(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Kurt Ramien
Born: 03 Oct 1889 in Harburg, Elbe
Died: 08 Sep 1939 in Kiel
Career:
Fähnrich zur See (10 Apr 1909); Leutnant zue See (27 Sep 1911); Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914); Kapitänleutnant (28 Apr 1918); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1927); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1932); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1934); Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1938)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training and Seekadett on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (01 Apr 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Naval-School and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1909-30 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ (01 Oct 1910-31 Mar 1912)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1912-30 Mar 1914)
Watch-Officer on the Special-Ship ‘Pfeil’ (31 Mar 1914-00 Aug 1915)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (00 Aug 1915-00 Nov 1915)
Commandant of the Submarines ‘UB 11’, ‘UC 1’ and ‘UC 48’ of the Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (00 Nov 1915-00 Dec 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 109’ of the Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (31 Dec 1917-29 Aug 1918)
In Captivity (30/08/1918-04 Jan 1920)
Released and Company-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV then Commandant in the 1st Flotilla (05 Jan 1920-28 Sep 1923)
Instructor at the Torpedo-School (29 Sep 1923-27 Mar 1925)
Lieutenant-Captain with the Staff of the Torpedo-School (28 Mar 1925-26 Sep 1926)
Chief of the 1st Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (27 Sep 1926-26 Sep 1929)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea, Detached to the Inspection of Torpedo and Mine Affairs (27 Sep 1929-19 Aug 1930)
In the Training-Group of Naval Command (20 Aug 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Leader of Minesweepers (02 Oct 1933-31 May 1937)
Commander of the Barrier-Test-Command (01 Jun 1937-08 Sep 1939)
At the same time, Chief of the Test-Formation of the Barrier-Test-Command (01 Jun 1937-31 May 1938)
Died (08 Sep 1939)

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