Date of birth:

December 23rd, 1884 (Lütjenburg, Schleswig-Holstein)

Date of death:

November 29th, 1947 (Geisenke, Lichtendorf)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1904);
Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1904);
Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1906);
Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Sep 1908);
Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Oct 1910);
Marineingenieur (24 Oct 1911);
Marineoberingenieur (12 Mar 1915);
Oberleutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919);
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (08 Mar 1920);
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jun 1926);
Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Nov 1928);
Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Nov 1929);
Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Oct 1933);
Charakter als Vizeadmiral (30 Sep 1936).

Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1903-08 Jan 1904)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm der Große’ (09 Jan 1904-30 Sep 1904)
On Board the Liner ‘Weißenburg’ (05 Oct 1904-28 Sep 1906)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (29 Sep 1906-11 Oct 1907)
Training at the Deck Officer School (12 Oct 1907-25 Sep 1908)
On Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (26 Sep 1908-27 Sep 1910)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (28 Sep 1910-04 Oct 1910)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (05 Oct 1910-23 Sep 1911)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Oct 1911-31 Mar 1913)
Training at the Submarine-School (01 Apr 1913-21 Jun 1913)
Watch-Engineer on the Small Cruiser ‘Magdeburg’ (22 Jun 1913-16 Jul 1913)
Construction-Indoctrination at the Germania-Shipyard Kiel (17 Jul 1913-05 Dec 1913)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘U 24’ (06 Dec 1913-31 Jul 1916)
With the Submarine-Department (01 Aug 1916-16 Sep 1916)
Engineering-Officer at the Submarine-Selection-Command (17 Sep 1916-31 Aug 1918)
Fleet-Engineer of the II. Submarine-Flotilla (01 Sep 1918-30 Nav 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs (01 Dec 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Flotilla-Engineer of the II. then III. Minesweeper-Flotilla (02 Jan 1919-06 Jun 1919)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin (07 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1921)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1921-06 Dec 1921)
Instructor at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (07 Dec 1921-23 Sep 1925)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (24 Sep 1925-30 Sep 1927)
Department-Head in the Training-Department, Naval Command (01 Oct 1927-13 Oct 1929)
Fleet-Engineer of Fleet-Command (14 Oct 1929-28 Sep 1933)
Engineering-Officer with the Staff of the Chief of the Military Department for Ship-Machine-Operations, Naval-Command, from 11 Jan 1936 OKM (29 Sep 1933-30 Sep 1936)
Retired (30 Sep 1936)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being Mobilised (24 May 1939)

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