(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Heino von Heimburg
Born: 24 Oct 1889 in Hannover
Died: Oct 1945 in Russian Captivity in a Camp near Stalingrad
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (21 Apr 1908); Leutnant zur See (10 Apr 1911); Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1914); Kapitänleutnant (28 Apr 1918); Korvettenkäpitan (01 Dec 1926); Fregattenkäpitan (01 Oct 1932); Kapitän zur See (01 Jul 1934); Konteradmiral (01 Aug 1939); Vizeadmiral (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (03 Apr 1907-31 Mar 1908)
Naval-School and Special-Briefing (01 Apr 1908-30 Sep 1909)
On Board the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (01 Oct 1909-14 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner ‘Hessen’ (15 Sep 1910-27 Apr 1911)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Geier’ (28 Apr 1911-20 May 1913)
Returned Home from Port Said and Company-Officer with the I. Naval-Division (21 May 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Submarine-Training and Adjutant, Special-Ship ‘Vulcan’, Submarine-Battalion (01 Oct 1913-13 Aug 1914)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘UA’ (14 Aug 1914-24 Mar 1915)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 14’ (25 Mar 1915-01 Aug 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UC 22’ (01 Jul 1916-04 Oct 1917)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘UB 68’ (05 Oct 1917-00 Jul 1918)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 35’ (00 Sep 1918-26 Oct 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarines and Granted Leave (27 Oct 191819 Mar 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Mine, Blocking and Explosive Affairs (20 Mar 1919-22 Aug 1919)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 104’ (23 Aug 1919-31 Oct 1919)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 139’ (01 Nov 1919-14 Sep 1920)
Company-Leader in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I (15 Sep 1920-06 Oct 1921)
Adjutant of the Commander Swinemünde (07 Oct 1921-18 Sep 1924)
At the same time, Naval-Signals-Officer Swinemünde (07 Oct 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Company-Chief in the II. Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (19 Sep 1924-24 Sep 1925)
Navigation-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (02 Oct 1925-25 Sep 1927)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division Of The North Sea, at the same time Executive of the Processing-Office of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (26 Sep 1927-23 Sep 1928)
Commander of the IV. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (24 Sep 1928-25 Sep 1930)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (26 Sep 1930-27 Mar 1933)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North-Seas (28 Mar 1933-28 Sep 1933)
Commandant of Fortifications of the Elbe and Wesermünde, Cuxhaven (29 Sep 1933-03 Oct 1937)
Officer-Judge of the Reichs War Court (06 Oct 1937-31 Dec 1939)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Bremen, at the same time, Location-Senior (01 Jan 1940-29 Aug 1942)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine without being Mobilised (01 Sep 1942-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 May 1943)
Abducted by the Russians (00 Mar 1945-00 Oct 1945)
Died in Captivity (00 Oct 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 11.08.1917 als Oberleutnant zur See und Kommandant Unterseeboot “UC 22“
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Oldenburgischer Haus-und Verdienstordens des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig: 07.10.1917
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- Ritterkreuz des k.u.k. Österr. Leopold-Ordens mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkische Silberne Imtiaz-Medaille mit Säbel
- Türkische Goldene Liakat-(Verdienst)-Medaille mit Säbel
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Militär-Verdienstorden mit der Krone
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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