(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Heinrich Hanke
Born: 16 Dec 1890 in Stuttgart
Died: 23 Apr 1945 near Klein-Kienitz über Zossen, Brandenburg (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1911); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Oberleutnant zur See (17 May 1919); Kapitänleutnant (29 Jun 1920); Korvettenkäpitan (01 Nov 1928); Fregattenkäpitan (01 Oct 1933); Kapitän zur See (01 Sep 1935); Konteradmiral (01 Nov 1939); Vizeadmiral (01 Feb 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (04 Jun 1910-31 Mar 1911)
Naval-School and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Gneisenau’ (00 Nov 1912-08 Dec 1914)
Prisoner Of War (09 Dec 1914-00 Jan 1918)
Interned in The Netherlands (00 Jan 1918-16 May 1919)
Released and Granted Leave (17 May 1919-15 Jun 1920)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Command of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (16 Jun 1920-31 Mar 1922)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Apr 1922-22 Sep 1922)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (23 Sep 1922-14 Oct 1923)
Advisor with the Inspection of Naval Artillery (15 Oct 1923-26 Sep 1926)
Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (27 Sep 1926-25 Sep 1928)
Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Nymphe’ (26 Sep 1928-04 Jan 1929)
With the Ship’s-Cadre ‘Karlsruhe’ (05 Jan 1929-29 Apr 1929)
Advisor with the Artillery-Test-Command (30 Apr 1929-22 Sep 1931)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (26 Sep 1931-30 Mar 1933)
Leader of the Artillery-Test-Command Ships (07 Oct 1933-23 Aug 1936)
Detached to the Weapons-Department, OKM (24 Aug 1936-13 Oct 1936)
Chief of the Department for Artillery Development and Construction, Naval Weapons Office, OKM (14 Oct 1936-06 Nov 1939)
Chief of Office-Group for Artillery Development and Construction, Naval Weapons Head Office, OKM (07 Nov 1939-02 Aug 1943)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Department for Mechanical Artillery in the Office-Group for Artillery Development (07 Nov 1939-30 Jun 1940)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Artillery-Weapons-Office (25 Dec 1939-16 Jan 1940)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (03 Aug 1943-30 Sep 1943)
Retired (30 Sep 1943)
Killed-in-Action (as a Volunteer in the Volkssturm) (23 Apr 1945)

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