(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Walter Steiner
Born: 14 Jul 1891 in Danzig
Died: 26 Mar 1975 in Kiel
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1912); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1912); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1914); Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Oct 1915); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1917); Marineingenieur (18 Jul 1918); Leutnant (Ing.) (19 Dec 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (08 Apr 1921); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Nov 1924); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jun 1931); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1935); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Dec 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1911-02 Jan 1912)
On Board the Liner ‘Thüringen’ (03 Jan 1912-12 Sep 1912)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (13 Sep 1912-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Liner ‘Posen’ (01 Oct 1912-29 Mar 1915)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (31 Mar 1915-25 Sep 1915)
On Board the Liner ‘Posen’ (30 Sep 1915-20 Apr 1917)
Taken Ill and with the II. Shipyard-Division (21 Apr 1917-13 Sep 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Posen’ (14 Sep 1917-15 Jun 1918)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (01 Jul 1918-12 Oct 1918)
With the Submarine-Acceptance-Command (13 Oct 1918-24 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs (25 Nov 1918-02 Dec 1918)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (03 Dec 1918-21 Jan 1919)
Attended Engineer and Deck Officer School (22 Jan 1919-28 Feb 1919)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (01 Mar 1919-24 Nov 1919)
Reactivated with the III. Naval-Brigade (19 Dec 1919-31 May 1920)
Company-Officer in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-08 Oct 1920)
Company-Officer in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (09 Oct 1920-03 Jan 1921)
Pupil at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (04 Jan 1921-08 Jan 1922)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (09 Jan 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 2’ of the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Oct 1923-28 Jul 1924)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (29 Jul 1924-23 Sep 1926)
Motor-Transport-Officer and Leader of the Transport-Alarm of the IV. Naval-Artillery-Battalion and Commander Cuxhaven (24 Sep 1926-28 Mar 1927)
Assistant with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (29 Mar 1927-23 Mar 1928)
Company-Leader in the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (24 Mar 1928-17 May 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (18 May 1928-11 Jun 1929)
Director of the Instruction and Repair Workshop of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (12 Jun 1929-14 Mar 1930)
Company-Leader in the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (15 Mar 1930-27 Sep 1931)
Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (28 Sep 1931-16 Sep 1932)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (17 Sep 1932-01 Apr 1933)
Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Apr 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Advisor in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Technical Advisor in the Staff of the 2nd Admiral of the North Sea (01 Apr 1935-23 Sep 1936)
Advisor in the Naval-Defence-Department, OKM (24 Sep 1936-29 May 1938)
Inspection-Engineer in the Inspection of Torpedo-Affairs (30 May 1938-17 Dec 1943)
At the same time, Inspection-Engineer in the Naval-Signals-Inspection (30 May 1938-10 Nov 1938)
At the same time, Inspection-Engineer in the Inspection of Barrier-Weapons-Inspection (30 May 1938-17 Dec 1943)
At the same time, Acting-Inspection-Engineer in the Inspection of Training-Affairs of the Navy (18 Aug 1939-16 Oct 1939)
At the same time, Group-Leader Front-Supply of the Inspection of Torpedo-Affairs (02 Sep 1939-30 Sep 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (18 Dec 1943-31 Jan 1944)
Chief of the Senior-Shipyard-Staff with the Admiral Aegean (01 Feb 1944-05 Oct 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (06 Oct 1944-27 Nov 1944)
Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Kiel (28 Nov 1944-25 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (25 Apr 1945-24 Feb 1946)
Released (24 Feb 1946)

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