(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Friedrich Hüffmeier
Born: 14 Jun 1898 in Kunersdorf, Brandenburg
Died: 13 Jan 1972 in Münster, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (01 May 1915); Leutnant zur See (12 Oct 1916); Oberleutnant zur See (28 Sep 1920); Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1927); Korvettenkapitän (01 Jul 1934); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1937); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1939); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1943); Vizeadmiral (01 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War Volunteer with Aspiring Officer-Service with the I. Sailor-Division and On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (16 Sep 1914-00 Dec 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (00 Dec 1914-23 Jan 1916)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (24 Jan 1916-00 Sep 1916)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Augsburg’ (00 Sep 1916-00 Mar 1918)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (00 Mar 1918-00 Aug 1918)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 19’ with the III. Submarine-Flotilla (00 Aug 1918-00 Oct 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the III. Submarine-Flotilla then the Inspection Of Submarines, subsequently Company-Leader and Ordinance-Officer in the 157th Infantry-Regiment (00 Oct 1918-00 Nov 1919)
Ordinance-Officer in the 32nd and 64th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiments then Company-Officer Coastal-Defence then Ships-Cadre Units (00 Nov 1919-24 Oct 1920)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (25 Oct 1920-31 Mar 1922)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (01 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Location-Major in Wilhelmshaven (01 Oct 1923-08 Feb 1925)
Advisor (Detached for a Month to the USA) with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (09 Feb 1925-23 Sep 1926)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (24 Sep 1926-01 Mar 1927)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (01 Mar 1927-30 Sep 1928)
Advisor in the Staff of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (01 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1929)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1929-31 Mar 1931)
Department-Head in the Naval Defence Department of the Naval Command, from 11/01/1936 OKM (01 Apr 1931-20 Mar 1936)
First Officer on the Light Cruiser ‘Köln’ (21 Mar 1936-20 May 1938)
Advisor in the Naval Household Department, OKM (21 May 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Naval-Liaison-Officer to the Army General Staff (26 Aug 1939-12 Sep 1939)
Chief of the Construction-Department in the Submarine-Office, Sea Warfare Direction, OKM (13 Sep 1939-28 May 1941)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Köln’ (29 May 1941-28 Mar 1942)
Commandant of the Battleship ‘Scharnhorst’ (29 Mar 1942-17 Oct 1943)
Office-Chief, Military Motivation Operations Staff, OKM (18 Oct 1943-21 Jun 1944)
Detached to Naval-Group-Command West (22 Jun 1944-24 Jul 1944)
Sea-Commandant and Sea-Commander Channel Islands (25 Jul 1944-09 May 1945)
At the same time, Temporary-Fortress-Commandant Guernsey (25 Jul 1944-26 Feb 1945)
At the same time, Chief Of Staff of the Wehrmacht-Commander Channel Islands (01 Oct 1944-26 Feb 1945)
At the same time, Wehrmacht-Commander Channel Islands and Fortress-Commandant Guernsey (27 Feb 1945-09 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-09 Oct 1947)
Interned in Internment-Camp Adelheide (09 Oct 1947-02 Apr 1948)
Released (02 Apr 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- 1939 EK I
- Flottenkriegsabzeichen


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