Franz Kinderling

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Franz Kinderling (born April 22, 1820 in Zossen , † June 13, 1895 in Treuenbrietzen ) was a German vice admiral .

Life

Kinderling did not join the imperial fleet until the age of 29 as chief helmsman in the merchant navy in 1849 . In 1850 he was the second oldest in the ranking of this fleet of 18 ensigns . Of the 100 officers, cadets, engineers and doctors on the list, he belonged to the group of 25 participants in the naval battle of Heligoland on June 4, 1849. After the Reichsflotte was dissolved in 1852, he joined the Prussian Navy . At the end of 1858 he was commanded as lieutenant first class for further training on the English ship of the line HMS Marlborough in the Mediterranean , but was recalled in May 1859 due to the tense political situation caused by the Sardinian-French war against Austria. Kinderling thus belonged to a group of 32 officers in the Prussian Navy who received at least a temporary training in the Royal Navy between 1848 and 1865 . Subsequently, for this use, Kinderling was commanded to the frigate Thetis , where he took part in the East Asia expedition 1859/62 as first officer under the commanding captain Eduard von Jachmann .

With the outbreak of the German-Danish War in 1864, Kinderling became the commander of the Camaeleon steam cannon boat , which was activated on February 11, 1864. In April Kinderling gave up command again and the Camaeleon was assigned to the newly established Reserve Division. From April to August 1867, Kinderling, who had meanwhile been promoted to corvette captain , commanded the corvette Nymphe on training trips in the Baltic Sea . Later in 1867 the command was given for another long trip abroad. Kinderling took over the corvette Augusta , with which he put into service on August 27, 1867 for the stay at the West Indian station in the winter of 1867/68. After arriving there, Kinderling's main task was to protect German residents and representations of the Hanseatic cities during the various revolutions and civil wars in the West Indian states. In addition, he explored on behalf of the Navy (through Prince Adalbert ) the little-known Bay Limón on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica as a potential location for a Prussian naval base . He also negotiated with the President of Costa Rica, Castro and the government of Costa Rica - but the negotiations were non-binding. On May 30, 1868, Kinderling received the recall order and therefore returned to Europe and entered Kiel on July 20, 1868.

As soon as he returned, Kinderling took over SMS Victoria and was sent back to the West Indies, where he stayed again as an inpatient until 1869 and commuted between the trouble spots Haiti , Mexico and Cuba . After his return, Kinderling became chief shipyard director of the Royal Prussian naval shipyard in Danzig . In this function, Kinderling, who had meanwhile been promoted to sea captain, carried out test drives with the new corvette Ariadne until December 1872.

From 19 May to October 1875 commanded children Ling then watching from the Samuda Brothers acquired yard in England armored frigate Kaiser at Einfahrübungen. In 1877, Kinderling was deployed in the Mediterranean, where he commanded the German warships that had remained there since the summer of the Russian-Ottoman War . The squadron at that time included the Hertha , the Gazelle , the Albatross , the Comet and the Pommerania . On December 12, 1877, Freya joined them. Kinderling kept command until the squadron withdrew from the Mediterranean and disbanded in July 1878.

On April 18, 1878, Kinderling was promoted to rear admiral and acted from July 6 to November 18, 1878 as a deputy head of the naval station of the Baltic Sea . He was then appointed head of the naval station in Kiel and at the same time he was also head of the training squadron from May 22 to September 15, 1879 . His flagship at this time was the armored frigate Friedrich Carl . On January 6, 1881, he was put up for disposal .

After his departure, he received the character of Vice Admiral on August 23, 1883 .

family

Kinderling married Helene Claassen (1833–1904) on February 26, 1857. The marriage had three children:

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 229-231.
  • Gerhard Wiechmann: The Royal Prussian Navy in Latin America 1851 to 1867. An attempt at German gunboat policy. in: Sandra Carreras, Günther Maihold (Eds.): Prussia and Latin America. In the field of tension between commerce, power and culture. (Europa-Übersee Vol. 12), Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6306-9 , pp. 47-60.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Paschen: From the time when two navies became. Memories of my service in the Imperial and Royal Austrian and Imperial German Navy. Berlin 1908, p. 177.
  2. ^ Gerhard Wiechmann: The Royal Prussian Navy in Latin America 1851 to 1867. An attempt at German gunboat policy. in: Sandra Carreras, Günther Maihold (Eds.): Prussia and Latin America. In the field of tension between commerce, power and culture. (Europa-Übersee Vol. 12), Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6306-9 , pp. 80-104.
  3. ^ Friedrich zu Eulenburg , Philipp Graf zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (ed.): East Asia 1860–1862 in letters from Count Fritz zu Eulenburg. Mittler and Son, Berlin 1900, p. 21.
  4. ^ Gerhard Wiechmann: The Royal Prussian Navy in Latin America 1851 to 1867. An attempt at German gunboat policy. in: Sandra Carreras, Günther Maihold (Eds.): Prussia and Latin America. In the field of tension between commerce, power and culture. (Europa-Übersee Vol. 12), Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6306-9 , pp. 47-60.
  5. ^ Gerhard Wiechmann: The Royal Prussian Navy in Latin America 1851 to 1867. An attempt at German gunboat policy. in: Sandra Carreras, Günther Maihold (Eds.): Prussia and Latin America. In the field of tension between commerce, power and culture. (Europa-Übersee Vol. 12), Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6306-9 , p. 85.
  6. ↑ Hildebrand, Röhr, Steinmetz: The German warships. Volume 1, p. 252.
  7. ^ Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz : A man: The life of Admiral Ludwig v. Schröder. Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlag, Braunschweig 1934, p. 97.
  8. ↑ Weekly advertisements for the Principality of Ratzeburg. 1881, No. 6, p. 1. ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Kinderling, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Vice Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Zossen
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1895
Place of death Treuenbrietzen