10th U-boat Flotilla

10th U-boat Flotilla Uboat Flo10 logo.gif The 10th Flotilla emblem 15 January 1942 – 21 October 1944 Nazi Germany Nazi Germany U-boat Lorient, France World War II Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) Battle of the Caribbean 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, including two captured Dutch submarines, 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.http://www.uboatnet.de/Archiv/Flottillen/10.U_Flottille.htm Uboatnet:Archiv:10.U-Flottille uboatnet.de 24 February 2010 de https://web.archive.org/web/20110519211220/http://www.uboatnet.de/Archiv/Flottillen/10.U_Flottille.htm 19 May 2011 dead dmy-all Kuhnke himself took command of U-853 2, the last U-boat to leave, on 27 August 1944 to sail to Flensburghttp://www.uboat.net/flotillas/10flo.htm uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - 10th Flotilla uboat.net 24 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100124145542/http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/10flo.htm 24 January 2010 live where he assumed command of 33rd U-boat Flotilla. U-boats assigned 10em U-118 1941 2 U-155 1941 2 U-158 1941 2 U-159 1941 2 U-160 1941 2 U-163 1941 2 U-164 1941 2 U-165 1941 2 U-166 1941 2 U-167 1942 2 U-169 2 U-170 2 U-171 2 U-172 2 U-174 2 U-175 2 U-176 2 U-177 2 U-178 2 U-179 2 U-181 2 U-185 2 U-186 2 U-187 2 U-188 2 U-192 2 U-193 2 U-194 2 U-459 2 U-460 2 U-461 2 U-462 2 U-463 2 U-464 2 U-506 2 U-508 2 U-509 2 U-510 2 U-511 2 U-512 2 U-513 2 U-514 2 U-515 2 U-516 2 U-517 2 U-523 2 U-524 2 U-525 2 U-526 2 U-527 2 U-528 2 U-529 2 U-530 2 U-533 2 U-535 2 U-537 2 U-539 2 U-540 2 U-541 2 U-542 2 U-543 2 U-544 2 U-546 2 U-549 2 U-550 2 U-804 2 U-844 2 U-845 2 U-846 2 U-853 2 U-855 2 U-857 2 U-865 2 U-866 2 U-1221 2 U-1222 2 U-1229 2 U-1230 2 and UD-3 2 and UD-5 2, two captured Dutch submarines that were operated by the Germans during the time. References June 2017 10 Category:Military units and formations of the Kriegsmarine Category:Military units and formations established in 1942 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944 Category:1942 establishments in Germany