(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Dipl.Ing. Arthur Gerlach
Born: 07 Mar 1890 in Erfurt
Died: 24 Nov 1968 in Stuttgart
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1911); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1911); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1913); Marineingenieuraspirant (09 Aug 1914); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1916); Marineingenieur (28 May 1919); Leutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (10 Jan 1921); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 May 1922); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Apr 1929); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Sep 1933); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Jul 1935); Konteradmiral (Ing.)z.V. (01 Feb 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as an Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1910-02 Jan 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Nassau’ (03 Jan 1911-30 Sep 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (01 Oct 1911-03 Oct 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (04 Oct 1911-01 Nov 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Rheinland’ (02 Nov 1911-27 Sep 1913)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
On Board the Auxiliary Mine-Scattering-Steamer ‘Kaiser’ (‘A’) (01 Aug 1914-10 Aug 1914)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (11 Aug 1914-16 Oct 1914)
On Board the Heavy cruiser ‘Yorck’ (17 Oct 1914-04 Nov 1914)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (05 Nov 1914-17 Dec 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Friedrich der Große’ (18 Dec 1914-29 Sep 1915)
Submarine-Training and Construction-Indoctrination (01 Oct 1915-02 Nov 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘UB 12’ (03 Nov 1915-24 Jun 1916)
Placed to the Disposal of the Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (25 Jun 1916-14 Jul 1916)
With the Submarine-Acceptance-Command (02 Aug 1916-09 Aug 1916)
Construction-Indoctrination on the Submarine ‘UC 39’ (10 Aug 1916-28 Oct 1916)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘UC 39’ (29 Oct 1916-08 Feb 1917)
In Captivity (09 Feb 1917-07 May 1919)
Released and with the II. Shipyard-Division (08 May 1919-30 May 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the II. Naval-Inspection (31 May 1919-09 Oct 1919)
2nd Engineer with the V. Minesweeper-Flotilla (10 Oct 1919-09 Nov 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (10 Nov 1920-03 Jan 1921)
Course-Participant at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (04 Jan 1921-31 Dec 1921)
Auxiliary-Machine-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Jan 1922-30 Sep 1922)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin (01 Oct 1922-16 Nov 1925)
Electrical-Engineer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (17 Nov 1925-24 Mar 1927)
Instructor at the Naval-School Mürwik (25 Mar 1927-24 Feb 1930)
Electrical-Engineer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (25 Feb 1930-02 Oct 1931)
Advisor in Naval Command (03 Oct 1931-03 Oct 1934)
Formation-Engineer with the Staff of the Commander of Liners (04 Oct 1934-24 Sep 1936)
Engineering-Officer for Technical Matters with the Test-Command for Warships New Construction (01 Oct 1936-31 Jan 1937)
Engineering-Advisor for Machine-Operation-Technology Matters with the Test-Command for Warships New Construction (01 Feb 1937-26 Nov 1939)
Placed to Disposal and Granted Leave (27 Nov 1939-31 Dec 1939)
Retired (31 Dec 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Leader of the Commission for Boiler-Protection and Feed-Water-Maintenance, Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (01 Jan 1940-31 May 1942)
Director of the Naval Equipment and Repair Operations, Swinemünde (02 Jun 1942-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-26 Mar 1948)
Released (26 Mar 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz II. Klasse
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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