Albert Gayer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albert Gayer (born December 2, 1881 in Mannheim , † September 9, 1930 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer , most recently Rear Admiral of the Reichsmarine .

Life

Gayer occurred on 10 April 1899 as a midshipman in the Imperial navy one, completed his basic training on the cruiser frigate Gneisenau and then came to the Naval Academy, where he on 10 April 1900. Midshipman was appointed. This was followed by his use on the coastal armored ship Hagen and his promotion to lieutenant at sea on September 27, 1902. Four days later, Gayer was placed at the disposal of the I. Marine Inspection until December 15, 1902 and then as an officer on watch on the little one Cruiser Sparhawk moved. On this he performed station service on the gunboat Habicht , as he did afterwards from July 27 to September 30, 1905 . In the meantime, Gayer had become a first lieutenant at sea on January 27, 1904 . After his return to Germany, he was assigned to the I. Torpedo Department for a year as a company officer and at the same time he was temporarily used as an officer on watch on the G 110 torpedo boat . From October 1, 1906, Gayer worked for the I. Torpedo Division for another year and then worked as a teacher on the ship of the line Württemberg until September 30, 1909 . The lieutenant captain (since October 13, 1908) was made available for the inspection of the torpedo system from October 1, 1909 to September 30, 1911, during this time he completed a submarine training and was used as an officer on watch and submarine commander. As a torpedo officer he subsequently worked on the ships of the line Braunschweig and Kaiser . On October 1, 1913, Gayer was reassigned to the submarine division and from February 14, 1914, he was chief of the 3rd half flotilla.

He held this command after the outbreak of the First World War and on April 24, 1916 became a corvette captain . On October 1, 1916, he took over as chief of III. U-boat flotilla and was appointed head of department in the U-Boat Office within the Reichsmarinamt on December 5, 1917 . Gayer was then briefly given command of the small cruiser Dresden on November 6, 1918 .

From November 17, 1918 to May 19, 1920 he was in the same function until the ship was delivered to France on the small cruiser Regensburg . From May 30, 1920 Gayer served as a head of department in the Admiralty's fleet department (from September 15, 1920 naval command ) and was promoted to frigate captain on June 1, 1922 . He was then appointed on April 1, 1923 as head of the Hamburg naval command and as such promoted to sea captain on February 1, 1925, and on March 1, 1929 he was given the character of rear admiral. Gayer was placed at the disposal of the chief of the North Sea naval station on January 19, 1930 and removed from the Reichsmarine on January 31, 1930.

In 1920 he wrote several volumes about the submarine warfare The German U-Boats in their Warfare 1914-1918 .

Gayer committed on 9 September 1930 in Hamburg suicide .

Awards

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 1: A-G. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1988. ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 . Pp. 410-411.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium . Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1929. p. 39.
personal data
SURNAME Gayer, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently rear admiral of the Reichsmarine
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1930
Place of death Hamburg