5th U-boat Flotilla

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|unit_name=5th U-boat Flotilla

|image=Uboat Flo05 logo.gif

|caption=

|country={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|type=U-boat flotilla

|branch={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|dates=1938–1940
1941–1945

|command_structure=

|garrison=Kiel

|nickname=Emsmann Flotilla

|battles=

|notable_commanders=Korvettenkapitän Hans-Rudolf Rösing

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The 5th U-boat Flotilla (German 5. Unterseebootsflottille), also known as Emsmann Flotilla, was a U-boat flotilla of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The flotilla was formed in December 1938 in Kiel under the command of Korvettenkapitän Hans-Rudolf Rösing. It was named in honour of Oberleutnant zur See Hans Joachim Emsmann, a U-boat commander during World War I, who died on 28 October 1918 after his U-boat {{SMU|UB-116||2}} was sunk by a mine. The flotilla was disbanded in January 1940 and the boats were all transferred to 1st Flotilla.

The flotilla was re-formed as "5th U-boat Flotilla" in June 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz Moehle as a training flotilla with her base in Kiel. In 1946 Moehle was sentenced to five years in prison, after being found guilty of passing the Laconia Order to new U-boat commanders before they went out on patrol. He was released in November 1949.

Flotilla commanders

class="wikitable"

!Duration

!Commander

align="left"| December 1938 – December 1939

| Korvettenkapitän Hans-Rudolf Rösing

align="left"| June 1941 – August 1942

| Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz Moehle

align="left"| September – November 1942

| Korvettenkapitän Hans Pauckstadt (pro tem)

align="left"| November 1942 – September 1943

| Korvettenkapitän Karl-Heinz Moehle

align="left"| September 1943 – October 1943

| Kapitänleutnant Jost Metzler (pro tem)

align="left"| October 1943 – May 1945

| Korvettenkapitän Karl-Heinz Moehle

References

{{cite web | title= Uboat.net| work= The Flotillas – 5th Flotilla (Emsmann)| url=http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/5flo.htm| access-date=12 February 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070220184756/http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/5flo.htm| archive-date= 20 February 2007 | url-status= live}}
{{cite web | title= Uboat.net| work= The Flotillas – 5th Flotilla| url=http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/5flo2.htm| access-date=12 February 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070224224334/http://www.uboat.net/flotillas/5flo2.htm| archive-date= 24 February 2007 | url-status= live}}
{{cite web| title= Uboatnet.de| work= Die Flottillen – 5. Unterseebootsflottille| url= http://www.uboatnet.de/Archiv/Flottillen/5.U_Flottille.htm| access-date= 12 February 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070102005740/http://uboatnet.de/Archiv/Flottillen/5.U_Flottille.htm| archive-date= 2 January 2007| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}

Category:Military units and formations of the Kriegsmarine

Category:Military units and formations established in 1938

Category:Military units and formations established in 1941

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1940

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945