(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Oswald Paul
Born: 01 Aug 1883 in Hamburg
Died: 11 May 1949 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (22 Apr 1902); Leutnant zur See (29 Sep 1904); Oberleutnant zur See (30 Jun 1906); Kapitänleutenant (27 Jan 1912); Korvettenkapitän (05 Feb 1920); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1926); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1928); Kapitän zur See (L) (01 Oct 1933); Kapitän zur See (E) (05 Mar 1935); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Attended Naval-School and Basic-Training (10 Apr 1901-14 May 1901)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (15 May 1901-31 Mar 1902)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1902-30 Sep 1903)
On Board the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Hildebrand’ (01 Oct 1903-23 Sep 1904)
On Board the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Odin’ (01 Oct 1904-09 Oct 1904)
On Board the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Aegir’ (10 Oct 1904-30 Sep 1906)
Adjutant of the Craftsman-Battalion of the I. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1908)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Division then Placed to the Disposal of the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1908-13 Sep 1913)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 143’ (04 Jan 1909-06 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (01 Nov 1909-27 Nov 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (07 Jan 1910-08 Jan 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (11 Jan 1910-12 Jan 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (04 Apr 1910-10 Jun 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (06 Aug 1910-07 Aug 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (23 Aug 1910-10 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 140’ (19 Jan 1911-19 Feb 1911)
At the same time, Leader of Rapid-Fire-Cannon-Training (19 Feb 1911-03 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ (04 Jan 1912-22 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ (10 Mar 1913-15 Mar 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ (07 Apr 1913-02 Jun 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ (31 Aug 1913-13 Sep 1913)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (14 Sep 1913-30 Jul 1914)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ (15 Mar 1914-27 Mar 1914)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ (17 May 1914-29 May 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 193’ of the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (31 Jul 1914-09 Sep 1916)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 40’ of the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (10 Sep 1916-12 Mar 1917)
Chief of the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (13 Mar 1917-22 Nov 1918)
At the same time, Acting-Flotilla-Chief of the V. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (21 Sep 1918-27 Oct 1918)
1st Adjutant of the Shipyard Danzig (23 Nov 1918-08 Aug 1919)
Chief of the 4th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (09 Aug 1919-27 Nov 1919)
Chief of the 8th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (28 Nov 1919-31 May 1920)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (01 Jun 1920-19 Nov 1920)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (19 Nov 1920-22 Nov 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (23 Nov 1920-13 Mar 1921)
Leader of the Seaman Department in the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (14 Mar 1921-01 Jul 1921)
Detached to the Nautical Department of the Naval Command (02 Jul 1921-02 Oct 1921)
Department-Head in the Naval Defence Department of the Naval Command (03 Oct 1921-27 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Naval-Defence-Department (21 Sep 1924-05 Oct 1924)
Director of the Torpedo and Armaments Department of the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (28 Sep 1926-09 Dec 1927)
Advisor in the Peoples League Of Nations Group Navy, Naval Command (10 Dec 1927-31 Mar 1929)
Retired (31 Mar 1929)
Employed by the Navy as a Civilian (Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer on 01 Oct 1933; Supplemental-Officer on 05 Mar 1935; and Active-Naval-Officer on 01 Jan 1941) as Naval-Advisor in Military-District-Command III (01 Dec 1930-31 Oct 1936)
Department-Leader Navy in Military-Replacement-Inspection Berlin (01 Nov 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Commander of Military-District-Command Berlin I (01 Apr 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of Military-District-Command Berlin IX (01 Jul 1938-09 Jan 1940)
Commander of Military-District-Command Vienna (10 Jan 1940-31 May 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1944-31 Jul 1944)
Retired (31 Jul 1944)

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