(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Fritz Krauss
Born: 20 Mar 1898 in Chur, Schweiz
Died: 13 Jul 1978 in Groß-Hansdorf near Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Feb 1918); Charakter als Leutnant zur See (14 Dec 1920); Leutnant zur See (03 May 1921); Oberleutnant zur See (01 May 1923); Kapitänleutnant (01 Oct 1930); Korvettenkapitän (01 Feb 1936); Fregattenkapitän (01 Nov 1939); Kapitän zur See (01 Jun 1941); Konteradmiral (16 Sep 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War Volunteer with Aspiring Officer-Service and Attended Basic-Training, on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ and Naval-School Mürwik (10 Apr 1917-00 Sep 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘König’ (00 Sep 1917-31 Dec 1918)
Discharged to the Reserve (31 Dec 1918-21 Jan 1920)
Retired (21 Jan 1920)
Reactivated as Leutnant zur See with the Naval-School Mürwik and Courses (03 May 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Arcona’ (01 Oct 1922-01 Dec 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (01 Dec 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Group-Officer at the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Oct 1924-24 Mar 1927)
Radio-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (25 Mar 1927-30 Sep 1928)
Radio and Watch Officer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (01 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1930)
4th Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (02 Oct 1933-25 Sep 1935)
Advisor in Naval Command, from 01 Nov 1936 in OKM (26 Sep 1935-03 Apr 1938)
Navigation-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Deutschland’ (04 Apr 1938-10 Jan 1940)
First Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Lützow’ (previously ‘Deutschland’) (11 Jan 1940-23 Jun 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant of the ‘Lützow’ (19 Apr 1940-23 Jun 1940)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Commander West France (24 Jun 1940-30 Nov 1940)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine High Command (01 Dec 1940-04 Apr 1941)
First Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Admiral Hipper’ (05 Apr 1941-01 Apr 1943)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant of ‘Admiral Hipper’ (02 Feb 1943-01 Apr 1943)
Naval-Signals-Leader Italy (02 Apr 1943-31 Aug 1943)
Chief of the Equipment and Provisions Department in Office-Group Technical Signals Affairs, Naval-Armaments, OKM (01 Oct 1943-16 Aug 1944)
Chief of Office-Group Naval Intelligence, OKM (16 Aug 1944-22 Jul 1945)
Chief of the German Minesweeping Administration (23 Jul 1945-19 Dec 1947)
Retired (19 Dec 1947)

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