(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Konteradmiral (Ing.) Max Peters
Born: 06 Jun 1888 in Lütjenburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Died: 11 Apr 1961 in Geisenke, Lichtendorf
Promotions:
Torpedoobermaschinistenanwärter (01 Oct 1908); Torpedomaschinistenmaat (01 Oct 1909); Torpedoobermaschinistenmaat (30 Apr 1913); Fähnrich (Ing.) (13 Nov 1920); Leutnant (Ing.) (10 Jan 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 Oct 1922); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Nov 1928); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Nov 1933); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1937); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1939); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Torpedomaschinistenanwärter with the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1907-25 Sep 1912)
With the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (28 Dec 1907-28 Feb 1908)
With the 7th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (29 Feb 1908-14 Mar 1908)
With the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (15 Mar 1908-30 Sep 1908)
With the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Oct 1908-03 Jan 1909)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ (05 Apr 1909-10 Jun 1909)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ (16 Aug 1909-06 Sep 1909)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 112’ (01 Feb 1910-05 Feb 1910)
With the 5th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (23 Aug 1910-10 Sep 1910)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ (04 Jan 1911-22 Sep 1912)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Breslau’ (26 Sep 1912-30 Apr 1916)
With the I. Torpedo-Division (01 May 1916-09 Oct 1917)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘A 31’ (19 Sep 1916-27 Jan 1917)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 41’ (25 Jun 1917-09 Oct 1917)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (10 Oct 1917-23 Mar 1918)
With the I. Torpedo-Division (24 Mar 1918-25 Jan 1919)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 49’ (29 May 1918-13 Sep 1918)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 78’ (26 Sep 1918-31 Dec 1918)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 121’ of the 4th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (26 Jan 1919-05 Oct 1919)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (06 Oct 1919-05 Jan 1920)
With the Commanding-Department of the Baltic Sea (06 Jan 1920-16 Jan 1920)
On Board the Minesweeper ‘M 129’ of the 7th Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla then the 5th Half-Flotilla (17 Jan 1920-20 Oct 1920)
Pupil at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (21 Oct 1920-02 Jan 1922)
Infantry-Course in Stralsund (03 Jan 1922-31 Mar 1922)
With the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1922)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1922-03 Jan 1923)
Chief Engineer on Board the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 23’ and ‘S 18’ of the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (04 Jan 1923-27 Sep 1926)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (28 Sep 1926-25 Feb 1930)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (26 Feb 1930-28 Sep 1932)
Company-Leader at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (29 Sep 1932-05 Oct 1934)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (06 Oct 1934-28 Dec 1934)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (29 Dec 1934-24 Dec 1937)
Advisor with the Staff of the II. Admiral of the North-Sea-Station, from 01 Jan 1938 2nd Admiral Of The North Sea (25 Dec 1937-12 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 14th Ships-Cadre-Battalion (15 Nov 1939-19 Sep 1940)
Delegated with the Formation of the 18th Ships-Cadre-Battalion (20 Sep 1940-30 Sep 1940)
Commander of the 18th Ships-Cadre-Battalion (01 Oct 1940-23 Mar 1943)
Director of Naval Equipment and Repair Operations Pillau (24 Mar 1943-09 Jan 1944)
Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Gotenhafen (10 Jan 1944-28 Mar 1945)
In Captivity (28 Mar 1945-02 Dec 1946)
Released (02 Dec 1946)

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