Oskar Adolfowitsch Enkwist

Oskar Enkwist

Oskar Enkvist ( Russian Оскар Адольфович Энквист , alternatively Oskar Adolfowitsch Enquist; Oskar Wilhelm Enqvist * October 28 ^{. Jul} / 9. November  1849 ^greg. ; † 3 ^jul. / 16th March  1912 ^greg. In Kronstadt ) was a Russian admiral and commander of the cruiser division in the sea ​​battle at Tsushima .

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Enkwist joined the Russian Navy in 1866. At the naval school he met Nikolai Ivanovich Nebogatov . On May 17, 1871, he was promoted to midshipman . From 1871 to 1884 Enkwist served in the Baltic fleet . On March 30, 1874, he was promoted to lieutenant at sea . From June 15, 1884 to October 24, 1887 he served as an officer on the gunboat Siwutsch (" Сивуч ") in the Far East. On April 13, 1886 he was appointed captain of the 2nd rank. From April 9, 1888 he served on the cruiser Pamjat Asowa (" Память Азова "), with which he took part in the Far East trip of Tsar Nicholas II in 1890/91 . From May 27, 1891 to September 21, 1893 he served as a commander on the gunboat Bobr (" Бобр "). On December 6, 1894 he was promoted to captain 1st rank. He then served from 1895 to June 7, 1899 as a commander on the training ship Gerzog Edinburgski (" Герцог Эдинбургский "). From 1896 to 1900 Enkwist was in command of various training units. On December 6, 1901, he was promoted to Rear Admiral. On September 9, 1902, he was appointed mayor of Mykolaiv and commander of the local naval base. On April 26, 1904, with the support of his cousin Fyodor Karlowitsch Awelan, he was appointed commander of the cruiser division of the 2nd Pacific Squadron . During the sea ​​battle at Tsushima , he set his flag on the cruiser Oleg . As apparent was that the battle was lost, Enkwist moved with the remains of the cruiser Division ( Oleg , Aurora and Russian cruiser Zhemchug ) to Manila back. There Enkwist's squadron was interned by the Americans; The ships were only allowed to return to Russia after the end of the war. In November 1907 Enkwist was discharged from the fleet with the rank of Vice Admiral.

Oskar Enkwist died in Kronstadt in 1912 and is buried there.

medal

Russian medals

• 1890: Order of Saint Stanislaus (2nd class)
• 1892: Russian Order of Saint Anne (2nd class)
• 1896: Silver medal in memory of the reign of Alexander III
• 1897: Order of St. Vladimir (4th grade)
• 1899: Order of St. Vladimir (3rd class)
• 1904: Order of Saint Stanislaus (1st class)

Foreign medals

• 1886: Knight of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
• 1891: Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan)
• 1897: Order of the Red Eagle (2nd class, Prussia)
• 1899: Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
• 1900: Commander of the Order of the Knights of St. Mauritius and Lazarus (Italy)
• 1902: Order of the Rising Sun (3rd class, Japan)

Web links

• Short biography (Russian)
• Photography Enkwists