U-Boat Flotillas

[ATM]

Could anybody give me a list of the U-Boat Flotillas that were around in May 1917?

[Michael Lowrey]

ATM,

Here's a quick overview:

Think of Germany has having a number of largely-independent commands controlling U-boats, with each command controlling one or more flotilla of U-boats. These commands, which were geographic are:

* German-based North Sea (the High Seas Fleet or, in German, Hochseeflotte): typically four flotillas (number varies by date)

* Flanders, one later subdivided into two flotillas

* Mediterranean aka Pola, one later subdivided into two flotillas

* Black Sea aka Constantinople, a half-flotilla, later under the control of the Mediterranean command

* (eastern) Baltic, a flotilla, which had various names at various times

* Slightly later, a U-cruiser flotilla

Best wishes,

Michael

[ATM]

Thanks!

[Gyrene]

The Osprey book U-Boats of the Kaiser's Navy has a list of the flotillas and the boats which comprised them. If someone wants a list I can post it.