Eberhard Wolfram

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Eberhard Wolfram (born July 24, 1882 in Gerbstedt , † January 6, 1947 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer , most recently vice admiral in World War II .

Life

Wolfram stepped on April 7, 1900 as a midshipman in the Imperial navy one, completed his basic training on the cruiser frigate SMS Charlotte and then came to the Naval Academy, where he on 19 April 1901 to Midshipman was appointed. From September 28, 1902 to March 31, 1904, Wolfram was deployed on the liner SMS Kaiser Karl der Große and in the meantime promoted to lieutenant on September 27, 1903 . Wolfram was then transferred as a company officer to the II. Torpedo Department until September 30, 1904 and was temporarily used as an officer on watch on the torpedo boats S 106 and S 105 . For six months he was a member of the Second Shipyard Division. On April 1, 1905, he was transferred to the mining company, used as a commander on the torpedo boats S 24 and S 35 and promoted to lieutenant at sea on June 10, 1905. Wolfram left for Shanghai on April 1, 1907 to do station duty as an officer on watch on the gunboat SMS Tiger for two years with the East Asia Squadron there. After his return, he was first used as a company and court officer in the Second Shipyard Division, promoted to lieutenant captain on April 20, 1910 and then as a company commander until March 31, 1911. He then served as an officer on watch until September 29, 1913 on the large liner SMS Westfalen . He then returned to service as a company commander in the mining department and was also chief of the III from May 10 to June 23, 1914. Minesweeping Division. He received this command with the outbreak of the First World War and led the association until after the end of the war, after two regroupings, until September 25, 1919. He was then a staff officer in the staff of the fortress command in Wilhelmshaven and in this function became the corvette captain on November 29, 1919 promoted.

From March 16 to May 31, 1920 he was placed at the disposal of the Chief of the Admiralty and on leave. Until March 31, 1922 he was used again as a staff officer at the headquarters of Wilhelmshaven. Subsequently, he was transferred to naval management as a consultant in the nautical department. From October 13, 1924 to February 9, 1928 Wolfram was head of the central department of the Wilhelmshaven naval shipyard and as such was promoted to frigate captain on May 1, 1925 and to sea captain on January 1, 1928 . From February 10, 1928 Wolfram acted within the naval management as chief of staff of the General Naval Office (BZ) and at the same time as chief of the shipyard department (BB). On October 16, 1930, he was made available to the chief of naval command. Wolfram was retired on January 31, 1931 while being promoted to Rear Admiral .

He was made available to the Navy from January 1, 1939 and used as a civil servant officer in active service. Initially from September 28, 1939 to April 5, 1940 as leader of the western outpost associations and then until April 3, 1943 as commander of the security of the North Sea . In this capacity he became Vice Admiral on April 1, 1942. Until June 30, 1943, Wolfram was placed at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and on that date he was retired from active service once more. It was made available again on July 1, 1943, but Wolfram was no longer used for active military service.

Awards

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand and Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849–1945 Volume 3: P – Z (Packroß to Zuckschwerdt) , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-2482-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1929, p. 40
  2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 797.
personal data
SURNAME Wolfram, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Gerbstedt
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1947
Place of death Hamburg