(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Otto Fein
Born: 28 Mar 1895 in Hamburg
Died: 09 Jan 1953 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (03 Apr 1914); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (07 Jan 1920); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1932); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1936); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1938); Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1913-31 Mar 1914)
Attended Naval-School in Mürwik (01 Apr 1914-30 Jul 1914)
2nd Radio-Officer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (31 Jul 1914-07 Mar 1916)
2nd Radio-Officer on the Liner ‘Braunschweig’ (08 Mar 1916-14 May 1916)
Watch-Officer on the Mine-Cruiser ‘Nautilus’ (15 May 1916-18 Jan 1917)
Navigation-Course and Submarine-Training (19 Jan 1917-05 May 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘UC 28’ (06 May 1917-24 Jun 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine-Cruiser ‘U 151’ (21 Jul 1917-05 Mar 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine-Cruiser ‘U 140’, Placed to the Disposal of the Submarine-Cruiser-Formation (06 Mar 1918-01 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Submarine-Cruiser-Formation the Submarine-Inspection (02 Dec 1918-01 Apr 1919)
Watch-Officer and Adjutant on the Light Cruiser ‘Straßburg’ (02 Apr 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Watch-Officer with the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Apr 1920-25 Oct 1920)
Commandant of V. Flotilla, Minesweepers ‘M 93’ and ‘M 109’ (26 Oct 1920-31 Aug 1922)
Adjutant and Group-Officer at the Naval-School Mürwik (15 Sep 1922-15 Jul 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (16 Jul 1923-25 Mar 1925)
Navigation-Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Panther’ (26 Mar 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Detached to the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Oct 1926-31 Dec 1926)
Detached for Service to the Station-Command of the Baltic Sea (01 Jan 1927-25 Sep 1927)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (26 Sep 1927-23 Sep 1928)
Advisor in the Fleet-Department of the Naval-Command (24 Sep 1928-15 Mar 1929)
Department-Head in the Wehrmacht-Department of the Reichs Defence Ministry (16 Mar 1929-20 Sep 1931)
Navigation-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (30 Sep 1931-07 Feb 1934)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer, Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (08 Feb 1934-28 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (07 Oct 1935-06 Nov 1935)
Detached to the Wehrmacht-Academy (06 Oct 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Advisor in OKM (01 Apr 1938-06 Aug 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (07 Aug 1938-31 Oct 1938)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer, Staff of the Naval-Group-Command East (01 Nov 1938-09 Aug 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Chief Of Staff of Naval-Group-Command East (01 Nov 1938-21 Aug 1939)
At the same time, Acting Chief of Staff of Naval-Group-Command East (19 Sep 1939-12 Oct 1939)
At the same time, Acting Chief of Staff of Naval-Group-Command East (21 May 1940-09 Aug 1940)
Chief Of Staff, Staff of Naval-Group-Command North (10 Aug 1940-19 Aug 1940)
Commandant of the Battleship ‘Gneisenau’ (20 Aug 1940-14 Apr 1942)
Chief Of Staff of the Commanding Admiral Norway, on 01/02/1943 renamed Naval-High-Command Norway (27 May 1942-22 Nov 1944)
Chief of Office-Group Nautical, OKM (12 Dec 1944-22 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (22 Jul 1945-10 Sep 1946)
Released (10 Sep 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 02.02.1942 als Kapitän zur See und Kommandant Schlachtschiff “Gneisenau”
- 1914 EK I K
- 1914 EK II K
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Flottenkriegsabzeichen


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