(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Erich Haeker
Born: 30 Jun 1886 in Bismarckshöhe, West Prussia (Westpreußen)
Died: 27 Apr 1958 in Lübeck
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (06 Apr 1907); Leutnant zur See (30 Sep 1909); Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1912); Kapitänleutnant (19 Sep 1916); Korvettenkäpitan (01 Apr 1925); Fregattenkäpitan (01 Jul 1930); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1932); Kapitän zur See (L) (15 Jan 1935); Kapitän zur See (E) (1936); Konteradmiral (01 Feb 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (01 Apr 1906-31 Mar 1907)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1907-30 Sep 1908)
On Board the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1911)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (Submarine-Training) (01 Oct 1911-31 Mar 1913)
Company-Officer, Submarine-Battalion (01 Apr 1913-30 Sep 1913)
On Board the Liner ‘Posen’ (01 Oct 1913-00 Aug 1914)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 6’ (00 Aug 1914-00 Jan 1915)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘UB 6’ (00 Jan 1915-07 Apr 1915)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 6’ (08 Apr 1915-00 Dec 1915)
Instructor at the Submarine-Department, at the same time Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 1’ (00 Dec 1915-00 Dec 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UC 79’ (22 Jan 1917-00 Oct 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the Leader of Submarines Flaunders (00 Oct 1917-00 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection Of Submarine Affairs then the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (00 Dec 1918-14 May 1919)
Commandant of the Small Cruiser ‘Arcona’ (15 May 1919-19 Feb 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Leader of Minesweepers of the North Sea then of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (20 Feb 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Admiral-Staff-Officer of the Staff Commander of the Sea Force of the North Sea (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Company-Leader in the I. Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (07 Oct 1923-07 Oct 1924)
Placed to the Disposal of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (08 Oct 1924-08 Dec 1924)
Acting-Commander of the II. Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (09 Dec 1924-25 Jan 1925)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (26 Jan 1925-06 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Leader of the Processing-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (26 Jan 1925-06 Sep 1926)
Advisor in the Naval Abwehr Department, Naval Command (07 Sep 1926-21 Sep 1931)
Director of Torpedo-Department of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (22 Sep 1931-23 Sep 1934)
At the same time, Director of the Equipment-Department, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (22 Sep 1931-30 Sep 1933)
At the same time, Director of the Artillery and Navigation Department, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1933-23 Sep 1934)
Retired (30 Sep 1934)
Employed as a Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935 and Fully Activated on 20 Apr 1941) and Economic-Officer Navy, Military-Economics-Inspection VI, Münster (15 Jan 1935-28 Feb 1937)
Advisor in the Naval Defence Office, OKM (01 Mar 1937-27 Mar 1938)
Commander of Military-District-Command Swinemünde (28 Mar 1938-21 Jul 1940)
Director of the Equipment and Navigation Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (22 Jul 1940-27 May 1942)
Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Shipyard Nikolayev (28 May 1942-23 Aug 1942)
Director of Equipment and Navigation Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (24 Aug 1942-17 Oct 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command North Sea (18 Oct 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)

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