(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Alexander Michels
Born: 17 Mar 1891 in Cologne (Köln)
Died: 26 Jun 1968 in Bad Hönningen, Rhineland (Rheinland)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1912); Leutnant zur See (03 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant zur See (26 Apr 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Nov 1921); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1929); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941); Vizeadmiral (01 Feb 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training, On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hertha’ (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1912-30 Sep 1913)
On Board the Liner ‘König Albert’ (01 Oct 1913-00 Jan 1915)
Weapons-Course (00 Jan 1915-04 Jun 1915)
Watch-Officer on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 104’ of the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (05 Jun 1915-31 Jul 1919)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Regensburg’ (01 Aug 1919-19 May 1920)
Ships-Cadre ‘Medusa’ (20 May 1920-16 Jul 1920)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (17 Jul 1920-21 Aug 1920)
Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 29’ of the 6th Half-Flotilla (22 Aug 1920-09 Nov 1921)
Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 157’ of the 5th Half-Flotilla (10 Nov 1921-31 Aug 1922)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 146’ of the I. Flotilla (30 Sep 1922-02 Mar 1925)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 139’ of the I. Flotilla (03 Mar 1925-28 Sep 1925)
Advisor in the Barrier-Test-Command (29 Sep 1925-03 Oct 1928)
Instructor at the Naval-School Mürwik (04 Oct 1928-16 Feb 1929)
Detached for Service to the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (17 Feb 1929-01 Apr 1929)
Instructor at the Naval-School Mürwik (02 Apr 1929-29 Sep 1929)
Navigation-Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (30 Sep 1929-31 Mar 1931)
First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (01 Apr 1931-09 Jul 1931)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (10 Jul 1931-25 Sep 1932)
Commander of the Battier-Battalion (26 Sep 1932-29 Mar 1933)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (30 Mar 1933-03 Oct 1934)
Transferred into the Defence Department, Reichs Defence Ministry (04 Oct 1934-02 Oct 1936)
Chief Of Staff of the Barrier-Weapons-Inspection (03 Oct 1936-22 Feb 1943)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (19 Jul 1937-03 Aug 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (22 Jun 1938-23 Jul 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (03 Apr 1939-11 Apr 1939)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (18 Apr 1939-05 Aug 1939)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (01 Sep 1942-22 Feb 1943)
Barrier-Weapons-Inspector (23 Feb 1943-10 Sep 1945)
In Captivity (10 Sep 1945-22 May 1947)
Released (22 May 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (28 Dec 1943)


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