(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Günther Schubert
Born: 29 Dec 1898 in Berlin-Zehlendorf
Died: 29 Oct 1974 in Kiel
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (26 Apr 1917); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1918); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1922); Kapitänleutenant (01 Apr 1929); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jan 1939); Kapitän zur See (01 Jun 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with Aspiring Officer Service, Attended Basic-Training (04 Jul 1916-02 Sep 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (03 Sep 1916-31 Oct 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Großer Kurfürst’ and Special-Briefings (01 Nov 1916-27 Oct 1917)
Radio-Officer on the Liner ‘Baden’ (28 Oct 1917-00 Oct 1918)
Radio-Officer in the Command of the High Seas Forces (00 Oct 1918-05 Jan 1919)
Granted Leave then with unknown Command (06 Jan 1919-14 Aug 1920)
Watch-Officer with the 8th Half-Flotilla (15 Aug 1920-28 Sep 1921)
Watch-Officer with the 11th Half-Flotilla (29 Sep 1921-31 Jan 1922)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (01 Feb 1922-12 Dec 1922)
Company-Officer in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (13 Dec 1922-25 Sep 1925)
Watch-Officer in the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (30 Sep 1925-26 Sep 1927)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 3’ of the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (27 Sep 1927-15 Apr 1929)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘Luchs’ of the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (15 Apr 1929-24 Sep 1929)
Advisor in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (25 Sep 1929-29 Sep 1931)
In the Processing-Department. Minister-Office, Reichs Defence Ministry (30 Sep 1931-25 Sep 1934)
Chief of the 1st Fast Patrol Boat Flotilla (28 Sep 1934-27 Sep 1936)
In the Operations-Department, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (28 Sep 1936-01 Aug 1938)
Construction-Indoctrination and Ships-Cadre ‘Scharnhorst’ (02 Aug 1938-06 Jan 1939)
First Officer on the Battleship ‘Scharnhorst’ (07 Jan 1939-11 Sep 1941)
Chief of the Organisation-Department, Quartermaster-Office, OKM (12 Sep 1941-30 Mar 1945)
Commanding Admiral Western Baltic Sea (31 Mar 1945-22 Jul 1945)
Chief of the German Mine-Clearing-Service-Command Schleswig-Holstein (22 Jul 1945-17 Apr 1947)
Released from Service (17 Apr 1947)

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