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Pictures are posted when available. </p> <p>We have all the <strong>16</strong> combat flotilla pages and all <strong>15</strong> training flotilla pages completed and the third major section called <a href="/flotillas/bases/">Bases</a> is still in the works.</p>  <h3>Combat flotillas (16)</h3> <table class="width440"> <tr> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo01.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="1flo.htm"><strong>1st Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Brest</td> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo02_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="2flo.htm"><strong>2nd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Lorient</td> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo03.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="3flo.htm"><strong>3rd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>La Rochelle</td> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo05.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="5flo.htm"><strong>5th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Kiel</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><br></td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo06_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <strong><a href="6flo.htm">6th Flotilla</a></strong> <br>St. Nazaire</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo07_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="7flo.htm"><strong>7th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>St. Nazaire</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo09_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="9flo.htm"><strong>9th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Brest</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo10_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="10flo.htm"><strong>10th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Lorient</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><br></td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo11_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="11flo.htm"><strong>11th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Bergen</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo12_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="12flo.htm"><strong>12th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Bordeaux</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo13_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="13flo.htm"><strong>13th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Trondheim</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo14.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="14flo.htm"><strong>14th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Narvik</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><br></td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo23f_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="23flo.htm"><strong>23rd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Salamis</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo29_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="29flo.htm"><strong>29th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>La Spezia</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="30flo.htm"><strong>30th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Konstanza</td> <td align="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="33flo.htm"><strong>33rd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Flensburg</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Training flotillas (15)</h3> <table class="width440"> <tr> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="4flo.htm"><strong>4th Flotilla </strong></a> <br>Stettin </td> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="5flo2.htm"><strong>5th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Kiel </td> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo08_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="8flo.htm"><strong>8th Flotilla </strong></a> <br>Danzig </td> <td align="center" class="width110"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="18flo.htm"><strong>18th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Hela </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><br></td></tr> <tr> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo19.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="19flo.htm"><strong>19th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Pillau </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="20flo.htm"><strong>20th Flotilla </strong></a> <br>Pillau </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo21_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="21flo.htm"><strong>21st Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Pillau </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="22flo.htm"><strong>22nd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Gotenhafen </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><br></td></tr> <tr> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo23s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="23flo2.htm"><strong>23rd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Danzig </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo24_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="24flo.htm"><strong>24th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Memel </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo25_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="25flo.htm"><strong>25th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Libau </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo26_s.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="26flo.htm"><strong>26th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Pillau </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><br></td></tr> <tr> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="27flo.htm"><strong>27th Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Gotenhafen </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="31flo.htm"><strong>31st Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Hamburg </td> <td class="center"> <img src="/media/boats/emblems/no_emblem3.gif" alt="" /><br> <a href="32flo.htm"><strong>32nd Flotilla</strong></a> <br>Königsberg </td> </tr> </table> <h3><a href="training_units.htm">Other training units</a></h3> <p>The ULD and UAA training divisions among others.</p>  <div class="adSeperator"></div> <div id="ga_contentFooter728" align="center"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1101670507446460" 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