(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Werner Lindenau
Born: 21 Sep 1892 in Gardelegen, Province Saxony (Sachsen)
Died: 21 Aug 1975 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1923); Korvettenkapitän (01 Nov 1930); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1936); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Feb 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training and Seekadett on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1912-15 Mar 1913)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (16 Mar 1913-30 Jul 1914)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Roon’ (31 Jul 1914-14 Nov 1914)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘G 175’, ‘S 178’, ‘G 174’ and ‘V 180’ of the VIII. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (15 Nov 1914-03 Apr 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Straßburg’ (04 Apr 1917-04 Oct 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 30’ of the 9th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (05 Oct 1918-27 Jan 1919)
Watch-Officer of the 2nd Iron Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (28 Jan 1919-15 Jun 1920)
Watch-Officer of the 4th Half-Flotilla (16 Jun 1920-08 Oct 1920)
Flag-Lieutenant of the 7th Half-Flotilla and Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 81’ (09 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Ships-Cadre of ‘T 158’ (01 Oct 1922-14 Feb 1923)
Torpedo-Boat-Commandant with the 4th Half-Flotilla (15 Feb 1923-24 Sep 1925)
Company-Leader with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (25 Sep 1925-04 Jul 1926)
With the Formation-Command of the Naval-School Friedrichsort (05 Jul 1926-31 Oct 1926)
Company-Leader at the Naval-School Friedrichsort (01/11/1926-30/09/1927); Kapitänleutnant with the Staff of the Naval-School Friedrichsort (01 Oct 1927-23 Sep 1928)
1st Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (24 Sep 1928-25 Feb 1930)
1st Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (25 Feb 1930-25 Sep 1930)
Leader of the Torpedo-Service of the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (26 Sep 1930-26 Sep 1934)
First-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Leipzig’ (27 Sep 1934-25 Aug 1936)
Admiral-Staff-Officer of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (26 Aug 1936-14 Jul 1938)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (04 Aug 1938-04 Apr 1939)
Commander of the Torpedo-School (18 Apr 1939-28 Feb 1943)
At the same time, Chief of the Sea-Command-Office Boulogne and designated Chief of Landing-Flotilla D with Operation ‘Seelöwe’ (29 Aug 1940-27 Oct 1940)
At the same time, Commandant of the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (27 May 1941-08 Oct 1941)
Commander of the Torpedo-Arsenal West (01 Mar 1943-14 Jun 1943)
Higher Commander Navy, Paris (15 Jun 1943-16 Aug 1944)
Higher Commander Navy West (17 Aug 1944-09 Jan 1945)
Commandant of the Sea-Water-Strait Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (11 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-01 Dec 1946)
Released (01 Dec 1946)

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