10th U-boat Flotilla

10th U-boat Flotilla
The 10th Flotilla emblem
Active	15 January 1942 – 21 October 1944
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Garrison/HQ	Lorient, France
Engagements	World War II Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Korvettenkapitän Günther Kuhnke

The 10th U-boat Flotilla (German 10. Unterseebootsflottille) was a German U-boat flotilla used for front-line combat purposes during World War II. Founded on 15 January 1942 at Lorient under the command of Korvettenkapitän Günther Kuhnke, eighty U-boats operated with this flotilla before it was dissolved on 21 August 1944, and the remaining U-boats were moved to bases in Norway and Germany.^[1] Kuhnke himself took command of U-853, the last U-boat to leave, on 27 August 1944 to sail to Flensburg^[2] where he assumed command of 33rd U-boat Flotilla.

U-boats assigned

U-118 U-155 U-158 U-159 U-160 U-163 U-164 U-165 U-166 U-167 U-169 U-170 U-171 U-172 U-174 U-175 U-176 U-177 U-178 U-179 U-181 U-185 U-186 U-187 U-188 U-192

U-193 U-194 U-459 U-460 U-461 U-462 U-463 U-464 U-506 U-508 U-509 U-510 U-511 U-512 U-513 U-514 U-515 U-516 U-517 U-523 U-524 U-525 U-526 U-527 U-528 U-529

U-530 U-533 U-535 U-537 U-539 U-540 U-541 U-542 U-543 U-544 U-546 U-549 U-550 U-804 U-844 U-845 U-846 U-853 U-855 U-857 U-865 U-866 U-1221 U-1222 U-1229 U-1230

and U-D3 and U-D5, two captured Dutch submarines that were operated by the Germans during the time.^[2]

References

1. "Uboatnet:Archiv:10.U-Flottille". uboatnet.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. "uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - 10th Flotilla". uboat.net. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

See also

• U-Boat
• Kriegsmarine