(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Werner Fürbringer
Born: 02 Oct 1888 in Braunschweig
Died: 08 Feb 1982 in Braunschweig
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (21 Apr 1908); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1910); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Kapitänleutnant (16 Nov 1917); Korvettenkapitän (L) (01 Oct 1933); Fregattenkapitän (L) (15 May 1934); Fregattenkapitän (E) (05 Mar 1935); Kapitän zur See (E) (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Charlotte’ (03 Apr 1907-31 Mar 1908)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1908-30 Sep 1909)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Roon’ (01 Oct 1909-14 Sep 1910)
Departed to East Asia (15 Sep 1910-23 Nov 1910)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Scharnhorst’ (24 Nov 1910-20 Nov 1912)
Returned Home and Attended Submarine-Training (21 Nov 1912-19 Jan 1913)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 1’ (20 Jan 1913-04 Aug 1913)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 20’ (05 Aug 1913-28 Mar 1915)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 2’ (31 Mar 1915-13 Mar 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 17’ (14 Mar 1916-17 Mar 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 39’ (29 Apr 1916-16 Nov 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UC 70’ (22 Nov 1916-07 Jun 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UC 17’ (08 Jun 1917-04 Aug 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 58’ (10 Aug 1917-18 Feb 1918)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 110’ (21 Mar 1918-18 Jul 1918)
In Captivity then Placed to the Disposal of the Commander Kiel (19 Jul 1918-06 Mar 1920)
Retired (06 Mar 1920)
Civilian Employee of the Naval-Command (01 Jan 1927-30 Sep 1933)
Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 05/03/1935 then fully reactivated on 20/04/1941) and Instructor and Advisor at the Submarine-School (01 Oct 1933-16 Feb 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the Submarine-School (29 Sep 1937-05 Dec 1937)
Placed to the Disposal of OKM (06 Dec 1937-16 Feb 1938)
Chief of the Statistical Department, General Naval Office, OKM (17 Feb 1938-09 Nov 1938)
Chief of the Department for Export Munitions, General Naval Office, OKM (10 Nov 1938-31 Oct 1939)
Chief of the Submarine Abwehr Department in the Submarine-Office, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (01 Nov 1939-31 Oct 1942)
Armaments-Inspector Eastern Territories (01 Nov 1942-30 Jun 1943)
Retired (30 Jun 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without Mobilisation (01 Jul 1943)

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