(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Dipl.Ing. Julius Heimberg
Born: 19 Sep 1897 in Nienburg, Weser
Died: 22 Feb 1975 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Oct 1917); Marineingenieurapplikant (23 Mar 1918); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Oct 1919); Fähnrich (Ing.) (13 Nov 1920); Leutnant (Ing.) (08 Apr 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 Oct 1923); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 May 1929); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Apr 1935); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1938); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Apr 1940); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Nov 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Apr 1917-30 Jun 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Schwaben’ (01 Jul 1917-19 Mar 1918)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (20 Mar 1918-01 Apr 1918)
On Board the Liner ‘Helgoland’ (02 Apr 1918-23 Sep 1918)
Training at the Submarine-School (24 Sep 1918-05 Nov 1918)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (06 Nov 1918-17 Feb 1919)
With the II. Naval-Brigade (18 Feb 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Pupil at Naval-School ‘B’ (01 Oct 1919-20 Mar 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (21 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-30 Jun 1920)
Pupil of the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (01 Jul 1920-02 Jan 1922)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (03 Jan 1922-31 Mar 1924)
Engineering-Officer with the Staff of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (01 Apr 1924-10 Oct 1925)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command, Detached to the Technical College Berlin (11 Oct 1925-26 Apr 1929)
Construction-Indoctrination on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (27 Apr 1929-14 Apr 1930)
1st Watch and Division Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (15 Jan 1930-05 Oct 1930)
In the Armaments and Torpedo Operations, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (06 Oct 1930-21 Sep 1932)
Instructor at the Naval-School Kiel (22 Sep 1932-03 Oct 1934)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Admiral Graf Spee’ (04 Oct 1934-05 Jan 1936)
Chief Engineer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Admiral Graf Spee’ (06 Jan 1936-23 Sep 1936)
Advisor in the Department, then in the Office for Warship Construction, OKM (02 Oct 1936-30 Nov 1938)
Chief of the Department for Steam Drive Systems in the Office-Group for Ship-Machine-Operations, Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (01 Dec 1938-12 Jun 1941)
Fleet-Engineer in the Staff of the 2nd Admiral of the Fleet (22 Jan 1941-12 Jun 1941)
Fleet-Engineer, Fleet-Command (13 Jun 1941-31 Jul 1943)
Member of the Ship-Construction-Commission, OKM (16 Aug 1943-31 Oct 1944)
Chief of the Office-Group for Ship-Construction and Ship-Machine-Construction, Office Of Warship-Construction, OKM (01 Nov 1944-10 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (10 Jul 1945-05 Jun 1947)
Released (05 Jun 1947)

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