SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Konteradmiral Siegfried Engel

PW NO:         A938936
RANK:           Konteradmiral
CAPTURED:  Location Unknown
DATE:            22 April 45

PERSONAL

DATE OF BIRTH:     10 May 1892

PLACE OF BIRTH:   Berlin

DATE OF DEATH:   12 July 1976

PLACE OF DEATH: Hamburg

NATIONALITY:       German

RELIGION:               Evangelical

OCCUPATION:        Naval Officer

HEIGHT:                   172cm

WEIGHT:                  70 kgs

HAIR COLOUR:       Fair

EYE COLOUR:         Blue

NEXT OF KIN:         Elfriede Engel, Buxtehude (British Zone, )

Promotions:

Commands & Assignments:

• 1 April 1911: Entered the Imperial German Navy as a Sea Cadet.
• 1 April 1911-31 March 1912: Initial training aboard the protected cruiser Hertha.
• 1 April 1912-30 September 1913: Naval School Mürwick and Special Course.
• 1 October 1913-8 August 1918: First Radio Officer and Watch Officer aboard the battleship Westfalen. [Assigned to the I Battle Squadron of the II Division, the battleship Westfalen took part in the epic Battle of Jutland against the British Grand Fleet, 31 May-1 June 1916. The ship sustained only one hit from a British secondary gun during the battle and suffered the loss of two crewmembers killed and eight wounded.]
• 9 August 1918-4 December 1918: Watch Officer aboard the battleship Oldenburg.
• 5 December 1918-1 March 1919: On leave.
• 1 March 1919: Discharged from the Navy.
• 1 October 1923: Reactivated in the Navy.
• 1 October 1923-24 February 1924: Assigned to Schiffsstamm [Ship’s Cadre] Elsaß.
• 25 February 1924-28 September 1924: Watch Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Elsaß.
• 29 September 1924-8 March 1925: Company Leader in Coast Defense Battalion II.
• 9 March 1925-23 September 1925: Adjutant of Coast Defense Battalion II.
• 24 September 1925-30 September 1926: Company Chief in Coast Defense Battalion II.
• 1 October 1926-27 September 1927: Company Chief in II. Naval Artillery Battalion.
• 28 September 1927-24 September 1929: Commander of the fishery protection vessel Zieten.
• 25 September 1929-15 October 1933: Transferred to the Armed Forces Department of the Reich Defense Ministry.
• 16 October 1933-10 January 1934: Representative (i.V.) Commander of I. Battalion of the North Sea Schiffsstammdivision.
• 1 March 1934-20 March 1936: First Officer aboard the light cruiser Köln.
• 26 March 1936-16 May 1938: Group Leader on Foreign Navies in the Navy High Command.
• 17 May 1938-13 April 1943: Chief of Staff of the Deputy Commanding Admiral North Sea.
• 14 April 1943-19 April 1945: Deputy Commanding Admiral North Sea.
• 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
  • 9 January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
    • [During his captivity at Special Camp 11 at Bridgend, Konteradmiral Engel served as an assistant teacher of the English language lessons and other educational classes offered to the prisoners. A period British report assessed his qualifications for this role: "Fluent in conversation and has pleasant personality which should make for good teaching."]
  • 12 May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation

• Prussian Iron Cross, 1^st Class (1914)
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2^nd Class (1914)
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1^st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3^rd Class (12-year Service Medal)