(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Otto Fricke
Born: 29 May 1894 in Wennigsen, Hannover
Died: 26 Nov 1966 in Heidelberg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (03 Apr 1914); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (07 Jan 1920); Kapitänleutnant (01 May 1925); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1933); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1937); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1938); Konteradmiral (01 Sep 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 1914-31 Jul 1914)
On Board the Light Cruiser ‘Stuttgart’ (01 Aug 1914-30 Jan 1915)
On Board the Light Cruiser ‘Graudenz’ (31 Jan 1915-22 Nov 1915)
On Board the Liner ‘Helgoland’ (23 Nov 1915-22 May 1917)
Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 38’, IV. Minesweeper-Flotilla (27 May 1917-15 Sep 1919)
Watch-Officer, Flag-Lieutenant and Commandant with the V. North-Seas-Minesweeper-Flotilla (16 Sep 1919-20 Oct 1919)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (21 Oct 1919-31 May 1920)
Platoon-Officer, Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (01 Jun 1920-25 Oct 1920)
Company-Officer and Company-Leader, Coastal-Defence-Battalion II; At the same time, Detached to the Jäger-Battalion of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (26 Oct 1920-03 Apr 1923)
Adjutant and Group-Officer, Naval-School Mürwik (04 Apr 1923-22 Sep 1924)
Company-Leader, Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (23 Sep 1924-30 Mar 1925)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (31 Mar 1925-25 Sep 1927)
Company-Leader, III. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (26 Sep 1927-02 Oct 1929)
Watch-Officer in the Liner ‘Hessen’ (03 Oct 1929-24 Sep 1930)
2nd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (25 Sep 1930-25 Sep 1932)
Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (26 Sep 1932-26 Sep 1934)
Instructor and Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Ship-Artillery-School (28 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1937)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Naval-Artillery; At the same time, with the Sudeten-District Commander of the 11th Naval-Artillery-Regiment at the West Wall (01 Oct 1937-30 Apr 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Naval-Artillery (07 Jul 1938-06 Aug 1938)
Port-Commandant Stavanger (01 May 1940-18 Jul 1940)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Commander Channel Coast (19 Jul 1940-17 Apr 1942)
Chief Of Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (18 Apr 1942-15 Nov 1942)
Senior-Quartermaster in the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (16 Nov 1942-31 Mar 1943)
Inspector of Naval-Artillery (01 Apr 1943-22 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (22 Jul 1945-19 Apr 1947)
Released (19 Apr 1947)

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