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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Emsmann Flotilla</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;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Korvettenkapit%C3%A4n" title="Korvettenkapitän">Korvettenkapitän</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Hans-Rudolf_R%C3%B6sing" title="Hans-Rudolf Rösing">Hans-Rudolf Rösing</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>5th U-boat Flotilla</b> (German <i>5. Unterseebootsflottille</i>), also known as <b>Emsmann Flotilla</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotilla</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i> during World War II. </p><p>The flotilla was formed in December 1938 in <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a> under the command of <i><a href="/wiki/Korvettenkapit%C3%A4n" title="Korvettenkapitän">Korvettenkapitän</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Hans-Rudolf_R%C3%B6sing" title="Hans-Rudolf Rösing">Hans-Rudolf Rösing</a>. It was named in honour of <i><a href="/wiki/Oberleutnant_zur_See" title="Oberleutnant zur See">Oberleutnant zur See</a></i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_Joachim_Emsmann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Joachim Emsmann (page does not exist)">Hans Joachim Emsmann</a>, a U-boat commander during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, who died on 28 October 1918 after his U-boat <a href="/wiki/SM_UB-116" title="SM UB-116"><i>UB-116</i></a> was sunk by a <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mine</a>. The flotilla was disbanded in January 1940 and the boats were all transferred to <a href="/wiki/1st_U-boat_Flotilla" title="1st U-boat Flotilla">1st Flotilla</a>. </p><p>The flotilla was re-formed as "5th U-boat Flotilla" in June 1941 under the command of <i><a href="/wiki/Kapit%C3%A4nleutnant" title="Kapitänleutnant">Kapitänleutnant</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Moehle" title="Karl-Heinz Moehle">Karl-Heinz Moehle</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Laconia_Order" title="Laconia Order">Laconia Order</a> to new U-boat commanders before they went out on patrol. He was released in November 1949. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flotilla_commanders">Flotilla commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_U-boat_Flotilla&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Flotilla commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Duration </th> <th>Commander </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">December 1938 – December 1939 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Korvettenkapit%C3%A4n" title="Korvettenkapitän">Korvettenkapitän</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Hans-Rudolf_R%C3%B6sing" title="Hans-Rudolf Rösing">Hans-Rudolf Rösing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">June 1941 – August 1942 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kapit%C3%A4nleutnant" title="Kapitänleutnant">Kapitänleutnant</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Moehle" title="Karl-Heinz Moehle">Karl-Heinz Moehle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">September – November 1942 </td> <td><i>Korvettenkapitän</i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_Pauckstadt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Pauckstadt (page does not exist)">Hans Pauckstadt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pro_tem" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro tem">pro tem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">November 1942 – September 1943 </td> <td><i>Korvettenkapitän</i> Karl-Heinz Moehle </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">September 1943 – October 1943 </td> <td><i>Kapitänleutnant</i> <a href="/wiki/Jost_Metzler" title="Jost Metzler">Jost Metzler</a> (pro tem) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">October 1943 – May 1945 </td> <td><i>Korvettenkapitän</i> Karl-Heinz Moehle </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_U-boat_Flotilla&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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captured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U-boats_never_deployed" title="List of U-boats never deployed">Never deployed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncompleted_U-boat_projects" title="Uncompleted U-boat projects">Uncompleted projects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Austro-Hungarian_U-boats" title="List of Austro-Hungarian U-boats">Austro-Hungarian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_U-boat_classes" title="Austro-Hungarian U-boat classes">Classes</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commanders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Befehlshaber_der_U-Boote" title="Befehlshaber der U-Boote">BdU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrer_der_Unterseeboote" title="Führer der Unterseeboote">FdU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_I_U-boat_commanders" title="List of World War I U-boat commanders">World War I commanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_U-boat_commanders" title="List of World War II U-boat commanders">World War II commanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_recipients_of_the_U-boat_service" title="List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the U-boat service">Knight's Cross recipients</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Raeder" title="Erich Raeder">Erich Raeder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Dönitz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_(naval_tactic)" title="Wolfpack (naval tactic)">Wolfpacks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wolfpacks_of_World_War_II" title="List of wolfpacks of World War II">List of wolfpacks of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Wolfpack Blücher"><i>Blücher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Borkum" title="Wolfpack Borkum"><i>Borkum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Delphin_II" title="Wolfpack Delphin II"><i>Delphin II</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Dr%C3%A4nger" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolfpack Dränger"><i>Dränger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Eisb%C3%A4r" title="Wolfpack Eisbär"><i>Eisbär</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Eisteufel" title="Wolfpack Eisteufel"><i>Eisteufel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Endrass" title="Wolfpack Endrass"><i>Endrass</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Hai" title="Wolfpack Hai"><i>Hai</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartmann%27s_wolfpack" title="Hartmann's wolfpack"><i>Hartmann</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Hecht" title="Wolfpack Hecht"><i>Hecht</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kiebitz" title="Operation Kiebitz"><i>Kiebitz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Kreuzotter" title="Wolfpack Kreuzotter"><i>Kreuzotter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Leuthen" title="Wolfpack Leuthen"><i>Leuthen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Lohs" title="Wolfpack Lohs"><i>Lohs</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Pfadfinder" title="Wolfpack Pfadfinder"><i>Pfadfinder</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Pfeil" title="Wolfpack Pfeil"><i>Pfeil</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Prien" title="Wolfpack Prien"><i>Prien</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Raubgraf" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolfpack Raubgraf"><i>Raubgraf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6sing%27s_wolfpack" title="Rösing's wolfpack"><i>Rösing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Rossbach" title="Wolfpack Rossbach"><i>Rossbach</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Schill" title="Wolfpack Schill"><i>Schill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Schlieffen" title="Wolfpack Schlieffen"><i>Schlieffen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Seewolf" title="Wolfpack Seewolf"><i>Seewolf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Steinbrinck" title="Wolfpack Steinbrinck"><i>Steinbrinck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Siegfried" title="Wolfpack Siegfried"><i>Siegfried</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Streitaxt" title="Wolfpack Streitaxt"><i>Streitaxt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_T%C3%BCmmler" title="Wolfpack Tümmler"><i>Tümmler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Vorw%C3%A4rts" title="Wolfpack Vorwärts"><i>Vorwärts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Weddigen" title="Wolfpack Weddigen"><i>Weddigen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_West" title="Wolfpack West"><i>West</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_Wolf" title="Wolfpack Wolf"><i>Wolf</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Major engagements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_7" title="Convoy SC 7">Convoy SC 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy_PQ_17" title="Convoy PQ 17">Convoy PQ 17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence" title="Battle of the St. Lawrence">Battle of the St. Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy_ONS_5" title="Convoy ONS 5">Convoy ONS 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_May_(1943)" title="Black May (1943)">Black May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_battle_of_the_battleship_Bismarck" class="mw-redirect" title="Last battle of the battleship Bismarck"><i>Bismarck</i> chase</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U-boat_flotillas" title="List of U-boat flotillas">U-boat flotillas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">World War I</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Flottille&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I Flottille (page does not exist)">I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=II_Flottille&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="II Flottille (page does not exist)">II</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Flottille&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="III Flottille (page does not exist)">III</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IV_Flottille&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IV Flottille (page does not exist)">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flanders_U-boat_flotillas" title="Flanders U-boat flotillas">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurland_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurland Flotilla (page does not exist)">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pola_Flotilla" title="Pola Flotilla">Pola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantinople_Flotilla" title="Constantinople Flotilla">Constantinople</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">World War II</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U-boat_regions" title="List of U-boat regions">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_U-boat_Flotilla" title="1st U-boat Flotilla">1.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="2nd U-boat Flotilla">2.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="3rd U-boat Flotilla">3.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="4th U-boat Flotilla">4.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">5.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="6th U-boat Flotilla">6.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="7th U-boat Flotilla">7.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="8th U-boat Flotilla">8.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="9th U-boat Flotilla">9.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="10th U-boat Flotilla">10.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="11th U-boat Flotilla">11.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="12th U-boat Flotilla">12.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="13th U-boat Flotilla">13.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="14th U-boat Flotilla">14.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="18th U-boat Flotilla">18.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="19th U-boat Flotilla">19.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="20th U-boat Flotilla">20.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_U-boat_Flotilla" title="21st U-boat Flotilla">21.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="22nd U-boat Flotilla">22.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="23rd U-boat Flotilla">23.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="24th U-boat Flotilla">24.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="25th U-boat Flotilla">25.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="26th U-boat Flotilla">26.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="27th U-boat Flotilla">27.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="29th U-boat Flotilla">29.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="30th U-boat Flotilla">30.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_U-boat_Flotilla" title="31st U-boat Flotilla">31.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="32nd U-boat Flotilla">32.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="33rd U-boat Flotilla">33.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Capital_ship" title="Capital ship">Capital ships</a> sunk</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">World War I</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Britannia_(1904)" title="HMS Britannia (1904)">HMS <i>Britannia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cornwallis_(1901)" title="HMS Cornwallis (1901)">HMS <i>Cornwallis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Danton" title="French battleship Danton">French battleship <i>Danton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Formidable_(1898)" title="HMS Formidable (1898)">HMS <i>Formidable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Gaulois" title="French battleship Gaulois"><i>Gaulois</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_battleship_Peresvet" title="Russian battleship Peresvet">Russian battleship <i>Peresvet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Majestic_(1895)" title="HMS Majestic (1895)">HMS <i>Majestic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_battleship_Regina_Margherita" title="Italian battleship Regina Margherita">Italian battleship <i>Regina Margherita</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Russell_(1901)" title="HMS Russell (1901)">HMS <i>Russell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Suffren" title="French battleship Suffren">French battleship <i>Suffren</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(1903)" title="HMS Triumph (1903)">HMS <i>Triumph</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">World War II</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Barham_(04)" title="HMS Barham (04)">HMS <i>Barham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(50)" title="HMS Courageous (50)">HMS <i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1918)" title="HMS Eagle (1918)">HMS <i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_(08)" title="HMS Royal Oak (08)">HMS <i>Royal Oak</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anechoic_tile" title="Anechoic tile">Anechoic tile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elektroboot" title="Elektroboot">Elektroboot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FuG_200_Hohentwiel" title="FuG 200 Hohentwiel">FuG 200 Hohentwiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)" title="Hedgehog (weapon)">Hedgehog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Leigh light">Leigh light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_24_mine" title="Mark 24 mine">Mark 24 mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metox_radar_detector" title="Metox radar detector">Metox radar detector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousetrap_(weapon)" title="Mousetrap (weapon)">Mousetrap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bold_(decoy)" title="Bold (decoy)">Pillenwerfer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q-ship" title="Q-ship">Q-ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sieglinde_(decoy)" title="Sieglinde (decoy)">Sieglinde (decoy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_snorkel" title="Submarine snorkel">Snorkel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">Submarine warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unrestricted_submarine_warfare" title="Unrestricted submarine warfare">Unrestricted submarine warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_U-boat" title="Rocket U-boat">Rocket U-boat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_pen" title="Submarine 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