Erich Steinbrinck
Erich Steinbrinck (born May 28, 1881 - May 31, 1916 ) was an officer in the Imperial Navy , who last commanded the torpedo boat SMS V 29 in the First World War in the rank of lieutenant captain .
Steinbrinck joined the Navy on April 7, 1900 and was thus a member of the 1900 crew. In the following years he went through the usual training of a naval officer and was promoted to lieutenant captain on October 16, 1909. At the beginning of the war in 1914, he commanded the older torpedo boat G 113 and put the new boat V 28 into service in October of that year . Just two months later he was in command of the recently completed V 29. The boat belonged to the 17th torpedo boat half-flotilla and this together with the 18th half-flotilla formed the IX. Torpedo boat flotilla, which consisted exclusively of modern boats and was assigned to the deep sea fleet.
On the first day of the Battle of Jutland the deep-sea fleet against the British Grand Fleet , 31 May 1916 that sank torpedo boat for a Torpedo Attack of the HMS Petard , a destroyer of the Admiralty M class . 43 men of the crew went down with the boat.
Steinbrinck survived among a few. However, the sinking of the SMS S 35 cost Steinbrinck his life that very same day.
The German destroyer Z 15 of the Kriegsmarine was named after him in 1938.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marine Officer Association (ed.): Honor ranking list of the Imperial German Navy. 1914-18. Thormann & Goetsch. Berlin 1935. p. 194.
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| SURNAME | Steinbrinck, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1881 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1916 |