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    Minesweeper flotillas of the Kriegsmarine were administrative units which grouped German minesweepers together. There were three types of minesweeper...
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    Surface flotillas of the Kriegsmarine were organizational groupings of German naval vessels during World War II based on class of vessel and geographical...
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    The M class were the standard minesweeper (German: Minensuchboot) of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The vessels were the primary force...
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    R boat (category Minesweepers of the Kriegsmarine)
    literally "clearing boats", meaning minesweepers) were a group of small naval vessels built as minesweepers for the Kriegsmarine (German navy) before and during...
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    The Kriegsmarine (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁiːksmaˌʁiːnə], lit. 'War Navy') was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial...
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  • German minesweeper M 107 was a mine-warfare vessel built for the Imperial German Navy during World War I, which served in the Reichsmarine and later the...
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    The organization of the Kriegsmarine refers to the operational and administrative structure of the German Navy from 1935 to 1945. Many of the organizational...
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    E-boat (category Kriegsmarine)
    to Bulgaria, and they were formed as the new 7th S-flotilla in October 1941, but the Kriegsmarine's need for them in the Mediterranean had caused them...
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  • M84, M102 (minesweepers) 2. Minesweeper Flotilla – Korvettenkapitän Gert von Kamptz R25, R26, R27, R28, R29, R30, R31, R32 (R boat minesweepers) Objective...
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    Wartime additions to the Flotilla amounted to two small Czechoslovak-built minelayers (transferred from the Kriegsmarine). After the 23 August 1944...
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    submarines, minesweepers, and torpedo cutters supported by icebreakers. The success of the 1940 German invasion of Norway provided the Kriegsmarine with naval...
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    ten minesweepers that served in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) between 1947 and 1956. They were former R boats that served in the Kriegsmarine and German...
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    sinking an R boat, (minesweeper) and damaging a torpedo boat. North Sea convoy protection duties with the 21st Destroyer Flotilla In June Quorn was an...
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  • Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. Patterson, Lawrence (2017). Hitler's Forgotten Flotillas: Kriegsmarine Security Forces. ISBN 978-1-4738-8239-3....
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  • Thumbnail for Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)
    The Hunt-class minesweeper was a class of minesweeping sloop built between 1916 and 1919 for the Royal Navy. They were built in two discrete groups, the...
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    Pieter Florisz was a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Jan van Amstel-class...
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    Northern Fleet (redirect from Kola Flotilla)
    another submarine, and two minesweepers joined the flotilla at Soroka in September 1933. Polyarny became the flotilla's main base, and a flight of MBR-2...
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    successor organizations, made up of former members of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (War Navy), became something of a transition stage for the navy, allowing...
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  • Thumbnail for German minesweeper M-1
    German minesweeper M-1 was a M 1935-class minesweeper of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II. Laid down in 1936, M-1 was launched on 5 March 1937...
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    maximum effort to stop the flow of supplies to the USSR. In 1941, the Kriegsmarine had begun concentrating its strength in Norway in winter, to prevent...
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    was structured as follows (in 1985): 1st Flotilla in Peenemünde, 4th Flotilla in Rostock-Warnemünde, 6th Flotilla at Bug on Rügen Island, 6th Border Brigade...
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    Danlayer (category Minesweepers)
    also help the minesweepers cover areas accurately without gaps and unnecessary overlaps. A danlayer worked with a minesweeper flotilla when large areas...
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  • to see during night operations. The vessel was used by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine between 1943 and 1945. The name comes from its constructor, Richard Mohr...
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  • the official shore establishment of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Kriegsmarine shore establishment was divided into four senior regional...
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  • for the type commanders of torpedo boats and minesweepers. This position was held by four Kriegsmarine officers between 1935 and 1941, when the title...
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  • Vorpostenboot (category Kriegsmarine)
    eventually expand to 45 vessels spread between three Vp-flotillas and a minesweeper flotilla. The Kriegsmarine were not the only ones who were unprepared for this...
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  • Thumbnail for German minesweeper M18 (1939)
    The German minesweeper M18 was a M1935 type minesweeper of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine. Built under the 1937 construction programme by Oderwerke, Stettin...
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    vessels and mine-warfare ships. This force was no match for the larger Kriegsmarine, and so a strategy of harassment and indirect engagement was implemented...
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    four flotillas of torpedo boats Führer der Minsensuchboote – Leader of Minesweepers, headquartered at Kiel commanding two minesweeper flotillas and one...
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    Luftwaffe the lowest level was the Geschwader and in the Kriegsmarine the respective flotilla was authorized to make the nomination. It was also possible...
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