(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Paul-Willy Zieb
Born: 03 Jun 1892 in Ruhland-Hoyerswerda, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 09 Aug 1972 in Koblenz
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1913); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1913); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1915); Marineingenieuraspirant (26 Sep 1916); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1918); Leutnant (Ing.) (16 Dec 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (21 Jul 1921); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1925); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1932); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1936); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Apr 1938); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division, Attended Basic-Training (01 Oct 1912-02 Jan 1913)
On Board the Liner 'Schleswig-Holstein' (03 Jan 1913-15 Sep 1913)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (16 Sep 1913-30 Sep 1913)
On Board the Small Cruiser 'Stralsund' (01 Oct 1913-30 Sep 1915)
Engineer and Deck-Officer School (02 Oct 1915-25 Sep 1916)
On Board the Torpedo-Boat 'B 104' of the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Oct 1916-28 Oct 1917)
Naval-School (29 Oct 1917-02 Apr 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the VIII. Submarine-Flotilla (16 Apr 1918-14 Jun 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine 'UB 118' (15 Jun 1918-19 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (20 Nov 1918-31 Dec 1918)
With the 1st Battalion of the I. Shipyard-Division (01 Jan 1919-23 Jan 1919)
Engineer and Deck-Officer School (24 Jan 1919-24 Feb 1919)
With the I. Naval-Brigade (25 Feb 1919-31 May 1919)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (01 Jun 1919-25 Sep 1919)
Pupil at Naval-School 'B' (26 Sep 1919-20 Mar 1920)
Company-Leader in the III. Naval-Brigade (21 Mar 1920-30 Jun 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Detachment of the Baltic Sea then Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1920-21 Jul 1920)
Pupil at Naval-School Kiel-Wik (22 Jul 1920-03 Jan 1921)
Ordinance-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I (04 Jan 1921-31 Jan 1922)
With the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Feb 1922-31 Mar 1924)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat 'T 144' (01 Feb 1922-28 Feb 1923)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat 'T 141' (01 Mar 1923-11 Oct 1923)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat 'T 144' (12 Oct 1923-31 Mar 1924)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (01 Apr 1924-14 Sep 1924)
Diver-Course with the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (15 Sep 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Leader of the Motor-Transport-Platoon of the Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (01 Oct 1924-05 Oct 1927)
Motor-Transport-Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (06 Oct 1927-26 Sep 1928)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 1st Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (27 Sep 1928-28 Feb 1930)
Auxiliary-Advisor in Naval Command (01 Mar 1930-03 Apr 1932)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser 'Köln' (04 Apr 1932-06 Oct 1934)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (07 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Commander of the Naval-School Wesermünde (01 Apr 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Formation-Engineer with the Staff of the Commander of Reconnaissance-Forces (07 Oct 1936-28 Oct 1938)
Inspections-Engineer of the Inspection of Training-Affairs of the Navy (31 Oct 1938-17 Aug 1939)
Engineer-Officer with the Staff of Naval-Group-Command East (18 Aug 1939-01 Nov 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (02 Nov 1939-18 Nov 1939)
Director of the Equipment-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (19 Nov 1939-28 Aug 1940)
Director of the Supply-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1940-19 Jan 1943)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (28 Aug 1940-16 Dec 1940)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (01 May 1941-10 Oct 1941)
At the same time, Engineer-Officer with the Staff of the Commanding Admiral France (11 Oct 1941-15 Nov 1942)
At the same time, Engineer-Officer in the Senior-Quartermaster-Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (16 Nov 1942-19 Jan 1943)
Chief of Senior-Shipyard-Staff Black Sea (03 Feb 1943-25 Aug 1944)
Commander of Sea Forces on the Lower Donau (28 Aug 1944-07 Sep 1944)
Senior-Shipyard-Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (23 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)
Processing at the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (09 May 1945-17 Mar 1947)
Retired (17 Mar 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (18 May 1944)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (28 Sep 1944)


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