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    Hi all,

    I have a book given to Oberleutnant und Kommandant Wengel an T 159 from his crew

    no date but the book is from 1930 , the question is does anyone know who was Kommendant on T 139

    in 1930s ?

    I can´t find T 139 in Kriegsmarine ? was it a old WW 1 ship ?

    I wonder if he was Oberleutnant sur Zee in 1930s he would probably be high ranked during WW 2 if he continued ....

    any info att all appriciated

    Christer

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    Guest Rick Research

    Wenzel. :whistle:

    Walter, born 04.10.05 in Wehlau. Enlisted in navy 1923, when commissioned 1939/40 considered "Crew 1934" retroactively. Oberleutnant zS 01.06.40 #4. Final rank KaptLt zS 01.04.42 #37.

    As Oberleutnant zS commandant of T 139 (1907!!!) February 1940-July 1941. (all his commaands were corvettes)

    Commandant T 111 (1912!) July 1941-June 1942 (so no action while commanding these old training purposes vessels)

    Commandant T 8 (1938) June 1942 to April 1944 (I don't know where this seerved, under what flotilla)

    Commandant ex-Italian TA 28 April to 04.09.44, when it was destroyed by an American bombing raid on Genoa docks, killing 100 of the 145 crew

    Deputy commander ex-Italian TA 43 (ex Italian for Yugoslavia, ten Italian, then German) Nov-Dec 1944 1st Escort Flotilla, Venice

    At disposal (Z.Vfg.) Marine Oberkommando Nord December 1944-March 1945 (? sick? light duties from IX/44 wounds? or ?...)

    As commandant of ex-Italian TA45, killed in action 13.04.45 in the Morlaca Channel off Dalmatia in a running battle with British motor-gunboats.

    All from Band 3 Lohmann Hildebrand "Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1939-1945."

    Since these came out as sheets between 1956-1964 and cost hundreds of Euros to find not neccessarily complete sets these days, Herr Hildebrand authorized Paul C to have exclusive authorized reprints done in book form in 2008. I don't know how many Paul has left, but I only have 3 copies left.

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    Thanks Rick ! :jumping:

    After all these years I still miss the German G and Z sometimes in handwriting :blush:

    So nice to have story to the name , maybe I should put some money in some books .....

    Thanks again Rick , and have a nice weekend

    Christer

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    Oberleutnant date and KaptLt seniority number from Marine Ranglisten 1940 & 1944.

    Looks like he had it "easy" the first half of the war, and baaaad the last half. Corvettes didn't fare well--lots of tough action. Somebody should know where he was in 1942-44, hopefully. He was 5 years beyond the usual time career petty officers got commissioned with Wehrmacht officer shortages. An interesting career.

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