(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Ministerialdirektor Dipl.Ing. Ferdinand Brandes
Born: 30 Apr 1879 in Bad Salzuflen
Died: 19 Apr 1974 in Bad Salzuflen
Promotions:
Marinebaumeister des Maschinenbaufachs (27 Jun 1908); Marinebaurat des Maschinenbaufachs (26 Jun 1918); Obermarinebaurat (01 Feb 1927); Ministerialrat (01 May 1934); Ministerialdirigent (01 Jan 1937); Ministerialdirektor (04 May 1942)
Career:
Entered Service in the Navy as a Marinebauführer then Marinebaumeister in the Machinery-Department, Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (27 Apr 1905-31 Mar 1916)
In the Construction-Department of the Reichsmarineamt (01 Apr 1916-15 Jul 1919)
In the Construction-Department of the Admiralty (15 Jul 1919-30 Sep 1919)
In the Technical then Construction Department, General Naval Office, Admiralty (01 Oct 1919-14 Sep 1920)
In the Construction-Department of the General Naval Office, Naval Command (15 Sep 1920-31 Mar 1921)
Machinery-Construction-Operations-Director at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1921-30 Nov 1932)
Advisor in the Construction-Department, Naval-Command (01 Dec 1932-02 Nov 1934)
Advisor in the Department for Machinery-Construction of the Construction-Office, Naval Command/OKM (03 Nov 1934-26 Oct 1936)
Chief of the Department for Machinery-Construction (K II) in the Construction-Office, OKM (27 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1939)
Chief of the Office-Group for Ships-Machinery-Construction (K II), Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (31 Oct 1939-30 Nov 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of OKM and Granted Leave (01 Dec 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (17 Jan 1945)


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