(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Werner Grassmann
Born: 09 Mar 1888 in Berlin
Died: 20 Oct 1943 in Berlin
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (21 Apr 1908); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1910); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Kapitänleutnant (24 May 1917); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1926); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1931); Kapitän zur See (01 Jul 1933); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1937); Vizeadmiral (01 Jan 1940)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-School ‘Moltke’ (03 Apr 1907-31 Mar 1908)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1908-30 Sep 1909)
On Board the Liner ‘König Wilhelm’ (16 Sep 1910-31 Mar 1911)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Victoria Louise’ (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1914)
Artillery-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Augsburg’ (01 Apr 1914-15 Jul 1917)
Submarine-Training (16 Jul 1917-30 Sep 1917)
Artillery-Instructor with the Staff of the Leader of Submarines Mediterranean (14 Oct 1917-20 May 1918)
1st Watch-Officer on the Submarine-Cruiser ‘U 141’ (24 Jun 1918-12 Nov 1918)
Detached to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (13 Nov 1918-04 Apr 1919)
Minesweeper-Commandant (05 Apr 1919-31 May 1920)
Detached to Service with the Admiralty (01 Jun 1920-31 Aug 1920)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Sep 1920-12 Mar 1922)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Land Forces of the Baltic Sea (13 Mar 1922-09 Jul 1922)
Company-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (10 Jul 1922-09 Jun 1923)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (10 Jun 1923-14 Oct 1923)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of the Light Sea Force of the Baltic Sea (15 Oct 1923-28 Sep 1924)
Advisor with the Naval-Training-Department, Naval Command (29 Sep 1924-27 Sep 1927)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (04 Oct 1927-29 Sep 1929)
Leader of the Artillery-Test-Command for Ships (30 Sep 1929-21 Mar 1932)
At the same time, Acting-President of the Artillery-Test-Command for Ships (17 Feb 1930-30 Mar 1930)
At the same time, Acting-President of the Artillery-Test-Command for Ships (07 Jul 1930-19 Jul 1930)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (22 Mar 1932-01 Apr 1933)
Advisor in the Naval Command (06 Apr 1933-30 Jun 1933)
Chief of the Shipyard Department of the Naval Command (01 Jul 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Chief of the General Artillery Department in the Naval Weapons Office, Naval Command (01 Oct 1934-13 Sep 1935)
Commander of the Ship-Artillery-School (26 Sep 1935-27 Sep 1937)
Inspector of Naval Artillery, at the same time President of the Artillery-Test-Command for Ships and the Artillery-Test-Command Land (30 Sep 1937-22 Jan 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (23 Jan 1939-02 Apr 1939)
Chief of the Office for Warship Construction, OKM (03 Apr 1939-30 Jun 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 Jul 1939-22 Aug 1939)
Chief of the Naval-Command-Office, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (23 Aug 1939-03 Jun 1941)
Coastal-Commander, Western Baltic Sea (07 Jun 1941-28 Feb 1943)
At the same time, Acting Inspector of Naval Artillery (04 Jun 1941-07 Sep 1941)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (01 Mar 1943-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (01 Jun 1943-20 Oct 1943)
Died (20 Oct 1943)

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