(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Werner Scheer
Born: 06 Jun 1893 in Vechta, Oldenburg
Died: 27 Aug 1976 in Büdingen, Hessen
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapitänleutenant (01 Dec 1922); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1930); Fregattenkapitän (01 Mar 1936); Kapitän zur See (01 Jul 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1913-31 Jan 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Zähringen’ (01 Aug 1914-00 Nov 1915)
Detached to the mobile Radio-Station Kurland (00 Nov 1915-01 Dec 1916)
Training at the Submarine-School (02 Dec 1916-13 Jan 1917)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 30’ of the IV. Submarine-Flotilla (14 Jan 1917-23 Nov 1917)
Watch-Officer on ‘UB 85’ of the V. Submarine-Flotilla (24 Nov 1917-30 Apr 1918)
In Captivity (30 Apr 1918-14 Nov 1919)
Released and Placed to the Disposal of the Commander Kiel (15 Nov 1919-04 Jan 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (05 Jan 1920-31 May 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea and in the Staff of the Commander of Land Forces of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-02 Jan 1921)
Ships-Cadre ‘Hannover’ (03 Jan 1921-09 Feb 1921)
Divisions and Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (10 Feb 1921-30 Sep 1923)
Advisor in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1924)
Ships-Cadre ‘Hessen’ (01 Oct 1924-05 Jan 1925)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (06 Jan 1925-27 Sep 1925)
Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 113’ of the 1st Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (28 Sep 1925-25 Sep 1927)
4th Admiral-Staff-Officer of Fleet Command (26 Sep 1927-26 Sep 1929)
Chief of the 1st Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (27 Sep 1929-28 Sep 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command (01 Oct 1932-10 Sep 1933)
Advisor in the Naval-Training-Department and Naval-Household-Department, Naval Command (11 Sep 1933-30 Sep 1935)
Placed to the Disposal of the Leader of Submarines (07 Oct 1935-31 Aug 1936)
At the same time, Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 10’ (21 Dec 1935-01 May 1936)
Chief of the Submarine-Flotilla ‘Saltzwedel’ (01 Sep 1936-11 Jul 1937)
Granted Sick Leave after an accident (12 Jul 1937-13 Apr 1938)
Commander of the Submarine-School (14 Apr 1938-18 Sep 1939)
Chief of the Naval-Household-Department, OKM (13 Oct 1939-03 Feb 1941)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (04 Feb 1941-21 Sep 1941)
Chief Of Staff of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (22 Sep 1941-12 Dec 1942)
Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Toulon and Chief of the German Naval-Command Toulon (20 Dec 1942-07 Sep 1943)
Chief of the Special-Staff for Accommodation-Affairs, OKM (15 Sep 1943-22 Nov 1943)
Chief of the Military Office-Group, Head-Office for Warship-Construction, OKM (23 Nov 1943-27 Nov 1944)
Commander of Military-District-Command Essen I (28 Nov 1944-17 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (17 Apr 1945-10 Mar 1947)
Released (10 Mar 1947)

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