(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Waldemar Bender
Born: 28 Dec 1885 in Danzig
Died: 06 Dec 1950 in Kiel
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (07 Apr 1906); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1908); Oberleutnant zur See (05 Sep 1911); Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916); Korvettenkapitän (01 Feb 1925); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1930); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1932); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1935); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Jul 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as Seekadett, Ground-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Charlotte’ (01 Apr 1905-31 Mar 1906)
At the Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1907)
On Board the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (01 Oct 1907-14 Sep 1910)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Division (15 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 162’ (01 Nov 1910-30 Nov 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 162’ (12 Jan 1911-22 Jan 1911)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 162’ (01 Apr 1911-13 Sep 1911)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (01 Oct 1911-29 Sep 1913)
Company-Officer in the Mine-Battalion (30 Sep 1913-30 Jun 1915)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 51’ (20 Oct 1913-11 Dec 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 56’ (14 Apr 1914-23 May 1914)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 51’ (27 Jun 1914-05 Oct 1914)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 55’ (06 Oct 1914-30 Apr 1915)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 105’ (11 May 1915-16 May 1915)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 91’ (17 May 1915-24 May 1915)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 105’ (25 May 1915-30 Jun 1915)
Submarine-Training and Instructor on the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (01 July 1915-01 Mar 1916)
Submarine-Training with the Submarine-Command and Detached for Information to the Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (02 Mar 1916-10 May 1916)
At the same time, Navigations-Instructor on the School-Ship ‘Grille’ (23 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 76’ (11 May 1916-21 Jan 1917)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Then III. Submarine-Flottilas (22 Jan 1917-27 May 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 43’ (28 May 1917-18 Apr 1918)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (19 Apr 1918-11 Nov 1918)
Chief of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (12 Nov 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 97’ (18 Feb 1919-05 Sep 1919)
Chief of the 8th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Battalion (06 Sep 1919-08 Nov 1919)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Wittelsbach’ (09 Nov 1919-21 Mar 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding-Department of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (22 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
First Officer on the Mine-Boat ‘Pelikan’ (01 Jun 1920-15 Oct 1920)
Chief of the 6th Half-Flotilla (02 Nov 1920-11 Jan 1921)
Roll and Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (15 Feb 1921-09 Mar 1922)
First Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Panther’ (10 Mar 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Detached to the Observatory in Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1923-31 Dec 1923)
Officers-Surveying-Course (01 Jan 1924-31 Mar 1924)
First Officer on the Surveying-Ship ‘Panther’ (01 Apr 1924-14 May 1924)
Detached to the Observatory in Wilhelmshaven (15 May 1924-22 Jun 1924)
Navigations-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (23 Jun 1924-26 Sep 1924)
In the Nautical-Department of the Naval Command (27 Sep 1924-14 Nov 1924)
First Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Meteor’ (15 Nov 1924-30 Jun 1926)
Returned Home and Department-Head in the Nautical Department of the Naval-Command (01 Jul 1926-29 Sep 1927)
Commandant of the Survey-Ship ‘Meteor’ (29 Sep 1927-25 Sep 1931)
Chief of the Central-Department of the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (26 Sep 1931-25 Sep 1932)
At the same time Temporary Arsenal-Commandant (01 Aug 1932-27 Aug 1932)
Chief of the Nautical Department, Naval-Command (28 Sep 1932-27 Sep 1935)
Retired (27 Sep 1935)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Chief of Staff of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Drontheim (01 Mar 1941-04 May 1942)
Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Horten (05 May 1942-14 Mar 1943)
Commandant of the Sea-Waterway Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (09 Jun 1943-10 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (11 Jan 1945-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)

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