(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral (Ing.) Karl Thäter
Born: 13 Sep 1886 in Kallies, East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
Died: 14 Oct 1962 in Berlin
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1909); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1909); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1911); Marineingenieuraspirant (21 Sep 1912); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (27 Jan 1915); Marineingenieur (18 Sep 1915); Marineoberingenieur (26 Apr 1917); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Feb 1922); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Nov 1928); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Apr 1933); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1934); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Nov 1938); Vizeadmiral (Ing.) (01 Feb 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter and Attended Basic-Training (01 Oct 1908-31 Dec 1908)
On Board the Liner 'Pommern' (01 Jan 1909-30 Sep 1909)
On Board the Liner 'Nassau' (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1911)
Engineer and Deck-Officer School (01 Oct 1911-30 Sep 1912)
Departed to Shanghai (01 Oct 1912-18 Nov 1912)
On Board the Small Cruiser 'Emden' (19 Nov 1912-02 Jun 1914)
Returned Home from Tsingtau (03 Jun 1914-03 Aug 1914)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Große' (04 Aug 1914-20 May 1915)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (21 May 1915-21 Aug 1915)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine 'U 17' (22 Aug 1915-25 Aug 1917)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine 'U 107' (26 Aug 1917-30 Nov 1918)
Flotilla-Engineer of the North-Seas-Outpost-Flotilla (01 Dec 1918-15 Dec 1918)
Naval-School 'B' (16 Dec 1918-29 Mar 1919)
In the Technical Battalion of the Guards-Cavalry-Rifle-Corps (30 Mar 1919-18 Aug 1919)
Naval-School Kiel-Wik (19 Aug 1919-30 Nov 1919)
Watch-Engineer on the Small Cruiser 'Graudenz' (01 Dec 1919-10 Mar 1920)
Watch-Engineer on the Small Cruiser 'Königsberg' (11 Mar 1920-10 Apr 1920)
Construction-Information of the Cruiser 'Hamburg', Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (30 Apr 1920-06 Sep 1920)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser 'Hamburg' (07 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (02 Oct 1920-27 Mar 1923)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser 'Hamburg' (28 Mar 1923-30 Mar 1924)
Instructor at the Naval-School Kiel (31 Mar 1924-27 Sep 1927)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser 'Berlin' (28 Sep 1927-27 Mar 1929)
Advisor in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (28 Mar 1929-28 Jan 1930)
In the Military Department for Ship-Machine-Operations, Naval Command (29 Jan 1930-08 Oct 1931)
Chief Engineer on the Liner 'Hessen' (09 Oct 1931-28 Sep 1932)
Instructor at the Naval-School Kiel (29 Sep 1932-27 Sep 1935)
Acting-Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (28 Sep 1935-14 Nov 1935)
Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (15 Nov 1935-20 Sep 1936)
At the same time, Detached for Information to Fleet Command (02 Jun 1936-20 Sep 1936)
Fleet-Engineer, Fleet Command (21 Sep 1936-09 Feb 1937)
Chief Of Staff of the Testing-Command for Warship New Construction (10 Feb 1937-22 Nov 1939)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Testing-Command (23 Dec 1937-03 Jan 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Chief of the Testing-Command (25 Feb 1939-04 Mar 1939)
Commander of the Naval-School Kiel (27 Nov 1939-31 Aug 1942)
Retired and Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine, without being mobilised (31 Aug 1942)

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