(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Rudolf Schulte
Born: 11 Apr 1885 in Siegen, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 23 Nov 1969 in Freiburg, Breisgau
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1904); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1906); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Jan 1909); Kapitänleutnant (16 Dec 1914); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1921); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1928); Charakter als Kapitän zur See (31 Dec 1929); Kapitän zur see (E) (01 Oct 1936); Kapitän zur See (20 Apr 1941); Konteradmiral (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (01 Apr 1903-09 Mar 1904)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (10 Mar 1904-30 Sep 1905)
On Board the Liner ‘Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm’ (01 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Company-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1906-29 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 106’ and ‘S 104’ (01 Oct 1906-11 Sep 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 111’ (02 Nov 1907-30 Nov 1907)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 114’ (16 Jan 1908-09 Apr 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 111’ (10 Apr 1908-06 Jun 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 111’ (25 Aug 1908-14 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Division-Boat ‘D 7’ (15 Sep 1908-29 Sep 1909)
Inspection-Officer in the Naval-School (30 Sep 1909-14 Sep 1910)
Watch-Officer on the Special-Ship ‘Pfeil’ (15 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Company-Officer in the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 143’ (05 Oct 1912-20 May 1913)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 138’ (10 Oct 1913-01 Jul 1914)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 143’ (02 Jul 1914-03 Mar 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boats ‘G 101’ and ‘B 111’ (04 Mar 1915-30 Mar 1919)
Chief of the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla then Processing with the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (31 Mar 1919-08 Nov 1919)
Sport-Officer in the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea and also Detached to the Commander Kiel (09 Nov 1919-19 Mar 1923)
At the same time, Acting-Leader of the Welfare-Department (13 Jul 1921-15 Aug 1921)
At the same time, Acting-Leader of the Welfare-Department (22 Dec 1921-04 Jan 1922)
Advisor in the Inspection of Torpedo and Mine Affairs (20 Mar 1923-14 May 1924)
First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (15 May 1924-14 Mar 1925)
Welfare-Officer in the Command of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (09 Apr 1925-28 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Acting-Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (17 Jun 1925-25 Jul 1925)
At the same time, Acting-Port-Captain Kiel (15 Mar 1926-18 Apr 1926)
At the same time, Detached to Naval Command (12 Jul 1926-07 Aug 1926)
Leader of the Instruction-Courses for Physical-Exercise at the Naval-School Mürwik (29 Sep 1926-15 Sep 1929)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (16 Sep 1929-31 Dec 1929)
Retired (31 Dec 1929)
Employed by the Navy (Reactivated as a Territorial-Officer on 01 Oct 1933, Supplemental-Officer on 05 Mar 1935 and Active-Officer from 20 Apr 1941) and Naval-Advisor in Military-District-Command VI Münster (01 Jan 1931-05 Oct 1936)
Naval-Advisor in Military-Replacement-Inspection Münster, and also, Liaison-Officer to Military-District-Command VI Münster (06 Oct 1936-02 Jan 1939)
Commander of Military-District-Command Essen I (03 Jan 1939-28 Feb 1940)
Commander of Military-District-Command Wesermünde (01 Mar 1940-11 Jun 1941)
Commander of Military-District-Command Hamburg IV (12 Jun 1941-30 Sep 1942)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Schleswig-Holstein (03 Oct 1942-01 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command North Sea (02 Jan 1945-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

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