(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Marineoberbaudirektor Prof.Dipl.Ing. Hermann Burkhardt
Born: 23 Jun 1881 in Glashütte, Saxony
Died: 20 Apr 1969 in Wattenscheid-Eppendorf (Bochum)
Diploma In Engineering: 00 Jul 1907
Doctorate In Engineering: 16 Jun 1966 in the Technical College Aachen
Promotions:
Marinebauführer (28 Aug 1908); Leutnant zur See der Reserve (12 Feb 1910); außerplanmäßiger Marinebaumeister (04 Jun 1912); Marinebaurat (18 Jun 1921); Obermarinebaurat (17 Sep 1927); Ministerialrat (14 Aug 1934); Rangabzeichen als Konteradmiral verliehen (30 Dec 1936); Marineoberbaudirecktor (06 Mar 1939); unter Verleihung des persönlichen Ranges eines Vizeadmirals auf Wartegeld gesetzt (15 Jan 1942)
Career:
Practical Training at the Vulcan-Shipyard, Stettin (03 Sep 1900-31 Mar 1901)
One-Year-Volunteer, Military-Service with the Imperial Navy, on Board the School-Ship 'Charlotte', Liner 'Kaiser Barbarossa' and Coastal-Armoured-Ship 'Beowulf' (09 Apr 1901-08 Apr 1902)
Practical Training at the Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (09 Apr 1902-30 Sep 1902)
College-Studies at the Technical College in Berlin-Charlotteburg (01 Oct 1905-00 Jul 1908)
Entered Naval Service in the Ship-Construction-Department, Imperial Shipyard Danzig (18 Aug 1908-18 May 1911)
Detached to the Reichsmarineamt for the Handling of Strength-Calculations for the Small Cruiser 'Breslau' (26 Nov 1909-27 Mar 1910)
In the Ship-Construction-Department of the Construction-Department, Reichsmarineamt (19 May 1911-31 Dec 1917)
Detached to the Imperical Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Jan 1918-31 Mar 1918)
Director of Dock and Repair-Operations of the Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Department-Chief in the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (00 Dec 1918-31 Mar 1926)
Operations-Director in New-Construction-Operations, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Apr 1926-15 Aug 1927)
Advisor in the Construction-Department, Naval Command (16 Aug 1927-02 Nov 1934)
Chief of the Department for Ship-Construction (K I) in the Construction-Office, Naval Command (03 Nov 1934-31 Aug 1937)
Director of the Ship-Construction-Department, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Sep 1937-30 Jun 1940)
Chief of the Operation and Planning Office, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Jul 1940-31 Oct 1941)
Retired (31 Oct 1941)
Member of the Board Of Directors of the Deutschen Werke AG, Kiel (01 Nov 1941-30 Sep 1946)
At the same time, Director of the Werkes Gotenhafen of Deutschen Werke AG, Kiel (01 Nov 1941-00 Mar 1945)
At the same time, Charman for Warship-Construction at the Technical College Danzig (00 Jan 1942-00 Mar 1945)

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