Date of birth:

February 7th, 1891 (Wilhelmshaven, Germany)

Date of death:

1964 (Berlin, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1911);
Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1911);
Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1913);
Marineingenieuraspirant (09 Aug 1914);
Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1916);
Marineingenieur (16 Jul 1917);
Leutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919);
Oberleutnant (Ing.) (08 Mar 1920);
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 May 1922);
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1929);
Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Apr 1934);
Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1936);
Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Jan 1940);
Vizeadmiral (Ing.) (01 Apr 1942).

Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter in the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1910-02 Jan 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Posen’ (03 Jan 1911-27 Sep 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Pommern’ (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1913)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (05 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Zähringen’ (01 Aug 1914-26 Jun 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (01 Jul 1916-28 Oct 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Zähringen’ (29 Oct 1916-25 Nov 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (26 Nov 1916-07 Mar 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (02 Apr 1917-08 Jul 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Großer Kurfürst’ (09 Jul 1917-09 Nov 1918)
Ships-Cadre ‘Großer Kurfürst’ (10 Nov 1918-15 Jan 1919)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (16 Jan 1919-27 Feb 1919)
With the 15th Reichswehr-Brigade (28 Feb 1919-15 Apr 1919)
With the Guards-Cavalry-Protection-Corps (16 Apr 1919-08 Oct 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (09 Oct 1919-20 Nov 1919)
Mechanical Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 130’ (21 Nov 1919-01 Dec 1919)
Pupil at Naval-School ‘B’ (02 Dec 1919-03 Jan 1921)
Ships-Cadre ‘Hannover’ (04 Jan 1921-14 Mar 1921)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (15 Mar 1921-26 Sep 1923)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (27 Sep 1923-04 Sep 1925)
Acting-Electrical-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (05 Sep 1925-24 Sep 1925)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (25 Sep 1925-28 Sep 1927)
Electrical-Engineer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (29 Sep 1927-20 Jul 1928)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (21 Jul 1928-07 Jul 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (08 Jul 1930-21 Sep 1930)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (22 Sep 1930-25 Sep 1931)
Formation-Engineer with the Commander of Reconnaissance-Forces (30 Sep 1931-05 Oct 1934)
Director of the Naval-Welfare-Office Swinemünde (06 Oct 1934-27 Apr 1936)
Advisor in the General Naval Office, OKM (28 Apr 1936-02 Oct 1936)
Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (03 Oct 1936-08 Feb 1937)
Fleet-Engineer, Fleet Command (10 Feb 1937-10 Dec 1939)
Chief of the Office-Group for Ship-Machine-Operations, Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (03 Jan 1940-31 Oct 1944)
Chief of the Office-Group for Manufactures of Ships and Shipyards, Office Warship-Construction, OKM (01 Nov 1944-04 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine and Acting-Chief of the Office-Group for Manufactures of Ships and Shipyards (05 Jan 1945-31 Mar 1945)
Retired (31 Mar 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine, in the War-Science Department, OKM (01 Apr 1945-30 Apr 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)

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