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29th U boat Flotilla

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Country
  
Nazi Germany

Type
  
U-boat flotilla

Branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Garrison/HQ
  
La Spezia

29th U-boat Flotilla

Active
  
Raised 1941, Dissolved 1944

Notable commanders
  
Korvettenkapitän Fritz Frauenheim, Korvettenkapitän Gunter Jahn

29th U-boat Flotilla ("29. Unterseebootsflottille") was formed in December 1941 in La Spezia in Italy under the command of Korvettenkapitän Franz Becker. The flotilla operated mostly various marks of the Type VII U-boat and it concentrated its efforts mainly in the Mediterranean Sea, against convoys. In August 1943, the flotilla moved to Toulon, but did also have u-boats in Marseille and Salamis. The flotilla was disbanded in September 1944, when U-407 was sunk on September 19 and the two last flotilla boats U-565 and U-596 were scuttled in Salamis.

References

29th U-boat Flotilla Wikipedia