Vizeadmiral Adolf Pfeiffer Born: 29 Oct 1876 in Wiesbaden Died: 14 May 1961 Promotions:
Seekadett (13 Apr 1896); Unterleutnant zur See (02 Oct 1898); Leutnant zur See (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant zur See (23 Mar 1901); Kapit�nleutnant (20 Nov 1905); Korvettenkapit�n (25 Apr 1912); Fregattenkapit�n (28 Apr 1918); Kapit�n zur See (08 Mar 1920); Konteradmiral (01 Feb 1925); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (30 Sep 1928); Vizeadmiral z.V. (01 Sep 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Kadett and Attended Basic-Training (02 Apr 1895-24 Apr 1895)
On Board the School-Ship �Stein� (25 Apr 1895-11 Apr 1897)
Course on the Torpedo-School-Ship �Bl�cher� (12 Apr 1897-07 Jun 1897)
Course on the Artillery-School-Ship �Mars� (08 Jun 1897-19 Sep 1897)
Training at the Naval-School (20 Sep 1897-18 Aug 1898)
Transferred to the II. Sea-Battalion (19 Aug 1898-28 Sep 1898)
On Board the Armoured-Ship �Kurf�rst Friedrich Wilhelm� (29 Sep 1898-30 Sep 1902)
Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the II. Sailor-Division (01 Oct 1902-19 Mar 1903)
First Officer on the Aviso �Loreley� (20 Mar 1903-31 Mar 1904)
First Officer on the School-Ship �Grille� (01 May 1904-16 Sep 1904)
Company-Officer with the II. Torpedo-Battalion (17 Sep 1904-30 Sep 1906)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �G 112� (25 Oct 1904-22 Dec 1904)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 118� (04 Apr 1905-15 Sep 1905)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 118� (18 Nov 1905-18 Dec 1905)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 107� (10 Apr 1906-09 Jun 1906)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 107� (16 Aug 1906-15 Sep 1906)
Attended I. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1906-30 Jun 1907)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Hessen� (01 Jul 1907-14 Aug 1907)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 77� (15 Aug 1907-10 Sep 1907)
II. Course at the Naval-Academy (11 Sep 1907-30 Jun 1908)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Wittelsbach� (01 Jul 1908-30 Sep 1908)
Squadron-Torpedo-Officer on the Liner �Hannover� (01 Oct 1908-27 Sep 1909)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Command of the High Seas Fleet (28 Sep 1909-30 Sep 1912)
1st Adjutant of the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (01 Oct 1912-01 Aug 1914)
At the same time, 1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Instruction-Squadron (15 Dec 1912-23 Dec 1912)
At the same time, 1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Instruction-Squadron (30 Mar 1913-21 Apr 1913)
At the same time, 1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Instruction-Squadron (14 Dec 1913-22 Dec 1913)
At the same time, 1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Instruction-Squadron (30 Mar 1914-29 Apr 1914)
Chief of the VIII. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (02 Aug 1914-07 Dec 1914)
Chief of the Ottoman Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (15 Jan 1915-02 Jun 1917)
Department-Head in the Operations-Department of the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (06 Jun 1917-01 Jul 1918)
Commandant of the Small Cruiser �Pillau� (02 Jul 1918-12 Aug 1918)
Department-Chief in the Naval-Warfare-Command in the Grand Headquarters, Admiral-Staff of the Navy (13 Aug 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Detached to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy, Berlin (07 Dec 1918-13 Jan 1919)
Chief of the Military, then Naval-Defence-Department in the Reichsmarineamt, from 15 Jul 1919 in the Admiralty then from 15 Sep 1920 in the Naval Command (14 Jan 1919-22 Feb 1922)
Commandant of the Liner �Braunschweig� (01 Mar 1922-14 Oct 1923)
Commodore of the Light Sea-Forces of the North Sea (15 Oct 1923-19 Sep 1924)
Chief of the Naval-Command-Office, Naval-Command (22 Sep 1924-30 Sep 1928)
Retired (30 Sep 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (22 Mar 1939-03 Sep 1939)
Judge at the Upper Prize-Court, Berlin (03 Sep 1942-02 Oct 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (02 Oct 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
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