HQ Command) in Rostock-Gehlsdorf. It was structured as follows (in 1985): 1st Flotilla in Peenemünde, 4th Flotilla in Rostock-Warnemünde, 6th Flotilla at Bug on Rügen Island, 6th Border Brigade (Coast) in Rostock. Shore-based forces consisted of: one Torpedo Technical Support Company (TTK-18) in Sassnitz (servicing anti-submarine torpedoes) one Naval Helicopter Wing (MHG-18) in Parow near Stralsund one Naval Flight Wing (MFG-28) in Laage one Navy Engineering Battalion (MPiB-18) in Sassnitz one Combat Swimmer Command (KSK-18) in Kühlungsborn one Coastal Missile Regiment (Ground Support) (KRR-18) in Schwarzenpfost one Coastal Defense Regiment (Ground Support) (KVR-18) in Rostock (from 1988) one Naval Propaganda Company (PRK-18) in Rostock-Warnemünde the Maritime Hydrographic Service of the GDR (SHD) in Rostock testing and other special facilities Training facilities Naval Officers Academy "Karl Liebknecht" in Stralsund (training of naval officers) Naval NCO Academy "Walter Steffens" in Parow (naval training of NCOs and seamen) NCO School for Support Services at Dänholm near Stralsund (technical training of NCOs) Equipment The Volksmarine was equipped with: Landing craft Minelayers and minesweepers Fast torpedo and missile boat (like Project 131 "Libelle") Coastal defense ships Submarine hunters Three Koni-class frigates (Rostock (141), Berlin- Haupstadt der DDR (142), and Halle (143))- Purchased from the Soviet Navy in the 1980s Intelligence ships Training ships Support craft Three squadrons of combat helicopters: Mil Mi-4MÄ Hound Mil Mi-8 Hip, Mi-14PL Haze-A and Mil Mi-14BT Haze-B Fighter-bombers: Sukhoi Su-22M4 Fitter-K Music The People's Navy's band played a number of specially-composed musical pieces. Most notable is the "Präsentiermarsch der Volksmarine", which was composed by Ludwig Schmidt for use at ceremonial events. "Unsere Volksmarine" was also written for use at parades, while "Matrosen von Kronstadt" was an East German adaptation of the 1926 Soviet Navy song "Forward, Red Marines". The instrumental pieces written for the Volksmarine fell out of use after the reunification of Germany, and are not used by the modern German Navy. Volksmarine admirals There were 37 admirals in the history of the Volksmarine and its predecessor organizations. They were: Flottenadmiral No one was awarded this rank. Admiral Waldemar Verner Wilhelm Ehm Theodor Hoffmann Vizeadmiral Konteradmiral Felix Scheffler Richard Fischer John Streubel Rudi Wegner Heinz Irmscher Lothar Heinecke Heinrich Jordt Walter Kühn Werner Henninger Klaus Kahnt Hans-Joachim Dönitz Joachim Münch Wolfgang Laue Hans Heß Werner Kotte Rolf Rödel Herbert Städtke Günther Pöschel Helmut Milzow Friedrich Elchlepp Eberhard Grießbach Egon Nitz Dr. Karl Weiß Hans Partzsch Herbert Bernig Gerhard Müller