Date of birth:

May 29th, 1885 (Rostock/Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)

Date of death:

April 15th, 1945 (Bad Oldesloe/Holstein, Germany)

Buried on:

Nordfriedhof Kiel

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1904);
Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1906);
Oberleutnant zur See (27 Jan 1909);
Kapitänleutnant (16 Dec 1914);
Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1928);
Kapitän zur See (01 May 1930);
Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1934);
Vizeadmiral (01 Jan 1937);
Admiral (01 Jun 1937);
Generaladmiral (19 Jul 1940)

Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training (01 Apr 1903-10 May 1903)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (11 May 1903-31 Mar 1904)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1904-30 Sep 1905)
Departed to East Asia (01 Oct 1905-28 Nov 1905)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (29 Nov 1905-02 Oct 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘Taku’ (03 Oct 1906-14 Jun 1907)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (15 Jun 1907-01 Oct 1907)
Returned Home and Granted-Leave (02 Oct 1907-21 Nov 1907)
Roll-Officer and Adjutant on the Liner ‘Schwaben’ (22 Nov 1907-14 Sep 1910)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Dresden’ (15 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Wittelsbach’ (01 Oct 1912-28 Apr 1914)
Artillery-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Breslau-Midilli’ (13 May 1914-02 Dec 1916)
3rd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘König’ (16 Jan 1917-14 Apr 1917)
Submarine-Training, Submarine-School (15 Apr 1917-30 Jun 1917)
Instructor on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Kaiserin Augusta’ (01 Jul 1917-03 Feb 1918)
Course on the School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (04 Feb 1918-30 Mar 1918)
Commandant of the Submarine-School, and at the same time ‘U 9’ (31 Mar 1918-20 Jul 1918)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 124’ (21 Jul 1918-01 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspector of Submarine Affairs (02 Dec 1918-08 Feb 1919)
Commander of the VIII. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (09 Feb 1919-15 Mar 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspector of Submarine Affairs (16 Mar 1919-08 Apr 1919)
Battalion-Commander in the III. Naval-Brigade (09 Apr 1919-30 Jun 1920)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V (01 Jul 1920-07 Oct 1923)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (08 Oct 1923-31 Aug 1925)
Director of the Reichs Naval Service Office Königsberg (10 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1927)
Advisor in the Fleet-Department, Naval-Command (18 Mar 1927-04 Oct 1928)
Chief of the Training-Department, Naval-Command (05 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1930)
Chief of Staff of the Naval-Command (01 Oct 1930-26 Sep 1932)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Hessen’ (03 Oct 1932-02 Oct 1933)
Chief of Staff, Fleet-Command (03 Oct 1933-28 Sep 1934)
Commander of Liners (29 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1936)
At the same time, Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (24 Jul 1936-24 Aug 1936)
Commander of Armoured-Ships (01 Oct 1936-23 Nov 1936)
At the same time, Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (05 Oct 1936-13 Nov 1936)
Fleet Chief (21 Dec 1936-31 Oct 1938)
At the same time, Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (03 Aug 1937-07 Sep 1937)
Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Nov 1938-20 Sep 1940)
At the same time, Commander-in-Chief East (31 Oct 1939-20 Sep 1940)
Commander-in-Chief, Naval-Group-Command North (21 Sep 1940-01 Mar 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (02 Mar 1943-31 May 1943)
Retired from Naval Service (31 May 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being mobilised (01 Jun 1943)
Killed-in-Action in Bad Oldesloe (15/04/1945)

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• Photo: Carls, Rolf : C
  
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