(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Heinrich Kehrhahn
Born: 17 Jul 1881 in Riga, Latvia (Lettland)
Died: 14 May 1962 in Bremen
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (19 Apr 1901); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1903); Oberleutnant zur See (21 Mar 1905); Kapitänleutnant (16 Oct 1909); Korvettenkapitän (14 Oct 1917); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1924); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1926); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1930); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (07 Apr 1900-02 Apr 1901)
Naval-School, Special-Briefing on ‘Brummer’, ‘Blücher’ and with the I. Replacement-Sea-Battalion (03 Apr 1901-30 Sep 1902)
Departed to Tsingtau (01 Oct 1902-15 Nov 1902)
Adjutant on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (16 Nov 1902-01 Oct 1904)
Returned Home from Tsingtau with the ‘Mandschuria’ and The ‘Kaiser Wilhelm der Große’ (02 Oct 1904-15 Nov 1904)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Battalion and Watch-Officer on Board ‘D 3’, ‘D 4’ and ‘D 7’ (16 Nov 1904-30 Sep 1906)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 62’ (03 Apr 1906-02 Jul 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Despatch-Boat ‘Sleipner’ (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
Adjutant with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1909)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (04 Jan 1910-09 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (01 Nov 1910-30 Nov 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (12 Mar 1911-19 Mar 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (06 Apr 1911-09 Jun 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (26 Aug 1911-13 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (04 Dec 1911-10 Dec 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (14 Mar 1912-26 Mar 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (11 Apr 1912-30 Apr 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (19 May 1912-01 Jun 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 172’ (29 Aug 1912-22 Sep 1912)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Torpedo-Officer in the Liner ‘Preußen’ (01 Oct 1913-07 Jun 1915)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Friedrich der Große’ (08 Jun 1915-06 Sep 1917)
Department-Head in the Military Department then in the Naval Defence Department of the Reichsmarineamt, from 15/07/1919 in the Admiralty then from 15/09/1920 in Naval Command (07 Sep 1917-30 Sep 1921)
At the same time, Detached to the Armistice-Negotiations with Russia (23 Dec 1917-17 Feb 1918)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Oct 1921-27 Sep 1923)
Leader of the Reichsmarine-Service-Office Bremen (28 Sep 1923-03 Nov 1925)
Commandant Of Wilhelmshaven (09 Nov 1925-10 Jan 1928)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (06 Apr 1927-31 Dec 1927)
Commander of the Ship-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Jan 1928-26 Sep 1928)
Chief of the Naval Defence Department, Naval Command (05 Oct 1928-28 Sep 1930)
Retired (30 Sep 1930)
Reichs-Commissioner with the Sea-Office Bremerhaven (01 Jan 1938-30 Apr 1945)
At the same time, Reichs-Commissioner with the Sea-Offices Emden and Brake (26 Aug 1941-30 Apr 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (24 May 1939-04 Sep 1939)
Deputy Reichs Commissioner at the Prize-Court, Hamburg (04 Sep 1939-20 Jan 1940)
Chief of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Bremen (24 May 1940-31 Jan 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command North Sea (01 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944)
Retired (31 Mar 1944)
Federal-Representative with the Sea-Office Bremerhaven (02 Mar 1948-30 Nov 1955)
At the same time, Federal-Representative with the Sea-Office Emden (24 Apr 1948-30 Nov 1955)

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