(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Carl August Claussen
Born: 10 Mar 1881 in Altengamme near Hamburg
Died: 11 Sep 1968 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (19 Apr 1901); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1903); Oberleutnant zur See (21 Mar 1905); Kapitänleutnant (27 Jan 1910); Korvettenkapitän (17 Mar 1918); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1924); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1926); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1930); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seakadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Moltke’ (07 Apr 1900-31 Mar 1901)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1901-30 Sep 1902)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ (01 Oct 1902-31 Mar 1904)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (01 Apr 1904-20 Mar 1905)
Divisional-Officer with the Ship’s-officer-Aspirant-Division (21 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1905)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Schwaben’ (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Company-Officer in the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 100’ (16 Oct 1906-24 Nov 1906)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 125’ (15 Mar 1907-14 Sep 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 125’ (02 Nov 1907-30 Nov 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 125’ (10 Apr 1908-06 Jun 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 125’ (25 Aug 1908-14 Sep 1908)
Adjutant of the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1908-14 Sep 1910)
Company-Officer and First Officer of the Cadre-Boats of the VI. Torpedo-Boat-Reserve-Division (15 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (04 Jan 1911-13 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (06 Nov 1911-30 Nov 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (14 Mar 1912-23 Feb 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (13 Apr 1912-07 Jun 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (29 Aug 1912-22 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (25 Nov 1912-05 Dec 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Division-Boat (School-Boat) ‘D 7’ (06 Dec 1912-21 Dec 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (07 Mar 1913-19 Mar 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (18 May 1913-30 May 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 84’ (02 Jun 1913-06 Jul 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (07 Jul 1913-15 Aug 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (31 Aug 1913-13 Sep 1913)
Attended I. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1913-31 May 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the High Seas Fleet (01 Jun 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 130’ (03 Aug 1914-19 Oct 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 184’ (20 Oct 1914-19 Apr 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 99’ (20 Apr 1915-17 Aug 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘B 112’ (03 Sep 1915-00 Jun 1916)
Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (00 Jun 1916-31 Mar 1918)
Chief of the III. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Apr 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Chief of the Formation of Repair-Boats, I. Torpedo-Division (18 Dec 1918-19 Mar 1919)
Battalion-Commander, I. Torpedo-Division (20 Mar 1919-30 May 1919)
At the same time, Detached to the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 May 1919-30 May 1919)
Liaison-Officer of the Reichsmarineamt (RMA), then, Admiralty (31 May 1919-21 Feb 1920)
Detached for Service with the Admiralty (22 Mar 1920-05 Jun 1920)
Chief of the North-Seas-Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (16 Jun 1920-10 Aug 1920)
Chief of Staff of the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (11 Aug 1920-06 Oct 1922)
Chief of the Central-Department, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (14 Oct 1922-12 Oct 1924)
Director of the Reichs-Naval-Service-Office Stettin (13 Oct 1924-14 Oct 1926)
Chief of the Nautical-Department, Naval Command (15 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1930)
Retired (30 Sep 1930)
Employed as a Civilian by the Navy (Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer from 01 Oct 1933 and Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935) and Director of Military Economy, Military-District-Command II (01 Feb 1931-30 Sep 1933)
Director of Military Economy, Military-District-Command X (01 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector X (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Retired (30 Sep 1937)
Placed to the Command of the Kriegsmarine (01 Jan 1939-17 Jun 1941)
Shipyard-Representative with the Naval-Commission in Rumania (17 Jun 1941-01 Jan 1942)
Shipyard-Representative then Chief of the Senior Shipyard Staff with the Admiral of the Black Sea (02 Jan 1942-01 Feb 1943)
Prize-Officer at the Prize-Court, Hamburg (17 Feb 1943-09 May 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (10 May 1943-30 Jun 1943)
Retired (30 Jun 1943)

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