(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Ernst Junkermann
Born: 25 Jun 1881 in Olpe, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 05 Mar 1944 in Goslar
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (10 Apr 1900); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1902); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1904); Kapitänleutnant (13 Oct 1908); Korvettenkapitän (24 Apr 1916); Fregattenkapitän (01 Jun 1922); Kapitän zur See (01 Feb 1925); Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1929); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (31 Mar 1931); Vizeadmiral z.V. (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training (10 Apr 1899-18 May 1899)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Gneisenau’ (19 May 1899-03 Apr 1900)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (09 Apr 1900-30 Jul 1901)
On Board the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Aegir’ (31 Jul 1901-30 Jun 1902)
On Board the Coastal-Armoured-Ship ‘Hildebrand’ (01 Jul 1902-29 Sep 1903)
In the Nautical Department, Reichsmarineamt (30 Sep 1903-05 Apr 1904)
Watch-Officer on the Survey-Steamer ‘National’ (06 Apr 1904-30 Sep 1904)
Departed to Matupi in the South Seas (01 Oct 1904-25 Dec 1904)
Watch-Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Möwe’ (26 Dec 1904-29 Oct 1905)
Returned Home from Tsingtau with the ‘Prinzeß Alice’, Transport-Leader (04 Nov 1905-14 Dec 1905)
Placed to the Disposal of the I. Naval-Inspection (15 Dec 1905-17 May 1906)
Watch-Officer on the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (18 May 1906-30 Sep 1906)
Company-Officer in the 2nd Battalion, I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 101’ (16 Oct 1906-15 Dec 1906)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 135’ (10 May 1907-14 Sep 1907)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the School Flotilla (03 Jan 1908-14 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the Manoeuvre Flotilla (02 Nov 1908-28 Nov 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the Manoeuvre Flotilla (05 Apr 1909-10 Jun 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 137’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the Manoeuvre Flotilla (16 Aug 1909-06 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 112’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the III. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Feb 1910-05 Feb 1910)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 112’ and Flag-Lieutenant of the III. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (23 Aug 1910-10 Sep 1910)
Adjutant of the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (15 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff Formation of School and Experiment Ships (02 Apr 1911-29 Apr 1911)
At the same time, Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Instruction Squadron (31 Mar 1912-27 Apr 1912)
I. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1912-30 Jun 1913)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the High Seas Fleet (01 Jul 1913-30 Sep 1913)
II. Course at the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1913-30 Jun 1914)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the High Seas Fleet (01 Jul 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the II. Leader of the Torpedo-Force (02 Aug 1914-05 Sep 1914)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the I. Leader of the Torpedo-Force (06 Sep 1914-13 Dec 1917)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner ‘König’ (14 Dec 1917-04 Dec 1918)
Acting-Commandant of the Liner ‘König’ (05 Dec 1918-21 Jun 1919)
In Captivity, Returned Home and Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (22 Jun 1919-30 May 1920)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (31 May 1920-14 Sep 1920)
Acting-Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (15 Sep 1920-28 Sep 1920)
Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1920-16 Dec 1920)
Naval-Liaison-Officer to Military-District-Command II (17 Dec 1920-05 Oct 1922)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (14 Oct 1922-05 Oct 1924)
Commander of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (06 Oct 1924-02 May 1925)
At the same time, Acting-Naval-Commissioner for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Channel (15 Apr 1925-02 May 1925)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Hamburg’ (03 May 1925-18 Jul 1925)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Berlin’ (19 Jul 1925-06 Apr 1926)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Hessen’ (07 Apr 1926-07 Sep 1927)
Chief of the Naval-Defence-Department, Naval Command (10 Sep 1927-04 Oct 1928)
Inspector of Torpedo and Mine Affairs (05 Oct 1928-31 Mar 1931)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Training Affairs of the Navy (05 Oct 1928-15 Oct 1928)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Training Affairs of the Navy (16 Sep 1929-12 Oct 1929)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Training Affairs of the Navy (10 Jul 1930-02 Aug 1930)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Training Affairs of the Navy (26 Sep 1930-07 Oct 1930)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (10 Oct 1930-23 Oct 1930)
Retired (31 Mar 1931)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (01 Jan 1939-26 May 1940)
Deputy-Reichs-Commissioner of the Prize-Court, Hamburg (26 May 1940-28 Feb 1941)
Reichs-Commissioner of the Prize-Court, Berlin-South-East (01 Mar 1941-00 Aug 1941)
Judge at the Prize-Court Berlin (00 Aug 1941-31 Aug 1942)
Retired (31 Aug 1942)

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