Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke

Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke

Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke (born May 11, 1837 in Copenhagen ; † January 6, 1908 there ) was a Danish naval officer and the last Danish naval minister .

Origin and family

Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke was born as the son of the master joiner Josias Jøhnke (1809–1862) and his wife Henriette, nee. Lindsted (1810–1890) was born. He married Julie Sophie Reintzel (born October 31, 1830), daughter of the publisher Carl Andreas Reitzel and his wife Sophie, geb. Thostrup.

Life

In 1857 he became a lieutenant in the Navy. From 1858 to 1859 Jøhnke was in the West Indies with the Korvette Heimdal . In 1864 he was on board the corvette Niels Juel , with which he took part in the naval battle near Heligoland . From 1868 to 1869 Jøhnke was in the West Indies with the cruiser Diana . In 1869 he was the boss of the Schrødersee gunboat . In 1874 Jøhnke was appointed captain . In 1875 he was boss of the gunboat Falster , in 1876 boss of the gunboat Møen - both were test drives. In 1878 Jøhnke was the first officer of the frigate Sjælland . He made significant contributions in the marine mining industry; under his supervision, the rate of effectiveness of the sea mines was significantly increased. In 1879 he was appointed head of the active marine mining department. Jøhnke stayed in this post until 1885 when he was appointed " Kommandør " (about a frigate captain ) and chief of the naval corps .

In 1876, defense matters were debated in politics, and Jøhnke interfered in the debate with his book Flydende Forter , in which he advocated the defense of Copenhagen by the navy. From July 24, 1901 to January 14, 1905, Jøhnke was Minister of the Navy in the Deuntzer cabinet and thus the last holder of this office, which in the following Christensen cabinet merged with that of Minister of War to become Minister of Defense . In 1902 Jøhnke received the character of a vice admiral . He was the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Dannebrog Order .

literature

• C.With .: Jøhnke, Ferdinand Henrik . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 9 : Jyde – Køtschau . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1895, p. 13-14 (Danish, runeberg.org ).