(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Georg Kleine
Born: 13 Dec 1881 in Kassel
Died: 15 Jul 1944 in Kiel
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (19 Apr 1901); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1903); Oberleutnant zur See (21 Mar 1905); Kapitänleutnant (16 Oct 1909); Korvettenkapitän (17 Mar 1918); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1924); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1926); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1930); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Jul 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett at Basic-Training and On Board the School-Ship ‘Moltke’ (07 Apr 1900-02 Apr 1901)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (03 Apr 1901-30 Sep 1902)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Friedrich III’ (01 Oct 1902-30 Sep 1903)
Adjutant of the Small Cruiser ‘Nymphe’ (01 Oct 1903-15 Dec 1903)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Nymphe’ (16 Dec 1903-30 Sep 1904)
Departed to The Cameroon (01 Oct 1904-02 Nov 1904)
Watch-Officer on the Cannon-Boat ‘Habicht’ (03 Nov 1904-02 Oct 1905)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Prinz Adalbert’ (03 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1907)
Company-Officer with the I. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1907-09 Feb 1908)
Course on the Artillery-School-Ship ‘Mars’ (10 Feb 1908-31 Mar 1908)
Instructor and Inspection-Officer at the Ship-Artillery-School (01 Apr 1908-30 Sep 1908)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (01 Oct 1908-14 Sep 1910)
Company-Leader with the Cadre-Battalion of the Sailor-Artillery-Battalion Kiautschou (15 Sep 1910-03 Jan 1911)
Departed to Kiautschou (04 Jan 1911-13 Feb 1911)
Company-Leader with the Sailor-Artillery-Battalion Kiautschou (14 Feb 1911-27 Feb 1914)
Returned Home from Tsingtau and Placed to the Disposal of the I. Shipyard-Division (28 Feb 1914-25 Apr 1914)
Company-Leader with the I. Shipyard-Division (25 May 1914-17 Jun 1914)
3rd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Kaiser’ (18 Jun 1914-21 Oct 1914)
3rd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Markgraf’ (22 Oct 1914-09 Nov 1914)
2nd Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Kronprinz’ (10 Nov 1914-30 Nov 1917)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Kronprinz’ (01 Dec 1917-17 Nov 1918)
Transferred to the Processing-Command, III. Squadron (18 Nov 1918-30 Dec 1918)
First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (31 Dec 1918-16 Mar 1920)
Granted Leave (17 Mar 1920-14 May 1920)
Transferred into the Weapons-Office, Admiralty (15 May 1920-22 Jul 1920)
Advisor in the Inspection of Naval Artillery (23 Jul 1920-17 Oct 1922)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Naval Artillery (18 Oct 1922-08 Jan 1925)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Nymphe’ (10 Jan 1925-19 Sep 1926)
Commander of the Ship-Artillery-School (22 Sep 1926-29 Sep 1930)
Retired (30 Sep 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (24 May 1939-07 Apr 1941)
Commandant of the Sea-Water-Strait Kaiser-Wilhelm Channel (07 Apr 1941-29 Oct 1941)
Island-Commandant Rügen (30 Oct 1941-26 Jul 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval High Command Baltic Sea (27 Jul 1943-31 Aug 1943)
Retired (31 Aug 1943)

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