(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Clamor von Trotha
Born: 06 Oct 1894 in Magdeburg
Died: 05 Nov 1988 in Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zue See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jun 1924); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1931); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1936); Kapitän zur See (01 Nov 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Nov 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Attended Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Hertha' (01 Apr 1912-07 Mar 1913)
Naval-School and Special Courses (08 Mar 1913-04 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner 'Mecklenburg' (05 Aug 1914-00 Feb 1915)
2nd Radio-Officer on the Liner 'Hannover' (00 Feb 1915-00 Nov 1916)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (00 Nov 1916-00 Jan 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'U 46', III. U-Flotilla (00 Jan 1917-00 Feb 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'U 94', IV. U-Flotilla (03 Mar 1917-00 Jan 1918)
Construction-Indoctrination 'U 117' (00 Jan 1918-27 Mar 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'U 117', I. U-Flotilla (28 Mar 1918-07 May 1918)
Instructor at the Submarine-School (08 May 1918-06 Nov 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine 'U 163' (07 Nov 1918-10 Jan 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (11 Jan 1919-20 Feb 1919)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat 'T 127' (21 Feb 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (02 Oct 1919-18 Mar 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (19 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
Escort-Officer of the Inter-Allied Surveilance-Commission (01 Jun 1920-25 Oct 1920)
Acting Commandant of the Cruiser 'Berlin' (26 Oct 1920-09 Apr 1921)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (10 Apr 1921-21 Feb 1922)
Company-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (22 Feb 1922-16 Sep 1922)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser 'Hamburg' (07 Oct 1922-21 Sep 1924)
Company-Leader in the Naval-Signals-Battalion and at the same time, Instructor at the Naval-Signals-School (22 Sep 1924-31 Mar 1925)
Adjutant of the Torpedo and Signals School (01 Apr 1925-06 Oct 1927)
At the same time, Naval-Signals-Officer Flensburg (01 Apr 1925-28 Sep 1925)
First Officer and Cadet-Officer on the Sailing-School-Ship 'Niobe' (07 Oct 1927-14 Oct 1928)
1st Torpedo-Officer on the Liner 'Hessen' (15 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1930)
1st Adjutant of Fortress-Commander Wilhelmshaven (02 Oct 1930-29 Sep 1933)
Commander of the I. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (30 Sep 1933-27 Sep 1935)
Commander of the I. Naval-NCO-Instruction-Battalion (28 Sep 1935-10 Apr 1938)
Director of the Torpedo-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (11 Apr 1938-15 Jul 1942)
At the same time, Director of the Navigation-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (11 Apr 1938-21 Jul 1940)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Arsenal West (16 Jul 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Arsenal East (01 Mar 1943-05 Sep 1943)
Commandant of Sea-Fortifications of the Polar Sea Coast (06 Nov 1943-29 Aug 1944)
Commandant of Sea-Fortifications Bergen (09 Sep 1944-28 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (29 Jan 1945-01 May 1945)
In Captivity (01 May 1945-28 May 1945)
Released (28 May 1945)

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