(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Char.Admiral (Ing.) Hans Fechter
Born: 26 May 1885 in Elbing
Died: 04 Jul 1955 in Berlin
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1906); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1906); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Oct 1908); Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Oct 1909); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Oct 1912); Marineingenieur (30 Oct 1913); Marineoberingenieur (17 Oct 1915); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1921); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 May 1925); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1929); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Jun 1931); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Oct 1935); Vizeadmiral (Ing.) (01 Nov 1937); Charakter als Admiral (Ing.) (31 Dec 1939)
Career:
Entered the Navy as an Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1905-31 Mar 1906)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm der Große’ (01 Apr 1906-15 Oct 1906)
On Board ‘S 122’ of the 7th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (16 Oct 1906-15 Dec 1906)
Attended Torpedo-Course (16 Dec 1906-25 Mar 1907)
On Board ‘G 134’ of the 5th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (26 Mar 1907-03 Apr 1907)
Courses on Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Barbarossa’ (04 Apr 1907-13 Aug 1908)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (14 Aug 1908-12 Sep 1909)
Transferred to the I. Torpedo-Battalion (13 Sep 1909-09 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Engineer-Aspirant on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 170’ (13 Sep 1909-20 Dec 1909)
At the same time, Engineer-Aspirant on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 170’ (04 Jan 1910-09 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner ‘Pommern’ (10 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Training with the I. Shipyard-Division and Submarine-School (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Wittelsbach’ (02 Aug 1914-16 Aug 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine Affairs, Ships-Cadre of ‘U 35’ (17 Aug 1914-02 Nov 1914)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘U 35’ (03 Nov 1914-18 Jan 1917)
Construction-Indoctrination ‘U 139’ and ‘U 107’ (19 Jan 1917-17 Aug 1917)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘U 107’ (18 Aug 1917-19 Sep 1917)
Construction-Indoctrination of ‘U 139’ (20 Sep 1917-17 May 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘U 139’ (18 May 1918-24 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine Affairs and Granted Leave (25 Nov 1918-00 May 1919)
Detached to the Technical College in Berlin (00 May 1919-18 Sep 1921)
Advisor in the Naval-Defence-Department, Naval Command (19 Sep 1921-30 Jun 1922)
Advisor in the Fleet Department, Naval Command (01 Jul 1922-14 Feb 1925)
Granted Leave to be Transferred for Service as Chief-Engineer on the US-Yacht ‘Vanadis’ (15 Jan 1924-00 Jun 1924)
Construction-Indoctrination ‘Emden’ at the Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (15 Feb 1925-14 Oct 1925)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (15 Oct 1925-20 Jul 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (21 Jul 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Auxiliary-Advisor with the Command of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Oct 1928-18 Jun 1931)
At the same time, Member of the Test-Commission for Ships (10 Mar 1929-30 Sep 1931)
At the same time, Acting-Chairman of the Test-Commission for Ships (02 Aug 1930-26 Aug 1930)
Station-Engineer with the Command of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (19 Jun 1931-28 Sep 1933)
Fleet-Engineer, Fleet Command (30 Sep 1933-30 Sep 1935)
Ship-Machine-Inspector (01 Oct 1935-31 Dec 1939)
Retired (31 Dec 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being Mobilised (01 Jan 1940)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Türkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit Säbel
- k.u.k. Österr. Goldenes Verdienstkreuz mit der Krone
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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