Rudolf Peters (naval officer)

Rudolf Peters (born August 9, 1899 in Zarrenzin , † September 14, 1990 in Vallentuna , Sweden ) was a German naval officer , most recently rear admiral in World War II .

Life

Peters joined the Imperial Navy on October 1, 1917 as Officer Candidate Crew X / 1917 and completed his training at the Mürwik Naval School in Flensburg - Mürwik . On January 1, 1918, he came on board the great cruiser Freya and was transferred to the liner Nassau on March 27, 1918 . There he was appointed ensign at sea on August 18, 1918 . From September 24 to November 30, 1918, he was assigned to the Mürwik Naval School for training purposes. Subsequently, he was put up for disposition and Peters joined the III on May 10, 1919 . Marine Brigade .

Service in the Reichsmarine

On July 1, 1920 he was taken over into the Reichsmarine and Peters was assigned to the ship master division of the Baltic Sea. From September 1920 to January 1922 he attended the naval school again and was promoted to lieutenant on January 10, 1921 . Subsequently, Peters was trained for further training until October 1922 a. a. commanded to the torpedo school . From October 16, 1922 to September 30, 1925, he was employed as an officer on watch on the T 149 torpedo boat and, in the meantime, was promoted to First Lieutenant at Sea on May 1, 1924 . Peters worked in the naval command office until the end of March 1927 and then worked as an instructor until September 22, 1929 at the Torpedo and News School in Flensburg. From 23 September 1929 he was in command of the torpedo boat Iltis for two years , was promoted to captainleutnant on April 1, 1931 and was a torpedo officer on board the light cruiser Karlsruhe from September 24, 1931 to September 27, 1933 .

Service in the Navy

Afterwards he worked again until December 6, 1936 as an instructor at the torpedo school and was promoted to corvette captain on April 1, 1936 . Peters was transferred on December 7, 1936 to the destroyer flotilla that was in formation and on June 29, 1937 he was appointed commander of the destroyer Paul Jacobi .

After Peters relinquished command on November 3, 1938, he was employed as a consultant for the inspection of the naval education system in Kiel . He stayed there after the start of the Second World War, was promoted to frigate captain on November 1, 1939 , and from August 15 to December 26, 1940, was the first admiral staff officer on the staff of the cruiser commander. Peters then served as first officer on the battleship Gneisenau , was promoted to sea captain on September 1, 1941 , and acted as the ship's commandant from April 15 to 17, 1942. He was then placed at the disposition of the commanding admiral of the naval station of the Baltic Sea and on July 23, 1942 appointed chief of the 24th submarine flotilla . Then Peters was from January 2, 1943 to June 4, 1944 leader of the submarines Norway and then commander of the 1st combat group . As such, he was promoted to Rear Admiral on July 1, 1944. Peters was made available on October 21, 1944, assigned to the Navy Weapons Office on March 29, 1945, and honored to retire from the Navy on April 30, 1945.

Peters was married to a Swede and spent the evening of his life in his wife's home country .

Awards

• German cross in gold on September 6, 1944 

literature

• Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1700-3 . Pp. 23-24.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Hartwig : Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz. Legend and reality. Ferdinand Schöningh. Paderborn 2010. ISBN 978-3-506-77027-1 . P. 346.
2. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Publishing house Klaus D. Patzwall. Norderstedt 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X . P. 347.