(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Heinrich Wagner
Born: 10 Dec 1886 in Nuremberg (Nürnberg)
Died: 06 Jul 1950 in Tegernsee, Bavaria (Bayern)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Jul 1906); Seekadett (15 May 1907); Fähnrich zur See (08 Jun 1908); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1910); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Kapitänleutnant (16 Nov 1917); Fregattenkapitän (L) (15 May 1934); Fregattenkapitän (E) (05 Mar 1935); Kapitän zur See (E) (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Royal Bavarian Army with the 21st Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Jul 1906-14 May 1907)
Transferred to Naval Service as a Seekadett on the School-Ship 'Stein' (15 May 1907-31 Mar 1908)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1908-31 Aug 1909)
On Board the Liner 'Braunschweig' (01 Sep 1909-17 Sep 1909)
Crew-Cadre 'Westfalen' (18 Sep 1909-15 Nov 1909)
On Board the Liner 'Westfalen' (16 Nov 1909-30 Sep 1912)
Company-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1912-30 Jul 1914)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'S 15' (01 Nov 1912-23 Dec 1912)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats 'S 15' and 'G 7' (02 Mar 1913-13 Sep 1913)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'V 156' (01 Dec 1913-23 Dec 1913)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'G 7' (15 Mar 1914-01 Apr 1914)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'G 7' (06 Apr 1914-30 May 1914)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'S 61' (01 Jul 1914-13 Jul 1914)
Watch-Officer on 'G 7' of the 10th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (31 Jul 1914-19 Apr 1915)
Watch-Officer on 'V 1' of the 10th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (20 Apr 1915-07 Sep 1915)
Watch-Officer on 'V 6' of the 10th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (08 Sep 1915-27 Oct 1915)
Watch-Officer on 'V 160' of the 10th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (28 Oct 1915-26 Feb 1916)
Sea-Cadet-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser 'Freya' (27 Feb 1916-30 Sep 1916)
Company-Leader in the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1916-15 Apr 1917)
Ships-Cadre, Small Cruiser 'Cöln' (16 Apr 1917-19 May 1917)
Watch and Torpedo Officer on the Small Cruiser 'Pillau', at the same time, Detached to the German Commission for the Disarmament-Inspection (20 May 1917-24 Feb 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (25 Feb 1919-24 Mar 1919)
Retired (24 Mar 1919)
Employed by the Navy (Reactivcated as Territorial-Officer on 15 May 1934; Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935 and Active-Officer from 20 Aor 1941) as Assistant in the Equipment and Torpedo Department, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (19 Mar 1926-29 Sep 1931)
At the same time, Director of Remote-Control-Units (29 Mar 1930-04 Dec 1939)
Advisor in the Central-Department, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (30 Sep 1931-30 Sep 1933)
Equipment-Operations-Director, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1936)
Chief of the Department for Military Questions and Shipyards, Head-Office for Warship Construction, OKM (05 Dec 1939-22 Nov 1942)
Senior-Shipyard-Director, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Bordeaux then Arsenal-Commandant, Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Bordeaux (23 Nov 1942-03 Jan 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-Group West (04 Jan 1944-31 Jan 1944)
Chief of the Office-Group for Tracking-Matters, Kriegsmarine-Defence, OKM (01 Feb 1944-08 May 1945)
Retired (08 May 1945)

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