(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Wilhelm Rümann
Born: 09 Nov 1881 in Hannover
Died: 31 Mar 1946 in Bad Oeynhausen
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (10 Apr 1900); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1902); Oberleutnant zur See (21 Mar 1905); Kapitänleutnant (10 Apr 1909); Korvettenkapitän (26 Apr 1917); Fregattenkapitän (01 Nov 1923); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1926); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Sep 1930); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Sep 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training, on Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (10 Apr 1899-03 Apr 1900)
Naval-School and Special Briefing (04 Apr 1900-30 Sep 1901)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Victoria Louise’ (01 Oct 1901-30 Sep 1903)
Company-Officer with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1903-28 Nov 1904)
Company-Officer in the Machine-Cannon-Battalion of the Naval-Expedition-Corps in German South-West Africa (29 Nov 1904-06 Mar 1905)
Company-Officer in the II. Shipyard-Division (07 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1905)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm’ (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm II’ (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1907)
Company-Officer in the Mine-Battalion (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 43’ (12 Apr 1908-31 May 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 43’ (15 Jun 1908-17 Jun 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 43’ (05 Aug 1908-15 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 35’ (01 Apr 1909-06 Sep 1909)
Company-Leader in the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1909-27 Mar 1912)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 116’ (04 Jan 1910-10 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boats ‘G 89’ and ‘S 85’ (19 Nov 1910-11 Mar 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 116’ (06 Apr 1911-09 Jun 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 116’ (26 Aug 1911-13 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 116’ (01 Dec 1911-09 Dec 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 116’ (12 Mar 1912-27 Mar 1912)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Thüringen’ (28 Mar 1912-20 Sep 1913)
Company-Leader in the II. Torpedo-Division (21 Sep 1913-31 Jul 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 151’ (21 Sep 1913-04 Dec 1914)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the 11th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Aug 1914-04 Dec 1914)
Chief of the 11th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (05 Dec 1914-01 May 1918)
Chief of the V. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (02 May 1918-20 Sep 1918)
Chief of the VI. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (21 Sep 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Battalion-Commander in the II. Torpedo-Division (06 Jan 1919-06 Mar 1919)
Company-Leader in the I. Naval-Brigade (07 Mar 1919-26 Mar 1919)
Chief of the II. Minesweeper-Flotilla then on 16 Apr 1919 renamed II. North-Sea-Minesweeper-Flotilla (27 Mar 1919-03 Sep 1919)
Battalion-Commander in the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (04 Sep 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (16 Sep 1919-16 Mar 1920)
Commander of the Coastal-Defence-Regiment II (23 May 1920-06 Sep 1920)
Commander of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (07 Sep 1920-31 Mar 1922)
At the same time, Leader of the Processing-Office of th3e Naval-Station of the North Sea (30 Jul 1921-31 Mar 1922)
Chief of the II. Flotilla (01 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Commander of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Oct 1923-09 Sep 1925)
Leader of the Naval-Training-Group, Naval-Command (10 Sep 1925-27 Oct 1925)
Chief of the Naval-Training-Department, Naval Command (28 Oct 1925-23 Sep 1926)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (30 Sep 1926-28 Sep 1928)
Chairman of the Test-Command for Ships (30 Sep 1928-30 Sep 1930)
Retired (30 Sep 1930)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (22 Mar 1939-04 Sep 1939)
Commandant in Section Helgoland (04 Sep 1939-09 Feb 1941)
Commandant in Section Cuxhaven (10 Feb 1941-01 May 1941)
Taken ill and Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (02 May 1941-08 Jun 1942)
Commandant in Section Cuxhaven (09 Jun 1942-31 Aug 1942)
Retired (31 Aug 1942)

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