Kommodore Rudolf Petersen Born: 15 Jun 1905 in Atzerballig, Alsen Died: 02 Jan 1983 in Flensburg Promotions:
Seekadett (16 Nov 1925); Gefreiter (01 Apr 1926); F�hnrich zur See (01 Apr 1927); Obermaat (01 Jun 1928); Oberf�hnrich zur See (01 Jun 1929); Leutnant zur See (01 Oct 1929); Oberleutnant zur See (01 Jul 1931); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Sep 1935); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Jan 1940); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Mar 1943); Kapit�n zur See (01 Mar 1944); Kommodore (23 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Matrose and Attended Basic-Training with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Apr 1925-31 Jul 1925)
On Board the Sail-School-Ship �Niobe� (01 Aug 1925-18 Jan 1926)
On Board the School-Cruiser �Hamburg� (19 Jan 1926-26 Mar 1927)
Training at the Naval-School M�rwik (27 Mar 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Course at the Torpedo and Signals School (02 Apr 1928-08 Jul 1928)
Course as the Barrier-School (09 Jul 1928-04 Aug 1928)
Infantry-Course with the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (05 Aug 1928-28 Oct 1928)
Course at the Ships-Artillery-School (29 Oct 1928-03 Feb 1929)
Transferred to the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (04 Feb 1929-27 Sep 1929)
On Board the Liner �Schlesien� (28 Sep 1929-07 Mar 1930)
On Board the Cruiser �Karlsruhe� (08 Mar 1930-20 Dec 1930)
Company-Officer with the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (21 Dec 1930-23 Sep 1931)
Watch-Officer on the Survey-Ship �Meteor� (26 Sep 1931-31 Mar 1932)
Commandant of the Survey-Boat V (01 Apr 1932-29 Sep 1932)
Course at the Torpedo and Signals School (30 Sep 1932-22 Dec 1932)
Commandant of Survey-Boat V (23 Dec 1932-28 Sep 1933)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �Jaguar� (29 Sep 1933-25 Sep 1934)
Adjutant of the Torpedo-Boat �Tiger� (26 Sep 1934-27 Sep 1935)
Commandant of the Fast Patrol Boat �S 9� of the 1st Fast-Patrol-Boat-Half-Flotilla (28 Sep 1935-20 Sep 1936)
Company-Leader in the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (21 Sep 1936-04 Oct 1937)
Course at the Naval-Academy (05 Oct 1937-06 Aug 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of Fleet-Command (07 Aug 1938-11 Aug 1938)
Chief of the 2nd Fast Patrol Boat Flotilla (12 Aug 1938-19 Oct 1941)
Officer with Special Use with the Staff of the Leader of Torpedo-Boats (26 Oct 1941-26 Nov 1941)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (27 Nov 1941-19 Apr 1942)
Leader of Fast Patrol Boats (20 Apr 1942-22 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (22 Jul 1945-1945)
Released (Late 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (04 Aug 1940)
Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz (13 Jun 1944, 499th recipient)
1939 EK I
1939 EK II
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