Ewald Antonowitsch von Stackelberg

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Baron Ewald Antonowitsch von Stackelberg ( Russian Эвальд Антонович Штакельберг ; born February 9, 1847 in Putkas on Dagö , Estonia Governorate ; †  August 29, 1909 ibid) was a naval officer , most recently Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy .

career

Stackelberg was a scion of the widespread Baltic-German noble family Stackelberg . He joined the Russian Navy in 1866 and received his officer's diploma in 1871 after successfully completing the Naval Cadet Institute in Saint Petersburg . In 1876 he completed his training as a marine engineer. In the Russo-Ottoman War 1877-1878 he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir 4th Class with Golden Swords and the Order of St. Stanislaus II Class Swords and Ribbons. In 1886, he was now captain of the 2nd rank , first officer on the corvette Askold ( Russian Аскольд ), but in the same year he was transferred to the tank frigate General-Admiral ( Russian Генерал-Адмирал ). In 1889 he was once again briefly first officer on the Askold , before he received his first ship of his own in 1890, first as the commander of the gunboat Grosa ( Russian Гроза ), then from 1890 to 1892 as the commander of the large armored gunboat Gremjaschi ( Russian Гремящий ) in the Years 1893 and 1894 he commanded the training ship Skobelew ( Russian Скобелев ). In 1895 he was promoted to captain 1st rank , and as such he was then commander of the imperial 4000-t yacht Polarstern ( Russian Полярная звезда ) until 1901 .

Stackelberg was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1901 . At the beginning of September 1902 he left Kronstadt with a transfer formation consisting of the ships of the line Retwisan and Pobeda , six cruisers ( Pallada , Diana , Nowik , Bogatyr , Bojarin , Askold ) and seven torpedo boat destroyers (five of the Forel class from French production and two, Boiki and Burny , made in Russia), to strengthen the Pacific Squadron of the Baltic Fleet . Upon his arrival at Port Arthur in the spring of 1903, he became Deputy Commander of the Squadron under Vice Admiral Stark . Strategic planning on the part of Admiral Alexejews , Governor in the Far East, led to the establishment of a separate cruiser division with Vladivostok as a base, whose command was Stackelberg on June 20 . / July 3rd greg. 1903 took over. In September 1903 he moved his ships ( armored cruisers Rossija , Gromoboi and Rurik and protected cruiser Bogatyr ) from Port Arthur to Vladivostok, where the auxiliary cruiser Lena (former transporter Cherson of the Volunteer Fleet ) joined his association.

On January 16, Jul. / January 29th greg.  In 1904, Stackelberg resigned from his command, seriously ill. Governor Alexejew appointed Captain Reitzenstein as his successor . After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War accompanied Stackelberg yet as a passenger first foray (January 27 jul. / 1st February greg. -9 February. Jul. / February 14 greg. ) The cruiser division in Japanese waters before then as Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet was recalled to Europe, a position he held until 1907.

In November 1904 Stackelberg was chairman of the Naval Court of War, which sentenced Captain Nikolai Lavrentjewitsch Klado to 15 days ' arrest on November 26, 1904 in disciplinary proceedings because of his public polemics against the naval leadership . He was also a member of the two commissions that were charged with dealing with the events after the sea ​​battle in the Yellow Sea (August 10, 1904) and the sea ​​battle at Tsushima (May 27–28, 1905). In 1907 he was promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed Commander of the Pacific Squadron. He held this position until 1908.

Stackelberg retired in 1908 and died the following year.

literature

  • PM Мельников: Рюрик был первым. Л .: Судостроение, 1989. (RM Melnikov: "Rurik" was the first . Leningrad, Sudostroenie Publishing Company, 1989), ISBN 5-7355-0002-3
  • Julian Corbett : Maritime Operations in The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Two volumes, 1994, ISBN 1-55750-129-7 .

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Notes and individual references

This article is based in part on the article "Штакельберг, Эвальд Антонович" in the Russian Wikipedia.

  1. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Ewald Antonowitsch von Stackelberg. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  2. ↑ Doschd class , 305 t, 1 × 28 cm cannon M1867
  3. ↑ Grozjashchi class , 1700 t, 1 × 229 mm L / 30 cannon and 1 × 152 mm L / 35 cannon
personal data
SURNAME Stackelberg, Ewald Antonowitsch from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Штакельберг, Эвальд Антонович (Russian); Stackelberg, Ewald Otto Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vice-Admiral of German-Baltic descent in the Imperial Russian Navy
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Putkas on Dagö , Estonia Governorate
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1909
Place of death Putkas on Dagö