(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Heinz Scheffer
Born: 08 Nov 1896 in Einbeck, Hannover
Died: 25 Jun 1977 in Wolfenbüttel
Promotions:
Fähnrich (Ing.) (13 Nov 1920); Leutnant (Ing.) (08 Apr 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 Jan 1923); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Dec 1928); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Apr 1934); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1937); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Nov 1939); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter, Training and Employment with the I. Shipyard-Division, Engineer and Deck Officer School, with the State-Command and on Ships then Boats of the High Seas Fleet (01 Apr 1916-07 Jul 1920)
Pupil at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (08 Jul 1920-02 Jan 1922)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (03 Jan 1922-19 May 1922)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (20 May 1922-17 Jun 1922)
Construction-Indoctrination Cruiser ‘Berlin’ at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (18 Jun 1922-01 Jul 1922)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (02 Jul 1922-07 Oct 1922)
Company-Officer at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (08 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (01 Oct 1923-26 Sep 1924)
Construction-Indoctrination Cruiser ‘Nymphe’ at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (27 Sep 1924-29 Nov 1924)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Nymphe’ (30 Nov 1924-05 Apr 1925)
Company-Leader in the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (06 Apr 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1926-31 Oct 1926)
Company-Officer in the Naval-School Friedrichsort (01 Nov 1926-28 Sep 1928)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (29 Sep 1928-17 May 1930)
Company-Leader at the Naval-School Friedrichsort (18 May 1930-28 Feb 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Mar 1932-26 Mar 1933)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (27 Mar 1933-01 Jan 1934)
Company-Leader in the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (02 Jan 1934-28 Mar 1934)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (29 Mar 1934-03 Oct 1934)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (04 Oct 1934-09 Mar 1936)
Delegated with the Formation of the III. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (10 Mar 1936-31 Mar 1936)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1936-31 Dec 1937)
Commander of the 9th Ships-Cadre-Battalion (01 Jan 1938-07 Apr 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea and Commandant of Stralsund (10 Apr 1936-14 Apr 1936)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea and Commandant of Stralsund (03 Aug 1936-22 Aug 1936)
Commander of the 1st Naval-NCO-Instruction-Battalion (11 Apr 1938-18 Feb 1940)
Battalion-Commander in the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (26 Feb 1940-29 Jan 1941)
Inspection-Engineer with the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (30 Jan 1941-21 Jun 1942)
Engineer-Officer with the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (22 Jun 1942-28 Feb 1944)
Commander of the Naval-War-School Heiligenhafen (13 Mar 1944-04 Apr 1945)
Higher Commander of Warship-Construction-Instruction-Battalions (05 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-27 Feb 1948)
Released (27 Feb 1948)

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