(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Char.Konteradmiral Waldemar Hirth
Born: 25 Dec 1884 in Shanghai, China
Died: 28 Nov 1963 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1904); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1906); Oberleutnant zur See (10 Nov 1908); Kapitänleutnant (13 Oct 1914); Korvettenkapitän (01 Sep 1921); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1928); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1930); Charakter als Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1934)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and On Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (01 Apr 1903-31 Mar 1904); Naval-School and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1904-30 Sep 1905); On Board the Liners ‘Wörth’ and ‘Lothringen’ (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1906); On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ (01 Oct 1906-31 Mar 1907); Placed to the Disposal of the II. Naval-Inspection (01 Apr 1907-28 Jun 1907); Departed to Mozambique with the ‘Feldmarschall’ (29 Jun 1907-05 Aug 1907); Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Seeadler’ (06 Aug 1907-20 May 1909); Returned Home from Dares Salaam and Company-Officer with the II. Shipyard-Division (21 May 1909-30 Sep 1909); Company-Officer with the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1912); At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 124’ and ‘V 154’ (01 Oct 1909-13 Sep 1911); At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 121’ (13 Sep 1911-09 Dec 1911); At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 121’ (12 Mar 1912-27 Mar 1912)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 121’ (19 May 1912-01 Jun 1912); At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 121’ (02 Sep 1912-20 Sep 1912)
Teacher on the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (01 Dec 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Director of the Naval Signals Office Hörnum (02/08/1914-??/10/1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Division-Boat ‘D 8’ with the Port-Protection-Flotilla (00 Oct 1914-00 Jan 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 177’ with the VIII. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (00 Jan 1915-23 Dec 1915)
Teacher on the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (24 Dec 1915-00 Aug 1917)
Advisor with the Torpedo-Test-Command, at the same time Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 14’ (00 Aug 1917-12 Dec 1918)
Advisor with the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (13 Dec 1918-00 Jun 1919)
With the Naval-Regiment Kiel (00 Jun 1919-15 Dec 1919)
Advisor in the Weapons Department of the Admiralty (16 Dec 1919-14 Sep 1920)
Advisor in the Weapons Department of the Naval Command (15 Sep 1920-31 Dec 1922)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin (01 Jan 1923-22 Mar 1925)
Detached for Information to the Torpedo-Test-Institute (23 Mar 1925-30 Apr 1925)
Leader of the Torpedo-Experiment-Institute (01 May 1925-30 Jun 1934)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Torpedo and Mine Affairs (02 Feb 1934-31 Feb 1934)
Retired (30 Jun 1934)

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