title: 6th U-boat Flotilla
text: # 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
  