Vizeadmiral Bruno Machens

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Vizeadmiral Bruno Machens

PW NO:         A451679
RANK:          Vizeadmiral
CAPTURED: Norway
DATE:           22nd July 1945

PERSONAL

DATE OF BIRTH: 25 July 1895

PLACE OF BIRTH: Königsberg / East Prussia

DATE OF DEATH: 20 November 1976

PLACE OF DEATH: Goslar

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Evangelical

OCCUPATION: Naval Officer

HEIGHT: 5'10

WEIGHT: 172lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Grey

EYE COLOUR: Blue

NEXT OF KIN: Beate Machens Gut Hohenrode ueber Salzgitter, (British Zone)

Promotions:

Seekadett: 1 April 1914
Fähnrich zur See: 23 December 1914
Leutnant zur See: 13 July 1916
Oberleutnant zur See: 28 September 1920 (Patenting reserved)
Oberleutnant zur See: 14 May 1921 (Patent 28 September 1920)
Kapitänleutnant: 1 April 1926
Korvettenkäpitan: 1 July 1933
Fregattenkapitän: 1 February 1937
Kapitän zur See: 1 January 1939
Konteradmiral: 1 September 1942
Vizeadmiral: 1 December 1944

1 April 1914: Joined the Imperial German Navy as a Sea Cadet.
1 April 1914-5 August 1914: Initial training aboard the protected cruiser Hansa.
6 August 1914-31 October 1914: Assigned to the I. Werft [Shipyard]-Division.
1 November 1914-6 December 1914: Assigned to the German Naval Airship Division.
7 December 1914-16 February 1915: Assigned to the Naval Airship Service Center Leipzig.
17 February 1915-2 January 1916: Assigned to the pre-dreadnought battleship Mecklenburg.
3 January 1916-20 June 1916: Course attendance.
22 June 1916-30 September 1916: Watch Officer aboard the torpedo boat V 163 in the School Flotilla.
1 October 1916-10 November 1916: Course at Naval School Mürwik.
11 November 1916-8 January 1917: Watch Officer aboard the torpedo boats V 186 and S 20 in the School Half Flotilla.
9 January 1917-18 March 1917: Watch Officer aboard the torpedo boat G 40 in the 1^st Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla.
19 March 1917-28 April 1917: Course aboard the protected cruiser Kaiserin Augusta.
29 April 1917-17 November 1918: Watch Officer aboard the torpedo boats G 39 and V 129 in the I. Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
18 November 1918-19 March 1919: Company Officer in the I. Matrosen-Division.
20 March 1919-6 May 1920: Watch Officer aboard the torpedo boat V 130 in the 2^nd Iron Half Flotilla.
7 May 1920-3 October 1920: Watch Officer aboard the torpedo boat T 152 and then T 153 in the 1^st Half Flotilla.
4 October 1922-7 June 1924: Platoon Leader in Coast Defense Battalion V.
8 June 1924-6 October 1924: Commander of the torpedo boat T 157 in the 2^nd Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla.
21 December 1924-29 September 1927: Commander of the torpedo boat T 144 in the 2^nd Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla.
30 September 1927-30 September 1929: Company Leader and Instructor at Naval School Mürwik.
1 October 1929-29 May 1931: Leader Assistant Course.
30 May 1931-27 March 1933: Navigation Officer aboard the light cruiser Karlsruhe.
28 March 1933-18 August 1935: Transferred to the Organization Department of the Navy Command.
19 August 1935-1 November 1935: Transferred to Schiffsstamm [Ship’s Cadre] Nürnberg.
2 November 1935-5 September 1937: First Officer aboard the light cruiser Nürnberg.
6 September 1937-10 March 1940: First Staff Officer on the staff of the North Sea Naval Station.
9 April 1940-16 June 1940: First Staff Officer on the staff of the Commanding Admiral Norway (Admiral Hermann Boehm).
17 June 1940-26 May 1942: Chief of Staff of the Commanding Admiral Norway (Admiral, later Generaladmiral, Hermann Boehm).
8 June 1942-19 April 1943: Deputy Admiral Quartermaster of the Navy in the Navy High Command.
4 October 1942-31 January 1943: At the same time, Chief of the Command Office Group in the Navy High Command.
20 April 1943-2 December 1944: Admiral Quartermaster of the Navy in the Navy High Command.
8 January 1945-21 July 1945: Commanding Admiral Polar Coast, Norway.
22 July 1945-9 October 1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- [During his captivity at Special Camp 11 at Bridgend, Vizeadmiral Machens served as the camp intermediate-level teacher of the English language lessons and other educational classes offered to the prisoners. A period British report assessed his qualifications for this role: "Slow to assimilate and seems sharp tempered. However should be satisfactory for intermediate pupils."]

9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
26th July 1946 transferred to LDC (London District Cage) from Island Farm Special Camp 11
19th August 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from LDC
7th October 1947 transferred via Camp 43 to CIC Adelheide (Civil Internment Camp).