(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Kurt Slevogt
Born: 21 Mar 1892 in Munich (München)
Died: 23 Jul 1957 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1911); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1929); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1934); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jul 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadet, Attended Basic-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1910-31 Mar 1911)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1911-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Liner ‘Thüringen’ (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Stettin’ (01 Oct 1913-04 Feb 1914)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Rostock’ (05 Feb 1914-31 May 1916)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Regensburg’ (05 Jun 1916-13 Jul 1916)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Graudenz’ (14 Jul 1916-28 Feb 1917)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (01 Mar 1917-17 Aug 1917)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 107’ (18 Aug 1917-26 Jul 1918)
Commandant of the Submarine ‘U 71’ (27 Jul 1918-20 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs (21 Nov 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (02 Jan 1919-31 Jan 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Feb 1919-12 Feb 1919)
Promotional-Officer in the Naval-Regiment Madlung (13 Feb 1919-17 Apr 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the III. Naval-Brigade (18 Apr 1919-12 May 1919)
Company-Leader in the III. Naval-Brigade (19 May 1919-18 May 1920)
Director of the Naval-Radio-School Swinemünde (19 May 1920-05 Oct 1920)
Instructor at the Naval-Signals-School (06 Oct 1920-04 Oct 1923)
Company-Leader in the II. then I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (05 Oct 1923-24 Sep 1925)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (25 Sep 1925-26 Sep 1926)
Watch and Roll Officer on the Liner ‘Hessen’ (27 Sep 1926-27 Sep 1928)
Department-Head in the Naval-Training-Department, Naval Command (28 Sep 1928-25 Sep 1931)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (26 Sep 1931-26 Mar 1933)
First Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (27 Mar 1933-27 Sep 1933)
Commander of the Submarine-Defence-School (01 Oct 1933-20 May 1935)
Commander of the Submarine-School and Chief of the School-Formation (21 May 1935-17 Sep 1937)
Chief Of Staff of the II. Admiral of the Baltic-Sea-Station (18 Sep 1937-01 Jan 1938)
Chief Of Staff of the 2nd Admiral of the Baltic Sea (01 Jan 1938-03 Dec 1939)
2nd Admiral of the Baltic Sea (04 Dec 1939-31 Mar 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea and Detached for Information to the Prize-Court Hamburg (01 Apr 1943-09 May 1943)
Prize-Judge at the Prize-Court Hamburg (10 May 1943-03 May 1945)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (30 Jun 1943-31 May 1945)
In Captivity (31 May 1945-08 Jan 1946)
Released (08 Jan 1946)

Decorations & Awards:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Schlesisches Adler-Orden II. und I. Stufe
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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