Admiral Hermann von Fischel Born: 13 Jan 1887 in Kiel Died: 13 May 1950 in Budirka POW-Camp, Moscow, USSR Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (07 Apr 1906); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1908); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Jan 1911); Kapit�nleutnant (24 Apr 1916); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Oct 1924); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Jan 1930); Kapit�n zur See (01 Oct 1931); Konteradmiral (01 Oct 1935); Vizeadmiral (01 Apr 1938); Admiral (01 Sep 1941) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship �Stosch� (01 Apr 1905-31 Mar 1906)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1906-30 Sep 1907)
Departed to East Asia (01 Oct 1907-27 Nov 1907)
On Board the Light Cruiser �Arcona� (28 Nov 1907-18 Oct 1909)
Returned Home and Company-Officer, I. Torpedo-Division (19 Oct 1909-14 Sep 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �G 134� (04 Jan 1910-22 Feb 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �G 132� (23 Feb 1910-31 Mar 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �S 141� (01 Apr 1910-14 Sep 1910)
Company-Officer, Mine-Battalion (15 Sep 1910-30 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �T 56� (03 Apr 1911-27 May 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �T 56� and Auxiliary-Instructor at the Ship-Artillery-School (18 Jun 1911-29 Jul 1911)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �T 50� (21 Aug 1911-15 Sep 1911)
2nd Artillery-Officer and Divisions-Officer on the Light Cruiser �Mainz� (01 Oct 1911-21 Jan 1913)
At the same time, Detached to Course on the Light Cruiser �Stuttgart� (01/ May 1912-04 Jul 1912)
2nd Artillery-Officer and Divisions-Officer on the Light Cruiser �K�nigsberg� (22 Jan 1913-19 Jun 1913)
2nd Artillery-Officer and Divisions-Officer on the Light Cruiser �Mainz� (20 Jun 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Watch-Officer on the Liner �Hannover� (01 Oct 1913-01 Jun 1915)
Course on the School-Ship �W�rttemberg� (02 Jun 1915-10 Jul 1915)
Submarine-Training, Submarine-School (11 Jul 1915-25 Nov 1915)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Division-Boat �D 5� (25 Nov 1915-26 Dec 1915)
Commandant of the Submarine �U 17� (27 Dec 1915-28 Mar 1916)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 125� (28 Mar 1916-20 Apr 1916)
Commandant of the Submarine �U 65� (11 May 1916-00 Aug 1918)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer, Staff of the Submarine-Flotilla Pola (00 Aug 1918-00 Nov 1918)
Instructor at the Submarine-School then Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection Of Submarine-Affairs (00 Nov 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Commander of the II. Battalion in the 5th Naval-Regiment, III. Naval-Brigade (01 Apr 1919-30 Jun 1920)
In the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (14 Jul 1920-13 Nov 1920)
Company-Leader, Coastal-Defence-Battalion III (14 Nov 1920-03 Jan 1922)
At the same time, was Acting-Commander (30 Aug 1921-07 Sep 1921)
3rd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of the Sea-Force of the Baltic Sea (04 Jan 1922-30 Sep 1922)
2nd Artillery-Officer, Liner �Hannover� (01 Oct 1922-25 Sep 1924)
Commander of the 1st Battalion, Ship�s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (26 Sep 1924-28 Aug 1925)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Liner �Elsaߒ (29 Aug 1925-26 Sep 1927)
Instructor and Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Ship-Artillery-School (27 Sep 1927-22 Sep 1930)
Leader of the Naval-Training-Group then Naval-Training-Department, Naval-Command (23 Sep 1930-14 Mar 1933)
With the Ship�s-Cadre �Deutschland� (15 Mar 1933-31 Mar 1933)
Commandant of the Armoured-Ship �Deutschland� (01 Apr 1933-29 Dec 1935) Chairman of the Test-Command for Ships (30 Sep 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of Armoured-Ships (25 Nov 1936-08 Sep 1938)
At the same time, Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (16 Dec 1936-19 Mar 1937)
At the same time, Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (14 May 1937-22 Jun 1937)
At the same time, Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (08 Sep 1937-07 Oct 1937)
Commander of the Sea-Force at Spain (08 Feb 1938-13 Mar 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (14 Mar 1938-31 Mar 1938)
Chief Of The General-Naval-Office, OKM (02 Apr 25 Oct 1938-25 Oct 1939)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (26 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1939)
Chief of the Test-Command for Warship-Construction (01 Jan 1940-08 Jan 1941); At the same time, Chief of Sea-Command-Office Von Fischel and Designated Leader of Transport-Fleet �B� cover-name for Operation �Sea Lion� (29 Aug 1940-27 Oct 1940)
Commander of Security West (09 Jan 1941-16 Apr 1941)
Naval-Commander Channel Coast (20 Feb 1941-31 Jan 1943)
Commanding Admiral Channel Coast (01 Feb 1943-10 May 1943)
With the Instruction-Staff for Luftwaffe Questions (11 May 1943-18 Jun 1943)
Director of the Luftwaffe-Instruction-Staff (19 Jun 1943-14 Sep 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command North (15 Sep 1944-30 Nov 1944)
Retired (30 Nov 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 25.05.1943 als Admiral und Kommandierender Admiral Kanalk�ste
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- k.u.k. �sterr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medalla de la Campa�a de Espa�a
- Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
- Grosskreuz des Kgl. Spanischen Marineverdienstkreuzes
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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