Vizeadmiral Friedrich Kurze Born: 05 Jul 1891 in Stralsund Died: 23 Dec 1945 in Berlin Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (15 Apr 1911); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916); Charakter als Kapit�nleutnant (24 Nov 1919); Kapit�nleutnant (09 Sep 1920); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Dec 1928); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Apr 1934); Kapit�n zur See (01 Oct 1935); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Mar 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett at Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Freya� (01 Apr 1910-28 Mar 1911)
Naval-School M�rwik (29 Mar 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1912-30 Sep 1912)
Adjutant and Watch-Officer on the Liner �Rheinland� (01 Oct 1912-02 May 1918)
Watch-Officer and Adjutant on the Liner �Schlesien� (03 May 1918-05 Nov 1918)
Detached to the Reichsmarineamt (06 Nov 1918-24 Nov 1919)
Retired (24 Nov 1919)
Reactivated as Kapit�nleutnant and Detached for Service to Station-Command of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (09 Sep 1920-25 Feb 1921)
Commandant of the School-Boat �Drache� (26 Feb 1921-11 Apr 1921)
Watch and 2nd Artillery Officer on the Cruiser �Arcona� (25 May 1921-19 Jan 1922)
Advisor in the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (20 Jan 1922-28 Feb 1922)
Advisor with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Mar 1922-27 Feb 1924)
At the same time, 2nd Adjutant with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North-Seas (14 Apr 1923-31 Jul 1923)
Company-Leader in the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (28 Feb 1924-04 Jan 1925)
Detached to Survey-Course (05 Jan 1925-15 Apr 1925)
First Officer on the Survey-Ship �Panther� (20 Apr 1925-15 Dec 1926)
Department-Head in the Fleet-Department, Naval Command (16 Dec 1926-27 Sep 1927)
Department-Head in the Nautical Department, Naval Command (28 Sep 1927-23 Sep 1931)
Commandant of the Survey-Ship �Meteor� (24 Sep 1931-25 Sep 1935)
Chief of the Nautical Department, Naval Command, from 11 Jan 1936 OKM (28 Sep 1935-30 Oct 1939)
Chief of Office-Group Nautical, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (31 Oct 1939-11 Dec 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-Command Baltic Sea (12 Dec 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being mobilised (01 Mar 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (12 Feb 1945)
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