Vizeadmiral Siegfried Maßmann Born: 02 Apr 1882 in Danzig Died: 15 Feb 1944 in Berlin (Killed In An Air Raid) Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (22 Apr 1902); Leutnant zur See (29 Sep 1904); Oberleutnant zur See (30 Mar 1906); Kapitänleutnant (12 Mar 1912); Korvettenkapitän (05 Mar 1920); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1926); Kapitän zur See (01 May 1928); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1932); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (30 Sep 1935); Vizeadmiral z.V. (01 Sep 1940) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Moltke’ (10 Apr 1901-31 Mar 1902)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1902-30 Sep 1903)
Roll-Officer and Adjutant on the Liner ‘Wittelsbach’ (01 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1906)
Company-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Officer-Pupil on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 42’ (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 129’ (19 Nov 1906-16 Dec 1906)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 129’ (03 Apr 1907-09 Jun 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 129’ (15 Aug 1907-09 Sep 1907)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 81’ (15 Aug 1908-14 Sep 1908)
Instructor on the Liner ‘Württemberg’ (01 Oct 1908-16 Oct 1910)
Company-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Division (17 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 183’ (04 Jan 1911-13 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (27 Oct 1911-02 Dec 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 183’ (18 Mar 1912-29 Mar 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 183’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (13 Apr 1912-08 Jun 1912)
At the same time, Candidate-Instructor on Board the School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (30 Jun 1912-20 Jul 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 183’ (18 Aug 1912-24 Aug 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 183’ (02 Sep 1912-20 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (01 Dec 1912-13 Dec 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 75’ (14 Dec 1912-14 Feb 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (03 Mar 1913-15 Mar 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 75’ (17 Mar 1913-18 Apr 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 85’ (19 Apr 1913-28 Apr 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 75’ (29 Apr 1913-17 May 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (18 May 1913-05 Jun 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Divisions-Boat ‘D 9’ (06 Jun 1913-12 Jun 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Divisions-Boat ‘D 9’ (20 Jun 1913-12 Jul 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (14 Jul 1913-18 Jul 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (27 Aug 1913-28 Aug 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 185’ (31 Aug 1913-13 Sep 1913)
I. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1913-30 Jun 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Jul 1914-29 Jul 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 179’ and ‘S 178’ of the VIII. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Aug 1914-02 Jul 1916)
Chief of the 21st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (03 Jul 1916-06 Aug 1916)
Adjutant of the Inspection Of Torpedo-Affairs (25 Aug 1916-16 Jan 1918)
Chief of the 19th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (17 Jan 1918-15 Feb 1919)
Chief of the Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla B1 of the Baltic Sea (15 Feb 1919-15 Apr 1919)
Chief of the 3rd Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (16 Apr 1919-12 Sep 1919)
Chief of the 2nd Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (13 Sep 1919-29 Apr 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief Of The Admiralty (30 Apr 1920-30 May 1920)
Commander on the Mine-Cadre-Battalion of the Baltic Sea (31 May 1920-06 Jun 1920)
Chief of the IV. Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Flotilla (07 Jun 1920-04 Aug 1920)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (05 Aug 1920-09 Sep 1920)
Chief Of Staff of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (10 Sep 1920-26 Dec 1920)
Advisor in the Inspection of Torpedo and Mine Affairs and also Acting-Director of the Printing-Administration of the Baltic Sea Station (15 Jan 1921-26 Sep 1924)
At the same time, Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Torpedo and Mine Affairs (01 Apr 1922-26 Sep 1924)
Ships-Cadre ‘Hessen’ (29 Jul 1924-14 Feb 1925)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (15 Feb 1925-19 Sep 1926)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (20 Sep 1926-28 Sep 1928)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (29 Sep 1928-25 Feb 1930)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Hannover’ (25 Feb 1930-29/ Sep 1930)
Chief of the Central-Department of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (30 Sep 1930-30 Sep 1932)
Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1932-29 Sep 1935)
Retired (29 Sep 1935)
Employed by the Kriegsmarine (Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine from 15 Feb 1939) as Leader of the Instruction-Staff for Luftwaffe-Questions (08 Mar 1937-16 Nov 1941)
At the same time, Chief of the Special-Staff, Admiral West (00 Jun 1940-21 Aug 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Naval-Mission in Romania (05 Jun 1941-20 Aug 1941)
Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff Aegean (20 Nov 1941-15 Feb 1944)
Died in an Air Raid on Berlin (15 Feb 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (29 Oct 1943)
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