1st Ubootgeschwader

October 2026 October 2026 de 1. Ubootgeschwader (1st Submarine Squadron) 1._UGeschw.png Coat of arms of the de 1. Ubootgeschwader Germany Germany 1 October 1961 to present de Einsatzflottille 1 de Fregattenkapitän Frédéric Strauch Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany The de 1. Ubootgeschwader (1st Submarine Squadron, and abbreviated in German as de 1. UG) is a submarine squadron of the German Navy. It is based at de Eckernförde, de Schleswig-Holstein, and forms part of de Einsatzflottille 1, headquartered in de Kiel. History The de 1. Ubootgeschwader (1st UG) was set up on 1 October 1961 in Kiel. It was initially under the control of the Amphibische Gruppe de, before it was subordinated to the newly established Ubootflottille de on 1 November.http://www.bundesarchiv.de/bestaende_findmittel/bestaendeuebersicht/index_frameset.html Stock BM 31 Ubootgeschwader in the Federal Archives 3 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20070330232215/http://www.bundesarchiv.de/bestaende_findmittel/bestaendeuebersicht/index_frameset.html 2007-03-30 dead The 1st UG received its first submarine, the newly-commissioned Type 201 submarine U-1, on 21 March 1962. The U-1 was the first submarine constructed in post-war Germany. U-1s sister ship, U-2 followed in May 1962. The former R boat Merkur was assigned to the squadron as a support ship. The Type 201 submarines were eventually found to be unsatisfactory and were decommissioned early. The successor class, the Type 205 submarine, entered service in the following years, with eleven boats joining the squadron between 1962 and 1969. In 1964, the two submarine tenders Lahn and Lech entered service with the 1st UG. Lech was decommissioned in 1966 and assigned to the Reserve Fleet (Germany) Reserve Fleet de Reserveflottille. Merkur left service the same year. As part of the Bundeswehr reforms reforms of the Bundeswehr de Neuausrichtung der Bundeswehr the Submarine Training Centre de Ausbildungszentrum Uboote was made a part of the 1st UG on 29 August 2013.Bundeswehr Indienststellung von U 35 steht bevor 18 January 2015 http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/!ut/p/c4/NYuxDsIwDET_yG6yRLBRZWEFVChb2lrFUptUrgMLH08ycCe95d3hE0tjePMclFMMCz6wH_k4fGANApkGkhx3II4vYqUIeUhJCayxAe_1PRGMKZJWloFy4SxBk8CWRJdqskgxwBP2jfFt45p_zPdwvfmuc876c3vBbV1PP1u5Txk!/marine.de Since October 2016 the German submarine arm consists of six Type 212 submarines. However because of damage and missing spare parts, none of the six boats were in active service as of October 2017.Frank Behling http://www.kn-online.de/News/Nachrichten-aus-Kiel/Deutsche-Marine-hat-Engpass-bei-U-Booten Engpass bei deutschen U-Booten 18 October 2017 3 April 2018 9 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171109121840/http://www.kn-online.de/News/Nachrichten-aus-Kiel/Deutsche-Marine-hat-Engpass-bei-U-Booten dead Composition Six Type 212 submarines U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36 Three Oste-class fleet service ships Oste Oker Alster One Elbe-class replenishment ship Main Submarine Training Centre de Ausbildungszentrum Uboote References y y Germany Category:Military units and formations of the German Navy Category:Submarine squadrons Category:Military units and formations established in 1961