Carl Barandon

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Carl Barandon (born April 14, 1844 in Grabow , Randow district , † October 14, 1914 in Kiel ) was a German naval officer . His last use was from 1896 to 1898 as Chief of Staff at the High Command of the Navy . In 1907 he was given the character of a Vice Admiral .

Life

Barandon came from a Huguenot family , his father was a post steamship captain and pilot commander . From 1860 to 1866 Barandon went to sea, but in 1865 he attended the navigation school in Stettin , where he obtained the helmsman's license.

In 1866 Barandon entered the Prussian Navy as a sea ​​service , which became the Navy of the North German Confederation in 1867 and the Imperial Navy in 1872 . In 1868 Barandon became a naval officer. It was used repeatedly at the Naval Academy and School in Kiel , most recently from 1886 to 1887 as commander of the ship's boy department. In 1894 he was promoted to Rear Admiral. From 1896 to 1898 he was Chief of Staff at the High Command of the Navy . At the end of 1898 he retired from active service.

He then worked until 1906 as a shipyard director for the Friedrich Krupp company . In 1907 he was given the character of a Vice Admiral .

Barandon was involved in the Imperial Yacht Club in Kiel, from 1901 as a board member. He participated in the planning and construction of yachts and made sporting connections to yacht clubs in the USA. In 1910 he initiated the founding of the Kiel Yacht School as one of the first youth departments of a yacht club in Germany.

He died in Kiel in 1914, where he was buried in the garrison cemetery. His son Paul Barandon (* 1881, † 1971) became an international lawyer and diplomat.

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personal data
SURNAME Barandon, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently vice admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Grabow , Randow district
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1914
Place of death Kiel