In what year was the man under whose command the 1st U-boat Flotilla was founded born?
Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelt Doenitz) (] ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Dönitz briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Germany.
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.