(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Dipl.Ing. Karl Packroß
Born: 17 Jan 1891 in Kiel
Died: 06 Jan 1946 in Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein
Diploma in Engineering:
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1910); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1910); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1912); Marineingenieuraspirant (01 Oct 1913); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Oct 1915); Leutnant (Ing.) (04 Mar 1920); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (04 Mar 1920); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1922); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Dec 1928); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 May 1933); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1934); Charakter als Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Aug 1940); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Jan 1941); Vizeadmiral (Ing.) (01 Jun 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division, Basic-Training (01 Oct 1909-03 Jan 1910)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Roon’ (04 Jan 1920-09 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner ‘Pommern’ (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1912-26 Sep 1913)
On Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (01 Oct 1913-18 Jan 1915)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (21 Jan 1915-21 Mar 1915)
At the same time, Chief Engineer on the School-Submarine ‘UB 9’ (15 Mar 1915-21 Mar 1915)
Construction-Indoctrination on the Submarine ‘UB 17’ (22 Mar 1915-03 May 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘UB 17’ (04 May 1915-05 Aug 1915)
Detached to the I. Submarine-Flotilla Flaunders (06 Aug 1915-21 Nov 1915)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘UB 28’ (22 Nov 1915-26 Dec 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘UB 28’ (27 Dec 1915-06 Jan 1916)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine ‘UB 26’ (07 Jan 1916-05 Apr 1916)
In Captivity (06 Apr 1916-23 Feb 1920)
Released and Placed to the Disposal of the Commander Kiel (24 Feb 1920-13 Mar 1920)
Pupil at Naval-School ‘B’ (14 Mar 1920-08 Jan 1921)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Medusa’ (09 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1921)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command, Detached to the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1921-14 Nov 1924)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Hessen’ (15 Nov 1924-05 Jan 1925)
Electrical-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (06 Jan 1925-31 Dec 1925)
Company-Leader in the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (01 Jan 1926-30 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Detached to Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (02 Jan 1926-28 Feb 1926)
Instructor for Electro-Technology at the Naval-School Kiel-Wik (01 Oct 1926-30 Sep 1928)
Electrical-Engineer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (01 Oct 1928-07 Jun 1929)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (15 Jun 1929-02 Oct 1932)
Engineering-Officer with the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (03 Oct 1932-19 Feb 1933)
Member of the Test-Commission for Ships (20 Feb 1933-24 Nov 1935)
Advisor in the Wehrmacht-Office, Reichs War Ministry (25 Nov 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Leader of the Military-Economics-Office Berlin III, Military-Economics-Inspection III (01 Oct 1937-03 Jun 1940)
Armaments-Inspector II Stettin (04 Jun 1940-00 Jun 1941)
Armaments-Inspector III Berlin (00 Jun 1941-00 Jan 1942)
Armaments-Inspector II Stettin (00 Jan 1942-26 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (26 Apr 1945-1945)
Released (1945)

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