Prevaux), PRIMAUGUET (1 Sep 26, CV J
Constantin) en route from
Capetown to arrive 8 Sep
7th
Cruiser Division -
training cruiser JEANNE DE ARC (14 Sep 31, CV P M A
Rouyer) dep Brest 1 Sep for
Fort de France, arr 15 Sep, minelaying cruiser PLUTON
(comp 1 Oct 31, CV H J E
Dubois) dep Brest 2 Sep for Casablanca, arr 5 Sep)
Submarine
- SURCOUF (comp May 34, CC P M H Martin, dep Dakar 28 Aug
for Fort de France, arr 6 Sep)
AMIRAL
ANTILLES
Amiral
George A M J Robert from
14 Sep when the command was formally commissioned
Based at Fort de
France, Martinique, Antilles/Caribbean
5.
Asia/Pacific
INDO-CHINA
Amiral Jean
Decoux
Headquarters at
Saigon
5th
Cruiser Division (Contre Amiral Jules E M A Terraux)
- heavy cruiser SUFFREN
(comp 1 Jan 30, CV R J M Dillard) en route from Singapore to
Saigon, light
cruiser LAMOTTE PICQUETT (1 Sep 26, Flag, Terraux, CV M D R
Berenger) at Saigon
Sloops
- AMIRAL CHARNER (comp 1933, CF F M Faye, at Saigon),
RIGAULT DE GENOUILLY
(1932, CF J C Plante, CF Frossard from 18 Jan) at Shanghai,
SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA
(1932, CF A R D De Badens) at Saigon, TAHURE (1919, CC R C R
Mercadier) at Amoy
Yangtze
Flotilla Gunboats - BALNY (comp 1920, LV F G P
Jaubert)
at Chungking, DOUDART DE LA GREE (1909, CC M J A P De
Centenier de Fauque) at
Hankow, to Shanghai at end of month, FRANCIS GARNIER (1931,
CF A M A Robin, SO,
Yangtse) at Shanghai
Si
Kiang Station Gunboat - ARGUS (comp 1922, CC M G H
Ruyneau de
Saint-George, SO, Si Kiang area) at Hong Kong
Sloops
at Saigon – LA PÉROUSE (comp 1919, CF L G E Frossard)
surveying vessel
employed as a sloop, MARNE (1917, CC M A M De Rodellec du
Porzic)
Gunboats
at Saigon - AVALANCHE (1920, ENS S Ouvaroff),
COMMANDANT BOURDAIS (comp
1920, LV L A Martin, SO)
Gunboats
at Haiphong - MYTHO (comp 1934, LV J P G Mienville),
TOURANE (1934,
LV L J P S Pinel), VIGILANTE (1922, CC M J L Leparmentier,
SO)
Submarines
- L'ESPOIR (comp 32, LV H S A Tezenas du Montecel) dep
station
after refitting in Nov, dep Singapore on 5 Nov, arr Toulon
Dec 39
PHÉNIX
(CC
G Bouchacourt) of this station was lost in an accident on
15 Jun 1939 in
Camranh Bay during manoeuvres with light cruiser LAMOTTE
PICQUETT and submarine
L'ESPOIR. All 71 crewmen, including CC Bouchacourt, LV A
Bahezre, EV 1st A B A
Lambert, EV 1st G H J Veron, Ig.M 2nd, Mousseaux, and Md
2nd Gourves, were lost
Indian Ocean
Station
Sloop - BOUGAINVILLE
(comp 32, CF L M J H Fabre) at Djibouti
Pacific Ocean
Station
Sloop - DUMONT
D'URVILLE (comp 32, CF A C M Arzur, CF P G Toussaint de
Quievrecourt from 18
Nov) at Papeete
MAJOR UNITS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
In order
Builder, Laid down, Launched, Completed
Battleships
CLEMENCEAU,
Brest
N Y, laid down 17 Jan 39, not built
JEAN
BART
(CV P J Ronarc'h from 15 Jan 40) Ch de la Loire & Ch de
St
Nazaire-Penhoet, 12 Dec 36, 6 Mar 40, 1 May 1955
RICHELIEU
(CV
P J Marzin from 15 Oct 39), Brest N Y, 22 Oct 35, 17 Jan 39,
15 Jun 40
Aircraft
Carrier
JOFFRE,
At
& Ch de St Nazaire-Penhoet, laid down 26 Nov 39, not
built
Light
Cruiser
DE
GRASSE,
Lorient Naval Yard, 18 Oct 38, 11 Sep 1946, 3 Sep 1956
Destroyers
CASQUE
(CC
J G Fontaine from 15 Dec 39), Fges & Ch de la
Mediterranee (La Seyne),
30 Nov 36, 2 Nov 38, 25 May 40
FLEURET
(CC
J M Villedieu de Torcy from 15 Oct 39), Fges & Ch de la
Mediterranee
(La Seyne), 18 Aug 36, 28 Jul 38, 16 Mar 40
LANSQUENET
(CC
P Peroux from 11 Dec 39), Fges & Ch de la Gironde
(Bordeaux), 17 Dec
36, 20 May 39, 1 Jun 40
LE
CORSAIRE
(CF P L M Monaque from 1 May 40), Fges & Ch de la
Mediterranee (La
Seyne), 31 Mar 38, 14 Nov 39, 20 Jun 40
LE
HARDI
(CC A De Tannenberg) At & Ch de la Loire (Nantes), 20
May 36, 4 May
38, 4 Nov 39
LE
FLIBUSTIER,
Fges & Ch de la Mediterranee (La Seyne), 11 Mar 38, 14
Dec 39,
23 Jun 40
L'ÉPEE
(CF
J M A V Molas from 1 Dec 39), Fges & Ch de la
Mediterranee (La Seyne),
15 Oct 36, 26 Oct 38, 1 Dec 39
MAMELUCK
(CC
P P L Charrasse) At & Ch de la Loire (Nantes), 1 Jan 37,
18 Feb 39, 9
May 40
None
of
the destroyers were ready for service when Germany invaded
France, but were
hurriedly placed into service in various states of
completion in Jun 1940
2.
POLISH NAVY
(ORP - Okret
Rzeczypospolites Polskies)
(see map 4
below)
Cdr-in-Chief
Kontr Adm Josef Unrug,
captured by German forces at Hela on 2 Oct 39, replaced by
Vice Adm J. Swirski
North Sea on
passage
to Leith, Scotland in Exercise Pekin
Cdre R
Stankiewicz in BLYSKAWICA
Destroyers
- BLYSKAWICA (comp 1 Oct 37, Cdr W
Kodrebski), GROM (Mar 1937, Cdr A Hulewicz), BURZA (10 Aug
32, Cdr St Nahorski)
Gdynia
Destroyer
- WICHER (comp 8 Jul 30, Cdr St de
Walden)
Submarines
- ORZEL (comp 1938, Cdr H Kloczkowski),
RYS (1931, Cdr A Grochowski), SEP (1939, Cdr W Salamon),
WILK (1933, Lt Cdr B Krawczyk), ZBIK
(1932, Cdr M Zebrowski)
Minelayer
- GRYF (comp Feb 1938, Cdr St
Kwiatkowski)
Torpedo
boat - MAZUR (comp 1915 as German torpedo
boat V.105, Lt Cdr T Kutkowski)
Sloops
- GENERAL HALLER (comp 1920, Lt Cdr St
Mieszkowski), KOMENDANT PILSUDSKI (Jan 1921, Lt Cdr M
Jacynicz)
Minesweepers
(Cdr Z Boczkowski) - CZAJKA (comp 10
Feb 36, Lt Cdr A Czerwinski), CZAPLA (1 Sep 39, Lt Cdr E
Ceceniowski), JASKOLKA
(27 Aug 35, Lt Cdr T Borysewicz), MEWA (25 Oct 35, Lt Cdr W
Lipkowski), RYBITWA
(21 Dec 35, Lt Cdr K Miladowski), ZURAW (1 Sep 39, Lt Cdr R
Kasperski). CZAPLA
and ZURAW were hurriedly comp and placed in commission
without trials or
working up.
3.
GERMAN NAVY
Commander-in-Chief
High Seas Fleet Adm Hermann Boehm,
Adm Wilhelm
Marschall from Oct
UNDER DIRECT
CONTROL OF NAVAL WAR STAFF
Pocket
battleships - ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE (comp 6 Jan 36, KptzS
Hans Langsdorff),
DEUTSCHLAND (1 Apr 33, KptzS Paul Wennecker)
Fleet
Tankers operating with the Battleships - ALTMARK (blt
1939, Reserve Kptlt
Heinrich Dau), WESTERWALD (1938, KKpt R Peter Grau)
Submarines
from various Flotillas
Flotilla
2 - U.27, U.28,
U.29, U.30, U.33, U.34
Flotilla
6 - U.37, U.38,
U.39, U.40, U.41
Flotilla
7 - U.45, U.46,
U.47, U.48, U.52
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
WESTERN AREA
Adm Alfred
Saalwachter at
Wilhelmshaven
aboard fleet
tender GAZELLE (ex-minesweeper M.135, comp 15 Mar 19)
Wilhelmshaven
Fleet
tender - JAGD (ex-minesweeper M.82, comp 8 Nov 19,
Flag, Flag Officer
Commanding Pocket Battleships, Vize Adm Wilhelm Marschall)
Pocket
battleship - ADMIRAL SCHEER (comp 12 Nov 34, KptzS
Hans-Heinrich
Wurmbach)
Light
cruisers - EMDEN (comp 15 Oct 25, KptzS Werner Lange),
KÖNIGSBERG (17
Apr 29, KptzS Kurt Hoffman, KptzS Heinrich Ruhfus from 15
Sep), LEIPZIG (8 Oct
31, KptzS Heinz Nordmann), NÜRNBERG (2 Nov 35, Flag, VizeAdm
Hermann Densch,
C-in-C Reconnaisance Forces, KptzS Otto Kluber)
C-in-C
Torpedo Boats (Konter Adm Gunther Lütjens)
Destroyer
Flotilla 2 (KptzS Friedrich Bonte, FKpt Rudolf von
Pufendorf from Oct)
- HERMANN SCHOEMANN (Z.7, comp 9 Sep 37, KKpt Theodor
Detmers), PAUL JACOBI
(Z.5, 29 Jun 37, Flag, Bonte, KKpt Hans G. Zimmer)
refitting, THEODOR RIEDEL
(Z.6, 2 Jul 37, KKpt Gerhardt Bohmig). One Flotilla
destroyer at Pillau, one at
Swinemünde - see below
Destroyer
Division 5 (KKpt Herbert Friedrichs, redesignated
Destroyer Flotilla 3
in Dec 39, then commanded by FKpt Hans Hartman) - DIETER VON
ROEDER (Z.17, 29
Aug 38, KKpt Erich Holtorf), HANS LÜDEMAN (Z.18, comp 8 Oct
38, Leader, KKpt Herbert
Friedrichs), KARL GALSTER (Z.20, 31 Mar 39, KKpt Theodor
Bechtolsheim, Freiherr
von Mauchenheim)
Destroyer
Flotilla 4 (FKpt Erich Bey) - HANS LODY (Z.10, comp
13 Sep 38, Leader,
Bey, KKpt Freiherr von Wagenheim)
Torpedo
Boat Flotilla 6 (KKpt Georg Waue, KKpt Friedrich-Karl
Marks from Mar
40) - ILTIS (comp 1 Oct 28, Kptlt Heinz Schuur), JAGUAR (15
Aug 29, Kptlt Franz
Kolhauf, Kptlt Werner Hartenstein) tender to Gunnery School
from Oct, LEOPARD
(1 Jun 29, Kptlt Karl Kassbaum, Kptlt Hans Trummer from
Oct), LUCHS (15 Apr 29,
Kptlt Eckart Prolss, Kptlt Karl Kassbaum from Oct), SEEADLER
(15 Mar 27, Kptlt
Werner Hartenstein, Kptlt Franz Kohlauf from Nov), WOLF (15
Nov 28, Kptlt Lutz
Gerstung, OzS Broder Peters from Jan 40)
Submarine
Flotilla 2 (Flotilla Salzwedel, KKpt Hans Ibbeken) -
depot ship SAAR
(in service 1 Sep 34)
U.26
(comp 11 May 36,
KKpt Klaus Ewerth, Kptlt Heinz Scheringer from 3 Jan 40,
KKpt Hans-George
Fischer 26 Apr to 5 Jun 40, Kptlt Heinz Scheringer from 5
Jun 40)
U.27
(12 Aug 36, Kptlt
Johanes Franz)
U.28
(12 Sep 36, Kptlt
Gunter Kuhnke)
U.29
(16 Nov 36, Kptlt
Otto Schuhart)
U.30
(8 Oct 36, Kptlt
Fritz-Juluis Lemp)
U.31
(28 Dec 36, Kptlt
Wilfred Prellberg, Kptlt Johannes Habekost from 9 Sep)
U.32
(5 Apr 37, KKpt Paul
Buchel, OzS Hans Jenisch from Feb 40)
U.33
(25 Jul 36, Kptlt
Hans-Wilhelm v Dresky)
U.34
(12 Sep 36, Kptlt
Wilhelm Rollman)
U.35
(3 Nov 36, Kptlt
Werner Lott)
Submarine
Flotilla 6 (Flotilla Hundius, KKpt Werner Hartman) -
depot ship ISAR
(built 1931, in service as depot ship 1939)
U.37
(comp 4 Aug 38,
Kptlt Heinrich Schuch, KKpt Werner Hartmann from Sep,
Kptlt Victor Oehrn from
May 40)
U.38
(24 Oct 38, Kptlt
Heinrich Liebe)
U.39
(10 Dec 38, Kptlt
Gerhard Glattes)
U.40
(11 Feb 39, Kptlt
Werner von Schmidt, Kptlt Wolfgang Barten from 10 Oct)
U.41
(22 Apr 39, Kptlt
Gustav-Adolf Mugler)
U.42
(15 Jul 39, Kptlt
Rolf Dau)
U.43
(26 Aug 39, Kptlt
Wilhelm Ambrosius)
Brunsbüttel
Battlecruisers
- GNEISENAU (comp 21 May 38, KptzS Erich Forste, KptzS
Harald
Netzband from Nov), SCHARNHORST (7 Jan 39, KptzS Otto
Ciliax, KptzS Kurt C
Hoffman from Oct)
Kiel
Heavy
cruiser - ADMIRAL HIPPER (comp 29 Apr 39, KptzS
Hellmuth Heye)
refitting
Light
cruiser - KOLN (comp 15 Jan 30, KptzS Theodor
Burchardi, KptzS Ernst
Kretzenberg from Jan 40)
Destroyer
Division 5 (Redesignated Destroyer Flotilla 3 in Dec
39, for Cdr see
Wilhelmshaven listing) - HERMAN KÜNNE (Z.19, comp 2 Jan 39,
FKpt Friedrich
Kothe), WILHELM HEIDKAMP (Z.21, 20 Jun 39, KKpt Hans
Erdmenger)
Torpedo
Boat Flotilla 5 (FKpt Rudolf Heyke, KKpt Wolf Henne
from Nov)
Torpedo
Boats ALBATROS
(comp 15 May 27, Kptlt Herbert Schultze, Kptlt Siegfried
Sterlow from Dec),
FALKE (15 Jul 28, Kptlt Gunther Hessler, Kptlt Jan
Heinrich Hansen-Nootbar from
Mar 40), GREIF (15 Mar 27, Kptlt Wilhelm Verlohr, Kptlt
Wilhelm Freiherr v
Lyncker from Nov), KONDOR (15 Jul 28, Kptlt Hans Wilcke),
MÖWE (1 Oct 26, Kptlt
Konrad Edler von Rennenkampf, Kptlt Helmut Neuss from Mar
40), TIGER (15 Jan
29, Kptlt Helmut Neuss) lost in collision on 25 Aug 39
Escort
ship - HAI (F.6, comp 25 May 36, Flag, Flag
Officer Submarines KptsZ Karl Dönitz, promoted to Konter Adm
on 19 Sep)
Submarine
Flotilla 1 (Flotilla Weddingen, Kptlt Hans-Gunther
Looft) - depot ship
DONAU (built 1922, in service as depot ship 29 Apr 38),
escort ship MEMEL
(built 1937, converted trawler)
U.9
(comp 21 Aug 35,
Kptlt Ludwig Mathes, OzS Max Schulte from 19 Sep, OzS
Wolfgang Luth from 28
Dec)
U.13
(30 Nov 35, Kptlt
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain, Kptlt Heinz Scheringer from
10 Nov, OzS Wolfgang
Luth in Dec while repairing, OzS Max Schulte from 30 Dec)
U.15
(7 Mar 36, Kptlt
Heinz Buchholz, Kptlt Peter Frahm from 25 Oct)
U.17
(3 Dec 35, Kptlt
Heinz v Reiche, Kptlt Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff from 11
Sep, Kptlt Wolf-Harro
Stiebler from Oct, Kptlt Udo Behrens from 19 Oct)
U.19
(16 Jan 36, Kptlt Hans Meckel, Kptlt
Wilhelm Muller-Arnecke from 2 Nov, Kptlt Joachim Schepke
from 2 Jan 40, Kptlt
Wilfried Prellberg from 26 Apr 40)
U.21
(3 Aug 36, Kptlt
Fritz Frauenheim, Kptlt Wolf-Harro Stiebler from 6 Jan 40)
U.23
(24 Sep 36, Kptlt
Otto Kretschmer, Kptlt Heinz Beduhn from 8 Apr, OzS
Heinrich Driver from May
40)
Submarine
Flotilla 3 (Flotilla Lohs, Kptlt Hans Eckerman) -
depot ship WEICHSEL
(built 1924, in service as depot ship 1926 Mar 38)
U.12
(comp 30 Sep 35,
Kptlt Dietrich von der Ropp)
U.14
(18 Jan 36, Kptlt
Horst Wellner, OsZ Herbert Wohlfarth from 10 Oct, Kptlt
Gerhard Bigalk from Jun
40)
U.16
(16 May 36, Kptlt
Hannes Weingaertner, Kptlt Horst Wellner from 4 Oct)
U.18
(4 Jan 36, Kptlt
Max-Hermann Bauer, OzS Ernst Mengersen from 10 Dec)
U.20
(1 Feb 36, (Kptlt
Karl-Heinz Moehle, Kptlt Harro v Klot-Heydenfeldt from 17
Jan 40, OzS Heinrich
Driver from Apr 40, OzS Hansjurgen Zetzsche 16 to 25 Apr
40, OzS Ottokar
Paulshen from Jun 40)
U.22
(20 Aug 36, Kptlt
Werner Winter, Kptlt Karl-Heinrich Jenisch from 3 Oct)
U.24
(10 Oct 36, Kptlt
Udo Behrens, Kptlt Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff 19 to 29
Oct, OzS Udo Heilmann
from 29 Oct)
Submarine
Flotilla 5 (Flotilla Emsmann, Kptlt Hans-Rudolf
Rosing) - depot ship LECH (built 1931, in service as depot
ship 1939)
U.56
(comp 26 Nov 38,
Kptlt Wilhelm Zahn, OzS Otto Harms from 18 Feb 40)
U.57
(29 Dec 38, Kptlt
Claus Korth, OzS Erich Topp from Jun 40)
U.58
(4 Feb 39, Kptlt
Herbert Kuppisch, OzS Heinrich Schonder from Jun 40)
U.59
(4 Mar 39, Kptlt
Harald Jurst)
U.60
(22 Jul 39, Kptlt
Georg Schewe)
U.61
(12 Aug 39, Kptlt
Jurgen Oesten)
Submarine
Flotilla 7 (Flotilla Wegener, Kptlt Ernst Sobe) - no
depot ship
attached
U.45
(comp 25 Jun 38,
Kptlt Alexander Gelhaar)
U.46
(2 Nov 38, Kptlt
Herbert Sohler, Kptlt Engelbert Endrass)
U.47
(17 Dec 38, KKpt
Gunther Prien)
U.48
(22 Apr 39, Kptlt
Herbert Schultze, KKpt Hans Rosing from 22 Apr 40)
U.49
(12 Aug 39, Kptlt
Curt von Gossler)
U.51
(6 Aug 38, Kptlt
Dietrich Knorr)
U.52
(4 Feb 39, Kptlt
Wolfgang Barten, Kptlt Otto Salman from 14 Nov)
U.53
(24 Jun 39, Kptlt
Ernst-Gunther Heinicke, OzS Heinrich Schonder from Dec,
KKpt Harald Grosse from
6 Feb 40)
Motor
Minesweeper/Räumboote
Flotilla 1 (KKpt
Karl Bergelt) - tender ship NETTELBECK (ex-minesweeper
M.138, comp 21 Mar 19),
motor minesweepers R.17 (blt 1935), R.18 (1935), R.19
(1935), R.20 (1935), R.21
(1937), R.22 (1937), R.23 (1938), R.24 (1937)
Ships'
Artillery School Ship - training ship BREMSE (comp
1931, KKpt
Jakob Forschner)
Hamburg
Destroyer
Flotilla 4 - ERICH GIESE (Z.12, comp 4 Mar 39, KKpt
Karl Smidt)
Motor
Torpedo Boat/Schnellbooten Flotilla 2 (Kptlt Rudolf
Peterson) - depot ship
TANGA (comp 19 Jan 39), motor torpedo boats S.6 (23 Nov 33),
S.7 (10 Oct 34),
S.8 (6 Sep 34), S.9 (12 Jun 35), S.14 (12 Jun 36), S.15 (24
Feb 37), S.16 (22
Dec 37), S.17 (18 Mar 38). Referred to by the Allies as
E-boats – “enemy” boats
Neustad
U-Boat
Training Flotilla (Kptlt Heinz Beduhn)
U.1
(comp 29 Jun 35,
Kptlt Jurgen Deecke)
U.2
(25 Jul 35, Kptlt
Helmuth Rosenbaum) refitting
U.3
(6 Aug 35, Kptlt
Joachim Schepke, Kptl Gerd Schreiber from Jan 40)
U.4
(17 Aug 35, Kptlt
Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt, OzS Hans-Peter Hinsch from Jan
40, OzS Heinz-Otto
Schultze from Jun 40)
U.5
(31 Aug 35, Kptlt
Gunter Kutschmann, Kptlt Heinrich Lehmann-Willembrock from
Dec)
U.6
(7 Sep 35, Kptlt
Joachim Matz, OzS Hans-Bernard Michalowski from Nov, OzS
Otto Harms from Dec,
OzS Adalbert Schnee from Jan 40, Kptlt George Peters from
Jun 40)
U.7
(18 Jul 35, OzS Otto
Salmann, OzS Werner Heidel while submarine was under
repair through Oct, Kptlt
Karl Schrott from Nov) refitting
U.8
(5 Aug 35, Kptlt
Georg Peters, Kptlt Wolf-Harro Stiebler from Sep, Kptlt
Heinrich
Lehmann-Willenbrock from Oct, Kptlt Georg-Heinz Michel
from Dec, Kptlt
Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat from May 40) refitting
U.10
(9 Sep 35, Kptlt
Wilhelm Schulz, OzS Gunther Lorentz from Oct, OzS Joachim
Preuss from 28 Jan
40, Kptlt Rolf Mutzelburg from Jun 40) refitting
U.11
(21 Sep 35, Kptlt
Viktor Schultze, Kptlt Georg Peters from Sep) refitting
U.25
(6 Apr 36, OzS
Georg-Heinz Michel, KKpt Victor Schutze from Oct, Kptlt
Heinz Beduhn from 6 May
40)
U.36
(16 Dec 36, Kptlt
Wilhelm Frohlich) refitting
From
30 Aug, U.1, U.3,
U.4, and U.36 were placed at the disposal of Group West.
Cuxhaven
Escort
ship - KÖNIGIN LUISE (F.3, comp 7 Mar 36, Flag, Flag
Officer
Minesweepers KptzS Friedrich Ruge)
Minesweeping
Flotilla 2 (KKpt Kurt Thoma) – minesweepers M.2 (comp
25 Mar
39), M.6 (6 Jun 39), M.9 (5 May 39), M.10 (30 May 39), M.11
(7 Aug 39), M.12
(21 Aug 39)
Motor
Minesweeper Flotilla 2 (KKpt Gerhard Kamptz) - tender
ship
BROMMY (comp 19 Sep 16, ex-M.50), motor minesweepers R.25
(built 38), R.26
(1938), R.27 (1938), R.28 (1938), R.29 (1938), R.30 (1938),
R.31 (1938), R.32
(1938)
Miscellaneous
Minelayers
- COBRA (blt 1926), ROLAND (1927), TANNENBERG (1925)
Mine
Transport Ship - IRBEN (blt 1934)
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
EASTERN AREA
Adm Conrad
Albrecht
After the
completion of the Polish campaign in Oct 1939, Albrecht
relieved by Adm Rolf Carls.
Danzig
Battleship
- SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN (comp 6 Jul 1908, KptzS Gustav
Kleikamp)
Destroyer
Flotilla 4 - BERND VON ARNIM (Z.11, comp 6 Dec 38,
KKpt Kurt
Rechel), WOLFGANG ZENKER (Z.9, 2 Jul 38, KKpt Gottfried
Ponitz)
Kiel
Battleship
- SCHLESIEN (comp 5 May 1908, KptzS Kurt Utke, KptzS Gunther
Horstman from Nov)
Minesweeping
Flotilla 1 (KKpt Arthur Wenniger) - old torpedo boat
T.196 (comp
2 Oct 1911 as G.196, SO), minesweepers M.1 (comp 1 Sep 38),
M.3 (10 Oct 38),
M.4 (16 Nov 38), M.5 (14 Jan 39), M.7 (31 Oct 38), M.8 (11
Jan 39), M.111 (11
Oct 18), M.132 (14 Nov 19), last two detached from 4th
Flotilla
Minesweeping
School (KKpt Nicolai Schulz-Carstensen) - minesweepers
M.75 (comp
16 Aug 17), M.84 (16 Dec 17), M.85 (3 Aug 18), M.102 (24 Jul
18)
Motor
Minesweeper Flotilla 3 (Kptlt Hugo Heydel) - tender
ship
VAN DER GROEBEN (ex-minesweeper M.107, comp
30 Jul 18), motor minesweepers R.33 (blt 1939), R.35 (1939),
R.36 (1939)
Escort
Flotilla (FKpt Friedrich-Wilhelm Pindter) - escort
ships F.1 (comp 15
Dec 35), F.2 (27 Feb 36), F.4 (5 Apr 36), F.5 (1 May 36),
F.7 (15 Feb 37), F.8
(7 Apr 37), F.9 (21 Aug 37, SO), F.10 (23 Dec 37)
Experimental
Barrage Command (KKpt Hermann Knuth) - experimental
ships ARKONA (comp 19 Sep 18 as minesweeper M.115), NAUTILUS
(13 Oct 19 as
M.81), OTTO BRAUN (20 May 19 as M.129), PELIKAN (24 Jun 16
as M.28), SUNDEWALL
(29 Aug 18 as M.109)
Motor
Torpedo Boat Flotilla 1 (Kptlt Kurt Sturm) - depot
ship
TSINGTAU (comp 26 Sep 34), motor torpedo boats S.10 (26 Sep
35), S.11 (3 Aug
35), S.12 (31 Aug 35), S.13 (7 Dec 35), S.18 (14 Jul 38),
S.19 (6 Oct 38), S.20
(21 Mar 39), S.21 (19 Dec 38), S.22 (15 May 39), S.23 (12
Jul 39)
Flensburg
Torpedo
Boat Training Ships (KKpt Ulrich Thilo) - torpedo
boats
T.107 (comp 30 Apr 1912 as G.7), T.108 (6 Aug 1912 as G.8),
T.110 (28 Aug 1912
as G.10), T.111 (8 Aug 1912 as G.11)
Pillau
Destroyer
Flotilla 1 (one Flotilla destroyer at Swinemünde,
three more at sea –
all following) - FRIEDRICH ECKHOLDT (Z.16, comp 28 Jul 38,
KKpt Alfred
Schemmel), MAX SCHULTZ (Z.3, 8 Apr 37, KKpt Claus Trampedac)
damaged in collision with
torpedo boat TIGER and not operational
Destroyer
Flotilla 2 (one Flotilla destroyer at Swinemünde,
three more at
Wilhemshaven) - LEBERECHT MAAS (Z.1, comp 14 Jan 37, KKpt
Fritz Bassenge)
Swinemünde
Destroyer
Flotilla 1 (two Flotilla destroyers at Pillau -
above, three more at
sea - following)
Destroyer
FRIEDRICH IHN
(Z.14, comp 6 Apr 38, KKpt Rudolf von Pufendorf, KKpt
Gunther Wachsmuth from
Oct)
Destroyer
Flotilla 2 (one Flotilla destroyer at Pillau, three
more at
Wilhemshaven – all above) - BRUNO HEINEMANN (Z.8, comp 8 Jan
38, KKpt Fritz
Berger, KKpt Georg Langheld from Dec)
Coastal Artillery School Ship
- Training ship BRUMMER
(comp 8 Feb 36, KptzS Hans Paul Leithauser, FKpt Max
Gebauer from Nov)
At Sea
Destroyer
Flotilla 1 (KptzS Wilhelm Meisel, relieved in Oct by
FKpt Fritz
Berger) - ERICH STEINBRINCK (Z.15, comp 31 May 38, KKpt Rolf
Johannesson),
GEORG THIELE (Z.2, 27 Feb 37, KKpt Max-Eckart Wolff),
RICHARD BEITZEN (Z.4, 13 May
37, Leader, Meisel, KKpt Moritz Schmidt, KKpt Hans von
Davidson from Nov),
Submarines
(FKpt Oskar Schomburg) detached for Baltic operations:
19
Aug - all submarines
of 3rd and 5th Flotillas totalling fourteen boats,
21
Aug - U.31, U.32, U.35
from 2nd Flotilla,
22
Aug - U.5, U.6, U.7
from Training Flotilla.
All
submarines were held
in readiness in the Mecklenburg Bight and Rügen until 23
August and the signing
of the Russo-German Non Aggression Pact. Type II boats U.12,
U.16, U.20, U.24
of 3rd Flotilla and U.56, U.58, U.59 of 5th Flotilla were
then released to the
North Sea area. The following ten submarines remained
available for Baltic
operations at the start of hostilities with Poland:
U.5,
U.6, U.7, Training
Flotilla
U.31,
U.32, U.35 (for
minelaying operations at Hela), 2nd Flotilla
U.14,
U.18, and U.22, 3rd
Flotilla
U.57,
5th Flotilla
Miscellaneous
Minelayer
- PREUSSEN (built 1926)
Mine
transport ships - OTTER (blt 1934), RHEIN (1934)
Netlayer
- VALENCIA (built 1922, in service as netlayer Sep
1939)
SHIPS
REFITTING, REPAIRING, OR UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
to
complete by Autumn 1940
Battleship
- BISMARCK, building at Hamburg, to comp 24 Aug 40
Heavy
cruisers - ADMIRAL HIPPER refitting until mid-Jan 40,
BLÜCHER building,
to comp 20 Sep 39, PRINZ EUGEN building, to comp 1 Aug 40,
all at Kiel
Light
cruiser - KARLSRUHE (comp 6 Nov 29) at Wilhelmshaven,
refitting until
13 Nov 39
Destroyers
- ANTON SCHMIDT (Z.22) building at Bremen, to comp 24 Sep
39,
ERICH KOELLNER (Z.13) comp 28 Aug 39, outfitting at Kiel,
MAX SCHULTZ (Z.3) at Stettin with
collision damage, returned to service early Oct, PAUL JACOBI
(Z.5) refitting at
Wilhelmshaven, WILHELM HEIDKAMP (Z.21) outfitting at Kiel
Torpedo
Boats
Completing
at Elbing -
T.1 (to comp 1 Dec 39), T.2 (2 Dec 39), T.3 (3 Feb 40),
T.4 (27 May 40), T.9 (4
Jul 40), T.10 (5 Aug 40)
Completing
at Bremen -
T.5 (23 Jan 40), T.6 (30 Apr 40), T.7 (20 Dec 39), T.8 (8
Oct 39), T.11 (7 May
40), T.12 (3 Jul 40)
Submarines
Repairing
- U.8 at Kiel
until mid May
Refitting
- U.2 at Kiel
until 10 Mar 40, U.10 at Kiel until early Sep, U.11
(location not known), U.25
at Wilhelmshaven until mid Oct, U.51 at Kiel until mid Jan
40.
Working
up - U.42 (comp
15 Jul 39) at Bremen to join 6th Submarine Flotilla, U.43
(26 Aug 39) at Bremen
to join 6th Flotilla, U.49 (12 Aug 39) at Kiel to join 7th
Flotilla, U.60 (22
Jul 39) at Kiel to join 5th Flotilla, U.61 (12 Aug 39) at
Kiel to join 5th
Flotilla
Building
- of those
building for the German Navy, only U.44 and U.54 had been
launched by 1 Sep 39
At
Bremen - U.44 (to comp
4 Nov 39), U.64 (16 Dec 39), U.65 (15 Feb 40), U.103 (5
Jul 40), U.104 (19 Aug
40), U.122 (30 Mar 40), U.123 (30 May 40), U.124 (11 Jun
40)
At
Kiel - U.50 (12 Dec
39), U.54 (23 Sep 39), U.55 (21 Nov 39), U.62 (21 Dec 39),
U.63 (18 Jan 40),
U.93 (30 Jul 40), U.94 (10 Aug 40), U.95 (31 Aug 40), U.99
(18 Apr 40), U.100
(30 Mar 40), U.101 (11 Mar 40), U.102 (27 Apr 40), U.103
(5 Jul 40), U.104 (19
Aug 40), U.138 (27 Jun 40), U.139 (24 Jul 40), U.140 (7
Aug 40), U.141 (21 Aug
40)
Foreign
submarines
building - acquired at outbreak of war
Turkish
BATIRAY, at Kiel,
one of only three submarines under construction launched
by 1 Sep 39, renamed
U.A (comp 20 Sep 39)
Unnamed
Yugoslavian, at
Lübeck, numbered U.120 (20 Apr 40)
Unnamed
Yugoslavian, at
Lübeck, numbered U.121 (28 May 40)
4.
UNITED STATES NAVY
Ships
in
European Waters
SQUADRON
40-T
Rear Adm Henry
E Lackey, Rear Adm Charles E Courtney from 6 Sep 1939,
Rear Adm David
M Lebreton from 8 Jun 1940
Light
cruiser - TRENTON (CL.11, comp 19
Apr 1924, Flag, Capt J R Barry)
Destroyers -
BADGER (DD.126, comp 29 May 1919, LCDR W E Hennigar), JACOB
JONES (DD.130, 20 Oct
1919, LCDR A H McCollum, relieved by LCDR E L Woodyard on 15
Sep)
The squadron was formed during the
Spanish Civil War to protect and evacuate US citizens in
Spain. With the end of
the Civil War in Apr 1939, Squadron 40-T was based at
Villefranche, southern
France and cruised European and Mediterranean ports to
ensure US interests in
Europe. At the end of Aug, the Squadron arrived back at
Villefranche after a
cruise of Atlantic European ports. When Germany invaded
Poland, followed by
England and France's declaration of war on Germany, the
Squadron was relocated
to Lisbon.
At 1205 on 20 September, the Squadron
departed Villefranche. Shortly before arriving at Lisbon,
destroyer JACOB JONES
was detached from light cruiser TRENTON southwest of
Lisbon at 0411 on the 23rd
to assist British auxiliary yawl CONSTANCE (126 tons)
which had been earlier
chased by a German submarine. JACOB JONES transferred
water, petrol and
provisions by small boat to CONSTANCE which was able to
continue her voyage.
TRENTON and JACOB JONES sailed directly from Villefranche
to Lisbon and arrived
later that day. Destroyer BADGER arrived at Lisbon, via
Marseilles, next day on
the 24th.
In October, JACOB JONES and BADGER
were relieved by destroyers DICKERSON (DD.157, LCDR E E
Woods) and HERBERT
(DD.160, LCDR R P Wadell) which arrived at Lisbon on 2
October.
JACOB JONES and BADGER then departed
Lisbon on the 4th for Norfolk, Virginia, via Ponta Delgada
where they took on
provisions on the 7th, reaching Norfolk on 14 October.
Squadron 40-T with light cruiser
TRENTON and destroyers HERBERT and DICKERSON, continued
until July 1940 when
the situation in Europe made the presence of a US Force in
European waters
impossible to continue. The Squadron then sailed for
Norfolk, arriving on the
25th. Squadron 40-T was formally disbanded on 22 October
1940.
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