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solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg/180px-Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg/270px-Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg/360px-Wappen_Volksmarine_NVA_mit_KM_Orden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Insignia of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1 March 1956 – 2 October 1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(East_Germany)" title="Ministry of National Defence (East Germany)">Ministry of National Defence</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">Coastal defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">27,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_(East_Germany).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg/15px-Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg/23px-Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="974" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Army" title="National People's Army"><i>Nationale Volksarmee</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Präsentiermarsch der Volksmarine</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_East_Germany" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany"><i>See article</i></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><i>See list</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Felix_Scheffler" title="Felix Scheffler">Felix Scheffler</a>,<br /><small>(1956)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Waldemar_Verner" title="Waldemar Verner">Waldemar Verner</a>,<br /><small>(1957–1959)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Ehm" title="Wilhelm Ehm">Wilhelm Ehm</a>,<br /><small>(1959–1961),(1963–1987)<br /></small><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Neukirchen" title="Heinz Neukirchen">Heinz Neukirchen</a>,<br /><small>(1961–1963)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Hoffmann_(admiral)" title="Theodor Hoffmann (admiral)">Theodor Hoffmann</a>,<br /><small>(1987–1989)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Born" title="Hendrik Born">Hendrik Born</a><br /><small>(1989–1990)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval ensign (warships) (1960–1990)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_warships_of_VM_(East_Germany).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Flag_of_warships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_warships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Flag_of_warships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_warships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Flag_of_warships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_warships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval ensign (auxiliary ships) (1960-1990)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_(East_Germany).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_auxiliary_ships_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Naval jack (1960–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_(With_cap_cover)_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_%28With_cap_cover%29_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg/188px-Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_%28With_cap_cover%29_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="338" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_%28With_cap_cover%29_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg/282px-Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_%28With_cap_cover%29_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_%28With_cap_cover%29_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg/376px-Cap_of_a_Marine_Officer_of_the_Navy_of_the_National_People%27s_Army_of_the_GDR_-_%28With_cap_cover%29_-_1962_-_Image_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9833" data-file-height="17668" /></a><figcaption>Cap of an Officer of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> - (With cap cover) - 1962</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span></b> (VM, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈfɔlksmaˌʁiːne]</a></span>; English: <span lang="en">People's Navy</span>) was the <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">naval force</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">German Democratic Republic</a> (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> was one of the <a href="/wiki/Service_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Service branch">service branches</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Army" title="National People's Army">National People's Army</a> and primarily performed a <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coastal defence</a> role along the GDR's <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> coastline and territorial waters. </p><p>Disbanded one day before the official reunification of Germany, the <i>Volksmarine</i> served as the naval arm of the East German state for 34 years. Rostock, former home port and headquarters of the <i>Volksmarine</i>, houses <a href="/wiki/Navy_Command_(Germany)" title="Navy Command (Germany)">Navy Command</a> for the post-reunification <i><a href="/wiki/German_Navy" title="German Navy">Deutsche Marine</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_(6409381).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_%286409381%29.jpg/220px-East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_%286409381%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_%286409381%29.jpg/330px-East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_%286409381%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_%286409381%29.jpg/440px-East_German_frigate_Berlin_underway_on_1_October_1985_%286409381%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2399" /></a><figcaption>Koni-class frigate <i>Berlin-Haupstadt der DDR</i> underway on 1 October 1985, observing NATO ships participating in "Exercise BALTOPS '85"</figcaption></figure> <p>Soon after the end of <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">World War II</a> and the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> initiated the rearming of the <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">German Democratic Republic</a> (GDR), which had been founded in October 1949 as a <a href="/wiki/Satellite_state" title="Satellite state">satellite state</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Zone_of_Occupation" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Zone of Occupation">Soviet Zone of Occupation</a>. Beginning in 1950, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Navy" title="Soviet Navy">Soviet Navy</a> officers helped to establish the <i><a href="/wiki/Hauptverwaltung_Seepolizei" class="mw-redirect" title="Hauptverwaltung Seepolizei">Hauptverwaltung Seepolizei</a></i> (Main Administration Sea Police), which was renamed <i>Volkspolizei–See (VP–See)</i> (People's Police – Sea) on 1 July 1952. At the same time parts of the erstwhile maritime police were reorganized into the new <i><a href="/wiki/Border_Troops_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic" title="Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic">Grenzpolizei</a>–See</i> (Border Police –– Sea), to guard the sea frontiers, and incorporated into the <i>Deutsche Grenzpolizei</i> (German Border Police) that had been set up in 1946. By 1952 the <i>VP–See</i> is estimated to have numbered some 8,000 personnel. </p><p>On 1 March 1956, the GDR formally created its armed forces, the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Army" title="National People's Army">National People's Army</a> (<i>Nationale Volksarmee</i>, NVA), and the <i>VP–See</i> became the <i>Verwaltung Seestreitkräfte der NVA</i> (Maritime Forces Administration of the NVA) with about 10,000 men. In November 1960, these maritime forces of the National People's Army were officially designated <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> (People's Navy). Over the next years the navy gradually received a number of new ships, mostly built in the GDR. Only the coastal protection ships and some of the fast torpedo boats were provided by the Soviet Union, as were all helicopters, and some auxiliary craft were purchased from Poland. </p><p>Following the erection of the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> on 13 August 1961, the <i>Grenzbrigade Küste der Grenzpolizei (</i>GBK<i>)</i> (Coastal Border Brigade of the Border Police) was incorporated into the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span>. With the reorganization of 1965 all attack forces, i.e., the fast torpedo boats, were combined into a single <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotilla</a> (the 6th Flotilla) and stationed on the Bug peninsula of the island of <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCgen" title="Rügen">Rügen</a>. In the 1970s, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> had grown to about 18,000 men. In the 1980s some of the ships were replaced and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> acquired Soviet-built <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bombers</a>. During 1985 – 1989, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> caused about 180 reported incidents due to a maritime border dispute with Poland in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Pomerania" title="Bay of Pomerania">Pomeranian bay</a>; in subsequent negotiations about two thirds of the disputed maritime area were allocated to the GDR.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> was dissolved, like all other branches of the former National People's Army, on 2 October 1990 – the day before the official <a href="/wiki/Reunification_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Reunification of Germany">reunification of Germany</a>. Some of its staff was absorbed into the <i><a href="/wiki/Bundesmarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesmarine">Bundesmarine</a></i> (which was henceforth called the <i>Deutsche Marine</i>), some by the <a href="/wiki/German_Border_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="German Border Police">German Border Police</a>. Most of the ships and other equipment were scrapped or sold; about one third of the ships went to the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Navy" title="Indonesian Navy">Indonesian Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few if any former <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> vessels remain in service with the modern-day <a href="/wiki/German_Navy" title="German Navy">German Navy</a>. The last commander of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span>, <i>Vizeadmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Born" title="Hendrik Born">Hendrik Born</a>, wrote a multi-paragraph commentary for Dieter Flohr and Peter Seemann's 2009 book, <i>Die Volksmarine</i>, a comprehensive and picture-oriented history of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operative_tasks">Operative tasks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operative tasks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> was first and foremost a coastal defence force, but offensive action and amphibious assaults against NATO were also included in its training and plans. It was operationally incorporated into the <i>United Baltic Sea Fleets</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> states, intended to serve alongside them in the event of war. Its designated area of operations was the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> and the entrances to the Baltic Sea. If open warfare had erupted between the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the primary mission of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> was to keep the sea lanes open for Soviet reinforcements and to participate in offensive actions against the coasts of hostile nations in the Baltic Sea. For these purposes, it was equipped with light forces such as anti-submarine ships, fast torpedo boats, minesweepers as well as landing craft. Routine duty was heavily focused on extensive reconnaissance activities, carried out mainly by the minesweepers and specialized electronic surveillance boats. </p><p>The 6th Border Brigade (Coast) had a special responsibility for the prevention of "<i><a href="/wiki/Republikflucht" title="Republikflucht">Republikflucht</a></i>" (people leaving the GDR without official permission). With effect from 1 November 1961, it was subordinated to the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span>. It had a substantial number of small patrol boats and surveillance posts along the coast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Konteradmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Felix_Scheffler" title="Felix Scheffler">Felix Scheffler</a> (1 March 1956 – 31 December 1956)</li> <li><i>Vizeadmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Waldemar_Verner" title="Waldemar Verner">Waldemar Verner</a> (1 January 1957 – 31 July 1959)</li> <li><i>Konteradmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Ehm" title="Wilhelm Ehm">Wilhelm Ehm</a> (1 August 1959 – 31 July 1961, 25 February 1963 – 30 November 1987)</li> <li><i>Konteradmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Neukirchen" title="Heinz Neukirchen">Heinz Neukirchen</a> (1 August 1961 – 24 February 1963)</li> <li><i>Vizeadmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Hoffmann_(admiral)" title="Theodor Hoffmann (admiral)">Theodor Hoffmann</a> (1 December 1987 – 17 November 1989)</li> <li><i>Vizeadmiral</i> <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Born" title="Hendrik Born">Hendrik Born</a> (11 December 1989 – 2 October 1990)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_German_Navy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/East_German_Navy.png/300px-East_German_Navy.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="395" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/East_German_Navy.png/450px-East_German_Navy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/East_German_Navy.png/600px-East_German_Navy.png 2x" data-file-width="3028" data-file-height="3987" /></a><figcaption>Organization of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> in 1988<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> was headed by the <i>Kommando der Volksmarine</i> (People's Navy HQ Command) in <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=Gehlsdorf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gehlsdorf (page does not exist)">Gehlsdorf</a>. It was structured as follows (in 1985): </p> <ul><li>1st Flotilla in <a href="/wiki/Peenem%C3%BCnde" title="Peenemünde">Peenemünde</a>,</li> <li>4th Flotilla in <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>-<a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a>,</li> <li>6th Flotilla at Bug on <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCgen" title="Rügen">Rügen</a> Island,</li> <li>6th Border Brigade (Coast) in <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>.</li></ul> <p>Shore-based forces consisted of: </p> <ul><li>one Torpedo Technical Support Company (TTK-18) in <a href="/wiki/Sassnitz" title="Sassnitz">Sassnitz</a> (servicing anti-submarine torpedoes)</li> <li>one Naval Helicopter Wing (MHG-18) in <a href="/wiki/Parow,_Germany" title="Parow, Germany">Parow</a> near Stralsund</li> <li>one Naval Flight Wing (MFG-28) in <a href="/wiki/Laage" title="Laage">Laage</a></li> <li>one Navy Engineering Battalion (MPiB-18) in <a href="/wiki/Sassnitz" title="Sassnitz">Sassnitz</a></li> <li>one <a href="/wiki/Kampfschwimmerkommando_18" title="Kampfschwimmerkommando 18">Combat Swimmer Command</a> (KSK-18) in <a href="/wiki/K%C3%BChlungsborn" title="Kühlungsborn">Kühlungsborn</a></li> <li>one Coastal Missile Regiment (Ground Support) (KRR-18) in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Schwarzenpfost&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schwarzenpfost (page does not exist)">Schwarzenpfost</a></li> <li>one Coastal Defense Regiment (Ground Support) (KVR-18) in <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a> (from 1988)</li> <li>one Naval Propaganda Company (PRK-18) in Rostock-<a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a></li> <li>the Maritime Hydrographic Service of the GDR (SHD) in Rostock</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Training_facilities">Training facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Training facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Naval Officers Academy "<a href="/wiki/Karl_Liebknecht" title="Karl Liebknecht">Karl Liebknecht</a>" in <a href="/wiki/Stralsund" title="Stralsund">Stralsund</a> (training of naval officers)</li> <li>Naval NCO Academy "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Steffens_(Offizier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Steffens (Offizier) (page does not exist)">Walter Steffens</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Steffens_(Offizier)" class="extiw" title="de:Walter Steffens (Offizier)">de</a>]</span>" in <a href="/wiki/Parow,_Germany" title="Parow, Germany">Parow</a> (naval training of NCOs and seamen)</li> <li>NCO School for Support Services at <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A4nholm" title="Dänholm">Dänholm</a> near Stralsund (technical training of NCOs)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg/250px-Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg/375px-Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg/500px-Frigate_Koni_East_German.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2856" data-file-height="2282" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Koni-class_frigate" title="Koni-class frigate"><i>Koni</i>-class frigate</a> <i>Rostock</i></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jasmund1986.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jasmund1986.jpg/250px-Jasmund1986.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jasmund1986.jpg/375px-Jasmund1986.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jasmund1986.jpg/500px-Jasmund1986.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1953" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Spy_ship" title="Spy ship">Intelligence ship</a> <i>Jasmund</i></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_German_Nordperd_(E-35).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/East_German_Nordperd_%28E-35%29.jpg/250px-East_German_Nordperd_%28E-35%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/East_German_Nordperd_%28E-35%29.jpg/375px-East_German_Nordperd_%28E-35%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/East_German_Nordperd_%28E-35%29.jpg/500px-East_German_Nordperd_%28E-35%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2952" data-file-height="1972" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Teluk_Gilimanuk-class_landing_ship" title="Teluk Gilimanuk-class landing ship">Frosch II</a></i>-class support ship <i><a href="/wiki/Nordperd" title="Nordperd">Nordperd</a></i></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mal_P30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mal_P30.jpg/250px-Mal_P30.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mal_P30.jpg/375px-Mal_P30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mal_P30.jpg/500px-Mal_P30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="884" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Project_89_Kondor_Minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Project 89 Kondor Minesweeper"><i>Kondor</i>-class minesweeper</a> <i>Ueckermuende</i> (transferred to Malta as P30)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> was equipped with: </p> <ul><li>Landing craft</li> <li>Minelayers and minesweepers</li> <li>Fast torpedo and missile boat (like <a href="/wiki/Project_131_Libelle_Torpedo_Boat" title="Project 131 Libelle Torpedo Boat">Project 131 "Libelle"</a>)</li> <li>Coastal defense ships</li> <li>Submarine hunters <ul><li>Three <a href="/wiki/Koni-class_frigate" title="Koni-class frigate">Koni-class frigates</a> (<i>Rostock</i> (141), <i>Berlin- Haupstadt der DDR</i> (142), and <i>Halle</i> (143))- Purchased from the Soviet Navy in the 1980s</li></ul></li> <li>Intelligence ships</li> <li>Training ships</li> <li>Support craft</li> <li>Three squadrons of combat helicopters: <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-4" title="Mil Mi-4">Mil Mi-4MÄ Hound</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8 Hip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-14" title="Mil Mi-14">Mi-14PL Haze-A</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-14" title="Mil Mi-14">Mil Mi-14BT Haze-B</a></li> <li>Fighter-bombers: <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-22" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhoi Su-22">Sukhoi Su-22M4 Fitter-K</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Military_Music_Service_of_the_National_People%27s_Army" title="Military Music Service of the National People's Army">People's Navy's band</a> played a number of specially-composed musical pieces. Most notable is the "<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pr%C3%A4sentiermarsch_der_Volksmarine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Präsentiermarsch der Volksmarine (page does not exist)">Präsentiermarsch der Volksmarine</a></i>", which was composed by <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Schmidt" title="Ludwig Schmidt">Ludwig Schmidt</a> for use at ceremonial events. "<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Unsere_Volksmarine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unsere Volksmarine (page does not exist)">Unsere Volksmarine</a></i>" was also written for use at parades, while <i>"Matrosen von Kronstadt"</i> was an East German adaptation of the 1926 Soviet Navy song <i>"Forward, Red Marines"</i>. The instrumental pieces written for the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volksmarine</i></span> fell out of use after the reunification of Germany, and are not used by the modern <a href="/wiki/German_Navy" title="German Navy">German Navy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Volksmarine_admirals"><i>Volksmarine</i> admirals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Volksmarine admirals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_chief_of_VM_(East_Germany).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_chief_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_chief_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_chief_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_chief_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_chief_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_chief_of_VM_%28East_Germany%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>Flag of chief of the Volksmarine</figcaption></figure> <p>There were 37 admirals in the history of the <i>Volksmarine</i> and its predecessor organizations. They were: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flottenadmiral"><i>Flottenadmiral</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Flottenadmiral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No one was awarded this rank. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admiral"><i>Admiral</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Admiral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Waldemar_Verner" title="Waldemar Verner">Waldemar Verner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Ehm" title="Wilhelm Ehm">Wilhelm Ehm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Hoffmann_(admiral)" title="Theodor Hoffmann (admiral)">Theodor Hoffmann</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vizeadmiral"><i>Vizeadmiral</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Vizeadmiral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Born" title="Hendrik Born">Hendrik Born</a></li> <li>Bruno Wansierski</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Hesse" title="Gustav Hesse">Gustav Hesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Neukirchen" title="Heinz Neukirchen">Heinz Neukirchen</a></li> <li>William Nordin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Kutzschebauch" title="Günter Kutzschebauch">Günter Kutzschebauch</a></li> <li>Hans Hofmann</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Konteradmiral"><i>Konteradmiral</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Konteradmiral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Scheffler" title="Felix Scheffler">Felix Scheffler</a><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg/180px-VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg/270px-VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg/360px-VM_Volksmarine_Wappen_stilisiert_NVA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="281" data-file-height="281" /></a><figcaption>Simple Logo of the VM</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Richard Fischer</li> <li>John Streubel</li> <li>Rudi Wegner</li> <li>Heinz Irmscher</li> <li>Lothar Heinecke</li> <li>Heinrich Jordt</li> <li>Walter Kühn</li> <li>Werner Henninger</li> <li>Klaus Kahnt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Joachim_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Hans-Joachim Dönitz">Hans-Joachim Dönitz</a></li> <li>Joachim Münch</li> <li>Wolfgang Laue</li> <li>Hans Heß</li> <li>Werner Kotte</li> <li>Rolf Rödel</li> <li>Herbert Städtke</li> <li>Günther Pöschel</li> <li>Helmut Milzow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Elchlepp" title="Friedrich Elchlepp">Friedrich Elchlepp</a></li> <li>Eberhard Grießbach</li> <li>Egon Nitz</li> <li>Dr. Karl Weiß</li> <li>Hans Partzsch</li> <li>Herbert Bernig</li> <li>Gerhard Müller</li> <li>Peter Miethe</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volksmarine&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Annapolis MD:  Naval Institute Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-5575-0648-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-5575-0648-5">1-5575-0648-5</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Siegfried Breyer, Peter Joachim Lapp: <i>Die Volksmarine der DDR</i>, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-7637-5423-7" title="Special:BookSources/3-7637-5423-7">3-7637-5423-7</a></li> <li>Robert Rosentreter: <i>Im Seegang der Zeit</i>, Vier Jahrzehnte Volksmarine, Ingo Koch Verlag, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-935319-07-X" title="Special:BookSources/3-935319-07-X">3-935319-07-X</a></li> <li>Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke: <i>Die Generale und Admirale der NVA. 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