(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Helmuth Kienast
Born: 14 Feb 1892 in Königsberg, East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
Died: 18 Aug 1987 in Pforzheim
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1910); Leutnant zur See (19 Sep 1912); Oberleutnant zur See (02 May 1915); Kapitänleutnant (15 Feb 1920); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1928); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1933); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1936); Charakter als Konteradmiral (01 Aug 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1909-31 Mar 1910)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1910-30 Sep 1911)
On Board the battleship ‘Westfalen’ (01 Oct 1911-24 Jul 1913)
Radio-Officer on the battleship ‘Westfalen’ (24 Jul 1913-00 Jan 1916)
Adjutant and Radio-Officer on the Auxiliary-Cruiser ‘Wolf’ (31 Mar 1916-04 May 1918)
Flag-Lieutenant with the Staff of the Leader of Mine-Formations of the High Seas Fleet (05 May 1918-15 Dec 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Special-Ship ‘Zieten’ (04 Feb 1919-05 Jul 1919)
Volunteer with the Territorial-Jäger-Corps General Maerker (06 Jul 1919-04 Sep 1919)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (05 Sep 1919-10 Sep 1919)
Company-Leader with the 16th Reichswehr-Brigade, Coastal-Defence-Battalion Wilhelmshaven then II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (11 Sep 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Leader with the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Oct 1920-16 Aug 1921)
Adjutant of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (17 Aug 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Arcona’ (01 Oct 1923-30 Nov 1923)
Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (01 Dec 1923-28 Sep 1925)
Instructor at the Ship-Artillery-School (29 Sep 1925-28 Sep 1928)
2nd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (29 Sep 1928-24 May 1929)
At the same time, Detached for Information to the Inspection of Naval Artillery (14 Aug 1929-15 Sep 1929)
Advisor in the Naval Training Department, Naval Command (25 Sep 1929-06 Oct 1932)
Detached to the Staff of the Commander of Battleships (07 Oct 1932-19 Feb 1933)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander Of Liners (20 Feb 1933-22 Sep 1935)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Naval Artillery (23 Sep 1935-30 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector Of Naval Artillery (17 Mar 1937-15 Apr 1937)
Commandant Of Wesermünde (06 Oct 1937-10 May 1940)
At the same time, Commander of the 2nd Ships-Cadre-Regiment (06 Oct 1937-04 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 21st Naval-Artillery-Regiment and Commandant of Fortification-Section Holland (14 May 1940-18 Jun 1940)
Naval-Commander in The Netherlands (19 Jun 1940-30 Jun 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Detached for Familiarisation to Military-Replacement-Inspection Bremen (01 Jul 1942-29 Sep 1942)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Bremen (30 Sep 1942-05 Dec 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command North Sea (06 Dec 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (01 Feb 1945-10 Feb 1945)
Prize-Judge at the Prize-Court, Hamburg (10 Feb 1945-02 May 1945)
Retired (02 May 1945)

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