Konteradmiral (Ing.) Dipl.Ing. Helmut Grube Born: 07 May 1893 in Hohen-Sprenz, Mecklenburg Died: 05 Dec 1978 in Schleswig Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanw�rter (01 Apr 1913); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1913); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1915); Marineingenieuraspirant (26 Sep 1916); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1918); Leutnant (Ing.) (16 Dec 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (08 Jul 1921); Kapit�nleutnant (Ing.) (01 Jan 1925); Korvettenkapit�n (Ing.) (01 Oct 1931); Fregattenkapit�n (Ing.) (01 Apr 1936); Kapit�n zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Feb 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranw�rter and Attended Training on Land and on Ships of the Fleet, lastly on the Liner �Preu�en� (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1915)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1915-00 Sep 1916)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat �V 77� of the X. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (00 Sep 1916-00 Jul 1917)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser �F�rst Bismarck� (00 Jul 1917-00 Mar 1918)
Submarine-Training and Placed to the Disposal of the Submarine-Inspection (00 Mar 1918-00 Mar 1919)
Pupil at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (00 Mar 1919-00 Jan 1921)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat �T 146� of the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (00 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1921)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser �Medusa� (01 Oct 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin (01 Oct 1922-16 Nov 1925)
Watch and Electrical Engineer on the Liner �Hessen� (07 Dec 1915-30 Sep 1928)
Instructor at the Naval-School Kiel (01 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1930-12 Dec 1930)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser �Karlsruhe� (13 Dec 1930-27 Mar 1933)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (28 Mar 1933-19 Sep 1933)
Advisor in Naval Command (20 Sep 1933-30 Sep 1935)
Advisor in the Ship-Machine-Inspection (03 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1938)
Advisor in the Test-Command for Warships New Construction (10 Oct 1938-13 Nov 1939)
Chief Of Staff of the Test-Command for Warships New Construction (14 Nov 1939-07 Jan 1941)
Chief of the Department of Electrical Systems, Raw Materiel Dispatching, Spare-Parts Economy, Ship-Structural Repair and Regulations in the Office-Group Ship-Machine-Operations, Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (08 Jan 1941-19 Jan 1943)
Engineering-Officer with the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West and also Director of the Supply-Department (20 Jan 1943-31 Dec 1944)
Chief of the Test-Command for Warships New Construction (01 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Jan 1947)
Released (00 Jan 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (28 Aug 1944)
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