(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Erhard Maertens
Born: 26 Feb 1891 in Glogau, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 05 May 1945 in Berlin (KIA)
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 Apr 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jul 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and 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 ‘Hessen’ (01 Oct 1912-07 Sep 1915)
Submarine and Radio Training (08 Sep 1915-26 Feb 1916)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 3’ (17 Oct 1915-01 Jan 1916)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 47’ of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (27 Feb 1916-03 Apr 1916)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 48’ of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (22 Apr 1916-24 Nov 1917)
In Captivity (25 Nov 1917-05 Nov 1919)
Released and Placed to the Disposal of the Commander Kiel and Granted Leave (06 Nov 1919-27 Dec 1919)
Watch-Officer in the Liner ‘Schwaben’ (28 Dec 1919-05 Feb 1920)
Naval-Signals-Officer Pillau (06 Feb 1920-06 Apr 1921)
Acting-Leader of the Service-Office of the Naval-Command Königsberg (01 Mar 1921-04 Apr 1921)
Adjutant and Naval-Signals-Officer of the Commander Swinemünde (07 Apr 1921-06 Oct 1921)
Company-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion I (07 Oct 1921-16 Mar 1925)
Kapitänleutnant with the Staff of the Torpedo and Signals School (17 Mar 1925-14 Aug 1928)
Department-Head in the Shipyard-Department, Naval Command (15 Aug 1928-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of the Naval-Signals-School (01 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1936)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Torpedo Affairs (03 May 1937-03 Jun 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Torpedo Affairs (21 Jul 1937-03 Aug 1937)
Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Signals-Inspection (01 Oct 1937-27 Apr 1939)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Naval Signals (02 May 1938-29 May 1938)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector of Naval Signals (07 Mar 1939-18 Mar 1939)
Leader of the Communication-Test-Institute of the Navy (28 Apr 1939-07 Jun 1939)
Commander of Communication-Test-Command (08 Jun 1939-18 Nov 1939)
Chief of the Office-Group for Technical-Signals-Affairs, Naval Weapons Office, OKM (19 Nov 1939-15 Jun 1941)
Chief of the Office-Group for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (16 Jun 1941-05 May 1943)
Acting-Senior-Shipyard-Director, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (06 May 1943-30 Jun 1943)
Arsenal-Commandant, Kriegsmarine-Shipyard Kiel (01 Jul 1943-27 Nov 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (28 Nov 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
Killed in Berlin (05 May 1945)

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