List of U-boat flotillas
# List of U-boat flotillas

List of U-boat flotillas contains lists of the German U-boat flotillas in the two World Wars. The bases shown here are the ones at which the flotillas spent most of their career. During World War II, submarine flotillas were often tactically deployed, in contrast to the surface flotillas of the Kriegsmarine which were mainly administrative.

## World War I

This list contains the German U-boats flotillas during the First World War.

U-boat flotillas of World War I :

| Name | Type | Base |
| - | - | - |
| High Seas Fleet Flotillas | * | Wilhelmshaven |
| Flanders Flotillas | * | Bruges |
| Pola Flotilla (Adriatic) | * | Pula, Cattaro |
| Kurland Flotilla Baltic Sea | * | Libau |
| Constantinople Flotilla (Black Sea) | * | Constantinople |

## World War II

This list contains the German U-boats flotillas during the Second World War. After 1941, the U-boat flotillas were in turn organized into U-boat regions.

U-boat flotillas of World War II :

| Name | Type | Base |
| - | - | - |
| 1st U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Brest |
| 2nd U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Lorient |
| 3rd U-boat Flotilla | Combat | La Rochelle |
| 4th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Stettin |
| 5th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Kiel |
| 6th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | St. Nazaire |
| 7th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | St. Nazaire |
| 8th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Danzig |
| 9th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Brest |
| 10th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Lorient |
| 11th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Bergen |
| 12th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Bordeaux |
| 13th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Trondheim |
| 14th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Narvik |
| 18th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Hela |
| 19th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Pillau |
| 20th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Pillau |
| 21st U-boat Flotilla | Training | Pillau |
| 22nd U-boat Flotilla | Training | Gotenhafen |
| 23rd U-boat Flotilla | Combat/Training | Salamis/Danzig |
| 24th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Memel |
| 25th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Libau |
| 26th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Pillau |
| 27th U-boat Flotilla | Training | Gotenhafen |
| 29th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | La Spezia |
| 30th U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Konstanza |
| 31st U-boat Flotilla | Training | Hamburg |
| 32nd U-boat Flotilla | Training | Königsberg |
| 33rd U-boat Flotilla | Combat | Flensburg |
