The Personnel of SVK was under the supervision of Kdr. Kpt.z.See Bramesfeld, and were divided into two departments (1) Naval and (2) Technical. The Naval Department was assigned approximately 500 Naval personnel who were allocated, as needed, among the Department's four sections; (1) Mines, (2) Influence Sweeps, (3) Depth Charges, etc., (4) Sweeps, and a flotilla consisting of about 200 vessels ranging in size and pur-pose from steamships to motor boats. The Technical Department consisted of about 450 personnel, about 60 of whom were in the scientific and design division, which was divided as follows: (1) Mines, general mechanical, (2) Sweeps, (3) Influence device and physical fields, (4) Depth charges and aircraft mine cases.

The drafting rooms and shops were allocated 50 and 300 personnel respectively, the remaining personnel being admisistrative and clerical. Some Technical personnel held spe-cial Naval rank, while others remained in a civilian status. In practice, the scientific, technical, and design work was handled by the Technical Department and the Marine ex-perience added by the Naval Department.