(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Wilhelm Johannssen
Born: 27 Jan 1894 in Buxtehude, Hannover
Died: 06 Nov 1956 in Kiel
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1912); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Aug 1912); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1914); Marineingenieuraspirant (25 Aug 1915); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1917); Marineingenieur (18 Jul 1918); Leutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1923); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1926); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jul 1933); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1936); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1938); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the I. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1911-02 Jan 1912)
On Board the Liner ‘Hessen’ (03 Jan 1912-22 Sep 1912)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (01 Oct 1912-30 Mar 1915)
Training at the Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Apr 1915-25 Sep 1915)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (03 Oct 1915-02 Oct 1916)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (04 Oct 1916-26 Mar 1917)
Watch-Engineer on the Submarine ‘UB 28’ (27 Mar 1917-23 Nov 1917)
Watch-Engineer on the Submarine ‘UC 60’ (24 Nov 1917-17 Aug 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘U 98’ (18 Aug 1918-13 Nov 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘U 105’ (14 Nov 1918-25 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the IV. Submarine-Flotilla (26 Nov 1918-09 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Shipyard-Division then the I. Naval-Inspection (10 Dec 1918-15 Jan 1919)
Training at the Engineer and Deck Officer School (16 Jan 1919-27 Feb 1919)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (28 Feb 1919-29 Nov 1919)
Course at Naval-School ‘B’ (30 Nov 1919-19 Oct 1920)
Course at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (20 Oct 1920-28 Dec 1920)
Training on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (29 Dec 1920-17 Jan 1921)
With the Naval-Detachment Stralsund (18 Jan 1921-15 Mar 1921)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (16 Mar 1921-06 Jan 1922)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (07 Jan 1922-01 Mar 1922)
Training at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (02 Mar 1922-03 Apr 1923)
Company-Officer with the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (04 Apr 1923-25 Sep 1923)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (26 Sep 1923-09 Aug 1925)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V (10 Aug 1925-03 Oct 1927)
At the same time, Company-Leader at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (08 Jun 1927-09 Sep 1927)
Motor-Transport-Officer with the I. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (04 Oct 1927-24 Sep 1928)
Motor-Transport-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (25 Sep 1928-30 Sep 1929)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Köln’ at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1929-14 Jan 1930)
Electrical-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (15 Jan 1930-05 Nov 1931)
Detached for Information to the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (06 Nov 1931-10 Dec 1931)
Assistant in the Naval-Supply-Office Swinemünde (11 Dec 1931-26 Sep 1933)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (27 Sep 1933-26 Sep 1935)
Instructor at the Submarine-School and also Formation-Engineer of the School-Formation (27 Sep 1935-27 Sep 1937)
Leader of the Naval-Equipment-Office Swinemünde (28 Sep 1937-30 Jul 1940)
Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Aug 1940-19 Sep 1942)
Director of Naval Equipment and Repair Operations Narvik (20 Sep 1942-04 Feb 1944)
Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Drontheim (05 Feb 1944-20 Feb 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (21 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Dec 1946)
Released (00 Dec 1946)

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