Franz Wieting

Franz Wieting (born October 27, 1876 in Bremerhaven , † February 20, 1966 in Lippstadt ) was a German naval officer , most recently Vice Admiral of the Navy in World War II .

Career

Imperial Navy and First World War

Wieting joined the Imperial Navy on April 2, 1895 as a cadet . He completed basic training and then basic training until April 6, 1897 on the covered corvette SMS Stosch used as a training ship . Then he came to the naval school in Kiel for further training . On October 2, 1898, he was appointed lieutenant at sea . From October 1, 1898 he was on duty on the tank corvette SMS Baden and from October 21, 1898 he served as an adjutant on the liner SMS Kaiser Friedrich III. On January 1, 1899, Wieting's rank was renamed Leutnant zur See . From October 1, 1900, Wieting served briefly in the nautical department of the Reichsmarineamt before he left for Sydney on December 12, 1900 on the steamer Darmstadt . He took over the position of the after his arrival on February 1, 1901 watch officer and aide on a survey vessel used gunboat SMS Möwe . On March 23, 1901, he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea . Subsequent to this use, Wieting returned to Germany and was made available for use by the 1st Marine Inspection from February 8, 1903 . From April 11, 1903, he was employed as an inspection officer at the Naval School, and from October 1, 1904 as a company officer in the I. Torpedo Battalion . During this period of service, Wieting served several times a week as a commander on various large torpedo boats and was commanded for training on various other ships. On March 30, 1906, he was promoted to lieutenant captain . From October 1, 1906 to June 30, 1907, Wieting then completed the first part of his training at the Naval Academy and was then employed as a company officer in the 1st Sailor Division. This was followed by a brief employment from April 1 to September 30, 1907 as a sailing officer on the yacht SMS Orion , before he then completed the second part of the Naval Academy training. On October 1, 1908, Wieting then switched to the ship of the line SMS Lothringen as a watch and torpedo officer and then served from October 1, 1909 as a company commander in the 1st torpedo division and commander of the IV. Torpedo boat reserve half-flotilla. During this period of service, Wieting was also temporarily employed as head of the IV. Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla. From October 1, 1912, Wieting was company commander in the 1st shipyard division. On November 18, 1912, he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän and on March 18, 1913, he was appointed first officer on the training ship SMS Würtemberg . When the First World War broke out , Wieting was initially in command of the torpedo boat SMS V 25 from August 6, 1914 , and from September he also became the leader of the VI. Torpedo Boat Flotilla was appointed. On April 20, 1915, he then moved to the chief position of the Xth Torpedo Boat Flotilla. On March 23, 1917 Wieting was then appointed 1st Admiral Staff Officer to the staff of the commander of the reconnaissance forces in the eastern Baltic Sea . From December 17, 1917 he was then a member of the Armistice Commission in Riga and was then employed as Chief of Staff of the Armistice Commission in Sevastopol , as Chief of Staff of the Nautical-Technical Commission and the Naval Command in the Black Sea . In these positions he also experienced the end of the war.

Imperial Navy

After a short leave of absence, Wieting then served from January 25, 1919 as an advisor to the Reichsmarinamt and from July 15, 1919 to the Admiralty, and then from October 4, 1919, he was briefly deputy inspector of Marine Section Command 2 in Pomerania . On November 29, 1919, Wieting was promoted to frigate captain. From January 11, 1920, Wieting then led the Admiralty's naval service (from March 11, 1921, the naval command ) in Stettin and was promoted to sea captain on March 8, 1920 . On October 15, 1923, Wieting was then commander of the Braunschweig liner and then from January 10, 1925, commander of the light naval forces in the North Sea. On April 1, he then took over as commander of the naval forces in the Baltic Sea and also led the reconnaissance forces. From May 1, 1925, Wieting did so as Rear Admiral . On March 16, 1927 Wieting was finally up for grabs of the Chief of Naval Station Baltic made and on 30 March 1927 with the presentation of the character of a vice-admiral retired .

Navy

In the run-up to the Second World War , Wieting was made available to the Navy on May 24, 1939. On May 12, 1941, he was appointed Senior Director of the Navy shipyard in La Pallice. On December 1, 1941, Wieting was again placed at the disposition of the commanding admiral of the naval station of the Baltic Sea and after being promoted to vice admiral z. V. finally retired on February 1, 1942 on February 28.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernst Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849–1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 .

Web links

• Short biography of Franz Wieting (in English). In: Axis Biographical Research. Retrieved June 25, 2016 .