33rd U-boat Flotilla

33. Unterseebootsflottille
Active	September 1944–May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	U-boat flotilla
Garrison/HQ	Flensburg
Commanders
Notable commanders	Korvkpt. Georg Schewe Korvkpt. Günter Kuhnke

Military unit

33rd U-boat Flotilla ("33. Unterseebootsflottille") was a front-line unit of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The flotilla was founded at Flensburg in September 1944 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Georg Schewe, though Korvkpt. Günter Kuhnke took over the command in October 1944.^[1]

The flotilla included U-boats that had been based at the French submarine bases captured by the Allied advance during the Normandy Campaign, as well as U-boats operating in the Indian Ocean (the Monsun Gruppe). The flotilla was disbanded in May 1945 after the German surrender.^[1]

Flotilla commanders

Korvettenkapitän Georg Schewe (September–October 1944)
Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke (October 1944–May 1945)

Assigned U-boats

Seventy-six U-boats were assigned to this flotilla during its service.

U-155
U-168
U-170
U-181
U-183
U-190
U-195
U-196
U-219
U-234
U-245
U-260
U-262
U-267
U-281
U-309
U-382
U-398
U-510
U-516
U-518
U-530
U-532
U-534
U-537
U-539
U-541
U-546
U-547
U-548
U-714
U-758
U-763
U-802
U-804
U-805
U-806
U-843
U-853
U-857
U-858
U-861
U-862
U-864
U-866
U-868
U-869
U-870
U-873
U-874
U-875
U-877
U-878
U-879
U-880
U-881
U-889
U-953
U-989
U-1106
U-1170
U-1205
U-1221
U-1223
U-1226
U-1227
U-1228
U-1230
U-1231
U-1232
U-1233
U-1235
U-1271
U-1305
UIT-24
UIT-25

References

^ ^a ^b "uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - 33rd Flotilla". uboat.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

U-boats

U-boat lists

Commanders

Wolfpacks

List of wolfpacks of World War II
Blücher
Borkum
Delphin II
Dränger
Eisbär
Eisteufel
Endrass
Hai
Hartmann
Hecht
Kiebitz
Kreuzotter
Leuthen
Lohs
Pfadfinder
Pfeil
Prien
Raubgraf
Rösing
Rossbach
Schill
Schlieffen
Seewolf
Steinbrinck
Siegfried
Streitaxt
Tümmler
Vorwärts
Weddigen
West
Wolf

Major engagements

U-boat flotillas

World War I	I II III IV Flanders Kurland Pola Constantinople
World War II	Regions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

Capital ships sunk

World War I	HMS Britannia HMS Cornwallis French battleship Danton HMS Formidable Gaulois Russian battleship Peresvet HMS Majestic Italian battleship Regina Margherita HMS Russell French battleship Suffren HMS Triumph
World War II	HMS Ark Royal HMS Barham HMS Courageous HMS Eagle HMS Royal Oak