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32nd U-boat Flotilla

32. Unterseebootsflottille
Active	April 1944–May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	U-boat flotilla
Garrison/HQ	Königsberg (April 1944–January 1945) Hamburg (January–May 1945)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Korvkpt. Ulrich Heyse (March–May 1945)

Military unit

32nd U-boat Flotilla ("32. Unterseebootsflottille") was a training flotilla ("Ausbildungsflottille") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The flotilla was formed in Königsberg, in April 1944 under the command of Fregattenkapitan Hermann Rigele. It trained mostly Type XXIII U-boats. It was transferred to Hamburg in January 1945, and in March put under the command of Korvettenkapitän Ulrich Heyse. The flotilla was disbanded in May 1945 after the German surrender.^[1]

Flotilla commanders

Fregattenkapitan Hermann Rigele (April 1944–March 1945)
Korvettenkapitän Ulrich Heyse (March–May 1945)

Assigned U-boats

Forty-three U-boats were assigned to this flotilla during its service.

U-2321
U-2322
U-2324
U-2325
U-2326
U-2327
U-2328
U-2329
U-2330
U-2331
U-2334
U-2335
U-2336
U-2337
U-2338
U-2339
U-2340
U-2341
U-2342
U-2343
U-2344
U-2345
U-2346
U-2347
U-2348
U-2349
U-2350
U-2351
U-2352
U-2353
U-2354
U-2355
U-2356
U-2357
U-2358
U-2359
U-2360
U-2361
U-2362
U-2363
U-2364
U-3001
U-3002

References

^ "uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - 32nd Flotilla". uboat.net. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 13 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