title: 8th U-boat Flotilla
text: # 8th U-boat Flotilla
  
  The 8th U-boat Flotilla (German 8. Unterseebootsflottille) was formed in June 1941 in Königsberg under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, who also at this time commanded the 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig. It was primarily a training flotilla but in the last months of the war some flotilla boats were in combat against the Soviet Navy in the Baltic Sea. The flotilla was disbanded in January 1945.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  | Duration | Commander |
  | - | - |
  | October 1941 – January 1942 | Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz |
  | January 1942 – January 1943 | Korvettenkapitän Hans Eckermann |
  | January 1943 – March 1943 | Kapitän zur See Bruno Mahn (in deputize) |
  | January 1943 – April 1944 | Korvettenkapitän Werner von Schmidt |
  | May 1944 – January 1945 | Fregattenkapitän Hans Pauckstadt |
  