(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Erwin Waßner
Born: 01 Mar 1887 in Rendsberg
Died: 24 Aug 1937 in The Hague, Netherlands
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (06 Apr 1907); Leutnant zur See (30 Sep 1909); Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1912); Kapitänleutnant (13 Jul 1916); Korvettenkapitän (01 Aug 1925); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jul 1930); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1932); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1936)
Career:
Entered the Navy as Seekadett, Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship 'Stein' (01 Apr 1906-31 Mar 1907)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1907-30 Sep 1908)
On Board the Liner 'Wittelsbach' (01 Oct 1908-20 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner 'Posen' (21 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Departed to Duala, Cameroon (01 Oct 1912-29 Oct 1912)
Watch-Officer on the Cannon-Boat 'Eber' (30 Oct 1912-10 Nov 1913)
Returned Home from Cameroon (11 Nov 1913-00 Dec 1913)
Company-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Division (00 Dec 1913-15 Mar 1914)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'V 158' of the VI. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (16 Mar 1914-00 Jun 1915)
Submarine-Training, Submarine-School (00 Jun 1915-29 Aug 1915)
Commandant of 'U 32', III. Submarine-Flotilla (30 Aug 1915-25 Sep 1915)
Commandant of 'UC 3' and 'UB 38', Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (26 Sep 1915-22 Dec 1916)
Commandant of 'UC 69', Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (23 Dec 1916-16 Aug 1917)
Commandant of 'UB 59' and 'UB 117', Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (17 Aug 1917-15 Aug 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Leader of Submarines Flaunders then of the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs (16 Aug 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of the III. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (18 Dec 1918-28 Jan 1919)
Chief of the 11th then 9th Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (29 Jan 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Company-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (02 Oct 1919-18 Nov 1920)
Company-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (19 Nov 1920-06 Mar 1921)
At the same time, Detached for Service to Naval Command (26 Jan 1921-06 Mar 1921)
Department-Head in the Naval-Defence-Department, Naval Command (07 Mar 1921-01 Jan 1925)
Commandant of the Sailing-School-Ship 'Niobe' (11 Apr 1925-02 Jan 1927)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner 'Elsaß' (03 Jan 1927-23 Sep 1927)
1st Adjutant in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (24 Sep 1927-09 Jun 1930)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (23 Jun 1930-20 Sep 1931)
Commandant of the Cruiser 'Karlsruhe' (26 Sep 1931-08 Dec 1932)
Detached for Briefing as Naval-Attaché to Naval Command (23 Jan 1933-31 Mar 1933)
Naval-Attaché at the German Embassy in London and of the Legation in The Hague with Seat in London (01 Apr 1933-24 Aug 1937)
Died (24 Aug 1937)

Decorations & Awards:
Pour le Mérite (05 Mar 1918)


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