(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Kurt Caesar Hoffmann
Born: 26 Aug 1895 in Kiel
Died: 19 May 1988 in Mölln
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jan 1924); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1931); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1936); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1942); Vizeadmiral (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Adjutant and Signals-Officer on Board the Liner ‘Wettin’ (02 Aug 1914-14 Nov 1915)
Course at the Torpedo-School (15 Nov 1915-15 Jan 1916)
Watch-Officer with the III. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (20 Mar 1916-31 Jul 1919)
Flag-Lieutenant with the Commander of the VI. Flotilla and Staff of the Commander of the Sea Forces of the North Sea (01 Aug 1919-30 Sep 1921)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 157’ with the 4th Half-Flotilla (28 Sep 1922-22 Sep 1924)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (23 Sep 1924-28 Sep 1926)
Instructor at the Coastal-Defence-School (24 Nov 1926-14 Oct 1929)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (15 Oct 1929-14 Jan 1930)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (15 Jan 1930-27 Sep 1932)
At the same time, Advisor with the Artillery-Test-Command Ships (04 Aug 1930-26 Oct 1930)
Advisor in the Training-Department, Naval Command, from 11/01/1936 OKM (30 Sep 1932-27 Sep 1936)
Commander of the Coastal-Artillery-School (28 Sep 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Commander of Coastal-Artillery and Flight-Defence-School (01 Oct 1937-26 Jun 1939)
At the same time, Leader of the Artillery-Test-Command Land (28 Sep 1936-26 Jun 1939)
At the same time, Acting-President of the Artillery-Test-Command Land (17 Mar 1937-15 Apr 1937)
At the same time, Acting-President of the Artillery-Test-Command Land (07 Jul 1938-06 Aug 1938)
At the same time, Acting-President of the Artillery-Test-Command Land (10 Oct 1938-22 Oct 1938)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (27 Jun 1939-15 Sep 1939)
Commandant of the Battleship ‘Scharnhorst’ (21 Sep 1939-28 Mar 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (29 Mar 1942-30 Jun 1942)
Naval-Commander in The Netherlands (01 Jul 1942-04 Mar 1943)
Chief of Artillery-Weapons-Office, Naval Armaments, OKM (04 Mar 1943-22 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (22 Jul 1945-20 Feb 1947)
Released (20 Feb 1947)
Deputy Federal Representative, Sea-Office Hamburg (26 Jun 1956-31 Aug 1957)
Federal Representative, Sea-Office Hamburg (01 Sep 1957-31 Mar 1965)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (106): am 21.03.1942 als Kapitän zur See und Kommandant Schlachtschiff “Scharnhorst”
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 20.11.1941 als Kapitän zur See und Kommandant Schlachtschiff “Scharnhorst”
- 1914 EK I K: 14.02.1918
- 1914 EK II K: 01.08.1916
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern: 14.02.1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I: 26.11.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 16.10.1939
- Flottenkriegsabzeichen
- Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: 15.07.1965


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