(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Ernst Krafft
Born: 28 Feb 1885 in Berlin
Died: 27 Jul 1954 in Russian Captivity
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1904); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1906); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Mar 1909); Kapitänleutnant (16 Apr 1915); Korvettenkapitän (01 Jan 1923); Fregattenkapitän (01 Dec 1928); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1930); Charakter als Konteradmiral (01 Jun 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett at Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Moltke’ (01 Apr 1903-31 Mar 1904)
Naval-School and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1904-30 Sep 1905)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm der Große’ (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1906)
On Board the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Aegir’ (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1907)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 141’ (03 Jan 1908-10 Jun 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 148’ (30 Aug 1908-14 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 133’ (05 Apr 1909-10 Jun 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 133’ (15 Aug 1909-06 Sep 1909)
Company-Officer with the Mine-Battalion (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 46’ (01 Nov 1909-02 Dec 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 56’ (27 Jun 1910-10 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 35’ (27 Sep 1910-28 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 35’ (24 Oct 1910-17 Dec 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 55’ (03 Apr 1911-27 May 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 55’ (21 Aug 1911-15 Sep 1911)
Departed to Tsingtau (01 Oct 1911-22 Nov 1921)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Scharnhorst’ (23 Nov 1911-01 Dec 1913)
Returned Home from Shanghai and Placed to the Disposal of the I. Shipyard-Division (02 Dec 1913-31 Jan 1914)
Watch and Artillery Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (01 Feb 1914-22 Feb 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Shipyard-Division (23 Feb 1914-31 May 1914)
Course on the School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (01 Jun 1914-30 Jul 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Torpedo-Division and School-Boat-Commandant (02 Aug 1914-09 Feb 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’, II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (10 Feb 1915-03 Mar 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 165’, III. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (04 Mar 1915-30 Jun 1915)
Submarine-Training (01 Jul 1915-10 Nov 1915)
At the same time, Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 2’ (01 Nov 1915-07 Nov 1915)
Transferred for Information on ‘U 69’ and ‘U 73’ (11 Nov 1915-06 Jan 1916)
Construction-Indoctrination, Shipyard Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (07 Jan 1916-25 Jan 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 72’ (26 Jan 1916-05 Jul 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 51’ (26 Jul 1917-15 Sep 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Submarine-Acceptance-Commission then of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (24 Sep 1918-25 Dec 1918)
Transferred to the 1st Kurland Guards-Regiment (26 Dec 1918-31 Jul 1919)
Adjutant and Bureau-Manager in the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Sep 1919-28 Mar 1920)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (29 Mar 1920-04 Nov 1920)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (05 Nov 1920-15 May 1921)
Detached for Service to Naval Command (16 May 1921-31 Jul 1921)
Instructor and Sailing-Officer at the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Aug 1921-31 Mar 1924)
At the same time, Commandant of the Sail-Tender ‘Niobe’ (15 Mar 1922-10 Aug 1922)
At the same time, Commandant of the Sail-Tender ‘Niobe’ (23 Mar 1923-30 Sep 1923)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Apr 1924-28 May 1924)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion VI (29 May 1924-30 Sep 1926)
Commander of the VI. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-26 Sep 1926)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (29 Sep 1927-27 Sep 1929)
Commander of the II. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (27 Sep 1929-25 Sep 1930)
Commandant Of Pillau (29 Sep 1930-27 Sep 1934)
Territorial-Officer (Supplemental-Officer from 05 Mar 1935; Active-Officer from 01 Jan 1941) Chief of the Library of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea and also Section-Commandant Rügen (01 Oct 1934-18 Mar 1940)
Fortress-Commandant of the Pomeranian Coast (19 Mar 1940-26 Jun 1940)
Coastal-Commander Eastern Baltic Sea and also Fortress-Commandant of Gotenhafen (27 Jun 1940-31 Aug 1942)
Retired (31 Aug 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without mobilisation (01 Sep 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
In Russian Captivity (1945-1954)
Died in Captivity (1954)

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