(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Hans Feldbausch
Born: 05 Oct 1891 in Edenkoben, Pfalz
Died: 20 Oct 1985 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1911); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1929); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1934); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jun 1940)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (01 Apr 1910-28 Mar 1911)
Attended Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (29 Mar 1911-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Goeben’ (01 Oct 1912-29 Jul 1916)
On the Submarine ‘UB 14’ (30 Jul 1916-01 Sep 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Goeben’ (02 Sep 1916-28 Apr 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘V 44’ and ‘V 127’, 11th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (06 Jun 1917-12 Dec 1918)
Torpedo-Boat-Commandant, 8th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (13 Dec 1918-13 Jan 1919)
Court-Officer and 2nd Adjutant, II. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (14 Jan 1919-16 Apr 1919)
Company-Officer, Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (17 Apr 1919-14 Aug 1920)
In the Personnel-Office, Command of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (15 Aug 1920-30 May 1921)
Adjutant, Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (31 May 1921-06 Oct 1922)
Leader of the Cadre-Company, 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (07 Oct 1922-17 Oct 1922)
Commandant of ‘T 153’, 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (18 Oct 1922-31 Mar 1924)
Commandant of ‘T 143’, 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (05 Apr 1924-10 Sep 1924)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (04 May 1924-10 Sep 1924)
Commandant of the Fishery-Protection-Boat ‘Zieten’ (11 Sep 1924-26 Sep 1926)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Torpedo and Signals School (27 Sep 1926-23 Sep 1929)
Welfare-Officer, Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (24 Sep 1929-30 Sep 1931)
Adjutant, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (06 Oct 1931-27 Sep 1933)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (28 Sep 1933-23 Sep 1935)
Director of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Königsberg (24 Sep 1935-13 May 1937)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (15 May 1937-07 Jun 1938)
Detached for Information to the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Bremen (08 Jun 1938-21 Aug 1938)
Chief of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Bremen (22 Aug 1938-23 May 1940)
Chief of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Oslo (27 May 1940-23 Aug 1942)
Retired (23 Aug 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being Mobilised 01 Sep 1942-30 Apr 1945)
Director of the Head-Department for Nautics and Hydrography at the German Naval Observatory (1942-1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)

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