Commanders
- Fregattenkapitän Eugen Lindau: November 1929 - September 1931
- Kapitän zur See Erwin Wassner: September 1931 - December 1932
- Fregattenkapitän Wilhelm Harsdorf von Enderndorf: December 1932- September 1934
- Kapitän zur See Günther Lütjens: September 1934 - September 1935
- Kapitän zur See Leopold Siemens: September 1935 - September 1937
- Kapitän zur See Erich Fröste: September 1937 - May 1938
- Kapitän zur See Friedrich Rieve: November 1939 - April 1940
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