6th U-boat Flotilla
# 6th U-boat Flotilla

The 6th U-boat Flotilla (German 6. Unterseebootsflottille), also known as Hundius Flotilla, was a front-line unit of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine before and during World War II.

Formed on 1 October 1938 in Kiel under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann, it was named in honour of Kapitänleutnant Paul Hundius, a U-boat commander during World War I, that died on 16 September 1918 after his U-boat SM UB-103 was sunk by depth charges from British steamer Young Crow. The flotilla was disbanded in December 1939.

The flotilla was re-formed as "6th U-boat Flotilla" in July 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz with her base in Danzig. During the first months it was a training flotilla, but when it moved to St. Nazaire in February 1942 it became a combat flotilla. It was disbanded in August 1944, when the last boats left the base for Norway.

## Flotilla commanders

| Commander | Duration |
| - | - |
| Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartmann | October 1938–December 1939 |
| Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz | September 1941–November 1943 |
| Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann | November 1942–August 1944 |

## Assigned U-boats

At one point in their service history, each of the following boats served with 6th flotilla

* U-37
* U-38
* U-39
* U-40
* U-41
* U-42
* U-43
* U-44
* U-87
* U-136
* U-209
* U-223
* U-226
* U-228
* U-229
* U-237
* U-251
* U-252
* U-253
* U-260
* U-261
* U-264
* U-269
* U-270
* U-277
* U-290
* U-308
* U-312
* U-335
* U-340
* U-356
* U-357
* U-376
* U-377
* U-380
* U-385
* U-386
* U-404
* U-405
* U-411
* U-414
* U-417
* U-436
* U-437
* U-445
* U-456
* U-457
* U-465
* U-477
* U-585
* U-586
* U-587
* U-588
* U-589
* U-590
* U-591
* U-592
* U-598
* U-608
* U-609
* U-610
* U-614
* U-616
* U-623
* U-626
* U-627
* U-640
* U-642
* U-648
* U-655
* U-658
* U-666
* U-668
* U-672
* U-673
* U-675
* U-680
* U-703
* U-705
* U-742
* U-756
* U-757
* U-758
* U-766
* U-964
* U-967
* U-972
* U-981
* U-982
* U-986
* U-999
