In what year was the man under whose command the 1st U-boat Flotilla was founded born?
1st U-boat Flotilla The 1st U-boat flotilla (German "1. Unterseebootsflottille") also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of "Fregattenkapitän" Karl Dönitz, it was named in honor of "Kapitänleutnant" Otto Weddigen. Weddigen, a U-boat commander during World War I, died on 18 March 1915 after his submarine "U-29" was rammed by the British battleship HMS "Dreadnought" in the North Sea.
Hans Schimpf Hans Schimpf (1890 – 10 April 1935 in Breslau) was a German Navy, (German: "Kriegsmarine" ) officer and intelligence officer during World War II. During the Second World War, he help co-found on instruction from the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Signals intelligence organization, the Forschungsamt (Abbr. FA) , along with Hermann Göring and Gottfried Schapper. He was responsible the organization between 1933 to 1935.