Vizeadmiral Walther Kinzel Born: 17 Aug 1880 in Berlin Died: 03 Oct 1964 in Bad Mergentheim Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (10 Apr 1900); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1902); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1904); Kapit�nleutnant (13 Oct 1908); Korvettenkapit�n (24 Apr 1916); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Apr 1922); Kapit�n zur See (01 Jan 1925); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1929); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (30 Sep 1932); Vizeadmiral z.V. (01 Sep 1941) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and On Board the School-Ship �Stosch� (10 Apr 1899-03 Apr 1900)
Naval-School and Special-Briefing (04 Apr 1900-30 Sep 1901)
Departed to Nagasaki (01 Oct 1901-17 Dec 1901)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser �F�rst Bismarck� (18 Dec 1901-12 Sep 1902)
Returned Home from Tsingtau (13 Sep 1902-03 Nov 1902)
On Board the Liner �Kaiser Wilhelm II� and Placed to the Disposal of the II. Naval-Inspection (04 Nov 1902-24 Mar 1903)
On Board the School-Ship �Moltke� (25 Mar 1903-13 Mar 1905)
Court-Officer with the I. Sailor-Division (01 Apr 1905-31 Mar 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Elsaߒ (01 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1908)
I. Course at the Naval Academy (01 Oct 1908-30 Jun 1909)
Artillery-Officer on the Coastal-Armoured-Ship �Siegfried� (22 Jul 1909-15 Sep 1909)
II. Course at the Naval Academy (01 Oct 1909-30 Jun 1910)
Detached to the I. Shipyard-Division (01 Jul 1910-30 Sep 1910)
Transferred to the Weapons-Department, Reichsmarineamt (01 Oct 1910-13 Aug 1912)
At the same time, Artillery-Officer on the Liner �Z�hringen� (09 May 1912-12 May 1912)
Artillery-Officer on the Liner �Z�hringen� (14 Aug 1912-28 Sep 1912)
Artillery-Officer on the Liner �Kaiser� (29 Sep 1912-10 Apr 1916)
At the same time, Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of �Detachierte Division� (07 Dec 1913-28 Jun 1914)
Department-Head at the Department for Artillery and Handheld-Weapons Construction, Weapons-Department, Reichsmarineamt (11 Apr 1916-14 Jul 1919)
Department-Head in the Weapons-Department of the Admiralty (15 Jul 1919-14 Sep 1920)
Department-Head in the Weapons-Department, Naval Command (15 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command (02 Oct 1921-01 Apr 1922)
Commandant of the Cruiser �Thetis� (02 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Chief Of Staff of the General Naval Office, Naval Command (04 Oct 1923-04 Jan 1925)
Chief of the Naval Weapons Department, Naval Command (06 Jan 1925-30 Sep 1928)
Inspector of Naval Artillery and President of the Artillery-Test-Command (01 Oct 1928-29 Sep 1932)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Naval-Depots (25 Jul 1929-10 Aug 1929)
Retired (30 Sep 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (01 Jan 1939-10 Oct 1940)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Command-Office, OKM (10 Oct 1940-19 Oct 1940)
Chief of Senior-Shipyard-Staff France (20 Oct 1940-31 Mar 1944)
Placed to Disposal and Granted Leave (01 Apr 1944-30 Apr 1944)
Retired (30 Apr 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (31 Mar 1944)
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