This brought all fast attack craft, mine warfare ships, and submarines of the German Navy under one organisational umbrella.

Korvettengeschwader was created on 29 June 2006 with the commissioning of the first Braunschweig-class corvettes and is stationed at Hohe Düne Naval Base near Rostock-Warnemünde.

Five additional corvettes built to the same (slightly modernised) design were ordered in 2017 and are planned to be commissioned from 2022 on, beginning with F265 Köln.

Minensuchgeschwader was raised on 15 October 1956 as 3rd Fast (schnelles) Mine Countermeasures Squadron in Wilhelmshaven and moved to Kiel from 1 August 1958 on.

The commander of EF 1 also functions as director of the Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters, COE CSW.