(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Conrad Engelhardt
Born: 26 Mar 1898 in Lüneburg
Died: 28 Oct 1973 in Lüneburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (13 Jan 1917); Leutnant zur See (19 Jun 1918); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Jul 1925); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1933); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1937); Kregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1940); Kapitän zur See (01 Mar 1942); Konteradmiral (16 Sep 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with aspiring Officer-Service and Attended Naval-School Mürwik (04 Apr 1916-31 May 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (01 Jun 1916-03 Aug 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Thüringen’ (04 Aug 1916-15 Dec 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Ostfriesland’ and Instruction-Course (16 Dec 1916-30 Nov 1918)
Company-Officer, 54th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1918-20 Aug 1919)
Company-Officer, Coastal-Defence-Battalion Cuxhaven (21 Aug 1919-25 Sep 1919)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (26 Sep 1919-28 Oct 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (29 Oct 1919-13 Nov 1919)
Retired (13 Nov 1919)
Reactivated to Naval Service and at the Naval-School Mürwik and Instruction-Courses (01 Oct 1923-07 May 1924)
Adjutant of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (08 May 1924-14 Feb 1926)
Navigations and Watch Officer, Surveying-Ship ‘Meteor’ (15 Feb 1926-17 Jun 1927)
Course at the Ship-Artillery-School (18 Jun 1927-28 Sep 1927)
Watch-Officer, Torpedo-Boat ‘Iltis’ (29 Sep 1927-29 Sep 1929)
Training-Officer and Flak-Advisor, Coastal-Artillery-School (30 Sep 1929-27 Sep 1932)
Roll-Officer, Liner ‘Hessen’ (28 Sep 1932-23 Sep 1934)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘Kondor’ (24 Sep 1934-27 Sep 1936)
Company-Chief, II. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (02 Oct 1936-07 Oct 1937)
1st Artillery-Officer, Armoured-Ship ‘Admiral Scheer’ (08 Oct 1937-06 Nov 1938)
Director Artillery-Officer-Training, Ship-Artillery-School (07 Nov 1938-13 Sep 1939)
Flak-Group-Commander in Section Brunsbüttel (14 Sep 1939-03 Dec 1939)
Commandant in Section Brunsbüttel (04 Dec 1939-24 May 1940)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Commander North France (25 May 1940-25 Jul 1940)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer, Staff Naval-Commander Channel Coast (26 Jul 1940-14 Dec 1940)
Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications Gascogne-Loire-Gironde (15 Dec 1940-15 Feb 1941)
In the Naval-Liaison-Staff Rome (16 Feb 1941-15 May 1941)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Commander Eastern Territories (16 May 1941-03 Mar 1943)
German Sea-Transportation-Chief Italy (05 Mar 1943-31 Dec 1943)
Chief of the Shipping-Department, OKM, at the same time Sea-Transportation-Chief of the Wehrmacht (05 Jan 1944-23 May 1945)
In Captivity (23 May 1945-02 Dec 1946)
Released (02 Dec 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (11 Sep 1943)
Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern (24 Feb 1945)


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