(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Robin Schall-Emden
Born: 22 Mar 1893 in Stuttgart
Died: 29 Jan 1946 in POW-Camp in Zedelghem, Belgium
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1912); Leutnant zur See (03 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Jan 1920); Kapitänleutnant (01 Sep 1921); Korvettenkapitän (01 Aug 1929); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Dec 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Feb 1943)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Victoria Louise’ (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Departed to East Asia on the Small Cruiser ‘Emden’ (01 Oct 1913-09 Nov 1914)
In Captivity (09 Nov 1914-06 Dec 1919)
Returned Home and Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (07 Dec 1919-12 Feb 1920)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (13 Feb 1920-13 Mar 1920)
Commandant of the 8th Half-Flotilla (14 Mar 1920-28 Sep 1921)
Commandant of the 11th Half-Flotilla (29 Sep 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Department-Head in the Fleet Department, Naval Command (01 Oct 1922-31 Oct 1924)
Course-Participant at the Barrier-School (06 Jan 1925-25 Mar 1925)
Commandant of the 1st Minesweeper-Flotilla (26 Mar 1925-28 Jun 1926)
Company-Leader in Coastal-Defence-Battalion IV (29 Jun 1926-30 Sep 1926)
Company-Leader in the IV. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-27 Sep 1927)
Roll-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (28 Sep 1927-27 Sep 1929)
Artillery-Officer with the Commander Swinemünde (28 Sep 1929-24 Apr 1930)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the III. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (18 Apr 1930-24 Apr 1930)
Commander of the III. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (25 Apr 1930-30 Sep 1932)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant of Swinemünde (28 Jul 1930-23 Aug 1930)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant of Swinemünde (27 Aug 1931-26 Sep 1931)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant of Swinemünde (26 Jul 1932-09 Aug 1932)
Naval-Liaison-Officer to Military-District-Command VI, Münster (01 Oct 1932-24 Sep 1933)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (25 Sep 1933-31 Jul 1934)
Construction-Indoctrination ‘Admiral Scheer’ (01 Aug 1934-11 Nov 1934)
First Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Admiral Scheer’ (12 Nov 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Leader of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Stettin (04 Oct 1935-15 Feb 1937)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Königsberg’ (16 Feb 1937-02 Nov 1938)
Commander of the 1st Ships-Cadre-Regiment and Commandant of Stralsund (05 Nov 1938-12 Sep 1939)
Fortress-Commandant of Gotenhafen (13 Sep 1939-17 Mar 1940)
At the same time, Coastal-Commander Eastern Baltic Sea (13 Jan 1940-17 Mar 1940)
Port-Captain Narvik (10 Apr 1940-08 May 1940)
Coastal-Commander Eastern Baltic Sea and also Fortress-Commandant Gotenhafen (10 May 1940-20 Jun 1940)
Naval-Commander West France (21 Jun 1940-03 Dec 1940)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (04 Dec 1940-18 Feb 1941)
Chief of Sea-Command-Office Calais (19 Feb 1941-07 Mar 1941)
Admiral of Sea-Command-Offices (08 Mar 1941-14 Nov 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKM (14 Nov 1944-02 Jan 1945)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Schleswig-Holstein (02 Jan 1945-15 May 1945)
In Captivity (15 May 1945-29 Jan 1946)
Died in Captivity (29 Jan 1946)

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


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