(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Ernst von Studnitz
Born: 05 May 1898 in Kiel
Died: 02 Dec 1943 in Glücksburg, Ostsee
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (19 Apr 1916); Leutnant zur See (17 Sep 1917); Oberleutnant zur See (10 Jan 1921); Kapitänleutenant (01 May 1928); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1938); Kapitän zur See (01 Jan 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Sep 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with Aspiring Officer Service, Attended Naval-School in Mürwik and Basic-Training (05 Jul 1915-07 Aug 1915)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (08 Aug 1915-23 Oct 1915)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (24 Oct 1915-10 Jul 1916)
Ships-Cadre ‘Königsberg’ (11 Jul 1916-11 Aug 1916)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (12 Aug 1916-16 Jun 1917)
Course on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Kaiserin Augusta’ (17 Jun 1917-06 Aug 1917)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (07 Aug 1917-18 Jun 1918)
Attended Naval-School in Mürwik (19 Jun 1918-21 Sep 1918)
Attended Submarine-School (22 Sep 1918-13 Oct 1918)
Detached to the Staff of the Command of the High Seas Forces (14 Oct 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Dec 1918-04 Dec 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Special-Ship ‘Pfeil’ (05 Dec 1918-17 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (18 Dec 1918-06 Jan 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 91’ (07 Jan 1919-30 Apr 1919)
Detached to the Naval-Supply-Office Swinemünde (01 May 1919-24 May 1919)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 160’ (25 May 1919-31 May 1919)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 140’ (01 Jun 1919-18 May 1920)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 149’ (19 May 1920-07 Jan 1921)
Company-Officer in the Training-Battalion of the I. Flotilla (08 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1921)
Course at the Torpedo-School (01 Oct 1921-03 Jan 1922)
Watch-Officer in the 1st Half-Flotilla (04 Jan 1922-17 Sep 1922)
Platoon-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (18 Sep 1922-24 Sep 1923)
Adjutant in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (25 Sep 1923-17 Mar 1926)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 7’ (18 Mar 1926-22 Sep 1926)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 7’ (23 Sep 1926-22 Sep 1928)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 18’ (22 Sep 1928-02 Oct 1928)
Boat-Commandant in the Test-Formation of the Barrier-Test-Command (03 Oct 1928-22 Sep 1931)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Friedrichsort (23 Sep 1931-27 Sep 1934)
Land-Training ‘Gorch Fock’ and Construction-Indoctrination (28 Sep 1934-19 May 1935)
First Officer on the Aviso ‘Grille’ (20 May 1935-15 Oct 1936)
Navigations-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Deutschland’ (16 Oct 1936-03 Apr 1938)
Commander of the 2nd Naval-NCO-Instruction-Battalion (08 Apr 1938-18 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 1st Naval-NCO-Instruction-Battalion (19 Feb 1940-26 Mar 1941)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Nürnberg’ (28 Mar 1941-06 Jun 1943)
At the same time, Commandant of the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (15 Jan 1942-30 Jun 1942)
Commandant of Sea-Fortifications Salonika (16 Jun 1943-25 Jul 1943)
Commandant of Sea-Fortifications Attica (26 Jul 1943-02 Dec 1943)
Died of Natural Causes (02 Dec 1943)

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