List of Vorpostenboote in World War II

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Sinking of V 1605 Mosel, a minesweeper and Vorpostenboot

A Vorpostenboot (plural Vorpostenboote) was an auxiliary warship used by Germany in both World Wars. Many vorpostenboote also served in other roles, such as sperrbrechers and weather ships. During World War II, the Vorpostenboote were organized into several surface flotillas which were in turn attached to various German ports. Over 30 Vorpostenflotillas were established off German, Channel, Baltic and Scandinavian coasts.

1 Vorpostenflotille[]

1 Vorpostenflotille was active in the western Baltic from 1 October 1939 to 1 October 1940, when it was redesignated 3 Sperrbrecherflotille.[1][2]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
V 102 Cressida 1,040 tonnes (1,020 long tons; 1,150 short tons)[3] 2-stroke, single-acting oil motor 1939 1939 Survived the war and returned to civilian service, sank off the coast of Greece in the 1960s.[3]
V 103 Sylvia
V 105 Cremon 268 grt Triple expansion engine, single shaft 1922 Struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea off Bergen, Norway on 11 April 1940.[4]
V 107 Botilla Russ
V 108 Porjus 712 tonnes 1937 Survived the war and returned to civilian service, wrecked off the coast of Cheka on 27 November 1976.[5]

2 Vorpostenflotille[]

2 Vorpostenflotille existed from September 1939 to December 1944, when it was disbanded. Many vessels were redesignated within the unit, later designations are shown in brackets[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
V 201 Seydlitz (V 211) Sunk in the English Channel off Barfleur, France by British aircraft on 20 March 1944.[6]
V 202 Franz Westermann (V 205) Sunk in an Allied air raid on St. Peter Port, Guernsey on 15 June 1944.[7][8]
(V 207) Sunk in an Allied air raid on Le Havre, France on 14 June 1944.[9]
(V 202) Shelled and sunk in the English Channel off La Hague, France by HMS Calpe and HMS Cottesmore.[10]
(V 209) Torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Heligoland by HMS Sturgeon on 20 November 1939.[11]
(V 206) Scuttled at Caen, Calvados, France on 12 June 1944.[9]
(V 201) Struck a mine and sank in the Westerschelde on 5 September 1940.[12]
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Sunk by Allied aircraft at St. Peter Port on 24 July 1944.
(V 208) Sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, France on 4 July 1944.[13]
(V 212) Scuttled at Caen on 12 June 1944.[9]
(V 210) Sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, France on 4 July 1944.[13]
Sunk on 28 June 1944.[1]
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Sunk in the English Channel off Fécamp, France by and on 9 August 1944.[14]
Sunk in the Baltic Sea off Hel, Danzig-West Prussia by Soviet aircraft on 16 April 1945.[15]
Scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine on 6 August 1944.[14]
Sunk on 6 August 1944.[1]
Scuttled at Brest, France on 18 August 1944.[14]
Scuttled at Brest, France on 18 August 1944.[14]
Scuttled at Brest, France on 18 August 1944.[14]
Scuttled at Brest, France on 18 August 1944.[14]
Scuttled at Brest, France on 18 August 1944.[14]
Scuttled at Brest, France on 18 August 1944.[14]

3 Vorpostenflotille[]

3 Vorpostenflotille was established in September 1939.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Langeland, Denmark on 25 November 1939.[11]
Sunk on 5 January 1941.
Struck a mine and sank on 17 September 1940.[16]
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, Netherlands on 5 January 1940.[17]
Torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea by the Soviet Motor Torpedo Boat No. 12 on 23 September 1941.[18]
Struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Ventspils, Latvia on 28 October 1941.[19]
Ran aground and was wrecked on 29 September 1942.[20]
Collided with Hendrik Fisser 7 and sank in the Baltic Sea off Großendorf, Danzig-West Prussia on 12 March 1945.[21]
Torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, Netherlands by Allied aircraft on 25 September 1943.[22]

4 Vorpostenflotille[]

4 Vorpostenflotille was formed in September 1939 and was disbanded in September 1944. Many vessels were re-designated within the unit. Later designations are shown in brackets.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(V 411)
(V 402) Scuttled at Bayonne on 21 August 1944.[14]
(V 406) Struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary on 18 August 1944.[14]
(V 410)
(V 403) Struck a mine and sank off Vlissingen, Netherlands on 5 September 1940.[12]
Scuttled at Bordeaux, France on 28 August 1944.[14]
Sunk in July 1944.[1]
(V 401) Scuttled at Bayonne, France on 21 August 1944.
(V 411) Sunk at Le Verdon-sur-Mer by Beaufighter aircraft on 26 August 1944.
Scuttled, either in the Gironde or at Bordeaux on 28 August 1944.[14]
Torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by USS Blackfish on 20 February 1943.[23]
Bombed and sunk at Les Sables-d'Olonne, France on 20 August 1944.
Sunk in the Gironde Estuary by Beaufighter aircraft on 12 August 1944.[14]
Sunk at Le Verdon-sur-Mer by Beaufighter aircraft on 21 August 1944.[14]
V 414 Sachsenwald 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun, 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun, 2 × 2 cm C/30 quad AA guns, 2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns, 2 × 1.5 cm AA guns, depth charges 1,425 tonnes (1,402 long tons; 1,571 short tons) Triple expansion engine 1939 January 1940 Shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay on 6 August 1944.[24]
Sunk in the Gironde Estuary by Royal Air Force aircraft on 20 August 1943.[25]
V 424 Carl J. Busch Single screw propeller 14 April 1925 1939 Sold to Norway post-war, eventually scrapped in November 1979.[26]

5 Vorpostengruppe[]

5 Vorpostengruppe was established in September 1939 and disbanded on 22 May 1940.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(Schiff 4)
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6 Vorpostengruppe[]

6 Vorpostengruppe was established in September 1939 and disbanded on 22 May 1940.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(Schiff 1)
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6 Vorpostenflotille[]

6 Vorpostenflotille was established on 1 January 1943 and disbanded in September 1944.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(Schiff 12)
Struck a mine and sank in the Charente on 11 November 1943.[27]
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off La Pallice on 14 August 1944.[14]
Sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Belle Île in a British air raid on 26 April 1944.[28]
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Dieppe on 23 August 1940.[29]
Sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Belle Île by Allied air attack on 6 July 1944.[13]
Struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Nazaire on 8 April 1944.[28]
Scuttled at Nantes on 11 August 1944.[14]

7 Vorpostenflotille[]

7 Vorpostenflotille was established on 22 September 1939. It was disbanded in September 1944.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Struck a mine and sank in the Danish Straits on 21 October 1939.[30]
Shelled and sunk off Audierne by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa and HMCS Iroquois on 23 August 1944.[14][31]
Ran aground on Alderney and was wrecked on 14 January 1943.[32]
Struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Trelleborg on 30 November 1939, beached but declared a total loss.[11]
Torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Port Ley on 18 April 1941.[33][34]
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg on 20 January 1944.[35]
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg on 20 January 1944.[35]
Struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest on 19 July 1944.[13]
Sunk in Bay of Biscay by HMCS Qu'Appelle, Restigouche, Saskatchewan, and Skeena on 7 July 1944.
Sunk in Bay of Biscay by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa and HMCS Iroquois on 23 August 1944.
Shelled in English Channel by British ships on 6 July 1944, beached at Penmarc'h.[13]
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel near Brest (Bertheaume bay) on 15 March 1944. The wreck position in WGS84 is 48°18,77'N - 4°41,03'W.[6]
Shelled and sunk at Brest on 13 August 1944.[14]
Struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest on 4 June 1944.[9]
Bombed and sunk at Pauillac, Gironde, France on 5 August 1944.
Scuttled at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France on 14 August 1944.
Sunk in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa and HMCS Iroquois on 23 August 1944.
Sunk in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Mauritius, HMS Ursa and HMCS Iroquois on 23 August 1944.

8 Vorpostenflotille[]

8 Vorpostenflotille was formed in September 1939 and disbanded in 1945. One vessel was redesignated within the unit.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea off Ameland on 9 June 1940.[36]
Sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling on 25 July 1943 by Allied action.[37]
(V 806)
Sank on 15 August 1944.
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog on 17 October 1939.[38]
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling on 20 July 1943.[39]
Torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling by Beaufighter aircraft of the RAF on 29 April 1943.[40]
Bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Borkum by RAF aircraft on 2 May 1941.[41]
Torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Land Wursten by aircraft of Coastal Command, RAF on 22 July 1944.[13]
V 811 Hugo Homann Struck a mine in the Ems estuary and sank on 6 May 1940.[42]
Sunk in an Allied air raid on 22 July 1944.[43]

9 Vorpostenflotille[]

9 Vorpostenflotille was established on 27 September 1939. It was disbanded on 23 April 1945.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate

10 Vorpostenflotille[]

10 Vorpostenflotille was established in September 1939. It was renamed 10 Sicherungsflottille on 1 October 1943.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Struck a mine and sank in the Great Belt on 20 July 1943.[44]

11 Vorpostenflotille[]

11 Vorpostenflotille was formed in September 1939. A few vessels were redesignated within the unit.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
V 1101 Preußen 425 grt Single Screw propeller 1930 1939 Sunk in the North Sea off Langeoog by rockets fired by RAF Beaufighters on 13 August 1944.[45]
Driven ashore and wrecked at Hanstholm, Denmark on 30 January 1943.[46]
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Ameland, Netherlands on 29 May 1942.[47]
Torpedoed in the North Sea off Borkum by Coastal Command Beaufighters on 18 May 1943.[48]
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cuxhaven on 14 February 1945.[49]
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea on 26 January 1943.[46]
Torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea south of Stavanger by HMS Snapper on 25 June 1940.[50]
Struck a mine and sank in the Elbe on 12 February 1945.[49]
Torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Texel on 2 August 1943.[25]
Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Haugesund on 29 May 1940.[51][52]
Bombed and torpedoed in the North Sea off Den Helder by Royal Air Force aircraft 13 June 1943.[53]
Torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Vlieland by Coastal Command Beaufighters on 17 May 1943.[48]
Bombed in the North Sea off Spiekeroog by Coastal Command Beaufighters on 21 July 1944, subsequently bombed again and sunk in the Jade Bight.[13]
Bombed and sunk in the German Bight by RAF aircraft on 26 April 1945.[15]

12 Vorpostenflotille[]

12 Vorpostenflotille was formed on 26 September 1939. It was disbanded in December 1947.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
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† Losses:- V 1201 Juno struck a mine in the North Sea west of Heligoland. She was then attacked and sunk by an Allied de Havilland Mosquito aircraft on 17 September 1944. V 1202 Friedrich Suthmeier struck a mine in the North Sea west of Heligoland. She was then attacked and sunk by an Allied de Havilland Mosquito aircraft on 17 September 1944.[54] V 1207 P. von Rensen was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Heligoland by Allied aircraft on 17 April 1945.[15] V 1214 Joannes Georgius struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein on 27 September 1944.[54] V 1233 Vooruit was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft on 18 April 1944.[28] V 1236 Flevo III struck a mine and sank on 11 July 1942.[55] V 1236 Augusta was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft on 18 April 1944. V 1237 Notre Dame de Dunes was sunk in the North Sea by British aircraft on 18 April 1944.[28] V 1241 Stangenwalde was sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands in a battle with, , , , , and on 1 May 1943.[48] V 1249 Mewa VIII struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Borkum, Lower Saxony on 24 February 1943.[23] V 1250 was sunk in an Allied air raid on Wesermünde, Bremen on 2 June 1944.[9] V 1252 collided with and sank in the North Sea off Borkum on 4 April 1943.[40] V 1254 Hermann Garrels was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling by a Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boat on 5 July 1944.[13] V 1255 Ernst Hecht ran aground and was wrecked on 4 January 1945.[56] V 1256 Heinrich Onnen was either torpedoed, or bombed and sunk by an Allied aircraft off Terschelling on 5 July 1945.[13] V 1262 Verwachting in 1944.[1] V 1269 struck a mine and sank in the North Sea west of Esbjerg, Denmark on 27 August 1944.[14]

13 Vorpostenflotille[]

13 Vorpostenflotille was established in September 1939. It was disbanded in January 1945.[1]

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† Losses:- V 1302 John Mahn was bombed and sunk in the English Channel by Royal Air Force aircraft on 12 February 1942.[57] V 1303 Freiburg was sunk in the North Sea off Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands by vessels of the 4th MTB Flotilla, Royal Navy on 9 October 1944.[58] V 1304 Eisenach was sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands by , , , , and on 6 March 1944.[59] V 1307 Stettin struck the sunken wreck of and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden on 24 January 1944.[35] V 1308 Bredebeck was sunk in the North Sea in a battle with and other vessels of the 54th MTB flotilla on 9 July 1944.[13] V 1309 Kapitän Stemmer collided with V 811 Hugo Homann and sank in the North Sea off Hook of Holland on 28 February 1944.[60] V 1311 Döse was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Hook of Holland by Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats on 11 May 1944.[61] V 1314 Gustav Hugo Deiters was sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland by , , , , and on 9 June 1944.[9] V 1318 Hans Pickenpack struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands on 27 February 1943.[23] V 1340 was bombed and sunk at Noordwijk, North Holland on 27 November 1943.[27]

14 Vorpostenflotille[]

14 Vorpostenflotille was established on 1 February 1943 and disbanded in 1945.[1]

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† Losses:- V 1401 Deister suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands on 26 April 1944;[28] a vessel designated V 1401 was bombed and sunk at IJmuiden on 24 August 1944.[14] V 1405 Ritzebüttel (as V 2008 Ritzebüttel) struck a mine and sank in the Broad Fourteens off Westkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium on 25 February 1943. Ten crew were killed.[23][62] V 1408 Aue was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force on 29 April 1943. V 1409 Limburgia was torpedoed and sunk in Seine Bay by and on 18 April 1943.[40] V 1411 Zeemeeuw sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden on 5 July 1944.[13] V 1412 Witte Zee was sunk in the North Sea in a battle with , , , , , and on 14 July 1944.[13] V 1415 Azimuth on 26 March 1944.[1] V 1416 was sunk at IJmuiden by Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the United States Eighth Air Force.[6] V 1417 Stoomloodsvartuig 11 was sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands by British aircraft on 17 January 1945.[63]

15 Vorpostenflotille[]

15 Vorpostenflotille was formed in September 1939. It was disbanded in 1945.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer on 27 September 1943.[22]
V 1502 Wiking 6 1939 1939 Seized by Royal Navy at Emden on 29 October 1945.
V 1503 Wiking 10 1939 1940 Seized by Royal Navy at Emden on 29 October 1945.
V 1504 Wiking 8 1939 1940 Seized by Royal Navy at Emden on 29 October 1945.
Bombed and sunk at Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[9]
Bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[64]
V 1507 Rau VI Torpedoed and sunk in the Skaggerak by HMS Triton on 15 April 1940.[65]
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer on 12 June 1944.[9]
Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Boulogne by Royal Navy Torpedo Boat on 23 July 1941.[66]
Sunk in the English Channel off Cap d'Antifer by enemy action on 5 June 1944.[67]
Struck a wreck and foundered in the English Channel off Dieppe on 2 June 1942.[68]
Sunk in Allied air raid at Le Havre on 14 June 1944.[9]
V 1512 Unitas 8
Struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Dieppe on 25 November 1942.[69]
Bombed at Le Havre on 2 April 1942, raised as M3857 Rothienbaum, sunk again at La Pallice on 16 September 1943.[22]
Sunk in an Allied air raid on Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[9]
Sunk in an Allied air raid on Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[9]
Sunk in an Allied air raid on Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[9]

The unit also operated these Flower-class corvettes captured whilst under construction in France.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
PA 1 16 October 1940 Captured June 1940 Bombed and sunk by Royal Air Force aircraft at Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[70]
PA 2 22 November 1940 Captured June 1940 Bombed and sunk by Royal Air Force aircraft at Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[71]
29 November 1940 Captured June 1940 Bombed and sunk by Royal Air Force aircraft at Le Havre on 15 June 1944.[72]
Not completed Captured June 1940 Scuttled as a blockship at Nantes in August 1944.

16 Vorpostengruppe[]

16 Vorpostengruppe was formed in July 1940. It was redesignated 16 Vorpostenflotille on 20 September 1940.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(Schiff 9) Struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Bergen, Norway on 11 April 1940.[4]
(Schiff 18)
(Schiff 37)

16 Vorpostenflotille[]

16 Vorpostenflotille was formed on 20 September 1940. It was disbanded in July 1945.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Struck a mine and sank in the Skaggerak on 5 February 1943.[23]
V 1605 Mosel Bombed and sunk in the Skaggerak off Justøy by Canadian Beaufighters on 15 October 1944.[73]
Sunk in the Baltic Sea off Steinort by Soviet aircraft on 7 December 1944.[74]
Sunk off Kristiansand by Beaufighters of 235 and 248 Squadrons and Mosquitoes of 404 Squadron on 14 September 1944.[54]
Sunk in the Kattegat by Mosquitoes of 235 and 248 Squadrons on 7 March 1945.[75]
Sunk in the Kattegat by Mosquitoes of 235 and 248 Squadrons on 7 March 1945.[75]

17 Vorpostenflotille[]

17 Vorpostenflotille was formed in June 1940. It was disbanded in 1945.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
Bombed and sunk in Narva Bay by Soviet aircraft on 8 May 1944.[61]
Collided with U-987 and sank in the Baltic Sea on 17 February 1944.[76]
V 1703 Unitas 4
V 1704 Unitas 5
Sunk in the Baltic Sea off Kotka by Soviet aircraft on 16 July 1944.[13]
Incorporated into Royal Netherlands Navy, decommissioned and scrapped in 1962.[77]

18 Vorpostengruppe[]

18 Vorpostengruppe was formed in July 1940. It was redesignated 18 Vorpostenflotille on 3 October 1940.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(Schiff 7)
(Schiff 26)
(Schiff 47)

18 Vorpostenflotille[]

18 Vorpostenflotille was formed on 3 October 1940. It was disbanded in 1945.[1]

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†Losses:- V 1801 Lutteur was named O 22 S when she sank in December 1941. She was subsequently salvaged and repaired. She was sunk in an Allied air raid on Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein on 12 April 1944 but was salvaged in December 1944, repaired and returned to service.[78] V 1802 Orient was sunk in the Baltic Sea off Memel, East Prussia by Soviet aircraft on 11 November 1944.[79] V 1805 Senateur Louis Brindeau was sunk in an Allied air raid on Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France on 15 June 1944.[9] V 1807 Wagram struck a mine and sank on 14 August 1942.[80] V 1808 Dortmund struck a mine and sank in the Broad Fourteens on 23 May 1942.[47] V 1810 Condor was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France on 2 June 1944.[9] V 1814 Linz was sunk in an Allied air raid on Boulogne on 16 June 1944. V 1815 Loodsboot 6 was sunk in an Allied air rain on Boulogne on 16 June 1944.[9]

19 Vorpostenflotille[]

19 Vorpostenflotille was formed in July 1940. It was redesignated 5 Sicherungsflotille on 1 October 1943. One vessel was redesignated within the unit.[1]

Ship Armament Displacement Propulsion Service
Launched Commissioned Fate
(V 1924)
Sank 20 June 1942

20 Vorpostenflotille[]

20 Vorpostenflotille was formed in July 1940. It was renamed 20 Minensuchflotille post-war.[1]

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† Losses:- V 2001 Pastor Pype was wrecked in the Wadden Sea on 5 March 1942. All 28 crew were rescued.[81] V 2001 Uranus was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet aircraft on 2 May 1945.[82] V 2002 Madeleine Louise was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands by Lockheed Hudson aircraft of 407 Squadron, Royal Air Force on 15 May 1942.[47] V 2003 Loodsboot 7 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Terschelling by Royal Navy Motor Gun Boats and Motor Torpedo Boats on 1 October 1942.[83] V 2004 Loodsboot 12 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands by a Motor Torpedo Boat on 2 June 1944.[9] V 2008 Ritzebüttel struck a mine and sank in the Broad Fourteens off Westkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium on 25 February 1943.[23][62] V 2009 Niedersachsen was sunk in the Scheldt by Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats on 25 August 1944.[14] V 2016 was sunk in the North Sea by Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats on 16 October 1944.[58] V 2018 Vogtland struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Terschelling on 28 March 1943. She was taken in tow by V 801 Max Gundelach but struck another mine the next day and sank with the loss of four of her crew.[84] V 2019 Adolf Hitler was bombed and severely damaged in the Scheldt on 28 June 1943 and was beached.[53] V 2020 Alexander Becker was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Egmond aan Zee, North Holland by Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boats on 10 June 1944.[85] V 2021 Nürnberg was sunk in the North Sea off Den Helder, North Holland by , , , , and on 9 June 1944.[9] V 2022 Emil Colsmann was torpedoed and sunk in the Kattegat by the Soviet submarine L-21 on 23 March 1945.[75][86] V 2023 Karlsburg was sunk in an American air raid on Swinemünde, Pomerania on 12 March 1945.[75]

51 Vorpostenflotille[]

51 Vorpostenflotille was formed on 23 December 1940. It was disbanded in June 1945. A number of vessels were redesignated within the unit.[87]

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  • V 5102 Orkan (V 5103, V 5104)
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† Losses:- V 5101 Blitz was torpedoed and sunk in Nordfjord by Royal Air Force aircraft on 12 December 1944.[88] V 5102 Donner was shelled and sunk in the Skaggerak by HMS Onslow and HMS Oribi on 27 December 1942.[89] V 5103 Taifun collided with the Norwegian coaster and sank on 9 August 1942.[90] V 5106 Sturm was sunk in a naval battle on 11 February 1944.[91] V 5107 Sturm collided with and sank at Sognesjøen, sogn og Fjordane, Norway on 16 September 1941.[92] V 5107 Karmöy was sunk in Lødingen, Norway by aircraft from HMS Invincible on 20 November 1944.[93] V 5108 Föhn was shelled and sunk in the Skaggerak by HMS Oribi on 27 December 1941.[94]
‡ Formerly named Hareidingen.[87]
‡‡ Formerly named Aalesund.[87]

53 Vorpostenflotille[]

53 Vorpostenflotille was formed on 23 December 1940. It was disbanded in June 1945. A number of vessels were redesignated within the unit.

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† Losses:- V 5304 was sunk at Lervik, Østfold, Norway by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143 Squadron, Royal Air Force on 15 January 1945.[63] V 5307 Felix Scheder was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Stad, Norway by Fleet Air Arm aircraft based on HMS Furious and HMS Trumpeter on 12 September 1944.[54][95] V 5311 Seeotter struck a mine and sank off "Gejta", Norway on 5 July 1945 with the loss of 23 of her crew.[96]
‡Formerly named Jim.
Formerly named Pol VIII.

55 Vorpostenflotille[]

55 Vorpostenflotille was formed in December 1940. It was disbanded in June 1945. A number of vessels were redesignated within the unit.[22][87]

  • V 5501 Zick (V 5503, V 5506) †
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† Losses:- V 5502 Biber was sunk in Hjeltefjorden by Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of the Banff Strike Wing, Royal Air Force on 24 September 1944.[54] V 5502 Snøgg ran aground on the Norwegian coast on 1 September 1943. She sank on 6 September during salvage attempts.[22] V 5506 Zick was sunk in by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force on 23 October 1944. V 5525 was sunk in Sognefjord by and on 2 November 1944. V 5531 was sunk in Sognefjord by and on 2 November 1944.[79]

57 Vorpostenflotille[]

57 Vorpostenflotille was formed in November 1940. It was disbanded in June 1945. A number of vessels were redesignated within the unit.[87]

  • (V 5706)
  • (V 5705)
  • (V 5704)
  • ( V 5705)
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  • V 5717 Fritz Homann
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†Losses:- V 5705 Elsaß struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea off Bodø, Nordland, Norway on 27 September 1943.[22] V 5706 Ostmark ran aground and sank on 16 March 1941.[97] V 5718 Coburg on 18 November 1943.[87] V 5722 Hornack was sunk at Rørvik, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway by Allied aircraft on 26 October 1944.[58]

59 Vorpostenflotille[]

59 Vorpostenflotille was formed in February 1941. It was disbanded in June 1945.[87]

  • †
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  • V 5908 Togo
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† Losses:- V 5905 Nordriff ran aground and was wrecked in Lopphavet on 29 December 1942.[98] V 5907 Geier was shelled and sunk off Lofoten, Norway by HMS Ashanti on 26 December 1941.[88] V 5908 Penang on 26 January 1944. V 5909 Coronel struck a mine and sank in Varangerfjord on 1 February 1943.[23][87]

61 Vorpostenflotille[]

61 Vorpostenflotille was formed in November 1940. It was disbanded in June 1945. A number of vessels were redesignated within the unit.[87]

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  • V 6105 Samoa
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  • (V 6110, V 6111)
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  • (V 6112) †
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  • (V 6113)
  • (V 6114)
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  • †
  • †

† Losses:- V 6101 Gauleiter Bohle was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea by Soviet Curtiss Kittyhawk, Ilyushin Il-2 and Yakovlev Yak-9 aircraft on 25 September 1944.[54][99] V 6102 Köln was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by or on 19 August 1944.[14] V 6106 Tirol was torpedoed and sunk in Varangerfjord by Soviet Navy torpedo boats on 12 December 1943.[100] V 6107 was sunk in Varangerfjord by Soviet aircraft on 17 October 1944.[58] V 6109 Nordwind was torpedoed and sunk in Busse Sound by Soviet aircraft on 23 March 1944.[6] V 6111 Masuren was torpedoed and sunk in by Soviet aircraft on 24 October 1944.[58] V 6112 Friese was torpedoed and sunk off Vardø, Finnmark, Norway by the on 19 August 1944.[14] V 6113 Gote was torpedoed and sunk in Kongsfjord by Ilyushin Il-4 aircraft of the Soviet Ninth Guards Regiment.[61] V 6115 Ostwind was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea off Kiberg, Finnmark by the Soviet submarine M-172 on 1 February 1943.[101] V 6116 Ubier and V 6117 Cherusker struck a mine and sank in Porsangerfjord on 6 December 1943.[69]

63 Vorpostenflotille[]

63 Vorpostenflotille was formed in May 1944. It was disbanded in 1945.[102]

  • †
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† Losses:- V 6307 Mob-FD 2 Jupiter was sunk by Soviet aircraft in Norwegian waters on 17 July 1944.[13] V 6311 Polarstern was bombed and sunk in Syltefjord by Soviet aircraft on 22 October 1944.[58][102]

64 Vorpostenflotille[]

64 Vorpostenflotille was formed in June 1944. It was disbanded in 1945.[102]

  • †
  • †

† Losses:- V 6408 Skagerak was torpedoed and sunk off Folda, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway by on 16 January 1945.[63] V 6413 Fro was sunk off Trondheim, Norway by aircraft based on HMS Pursuer on 14 November 1944.[79]

65 Vorpostenflotille[]

65 Vorpostenflotille was formed in May 1944. It was disbanded in 1945.[102]

  • V 6512 Togo
  • †

† Losses: V 6507 Othmarschen in the Danish Straits on 3 October 1945.[102] V 6517 was torpedoed and sunk off northern Norway by the Soviet submarine V-2 on 11 October 1944.[103]

66 Vorpostenflotille[]

66 Vorpostenflotille was formed in May 1944. It was disbanded in 1945.[102]

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† Losses:- V 6605 Markgraf von Hindenburg on 8 March 1945. V 6607 Charlotte Sophie on 18 June 1945.[102]

67 Vorpostenflotille[]

67 Vorpostenflotille was formed on 1 July 1944. It was disbanded in 1945.[102]

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  • †
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† Losses:- V 6704 was scuttled at Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway on 15 October 1944. V 6707 was sunk at Kirkenes, Finnmark by Soviet aircraft on 16 October 1944.[58] V 6719 struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde, Pomerania on 26 September 1944.[54] V 6733 Widder was sunk by Allied aircraft at Horten, Vestfold, Norway on 23 February 1945.[104]

68 Vorpostenflotille[]

68 Vorpostenflotille was formed in May 1944. It was disbanded in 1945.[102]

  • †
  • †

† Losses:- V 6801 Viking was sunk in Ålesund by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force on 17 October 1944.[58] V 6803 Burgunder on 17 August 1944.[102]

7 & 13 Sicherungsflotille[]

7 Sicherungflotille was formed in February 1943 and was expanded in March 1943. It was disbanded in October 1944 and its vessels transferred to 13 Sicherungflotille, which was disbanded on 24 April 1945.[105]

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