(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Wilhelm Betche
Born: 24 Oct 1879 in Rostock
Died: 12 May 1941 in Rostock
Promotions:
Maschinist (01 Apr 1906); Maschineningenieuraspirant (29 Sep 1906); Maschineningenieuroberaspirant (01 Apr 1908); Marineingenieur (30 Oct 1909); Marineoberingenieur (09 Dec 1913); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (21 Jan 1920); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 May 1922); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Apr 1926); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Jan 1928); Charakters als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1932); Konteradmiral (Ing.) z.V. (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Maschinistenapplikant with the II. Shipyard-Division, Deck-Officer-School, on Ships of the Fleet and on Torpedo-Boats (1899-1907)
On Board the Liner ‘Wettin’ (1907-1909)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Apr 1909-30 Sep 1909)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (01 Oct 1909-31 Mar 1911)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Transferred into the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1912-13 May 1913)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Kaiserin’ (14 May 1913-00 Jan 1918)
Training at the Submarine-School (00 Jan 1918-00 Jun 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Submarine-School then of the Inspection of Submarine Affairs and Instructor at the Naval-School ‘B’ (00 Jun 1918-02 Jun 1920)
Direction-Officer at the Naval-School ‘B’ (03 Jun 1920-15 Sep 1920)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (16 Sep 1920-24 Jun 1923)
Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (25 Jun 1923-18 Sep 1923)
Advisor in the Naval-Defence-Department, Naval Command (19 Sep 1923-11 Oct 1925)
Commander of the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (12 Oct 1925-20 Sep 1928)
Station-Engineer with the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (08 Oct 1928-29 Sep 1932)
Retired (29 Sep 1932)
Employed by the Kriegsmarine (Officer to Disposal from 01 Aug 1940) as Leader of the Construction-Indoctrinations, Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Sep 1939-12 May 1941)
Died (12 May 1941)

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