(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Rudolf Stange
Born: 13 Nov 1899 in Groß-Bademeusel, District Sorau (Niederlausitz)
Died: 25 Apr 1992 in Delmenhorst
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (13 Jan 1917); Leutnant zur See (19 Jun 1918); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Apr 1922); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jan 1929); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1935); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1938); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1940); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1943); Vizeadmiral (01 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with Aspiring Officer Service, Attended Naval-School Mürwik, Basic-Training (04 Apr 1916-31 May 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (01 Jun 1916-03 Aug 1916)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Von der Tann’ (12 Aug 1916-13 Nov 1918)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hindenburg’ (13 Nov 1918-12 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea and Granted Leave (20 Dec 1918-13 Nov 1919)
Retired (13 Nov 1919)
Platoon-Leader in Freikorps Lützow (00 Feb 1919-00 May 1920)
Company-Officer in the III. Naval-Brigade (00 May 1920-30 Jun 1920)
Reactivated to Naval Service as Leutnant zur See and Watch-Officer in the 6th Half-Flotilla (01 Jul 1920-31 Dec 1921)
Officer-Ranging-Training-Course, Watch-Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Panther’ and Commandant of Survey-Boats I and III (03 Jan 1922-30 Sep 1924)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1924-06 Apr 1926)
Watch-Officer in the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (07 Apr 1926-02 Oct 1927)
Watch and Survey Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Meteor’ (03 Oct 1927-21 Sep 1928)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 18’ (22 Sep 1928-05 Feb 1930)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 153’ (06 Feb 1930-23 May 1930)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 7’ (24 May 1930-26 Sep 1930)
Radio-Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (01 Oct 1930-26 Nov 1931)
Navigations-Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Meteor’ (27 Nov 1931-27 Sep 1933)
Advisor in the Fleet Department and in the League Of Nations-Group Navy, Naval Command (28 Sep 1933-02 Jul 1935)
Ships-Cadre ‘Nürnberg’ (03 Jul 1935-01 Nov 1935)
Navigations-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Nürnberg’ (02 Nov 1935-11 Oct 1936)
First Officer on the Aviso ‘Grille’ (16 Oct 1936-21 Oct 1937)
At the same time, Temporary First Officer on the Cruiser ‘Nürnberg’ (07 Jun 1937-29 Sep 1937)
Group-Leader in the Operations-Department, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (22 Oct 1937-03 Jan 1942)
Commandant of the Heavy Cruiser ‘Lützow’ (04 Jan 1942-10 Nov 1943)
At the same time, Acting 1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in Fleet Command (02 Sep 1942-05 Oct 1942)
Chief Of Staff of Naval-Group-Command South (22 Nov 1943-11 Dec 1944)
Commandant of Sea-Fortifications West and East Prussia and Fortress-Commandant of Gotenhafen (14 Dec 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Commanding Admiral of the Netherlands (01 Jan 1945-09 Jun 1945)
In Captivity (09 Jun 1945-06 Feb 1947)
Interned (06 Feb 1947-02 Apr 1948)
Released (02 Apr 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (06 Dec 1944)


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