[1] The Naval Corps was formed on 20 November 1914 to command the land-based forces of the Imperial German Navy operating in Flanders.

It was continuously based on the extreme right wing of the German line on the Western Front, up against the North Sea.

It was still in existence at the end of the war[2] in the 4th Army, Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front, still holding the extreme right of the line.

It had the following composition:[3] MarineKorps Flandern – Admiral Ludwig von Schröder 1.

Strength at the end of 1918: – 3rd Marine-Brigade – 1st Schwere Waffen Kompanie – 2nd Schwere Waffen Kompanie – 3rd Marine Regiment – 1st Marine-Feldartilleriebatterie – 4th Marine-Brigade – 2nd Marine-Feldartilleriebatterie – 4th Matrosen-Regiment –3rd Marine-Pionier-Kompanie 3.