Andreas Michelsen

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Andreas Michelsen (born February 19, 1869 in Hildesheim , † April 8, 1932 in Fallingbostel ) was a German naval officer and most recently Vice Admiral of the Provisional Imperial Navy .

Life

Michelsen joined the Imperial Navy in April 1888 and was trained as a naval officer. In 1903 he served in the rank of lieutenant captain as adjutant to the fleet chief, Admiral Hans von Koester . From April to September 1905 he was in command of the Avisos Grille . During the summer maneuvers of 1907, he led the second torpedo boat school flotilla as corvette captain .

From 1910 to 1911 he was chief of the staff of the torpedo inspection as a frigate captain . In September 1911 he became President of the Torpedo Test Commission and at the same time commander of the great cruiser Friedrich Carl , connected with his promotion to captain at sea in November 1911. With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, he took over command of the great cruiser Prince Adalbert , with whom he was used in the Baltic Sea. During an operation in the eastern Baltic Sea in July 1915, SMS Prinz Adalbert was torpedoed and badly damaged. Michelsen brought it back to Kiel walking 240 nautical miles backwards .

From August 1915 Michelsen was chief of staff at the overhead line of the eastern Baltic Sea , which from January 1916 was named Commander of the Reconnaissance Forces of the Baltic Sea (BdAdO). In April 1916 he took over as captain at sea and commodore as chief leader of the torpedo boats . In this capacity he took part in the Battle of the Skagerrak . From June 1917 to November 1918 he was in command of the submarines .

At the end of the war Michelsen became Chief of Staff of the High Seas Fleet , briefly Chief of Staff at the turn of the year and in January 1919 chief of the North Sea naval station . In this capacity he was promoted to rear admiral in November 1919 and vice admiral in January 1920.

Because of his unclear position during the Kapp Putsch in March 1920, Michelsen was removed from his post and retired at the end of 1920. He then wrote several papers on submarine warfare.

Works

  • The verdict in the Leipzig Uboots trial - a mistake. Legal and military reports . Berlin 1922
  • The submarine war 1914–1918 , Leipzig 1925, with translations into French and Italian:
    • Le guerre sous-marine 1914–1918 , Paris 1928
    • La guerra sottomarina 1914–1918 , Livorno, 1928

literature

  • Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon. Volume 2, p. 269, Wilhelmshaven 1987.
  • Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Volume 3. 1st edition. 41. Herford 1981. ISBN 3-7822-0211-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Volume 3. 1st edition, p. 138. Herford 1981. ISBN 3-7822-0211-2
  2. ↑ Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Volume 3. 1st edition, p. 25. Herford 1981. ISBN 3-7822-0211-2
  3. ↑ Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German Warships Volume 2 , 1st, revised edition, p. 38. Herford 1980, ISBN 3-7822-0210-4
  4. ^ Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: Die deutscher Kriegsschiffe , Volume 5, 1st edition, p. 67. Herford 1982, ISBN 3-7822-0236-8 .
personal data
SURNAME Michelsen, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Vice Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1932
Place of death Fallingbostel