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Hi hucks216, thank you for the additional info on the 9th. GreyC

Hi, this is my first post in this forum. So forgive me if not all is according to protocol. The Führer der Schnellboote (FdS) succeeded the Führer der Torpedoboote on the 20th April 1942 as head of the Schnellbootsflottillen which usually consisted of 8 boats plus a tender. Rudolf Petersen was FdS from start to finish. The command-post of the FdS was usually situated at Scheveningen, but due to operative necesseties he also operated out of Boulogne/Wimereux, Cherbourg and during the invasion out of Le Havre, Ostende-De Haag and Den Helder. In the winter of 1944/45 the command post was moved to Sengwarden close to Wilhelmshaven. At the end of the war it was in Flensburg. The 9th Schnellbootsflottille was deployed 1st April 1943 and operated entirly out of Den Hoofden and in the Channel during the war. As stated above K. Kpt. Freiherr v. Mirbach was the Kommandant. All infos out of Schnellboote im Einsatz 1939-1945 by Volkmar Kühn, Stuttgart 1976. p210, 215. GreyC