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Ministerialdirektor Dr.Ing.e.h. Paul Presze
Born: 20 Jan 1868 in Berlin
Died: 28 Jan 1948
Honorary Doctorate In Engineering: 21 Jan 1928 at the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg
Promotions:
Marinebauführer (25 Apr 1893); Schiffbaumeister (10 Jul 1896); Marinebaurat (27 May 1907); Marineoberbaurat und Betriebsdirektor (29 Apr 1913); Ministerialrat (01 Apr 1920); Ministerialdirektor (01 May 1927)
Career:
Study of Ship-Construction at the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1887-24 Apr 1893)
Entered the Navyin the Ship-Construction-Department, Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (25 Apr 1893-1896)
Betriebsdirigent in the Torpedo-Department, Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (1896-1899)
Department-Head in the Construction-Department, Reichsmarineamt (1899-07 Apr 1902)
Construction-Supervision with the Firm Schichau in Elbing, Imperial Shipyard Danzig (07 Apr 1902-15 Jun 1904)
Betriebsdirigent of the New Construction and Test Run Operations, Imperial Shipyard Kiel (15 Apr 1906-1908)
Department-Head for Draft and Construction of Torpedo Boats then Operations-Director for Torpedo-Boats and Submarines with the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs, as well as Construction-Supervision with Germania-Shipyard in Kiel (1908-16 Aug 1913)
Department-Head K Ic in the Construction-Department (Draft of Small Cruisers and Cannon-Boats), Reichsmarineamt (17 Aug 1913-12 Nov 1914)
Detached for the Establishment of Shipyards in Brugges, Ostend and Antwerp, Naval-Corps Flaunders (13 Nov 1914-27 Oct 1915)
Department-Head for Ship-Construction, Special-Command Turkey and Detachyed to the Mediterranean-Division (28 Oct 1915-07 Nov 1916)
Operations-Director, Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (08 Nov 1916-00 Mar 1918)
Department-Head for Construction-Implementation of Liners and Heavy Cruisers in the Construction-Department, Reichsmarineamt (00 Mar 1918-15 Jul 1919)
Department-Head in the Technical the Construction Department (BK) in the General Naval Office, Admiralty (15 Jul 1919-15 Sep 1920)
Department-Head for Construction-Implementation of Warships in the Construction-Department of the General Naval Office, Naval Command (15 Sep 1920-23 Aug 1923)
Executive of the Construction-Department (BK) of the General Naval Office, Naval-Command (24 Aug 1923-01 Jan 1925)
Chief Constructor of the Navy (K), Naval Command (01 Jan 1925-20 Jan 1934)
Retired (30 Apr 1934)

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