Edouard Suenson

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Edouard Suenson on board the frigate Niels Juel , 1864, painter: Otto Bache

Edouard Suenson (born April 13, 1805 in Copenhagen ; † May 16, 1887 ibid) was a Danish vice admiral who became known for his military assignments during the Schleswig-Holstein Uprising in 1848/51 and the German-Danish War in 1863/64. Suenson was buried on Holmens Kirkegård in Copenhagen.

family

Edouard Suenson was the son of Captain Jean Isaac Suenson (1774–1821) and his wife Anna Susanne, née Lütken (1778–1872). He married Ottilia Uldall (February 10, 1816 - March 22, 1872) in Copenhagen on September 11, 1837, the daughter of the captain, later commander and chamberlain, Johan Joachim Uldall (1777–1839) and his wife Anna Christiane Nellemann (1781– 1833).

He had a son of the same name Edouard Suenson (1842-1921), who was a naval officer and director of the Great Nordic Telegraph Company .

Military career

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After he had sailed to the Danish West Indies with the corvette Diana in 1825/26 , he received permission to enter French service. He took part on board the brig Alcyone near Navarino on October 20, 1827 in the French-Russian-English naval attack on the Turkish fleet, which was completely destroyed.

He later served on board the frigate Thetis during the expedition to Algiers from 1830–1831 under Admiral Victor Guy Duperré . In the autumn of 1831 he returned home from the French service and in 1831/32 sailed with the brig St. Jan to the West Indies . Then he received command of the brig St. Croix 1836-1837. In 1840 he was given command of the steamship Kiel , which was available to the king. In the years 1840/41 he sailed with the frigate Bellona to the east and west coast of South America. In 1844/42 he was in command of the steamship Ægir , in 1846 he sailed as a commandant with the brig St. Croix to Iceland and in 1847 he was in command of the Trekroner fortress (Eng .: three crowns) off Copenhagen.

Schleswig-Holstein survey 1848/51

  • 1848 Commander of the schooner Pilen , a guard ship near Nyborg in the Great Belt
  • 1849 Commander of the corvette Diana , a guard ship near Helsingør
  • 1850 Commander of the Hekla steamship in the Baltic Sea Squadron. In the bay of Neustadt there was a battle with the Schleswig-Holstein steam cannon boat Von der Tann on July 20 and 21, 1850 , during which the Von der Tann ran aground, was abandoned by its crew and set on fire. The ship was later repaired and incorporated into the Danish fleet under the name Støren .

On August 16, 1850, Edouard Suenson led a battle between the Danish ships Hekla and Løwe with four Schleswig-Holstein gunboats in the Bay of Kiel .

After the war he became a member of the Construction and Regulatory Commission in 1851 and in May commander of the Naval Cadet Corps. He held this position until 1863 and was also in command of the cadet ships and corvettes Flora 1851, Valkyrien 1853, 1855 and 1857, Heimdal 1860 and the frigate Jylland 1862.

German-Danish War 1863/64

Edouard Suenson had been in command of the Danish squadron in the North Sea since the spring of 1864 with the frigates Niels Juel and Jylland and the corvettes Dagmar and Heimdal . Their task was to arrest German merchant ships in the English Channel and the North Sea and thus ensure a sea ​​blockade in Germany. The penetration of the Austrian squadron, allied with Prussia , under the command of Wilhelm von Tegetthoff into Danish waters should also be prevented. On May 9, 1864, there was a sea ​​battle off Heligoland against the Austrian squadron. The battle ended in a draw, but later both sides claimed victory for themselves.

On May 15, 1864 Suenson received the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog

Monument to Edouard Suenson, sculptor: Theobald Stein

monument

On May 9, 1889, a monument to Edouard Suenson by the sculptor Johan Carl Henrik Theobald Stein was unveiled in the old Nyboder residential area in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen.

literature

  • Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen: Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919. Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen 1919.
  • Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Emil Marquard: Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660–1814 and the Danske Søetat 1814–1932. Volumes I and II, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen 1935.
  • H. Degenkolv: Oplysninger vedrørende den danske flaades skibe i sidste aarhundrede. Copenhagen 1906.
  • Th. Topsøe-Jensen: Edouard Suenson (1805-1887). In: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 3. Edition. Gyldendal (Danish, denstoredanske.dk ).

Web links

Commons : Edouard Suenson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Th. Topsøe-Jensen: Edouard Suenson (1805-1887). In: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 3. Edition. Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen (Danish, denstoredanske.dk , accessed March 13, 2018).
  2. ↑ a b Flådens Historie (Danish Naval History): Edouard Suenson (Danish, navalhistory.dk ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). accessed on March 13, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.navalhistory.dk
personal data
SURNAME Suenson, Edouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish Vice Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1887
Place of death Copenhagen