(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Hasso von Bredow
Born: 31 Mar 1883 in Neuruppin
Died: 16 Oct 1966 in Cologne (Köln)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (22 Apr 1902); Leutnant zur See (29 Sep 1904); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Apr 1907); Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1913); Korvettenkapitän (08 Mar 1920); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1927); Kapitän zur See (01 Dec 1928); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1932); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (10 Apr 1901-31 Mar 1902)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1902-30 Sep 1903)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (06 Dec 1903-29 Sep 1905)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Prinz Adalbert’ (18 Nov 1905-30 Sep 1906)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1907)
Company-Officer in the I. Sailor-Division (01 Oct 1927-24 Apr 1908)
At the same time, Divisional-Officer on the Artillery-School-Ship ‘Mars’ (02 Jan 1908-31 Mar 1908)
Departed to Tsingtau (01 Apr 1908-15 Jun 1908)
Watch and Artillery Officer on the Gun-Boat ‘Jaguar’ (16 Jun 1908-28 May 1910)
Returned Home from East Asia (29 May 1910-16 Jul 1910)
Company-Officer in the I. Shipyard-Division (17 Jul 1910-13 Sep 1910)
Company-Officer with the I. Sailors-Division (14 Sep 1910-01 Feb 1911)
Course on the Small Cruiser ‘Stuttgart’ (02 Feb 1911-30 Mar 1911)
Watch and Artillery Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Hela’ (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Company-Officer with the I. Sailors-Division (01 Oct 1912-30 Nov 1912)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Braunschweig’ (01 Dec 1912-30 Jul 1913)
3rd, 2nd and 1st Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘König Albert’ (31 Jul 1913-17 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the Command of the Naval-Camp in Kurland and Livland (Livland is the historical territory between Latvia and Estonia) (27 Nov 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Process Work (18 Dec 1918-17 Mar 1919)
In the Staff of Freikorps Dohna (18 Mar 1919-05 Aug 1919)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Kiel (06 Aug 1919-27 Aug 1919)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (Von Loewenfeld) (28 Aug 1919-02 Jan 1920)
Commander of the Command Battalion, Kiel (03 Jan 1920-10 Feb 1920)
Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of Cuxhaven (11 Feb 1920-05 Jul 1920)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (06 Jul 1920-25 Oct 1920)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (26 Oct 1920-06 Apr 1923)
Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-School Mürwik (07 Apr 1923-17 Sep 1924)
Director of Artillery and Navigational Departments at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven and at the same time Liaison-Officer of the Naval-Peace-Commission (22 Sep 1924-30 Oct 1925)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I (31 Oct 1925-30 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Temporary Fortress-Commander of Swinemünde (01 Jun 1926-21 Jun 1926)
Commander of the III. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-05 Oct 1927)
At the same time, Temporary Fortress-Commander of Swinemünde (11 Apr 1927-29 Apr 1927)
Commander of the Naval-School in Mürwik (06 Oct 1927-11 Oct 1929)
Commander of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (16 Oct 1929-29 Sep 1931)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant and Port-Captain of Kiel as well as Naval-Commissar for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (02 Jul 1930-11 Aug 1930)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant and Port-Captain of Kiel as well as Naval-Commissar for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (29 Dec 1930-18 Jan 1931)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant and Port-Captain of Kiel as well as Naval-Commissar for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (29 Mar 1931-24 Apr 1931)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant and Port-Captain of Kiel as well as Naval-Commissar for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (03 Jul 1931-05 Aug 1931)
Commandant of Kiel, and at the same time Port-Captain and Naval-Commissar for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (30 Sep 1931-27 Sep 1932)
At the same time, Temporary Commander of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (10 Jul 1932-02 Aug 1932)
Retired (30 Sep 1932)
Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935 and Active-Officer from 01 Jan 1941) and Director of the Psychological Tests Office Kiel (01 Oct 1933-03 Sep 1939)
Commander of the Naval-School in Mürwik (04 Sep 1939-13 Oct 1939)
Commander of the Office for Qualification Tests Kiel (18 Oct 1939-25 Jun 1940)
Coastal-Commander, Pomeranian Coast (26 Jun 1940-02 Mar 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (03 Mar 1943-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
In Russian captivity (00 May 1945-00 Dec 1953)
Released (00 Dec 1953)

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