(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Joachim von Gerlach
Born: 22 Nov 1895 in Berlin
Died: 19 Mar 1979 in Darmstadt
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (03 Apr 1914); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (07 Jan 1920); Kapitänleutnant (01 May 1925); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1933); Fregattenkapitän ((01 Jan 1937); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1938); Konteradmiral (01 Feb 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy-Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1913-31 Mar 1914)
With the Naval-School in Mürwik (01 Apr 1914-31 Jul 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Wettin’ (01 Aug 1914-06 Oct 1915)
On Board the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (07 Oct 1915-12 Mar 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Hannover’ (13 Mar 1916-02 May 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (03 May 1917-24 May 1917)
Minesweeper-Commandant, IV. Minesweeper-Flottila (25 May 1917-28 Feb 1919)
Commandant of ‘A 41’ in the 8th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla, IV. North-Seas-Minesweeper-Flotilla (01 Mar 1919-08 Oct 1919)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (09 Oct 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Company-Officer with the Territorial-Rifle-Jäger-Corps (01 Nov 1919-05 Dec 1919)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (06 Dec 1919-24 Oct 1920)
Company and Ordinance Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Regiment II (25 Oct 1920-11 Jan 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 1’, 3rd Half-Flotilla (12 Jan 1923-31 Dec 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 156’, 4th Half-Flotilla (01 Jan 1924-31 Mar 1924)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 156’, 4th Half-Flotilla (01 Apr 1924-29 Sep 1926)
Assistant at the Torpedo-Test-Institute Eckernförde (30 Sep 1926-27 Sep 1929)
Torpedo-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (28 Sep 1929-24 Sep 1930)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (25 Sep 1930-25 Sep 1931)
Equipment Operations Director, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (30 Sep 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval Command, Detached to the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1932-20 Sep 1934)
Navigations-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Deutschland’ (24 Sep 1934-15 Oct 1936)
Advisor with the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (09 Nov 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection Of Torpedo Affairs (01 Oct 1937-01 Nov 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (02 May 1938-29 May 1938)
Chief of the Torpedo Weapons Department, Naval-Weapons-Office, OKM (02 Nov 1938-06 Nov 1939)
Chief of the Military Department of Office-Group Torpedo-Weapons then Torpedo-Weapons-Office, Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (07 Nov 1939-15 Apr 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Office-Group Torpedo-Weapons (07 Nov 1939-27 Dec 1939)
In the Staff of the Commanding Admiral Norway (16 Apr 1940-26 Jun 1940)
Detached to OKM (27 Jun 1940-09 Jul 1940)
Commandant in Section Wesermünde (10 Jul 1940-09 Jun 1942)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Commander Denmark (10 Jun 1942-20 Sep 1942)
Commandant of Sea-Defences Narvik (21 Sep 1942-05 Apr 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea, Designated as Chief of the Tests Command for New Warship Construction but command did not become effective (06 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-02 Dec 1946)
Released (02 Dec 1946)

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