Vizeadmiral Günther Krause Born: 25 Jan 1890 in Wilhelmshaven Died: 12 Oct 1983 in Bad Segeberg Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1910); Leutnant zur See (19 Sep 1912); Oberleutnant zur See (02 May 1915); Kapitänleutnant (21 Jan 1920); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1928); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jul 1933); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1935); Konteradmiral (01 Aug 1939); Vizeadmiral (01 Feb 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett at Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Victoria Louise’ (01 Apr 1909-31 Mar 1910)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1910-04 Oct 1911)
Departed to Wusung on the ‘Roon’ (05 Oct 1911-19 Nov 1911)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Gneisenau’ (20 Nov 1912-23 Sep 1912)
Watch-Officer on the Cannon-Boat ‘Tiger’ (24 Sep 1912-01 Jan 1914)
Returned Home from Hong Kong and Placed to the Disposal of the II. Sailor-Division (02 Jan 1914-03 Apr 1914)
Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the II. Sailor-Division (04 Apr 1914-09 Aug 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the V. Squadron (10 Aug 1914-11 Aug 1914)
1st Radio-Officer on the Liner ‘Brandenburg’ (12 Aug 1914-05 Mar 1915)
Submarine-Training and Torpedo-Course (06 Mar 1915-19 Jun 1915)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 44’ (20 Jun 1915-05 Feb 1917)
Acting-Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 24’ (24 Feb 1917-20 Mar 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 41’ (21 Mar 1917-10 Sep 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 76’ (23 Sep 1917-09 Oct 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 83’ (15 Oct 1917-30 Jun 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (01 Jul 1918-28 Nov 1918)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 2’ with the II. Escort-Flotilla (29 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 37’ with the 5th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (01 Apr 1919-10 Oct 1919)
Company-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (22 Nov 1919-12 Sep 1920)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 185’ with the II. Flotilla (13 Sep 1920-31 Oct 1921)
Company-Leader with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Nov 1921-16 Apr 1923)
Temporary-Adjutant of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (17 Apr 1923-09 Oct 1923)
Company-Leader with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (10 Oct 1923-14 Jan 1925)
Navigation and Candidate-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (15 Oct 1925-30 Jun 1927)
At the same time, Acting-First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (05 Apr 1927-30 Jun 1927)
Detached for Service to Naval Command (01 Jul 1927-27 Sep 1927)
Department-Head in the Nautical-Department, Naval Command (28 Sep 1927-25 Sep 1929)
1st Adjutant of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (26 Sep 1929-05 Oct 1931)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (06 Oct 1931-02 Oct 1933)
Leader of Service-Office of the Reichsmarine in Stettin (03 Oct 1933-06 Oct 1935)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (07 Oct 1935-02 May 1937)
Inspector of Naval-Artillery-Equipment-Offices (07 May 1937-15 Apr 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Detached to Shipyard Horten (16 Apr 1943-30 Jun 1943)
Retired (30 Jun 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Senior-Shipyard-Director, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Horten (01 Jul 1943-10 Feb 1945)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of Sea-Fortifications of the Polar-Sea-Coast (06 Sep 1943-25 Oct 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval High Command North Sea (11 Feb 1945-31 Mar 1945)
Retired (31 Mar 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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