(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Max Schenitzki
Born: 21 Mar 1894 in Dortmund
Died: 16 Feb 1977 in Essen
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1914); Marineingenieurapplikant (21 Aug 1914); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1916); Marineingenieuraspirant (28 Sep 1917); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (15 Feb 1920); Leutnant (Ing.) (10 Jan 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 May 1922); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Aug 1927); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jan 1937); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jan 1937); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Feb 1939); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1913-02 Jan 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (03 Jan 1914-30 Jun 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser’ (01 Jul 1914-11 Aug 1914)
With the I. Shipyard-Division (12 Aug 1914-30 Dec 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (31 Dec 1914-18 Mar 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Bayern’ (19 Mar 1916-30 Sep 1916)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1916-25 Sep 1917)
With the I. Shipyard-Division (26 Sep 1917-06 Oct 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Markgraf’ (07 Oct 1917-16 Jun 1918)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (21 Jun 1918-25 Dec 1918)
With the I. Shipyard-Division (26 Dec 1918-20 Mar 1919)
With the Technical Department, Berlin (21 Mar 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Pupil at Naval-School ‘B’ (01 Oct 1919-20 Mar 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (21 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Detachment of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-07 Jul 1920)
Pupil at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (08 Jul 1920-02 Jan 1922)
Company-Officer at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (03 Jan 1922-16 Sep 1922)
Adjutant of the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (17 Sep 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Thetis’ (02 Oct 1923-13 Oct 1924)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command, Detached to the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (14 Oct 1924-30 Jun 1928)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (01 Jul 1928-23 Sep 1930)
Electronic-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (24 Sep 1930-25 Sep 1931)
Company-Leader at the Naval-School Kiel (26 Sep 1931-31 Mar 1933)
Construction-Indoctrination ‘Admiral Scheer’ at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1933-11 Nov 1934)
Chief Engineer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Admiral Scheer’ (12 Nov 1934-22 Sep 1936)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-School Kiel (23 Sep 1936-04 Nov 1938)
Formation-Engineer with the Commander of Armoured-Ships (05 Nov 1938-07 Nov 1939)
Engineering-Officer with the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (10 Nov 1939-29 Feb 1940)
Formation-Engineer with the Commander of Armoured-Ships (06 Mar 1940-29 Jul 1940)
Detached to Fleet Command (30 Jul 1940-19 Dec 1940)
Fleet-Engineer in the Staff of the 2nd Admiral of the Fleet (20 Dec 1940-27 Jan 1941)
Chief of the Department for Drive-Systems, Engines, Preparation Planning and Controlling of the Shipyard Allocation for Surface Ships and Submarines in the Office-Group for Ship-Machine-Operations, Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (01 Feb 1941-22 Jan 1944)
Detached to the Senior-Shipyard-Staff, Naval-Group-Command West (23 Jan 1944-23 Mar 1944)
Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff, Naval-Group-Command West (24 Mar 1944-04 Oct 1944)
Acting-Chief of Senior-Shipyard-Staff, Naval-Group-Command Norway (05 Oct 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Chief of Senior-Shipyard-Staff, Naval-Group-Command Norway (01 Jan 1945-31 Mar 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1945-09 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-19 May 1948)
Released (19 May 1948)

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