Visit of Bundesmarine at Chatham

Official visit of Bundesmarine (West German Navy) to Chatham, England, 11 November 1961: Three Z class destroyers of the First Destroyer Squadron of the Federal German Navy arrived at Chatham Dockyard in the morning with a complement of 800 officers and ratings aboard. During the stay, members of the crew visited London and other places of interest and taken part in a number of navy sporting events. Photo shows the Captains of the three vessels with their senior officer at Chatham on the morning of their arrival. They are from left to right: Fregattenkapitän Dr.med. Otto Ites (Kommandant Zerstörer 2 - D171. Ritterkreuz on 28 March 1942), Fregattenkapitän Gerd Schreiber (Kommandant Zerstörer 3 - D172. Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 22 May 1942), Kapitän zur See Heinrich Hoffmann (Kommandeur 1. Zerstörergeschwader. Ritterkreuz on 7 June 1944 and Eichenlaub on 11 July 1944) - who was also a veteran of the River Plate Battle aboard the Graf Spee in 1939 - and Fregattenkapitän Werner Winter (Kommandant Zerstörer 1 - D170. Ritterkreuz on 5 June 1942).

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https://www.alamy.com/nov-11-1961-germany-navy-ships-on-visit-to-chatham-three-z-class-destroyers-image69396968.html
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2471039#p2471039
https://www.passionmilitaria.com/t203175-insignes-et-medailles-1957

Karl Dönitz with U-Boat Aces and Commanders

September 1943: Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), accompanied by Kapitän zur See Hans Rudolf Rösing (Führer der U-boote West), greets U-boat commanders and Flottillenchef decorated with the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight's Cross of the Iron Crosses). From left to right: Fregattenkapitän Ernst Kals (Chef 2. Unterseebootsflottille, Lorient. Received Ritterkreuz in 1 September 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and Kommandant U-130), unidentified (blocked by Dönitz), Korvettenkapitän Klaus Scholtz (Chef 12. Unterseebootsflottille, Bordeaux. Received Ritterkreuz in 26 December 1941 and Eichenlaub in 10 September 1942, both as Korvettenkapitän and Kommandant U-108), Korvettenkapitän Georg-Wilhelm Schulz (shaking hands with Dönitz, Chef 6. Unterseebootsflottille, St. Nazaire. Received Ritterkreuz in 4 April 1941 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-124), Korvettenkapitän Werner Winter (Chef 1. Unterseebootsflottille, Brest. Received Ritterkreuz in 5 June 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-103), Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (Chef 9. Unterseebootsflottille, Brest. Received Ritterkreuz in 26 February 1941 and Eichenlaub in 31 December 1941, both as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-96), and Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke (Chef 10. Unterseebootsflottille, Lorient. Received Ritterkreuz in 19 September 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and Kommandant U-28). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Beuchling.

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https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/2867/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/
https://www.tumblr.com/search/ernst%20kals