(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Otto Schenk
Born: 17 Feb 1891 in Bergedorf by Hamburg
Died: 19 Dec 1972 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1911); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Jun 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Korvettenkapitän (01 Dec 1928); Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1934); Kapitän zur See (01 Jan 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Mar 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (01 Apr 1910-28 Mar 1911)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (29 Mar 1911-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’ (01 Oct 1912-00 Nov 1913)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Dresden’ (00 Nov 1913-14 Mar 1915)
Interned in Chile (15 Mar 1915-23 Oct 1916)
Fled back to Germany (24 Oct 1916-04 Jun 1917)
Watch-Officer in the Torpedo-School-Flotilla (05 Jun 1917-01 Nov 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boats ‘V 100’ and ‘G 103’ of the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (02 Nov 1917-25 Jul 1918)
Torpedo-Boat-Commandant in the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (26 Jul 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Adjutant in the Command of the High Seas Force (00 Dec 1918-05 Jan 1919)
Torpedo-Boat-Commandant in the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla then III. North-Sea-Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (06 Jan 1919-30 Sep 1923)
Flag-Lieutenant in the Staff of the Commander of Light Sea Forces of the North Sea (01 Oct 1923-08 Feb 1925)
Instructor at the Naval-School Mürwik (19 Mar 1925-08 Jun 1927)
At the same time, Company-Leader in the Naval-School Mürwik (01 Oct 1925-08 Jun 1927)
Assigned with the Repair of the Survey-Ship ‘Meteor’ (09 Jun 1927-25 Sep 1927)
Navigation-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (26 Sep 1927-24 Sep 1928)
First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (25 Sep 1928-15 Jan 1930)
First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Köln’ (15 Jan 1930-29 Sep 1930)
Commander of the I. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (03 Oct 1930-29 Sep 1933)
Commander of the Naval-School Friedrichsort (02 Oct 1933-31 Mar 1935)
At the same time, Acting-Commandant of Kiel and Port-Captain Kiel (02 Jan 1935-26 Mar 1935)
Commander of the I. Naval-NCO-Instruction-Battalion (01 Apr 1935-27 Sep 1935)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Leipzig’ (30 Sep 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Chief of the Central-Department of the Naval-Shipyard, from 12 Nov 1938 Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (04 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (26 Nov 1939-09 Jan 1940)
Coastal-Commander Pomeranian Coast (10 Jan 1940-18 Mar 1940)
Admiral of the Norwegian South-Coast (09 Apr 1940-30 Aug 1940)
Admiral of the Norwegian Polar-Coast (31 Aug 1940-13 Aug 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (14 Aug 1942-30 Sep 1942)
Chief of the Test-Command for Warship New Construction (01 Oct 1942-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (01 Feb 1945-01 Mar 1945)
With the Prize-Court Hamburg for Briefing; Intended Command as a Reichs-Commissioner with the Prize-Court Hamburg but Command did not begin (01 Mar 1945-02 May 1945)
In Captivity (02 May 1945-06 Jun 1947)
Released (06 Jun 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (05 Feb 1942)


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