(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Marineoberbaudirektor Dipl.Ing. Karl Zimmermann
Born: 05 Apr 1889 in Hannover
Died: 20 Jul 1965 in Freiburg, Breisgau
Diploma In Engineering: 12 Mar 1914 at the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg
Promotions:
staatl. geprüfter Baumeister des Schiffbaufachs (10 Apr 1916); Marineschiffbaumeister (27 Jun 1917); Regierungsbaumeister (20 Apr 1921); Regierungsbaurat (01 Jul 1926); Marinebaurat (26 Jul 1934); Marineoberbaurat (00 Aug 1934); Schiffbaudirektor (12 Aug 1938); Marineoberbaudirektor (26 Jun 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a One Year Volunteer with the 1st Sailor-Division, on Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Hansa' (06 Apr 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Military-Service with the Imperial Shipyard Kiel, Studying of Ship-Construction at the Technical College in Berlin-Charlottenburg (15 Apr 1909-1914)
Entered the Navy as Marinebauführer and Beamtenanwärter with the Imperial Shipyard Kiel (10 Jul 1914-15 Apr 1915)
On Board the Steamer 'Bosnia' (15 Apr 1915-23 Dec 1915)
Construction-Supervision with the Germania-Shipyard in Kiel (24 Dec 1915-30 Sep 1916)
In the Torpedo-Department, Imperial Shipyard Kiel (01 Oct 1916-13 Jul 1917)
Detached for Service to Shupyard Brugges (14 Jul 1917-08 Oct 1918)
Detached for Service to the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs (09 Oct 1918-15 Nov 1918)
Detached for Service to the Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (16 Nov 1918-28 Nov 1918)
Detachec to Cuxhaven (28 Nov 1918-28 Mar 1919)
Granted Leave (29 Mar 1919-15 Apr 1920)
Retired (15 Apr 1920)
With the Direction of the Prussian Waterway-Construction-Administration in Breslau (Oder-River-Construction-Affairs) (23 Apr 1920-21 May 1922)
Director of the Machine-Construction-Office Minden in Westphalia of the Prussian Waterway-Construction-Administration, Direction Hannover (22 May 1922-30 Apr 1934)
Retired and transferred to the Civil Service (30 Apr 1934)
Reactivated to Naval Service in the Ship-Construction-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (26 Jul 1934-31 May 1938)
In the Ship and Machine Construction Office, Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Kiel and Preparation for the Assumpion of the Howaldt-Works AG, Kiel (01 Jun 1938-31 Mar 1939)
Director of the Construction-Shipyard (BW), Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (01 Apr 1939-30 Jun 1943)
Reorganisation of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel and Separating of the Howaldt-Works (01 Jul 1943-31 Aug 1943)
Retired (31 Aug 1943)
Director of the Howaldt-Works AG, Kiel (01 Sep 1943-00 Jun 1945)
In British Captivity in Neuengamme then in Neumünster (00 Jun 1945-05 Dec 1945)
Released (05 Dec 1945)
Ship and Machine Construction Special Representative in Bückeburg (1946-1958)

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