Alfred Begas
Alfred Begas (born January 20, 1866 in Berlin , † April 7, 1938 in Kiel ) was a German naval officer . In 1917 he was given the character of a Vice Admiral .
Life
Begas was the grandson of the painter Carl Joseph Begas and son of the painter Oscar Begas ; three of his uncles were also artists.
From April 1905 to May 1907 Corvette Captain Begas was under the command of the SMS Condor , a small cruiser.
From September 1908 to September 1910, Begas commanded the liner SMS Wittelsbach , initially with the rank of frigate captain , then as sea captain .
Begas was the skipper of the imperial yacht SMY Meteor IV .
In the First World War he was first until January 23, 1915 2nd Admiral of the 5th Squadron, a reserve squadron for coastal protection, with the command on the SMS Kaiser Friedrich III. and then from January 24, 1915 to January 15, 1916 squadron commander of the fifth squadron with the rank of sea captain. On March 22, 1915 he was promoted to Rear Admiral, on October 14, 1917 to Vice Admiral.
Begas was involved in the Imperial Yacht Club in Kiel, also as chairman. In this function he successfully applied for the dissolution of the club in 1936 in order to avoid being brought into line with the Yacht Club of Germany . At the beginning of the 1930s he sailed with Hans Domizlaff on his Yawl Dirk III to Norway , the Shetland and the Faroe Islands .
Awards
- Honorary Life Member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club
literature
- Oscar Begas: Portrait of the son Alfred Begas with violin , 1871, 56.5 × 43.5 oil / canvas (Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin)
- Hans Domizlaff: Dirk III: Images and thoughts from the world of cruising sailors , Berlin: Klasing 1934
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herwig Müther (2006): Germania: die Yachten des Krupp , Bielefeld: Delius Klasing, p. 198
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Begas, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uncle Alo (sailor name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval officer, most recently vice admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1938 |
| Place of death | Kiel |