Gustav Berling

Gustav Berling (born November 6, 1869 in Schwerin , † March 17, 1943 in Cologne ) was a German engineer and inventor .

Life

Berling was born on November 6, 1869, the son of the manufactured goods dealer Paul Berling and his wife. He completed his school career in 1889 with the Abitur and studied shipbuilding and mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg . After completing his studies, he got a job with the Imperial Navy in 1895 . In 1898 he was appointed master builder in the machine construction department of the Imperial Shipyard in Kiel . On April 4, 1904, after much hesitation and weighing up the situation , the Reichsmarineamt commissioned the Berling naval construction council to design and build a submarine for naval warfare. As a result, Berling developed a two-hull coastal submarine at the Germania shipyard in Kiel . Berling's design is based on the three trout-class submarines that were successfully tested in 1902 and then exported to Russia . Construction finally began in April 1905 and on December 16, 1906, the submarine developed by Berling was put into service as the U 1 and the first German military submarine by the Imperial Navy.

On March 14, 1908, Berling was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class, for his services .

Berling was from 1904 to March 1912 chief engineer and head of the submarine department of the torpedo inspection of the Reichsmarinamt. During this time he was instrumental in numerous submarine developments and in the construction of the German submarine weapon . On April 1, 1912, he became operations director for new buildings at the Kaiserliche Werft Kiel.

Gustav Berling died in a bomb attack on Cologne in March 1943.

Web links

Literature by and about Gustav Berling in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature about Gustav Berling in the state bibliography MV

footnote

↑ ^a ^b Beckmann, Gerhard; Keubke, Klaus-Ulrich; Mumm, Ralf: Naval officers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1849-1990. Schwerin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019944-8 , pp. 14-16 .

personal data
SURNAME	Berling, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1943
Place of death	Cologne

[:0-1] Beckmann, Gerhard; Keubke, Klaus-Ulrich; Mumm, Ralf: Naval officers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1849-1990. Schwerin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019944-8 , pp. 14-16 .