(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Fritz Niemand
Born: 27 Jul 1892 in Wilhelmshaven
Died: 12 Feb 1943 in Kiel
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1912); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Aug 1912); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1914); Marineingenieuraspirant (25 Aug 1915); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1917); Marineingenieur (18 Jul 1918); Leutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (08 Apr 1921); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Dec 1924); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1931); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jan 1936); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter and Attended Training (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Liner ‘Rheinland’ (01 Oct 1912-29 Mar 1915)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (30 Mar 1915-25 Sep 1915)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (26 Sep 1915-30 Sep 1915)
On Board the Liner ‘Rheinland’ (01 Oct 1915-04 Apr 1916)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (05 Apr 1916-00 Jul 1916)
Chief Engineer on the ‘UB 27’ of the I. Submarine-Flotilla (00 Jul 1916-29 Jul 1917)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander of Submarines and Construction-Indoctrination (30 Jul 1917-21 Jan 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘UB 118’ of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (22 Jan 1918-20 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs, Attended Naval-School ‘B’ and Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I (21 Nov 1918-14 Jul 1920)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion Cuxhaven (15 Jul 1920-03 Jan 1921)
Course at th3e Naval-School Kiel-Wik (04 Jan 1921-02 Jan 1922)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion VI (03 Jan 1922-31 Mar 1924)
Chief Engineer with the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Apr 1924-10 Sep 1924)
Chief Engineer on the Fishery-Protection-Boat ‘Zieten’ (11 Sep 1924-30 Sep 1925)
Leader of the Transport-Alarm with the Commander Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1925-30 Sep 1928)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Königsberg’ at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1928-16 Apr 1929)
Electronic-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (17 Apr 1929-26 Mar 1930)
Electronic-Engineer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (27 Sep 1930-27 Sep 1931)
Motor-Transport-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (28 Sep 1931-28 Sep 1932)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (29 Sep 1932-23 Sep 1934)
In the Equipment and Navigation Department of the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (24 Sep 1934-30 Sep 1936)
Director of the Equipment-Office at the Naval-Arsenal, on 12 Nov 1938 Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Kiel (01 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1939)
Director of the Equipment-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (01 Apr 1939-31 Mar 1940)
Director of the Supply-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (01 Apr 1940-03 Dec 1942)
Taken ill, and Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (04 Dec 1942-12 Feb 1943)
Died (12 Feb 1943)

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