(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Eberhard Godt
Born: 05 Aug 1900 in Lübeck
Died: 13 Sep 1995
Promotions:
Seeoffiziersanwärter (08 Jan 1921); Fähnrich zur See (01 Apr 1922); Oberfähnrich zur See (01 Oct 1923); Leutnant zur See (01 Apr 1924); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Jan 1926); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jul 1933); Korvettenkäpitan (01 Apr 1937); Fregattenkäpitan (01 Jul 1940); Kapitän zur See (01 Sep 1942); Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadet and attended Naval-School in Mürwik (01 Jul 1918-06 Oct 1918)
On Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (07 Oct 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Granted Leave (01 Dec 1918-14 Feb 1919)
With the Naval-Assault-Company of the 1st Guards-Reserve-Regiment (15 Feb 1919-15 Jul 1919)
Detached to Studies at the Technical College Hannover (1919-1920)
With the Infantry-Detachment of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (15 Nov 1920-31 Jan 1921)
With the 11th Half-Flotilla (Minesweeper-Service) (01 Feb 1921-06 Jun 1921)
On Board the Cruiser ‘Arcona’ (07 Jun 1921-04 Mar 1922)
Attended the Naval-School Mürwik and Briefing on the Survey-Ship ‘Panther’ and Tender ‘Drache’ (05 Mar 1922-31 Mar 1923)
On Board the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Apr 1923-02 Jan 1924)
Officer-Candidate-Course (03 Jan 1924-27 Sep 1924)
Platoon-Officer with the Ship’s-Cadre ‘Hessen’ (28 Sep 1924-05 Jan 1925)
Division-Lieutenant on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (06 Jan 1925-30 Sep 1925)
Course at the Torpedo and Signals School (01 Oct 1925-22 Dec 1925)
Adjutant of Coastal-Defence-Detachment V (23 Dec 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Adjutant of the V. Naval-Artillery-Detachment (01 Oct 1926-29 Sep 1927)
Watch-Officer and Adjutant with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (30 Sep 1927-21 Sep 1929)
Watch-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (22 Sep 1929-24 Sep 1930)
Assistant with the Barrier-Test-Command (25 Sep 1930-30 Mar 1932)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 155’ (23 Sep 1931-28 Dec 1931)
Commandant of the Tender ‘Nordsee’ with the 1st Fast-Patrol-Boat-Half-Flotilla (31 Mar 1932-25 Sep 1932)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 10’ with the I. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (26 Sep 1932-25 Sep 1934)
Torpedo-Officer and Adjutant on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (26 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Submarine-Training (01 Oct 1935-20 Dec 1935)
Placed to the Disposal of the Leader of Submarines (21 Dec 1935-15 Mar 1936)
Construction-Indoctrination ‘U 25’ (16 Mar 1936-05 Apr 1936)
Commandant of ‘U 25’ with the U-Flotilla ‘Weddigen’ (06 Apr 1936-31 Aug 1936)
Commandant of ‘U 25’ and ‘U 23’ with the U-Flotilla ‘Saltzwedel’ (01 Sep 1936-03 Jan 1938)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Leader of Submarines (04 Jan 1938-30 Sep 1939)
Chief of the Operations-Department with the Staff of the Commander of Submarines (01 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943)
Chief of the 2nd Department (Submarine-Operations), Naval Warfare Command, OKM, and at the same time Operations-Department of the BdU (Submarine Operational Department) (01 Mar 1943-31 May 1945)
In Captivity (31 May 1945-11 Apr 1947)
Released (11 Apr 1947)
Member of the Naval Historical Team, Bremerhaven (1949-1952)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (10 Feb 1942)


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