(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Werner Ehrhardt
Born: 25 May 1898 in Liebstädt, Thuringia (Thüringen)
Died: 23 Sep 1967 in Kiel
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (26 Apr 1917); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1918); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1922); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1929); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1939); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with aspiring Officer-Service at the Naval-School Mürwik (04 Jul 1916-02 Sep 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (03 Sep 1916-31 Oct 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Kronprinz’ on 15/06/1918 renamed ‘Kronprinz Wilhelm’ (01 Nov 1916-10 Nov 1918)
Different Commands on Board the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (11 Nov 1918-02 Jun 1920)
3rd Adjutant of the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (03 Jun 1920-24 Sep 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘T 139’, ‘T 148’ and ‘T 190’ (23 Dec 1923-05 Apr 1926)
Flag-Lieutenant with the Staff of the Commander of the Sea-Forces of the Baltic Sea (06 Apr 1926-26 Sep 1928)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘Falke’ (27 Sep 1928-15 Feb 1929)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘Greif’ (16 Feb 1929-26 Sep 1930)
Flag-Lieutenant, Fleet-Command (27 Sep 1930-21 Sep 1931)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (22 Sep 1931-28 Sep 1933)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (29 Sep 1933-29 Nov 1936)
Navigation-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Admiral Graf Spee’ (30 Nov 1936-31 Oct 1938)
Advisor in the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (01 Nov 1938-24 Nov 1939)
Department-Chief in the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (25 Nov 1939-30 Jan 1943)
At the same time, Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office (01 Nov 1942-05 Jan 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office (31 Jan 1943-14 Mar 1943)
Commandant of the Heavy Cruiser ‘Prinz Eugen’ (15 Mar 1943-04 Jan 1944)
Commander of the Naval-War-School Schleswig (05 Jan 1944-25 May 1945)
In Captivity (25 May 1945-30 Nov 1946)
Released (30 Nov 1946)
Entered the Bundeswehr (Naval Forces) and Placed to the Federal Ministry Of Defence for Briefing (16 Jun 1957-30 Jun 1957)
Commander of Naval-Training (01 Jul 1957-31 Jul 1960)
Granted Leave (01 Aug 1960-30 Sep 1960)
Retired (30 Sep 1960)

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