What if Reinhard Heydrich stays in the Navy

Heydrich was dismissed from the Navy in 1931, how would his continuing service in the German Navy have impacted on the OTL.

here's some background from Wikipedia

In 1926 he advanced to the rank of ensign (Leutnant zur See) and was assigned as a signals officer on the battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein, the flagship of Germany's North Sea Fleet. With the promotion came greater recognition. He received good evaluations from his superiors and had few problems with other crewmen. He was promoted on 1 July 1928 to the rank of sub-lieutenant (Oberleutnant zur See). The increased rank fuelled his ambition and arrogance.[21]

Heydrich became notorious for his countless affairs. In December 1930 he attended a rowing-club ball and met Lina von Osten. They became romantically involved and soon announced their engagement. Lina was already a Nazi Party follower; she had attended her first rally in 1929.[22] In 1931 Heydrich was charged with "conduct unbecoming to an officer and gentleman" for breaking an engagement promise to a woman he had known for six months before the von Osten engagement.[23] Admiral Erich Raeder dismissed Heydrich from the navy that April. The dismissal devastated Heydrich, who found himself without career prospects. He received severance pay of 200 Reichsmarks (equivalent to €640 in 2009) a month for the next two years.[24] He married Lina in December 1931.[25
 
I doubt he becomes very prominent in an ATL. Maybe the commander of a surface ship that does very little throughout the war, or perhaps a U-boat if he decides he wants to be "Where the action is". He'd probably be a minor bit of trivia at best, ala "Who was the first Commander of the Cruiser..."
 
Drowned when the Graf Spee, Blucher, Bismarck, Scharnhorst, ect... sunk. Or maybe aboard on of the merchant cruisers. Or maybe retrained as a submariner & lost among the other thousands of dead there.
 
Drowned when the Graf Spee, Blucher, Bismarck, Scharnhorst, ect... sunk. Or maybe aboard on of the merchant cruisers. Or maybe retrained as a submariner & lost among the other thousands of dead there.

Basically. He'd be, at best, a naval captain, maybe a lower ranking admiral if he gets lucky with wartime promotions. And also basically completely unknown.
 
Given how well he got along with Admiral Canaris, perhaps a transfer to the Abwehr is not out of the question?

In this case we'd have to look at his pre dismissal attitude towards the nazis. It may be that without the influence of his wife, or with Canaris influence he does become 'suspect' in anti nazi activities. Otherwise Canaris has to exclude him from whatever it was he was up to.
 
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