(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Walter Dose
Born: 14 Jun 1886 in Hannover
Died: 10 Nov 1970 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (07 Apr 1906); Leutnant zur See (22 Sep 1908); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Jan 1911); Kapitänleutnant (16 Nov 1915); Korvettenkapitän (L) then (E) (01 Apr 1934); Fregattenkapitän (E) (01 Apr 1935); Kapitän zur See (E) (01 Apr 1938); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training on the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (01 Apr 1905-31 Mar 1906)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1907)
On Board the Liner ‘Wettin’ (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1908)
On Board the School-Ship ‘König Wilhelm’ (01 Oct 1908-31 Mar 1909)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1909-31 Mar 1911)
Detached to the Naval Admiral Staff (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Preußen’ (01 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1916)
Commandant of the Naval-Airships ‘L 21’, ‘L 14’, ‘L 51’, ‘L 35’ and ‘L 65’ (01 Aug 1916-10 Aug 1918)
Admiral-Staff-Officer, High Seas Force (20 Aug 1918-09 Jan 1919)
Admiral-Staff-Officer, Staff of the Commander of the Sea Forces of the North Sea (10 Jan 1919-21 Aug 1919)
Artillery-Officer on the Light Cruiser ‘Regensburg’ (22 Aug 1919-19 May 1920)
Detached to the Admiralty, on 15 Sep 1920 renamed Naval-Command, in the Department of Aviation Affairs (30 May 1920-10 Oct 1920)
Instructor in the Ship-Artillery-School (19 Oct 1920-31 May 1921)
Retired (31 May 1921)
Civilian Employee of the Navy (on 01 Apr 1934 was reactivated as a Territorial-Officer; on 05 Mar 1935 as a Supplemental-Officer and on 20 Apr 1941 was fully reactivated) and Adjutant of the Staff Admiral of the Reichs, then Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Sep 1933-31 Mar 1935)
District-Economics-Officer Bremen then Director of the Military-Economics-Office Bremen (01 Apr 1935-31 Mar 1938)
Group-Director in the Military-Economics-Staff, OKW (01 Apr 1938-31 Dec 1939)
Chief Of The Department for General Military-Economics-Queries in the Office for Armaments and Economics Kriegsmarine, OKM (01 Jan 1940-31 Aug 1942)
Armaments-Inspector X (Hamburg) (01 Sep 1942-05 May 1945)
In Captivity (05 May 1945-19 Oct 1945)
Released (19 Oct 1945)

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