(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Wilhelm Genske
Born: 31 Oct 1885 in Weilburg, Lahn
Died: 27 Aug 1958 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1907); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1907); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1909); Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Oct 1910); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Oct 1913); Marineingenieur (03 Aug 1914); Marineoberingenieur (13 Jul 1916); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1921); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1926); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.L) (01 Oct 1933); Kapitän zur See (Ing.E) (01 Apr 1937); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1906-02 Jan 1907)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (03 Jan 1907-29 Sep 1907)
Transferred to the II. Torpedo-Division (30 Sep 1907-26 Sep 1908)
On Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (27 Sep 1908-25 Sep 1909)
Transferred to the II. Shipyard-Division (26 Sep 1909-04 Oct 1909)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (05 Oct 1909-24 Sep 1910)
Transferred to the II. Torpedo-Division (25 Sep 1910-03 Jan 1911)
Transferred to the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (04 Jan 1911-13 Sep 1911)
Transferred to the II. Torpedo-Division (14 Sep 1911-23 Sep 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Rheinland’ (24 Sep 1911-07 Oct 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Ostfriesland’ (08 Oct 1911-29 Sep 1913)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (30 Sep 1913-30 Jul 1914)
Ships-Cadre of ‘Kaiser Friedrich III’ (01 Aug 1914-06 Aug 1914)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Kaiser Friedrich III’ (07 Aug 1914-06 Mar 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 27’ (26 Mar 1915-26 May 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 45’ (01 Jun 1915-31 Jul 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 104’ (01 Aug 1915-11 Aug 1915)
Construction-Indoctrination at the Shipyard Schichau Elbing for ‘S 52’ (12 Aug 1915-28 Sep 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 52’, ‘S 51’, and ‘S 60’ of the 17th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (29 Sep 1915-29 Jul 1917)
Chief Engineer on ‘V 28’ of the IV. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (30 Jul 1917-28 Sep 1917)
Chief Engineer with the IV. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (28 Sep 1917-28 Apr 1918)
Chief Engineer with the 18th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (29 Apr 1918-29 Jul 1918)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 3rd Submarine-Half-Flotilla (30 Jul 1918-24 Jul 1919)
Company-Officer then Kapitänleutnant with the Staff of the Volunteer-Rifle-Troop then Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (28 Sep 1919-24 Oct 1920)
Company-Leader in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (25 Oct 1920-17 Jan 1923)
Flotilla-Engineer of the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (18 Jan 1923-28 Sep 1925)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-School Kiel (29 Sep 1925-30 Apr 1929)
Retired (30 Apr 1929)
Employed by the Kriegsmarine (Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer on 01/10/1933; Supplemental-Officer on 05/03/1935; and Active-Officer from 20/04/1941) as Welfare-Leader with the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (07 Aug 1933-07 Jun 1938)
Leader of Welfare and Supply Department, Military-District-Command X, Hamburg, at the same time, Commander of Wehrmacht-Welfare and Supply-Service-Office in Military-District X (08 Jun 1938-31 Mar 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of Military-District-Command X then of the Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1944-31 Jul 1944)
Retired (31 Jul 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being mobilised (01 Aug 1944)

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