(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Eduard Eichel
Born: 21 Dec 1880 on Gut Linow, Uckermark
Died: 03 May 1956 in Kiel
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (10 Apr 1900); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1902); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1904); Kapitänleutnant (06 Jun 1908); Korvettenkapitän (19 Apr 1916); Fregattenkapitän (01 Dec 1921); Kapitän zur See (01 May 1924); Konteradmiral (01 Nov 1928); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (30 Sep 1932); Vizeadmiral z.V. (01 Aug 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and On Board the School-Ship ‘Stosch’ (10 Apr 1899-03 Apr 1900)
Naval-School and Special Briefings (04 Apr 1900-30 Sep 1901)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Wilhelm der Große’ (01 Oct 1901-31 Oct 1901)
On Board the Liner ‘Kaiser Friedrich III’ (01 Nov 1901-08 Nov 1903)
Watch-Officer on the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Hildebrand’ (09 Nov 1903-23 Sep 1904)
Watch-Officer on the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Odin’ (24 Sep 1904-09 Oct 1904)
Watch-Officer on the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Aegir’ (10 Oct 1904-30 Sep 1905)
Adjutant with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1905-25 Apr 1907)
Departed to East Asia (26 Apr 1907-14 Jun 1907)
Watch and Navigations Officer on the Gun-Boat ‘Jaguar’ (15 Jun 1907-11 Jun 1909)
Returned Home from East Asia (12 Jun 1909-27 Jul 1909)
Company-Leader with the I. Shipyard-Division (28 Jul 1909-23 Feb 1910)
Detached to Service with the Imperial Shipyard at Kiel (24 Feb 1910-31 May 1910)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (01 Jun 1910-30 Jun 1910)
2nd Adjutant with the Imperial Shipyard Kiel (01 Jul 1910-15 Sep 1910)
Navigation-Officer on the Light Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (16 Sep 1910-14 Jun 1911)
Navigation-Officer on the Light Cruiser ‘Kolberg’ (15 Jun 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Assistant in the Military-Police Group, Admiral Staff of the Navy (01 Oct 1912-14 Aug 1914)
Navigations-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (13 Sep 1914-03 Sep 1915)
Granted Sick Leave (04 Sep 1915-04 Nov 1915)
Assistant in the Military-Police Group, Admiral Staff of the Navy (05 Nov 1915-10 Aug 1918)
Department-Head in the Naval Warfare Command, Admiral Staff Of The Navy (11 Aug 1918-01 Nov 1918)
1st Adjutant of the Naval Warfare Command, Admiral Staff Of The Navy (02 Nov 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Department-Head in the Reichsmarineamt, on 15/07/1919 renamed Admiralty (15 Nov 1919-07 Nov 1919)
Retired (07 Nov 1919)
Reactivated to Naval Service as Chairman of the Seaman Department, Personnel Office of the Naval Station of the North Sea (10 Sep 1920-18 Mar 1921)
At the same time, Temporary-Commander of the Personnel-Office (25 Nov 1920-18 Mar 1921)
Chief Of Staff of the Commander of the Sea-Forces of the North Sea (19 Mar 1921-14 Oct 1923)
Chief Of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Sea-Forces (15 Oct 1923-23 May 1925)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (24 Mar 1925-23 Sep 1926)
Chief Of The Training Department, Naval-Command (24 Sep 1926-04 Oct 1928)
Senior-Shipyard-Director, Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (05 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1932)
Retired (30 Sep 1932)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (25 May 1939-29 Jul 1940)
With OKM for Briefing (29 Jul 1940-05 Aug 1940)
Senior-Shipyard-Director, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Drontheim (06 Aug 1940-30 Apr 1943)
Retired (30 Apr 1943)

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