(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Carl Weber
Born: 23 Apr 1896 in Rosen, District Heiligenbeil, East Prussia
Died: 05 Nov 1975 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Marineingenieurapplikant (30 Aug 1917); Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Aug 1918); Leutnant (Ing.) (10 Jan 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 Jul 1922); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Nov 1928); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1933); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1937); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Jul 1939); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War Volunteer with Aspiring Naval-Engineer-Service with the II. Shipyard-Division (07 Aug 1914-31 Oct 1914)
On Board the Hulk 'Leipzig' (01 Jan 1915-13 Apr 1915)
On Board the Liner 'Kaiser Karl der Große' (19 Apr 1915-28 Aug 1915)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat 'V 28' (29 Aug 1915-24 Sep 1916)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (25 Sep 1916-18 Oct 1916)
On Board the Liner 'Baden' (19 Oct 1916-26 Sep 1917)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (27 Sep 1917-30 Aug 1918)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (31 Aug 1918-29 Sep 1918)
On Board the Liner 'Schwaben' (30 Sep 1918-16 Dec 1918)
Granted Leave (17 Dec 1918-20 Mar 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (21 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Detachment then Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-06 Sep 1920)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser 'Hamburg' (07 Sep 1920-02 Jan 1922)
Company-Officer with the Naval-School Kiel (03 Jan 1922-01 Jun 1922)
In the Naval-Defence-Department, Naval Command (02 Jun 1922-09 Oct 1923)
Chief Engineer with the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (10 Oct 1923-08 Sep 1925)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser 'Emden' (15 Oct 1925-01 Jul 1928)
Motor-Transport-Officer with the II. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (02 Jul 1928-20 Sep 1929)
At the same time, Director of the Transport-Alarm, Commander Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1928-20 Sep 1929)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (21 Sep 1929-02 Oct 1931)
Motor-Transport-Advisor with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (03 Oct 1931-08 Apr 1934)
Construction-Indoctrination 'Emden', Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (09 Apr 1934-28 Sep 1934)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser 'Emden' (29 Sep 1934-09 Sep 1935)
Personnel-Advisor in Naval Command, from 11 Jan 1936 OKM (10 Sep 1935-28 Sep 1936)
Advisor in the Naval-Command-Office, OKM (29 Sep 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Advisor in Naval Warfare Command, OKM (01 Oct 1937-26 Oct 1938)
Commander of the 14th Ships-Cadre-Battalion (31 Oct 1938-15 Nov 1939)
Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (19 Nov 1939-20 Aug 1940)
Director of the Transport-Department in the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (21 Aug 1940-13 Oct 1941)
Chief Of Staff of the Ship-Machine-Inspection (15 Oct 1941-14 Nov 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command North Sea (15 Nov 1943-03 Jan 1944)
Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Bordeaux (04 Jan 1944-22 Aug 1944)
Commander of Naval-Brigade Weber (23 Aug 1944-19 Sep 1944)
In Captivity (19 Sep 1944-04 Feb 1948)
Released (04 Feb 1948)

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