Vizeadmiral Walter Matthiae Born: 03 Aug 1880 on the Rittergut Rynneck, West Prussia (Westpreu�en) Died: 27 Jun 1960 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (19 Apr 1901); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1903); Oberleutnant zur See (29 Sep 1905); Kapit�nleutnant (09 Jul 1910); Korvettenkapit�n (29 Nov 1919); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Apr 1925); Kapit�n zur See (01 Jan 1928); Charakter als Konteradmiral (31 Oct 1930); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941); Vizeadmiral (01 Nov 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadet and Attended Basic-Training (07 Apr 1900-22 May 1900)
On Board the School-Ship �Charlotte� (23 May 1900-31 Mar 1901)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1901-27 Sep 1902)
On Board the Liner �Wittelsbach� (28 Sep 1902-30 Sep 1904)
Placed to the Disposal of the II. Naval-Inspection then Company-Officer with the II. Sailor-Division (01 Oct 1904-28 Feb 1905)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Blitz� (01 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Departed to Duala with the �Prinzregent Luitpold� (15 Oct 1906-01 Nov 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Sperber� (02 Nov 1906-30 Nov 1907)
Returned Home from The Cameroon and Company-Officer with the II. Sailor-Division (01 Dec 1907-31 Mar 1908)
Adjutant of the Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1908-30 Sep 1910)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Westfalen� (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)
I. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1912-30 Jun 1913)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (01 Jul 1913-14 Aug 1913)
Detached for Information to the Staff of the 2nd Admiral of I. Squadron (15 Aug 1913-30 Sep 1913)
II. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1913-31 May 1914)
Detached to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (01 Jun 1914-02 Aug 1914)
2nd Location-Major with the Commander Wilhelmshaven (03 Aug 1914-14 Nov 1914)
Ships-Cadre �Pillau� (15 Nov 1914-13 Dec 1914)
Navigation-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Pillau� (14 Dec 1914-06 Oct 1916)
First Officer on the Small Cruiser �Pillau� (07 Oct 1916-24 Jul 1917)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (25 Jul 1917-15 Jun 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (16 Jun 1920-31 Aug 1920)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Sep 1920-27 Mar 1923)
At the same time, Acting-Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Oct 1921-20 Feb 1922)
First Officer on the Liner �Braunschweig� (28 Mar 1923-25 Sep 1924)
Press-Advisor in the Reichs Defence Ministry, at the same time Head-Print-Leader of the Naval Exhibition (01 Oct 1924-23 Oct 1927)
Detached for Service to the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (24 Oct 1927-09 Feb 1928)
Chief of the Central-Department of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (10 Feb 1928-29 Sep 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (30 Sep 1930-31 Oct 1930)
Retired (31 Oct 1930)
Civilian Employee of the Navy (Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer on 01 Apr 1934, Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935 and Active-Officer from 01 Jan 1941) and Director of the Printing-Administration, Naval Command (01 Apr 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Director of Libraries, OKW (31 Mar 1932-14 Sep 1940)
Senior-Shipyard-Director, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Lorient, at the same time, also Delegated with the Construction of the Shipyard Bordeaux and Chief of the Operations-Staff Submarine-Repair (15 Sep 1940-10 May 1945)
At the same time, Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard St. Nazaire (15 Sep 1940-28 Feb 1941)
At the same time, Commandant of Sea-Fortifications Lorient (20 Aug 1944-10 May 1945)
In Captivity (10 May 1945-29 Dec 1945)
Released (29 Dec 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (11 Apr 1944)
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