Gustav Kleikamp

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Gustav Kleikamp (born March 8, 1896 in Fiddichow an der Oder , † September 13, 1952 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a German naval officer , most recently vice admiral in World War II . In the Reichsmarine he was a trainer for young Reinhard Heydrich .

Life

Gustav Kleikamp was a son of the doctor Karl Kleikamp and his wife Anna, geb. Kletzin. His older brother was the later lawyer and SPD politician Karl Kleikamp (1894–1952).

Imperial Navy and First World War

He joined the Imperial Navy on April 1, 1913 as a midshipman and received his basic seamanship training on the great cruiser SMS Vineta . From April 1, 1914 until the outbreak of World War I , he was trained as an officer at the Mürwik Naval School , where he was promoted to ensign at sea on April 3, 1914 . When the war broke out, he was transferred to the battle cruiser SMS Derfflinger as a radio officer . On this ship he took part in all operations of the I. Reconnaissance Group, the battle on the Dogger Bank and the Skagerrak Battle . From March 1918 to the 18 September 1915 was lieutenant carried Kleikamp training at the submarine school , after their completion it as a deck officer on in Kiel as a school boat serving submarine U 9 was added. From October 1918 he served on the staff of the U-cruiser flotilla , where he also saw the end of the war.

Imperial Navy

After the First World War, Kleikamp was temporarily a member of the Freikorps Marine Brigade Ehrhardt , of which he belonged until August 1920. During this time he was promoted to lieutenant at sea on January 7, 1920 . From July 1 to September 30, 1920 he was made available to the Commander of the Naval Forces North Sea (BSN). Then he became a radio and watch officer on the small cruiser Hamburg , from December 4, 1921 on the liner Braunschweig . On October 1, 1922, he was transferred to the M 133 minesweeper as commander .

From October 1, 1923 to September 1926, he was a teacher at the Torpedo and News School in Flensburg - Mürwik ; in this position he was promoted to lieutenant captain on February 1, 1925 . On September 24, 1926, he was transferred to the Hannover liner as a watch and role officer and on March 2, 1927 in the same function to the Silesia liner . From September 28, 1928 to January 5, 1930 he served as a training officer on the light cruiser Emden . After a five-week break at the disposal of the chief of the North Sea naval station , Kleikamp was appointed head of the intelligence research institute on February 11, 1930 . On October 1, 1932, he was promoted to corvette captain and three days later he was appointed naval liaison officer at the military district command I in Königsberg .

Navy and World War II

From July 23, 1933 to September 26, 1935 Kleikamp was 4th Admiral Staff Officer at the Fleet Command , then until May 1937 first officer on the Schleswig-Holstein . In this position he was promoted to frigate captain on October 1, 1936 . On June 1, 1937, he was transferred as head of the technical intelligence group to the naval weapons office of the OKM , where he was promoted to sea captain on April 1, 1938 and appointed head of the technical intelligence department.

On April 26, 1939, Kleikamp became the commandant of the Schleswig-Holstein liner . With her he entered the port of Danzig on August 25, 1939 and opened World War II on September 1 with the bombardment of the Westerplatte . At the Weser Exercise Company , the occupation of Denmark and Norway , the Schleswig-Holstein flagship of the warship group 7 commanded by Kleikamp , which occupied the Danish ports of Nyborg on Funen and Korsør on Zealand in the early morning of April 9, 1940 .

On August 29, 1940, Kleikamp was appointed head of the Calais naval command and designated head of "Transport Fleet C" for the Sea Lion Company , the planned but never carried out invasion of Great Britain . Transport Fleet C was to call at Hastings and the coast east of Hastings. After the invasion had been postponed to spring 1941 at the earliest in mid-October, Kleikamp was placed at the disposal of the OKM on October 28, 1940 and on December 31, 1940 appointed head of the military office in the main office of warship construction at the OKM. In this position he was promoted to Rear Admiral on April 1, 1942 . On March 4, 1943 he became Commanding Admiral in the Netherlands and on October 1, 1943 Vice Admiral . From January 1, 1945 he was at the disposal of the Naval Command North until he was appointed Coast Commander German Bight on March 15, 1945 .

post war period

At the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the British , from which he was released on April 18, 1947. Due to poor health, he was unemployed until Easter 1952. Then he worked as a commercial clerk in the export department of Hugo Stinnes OHG in Mülheim / Ruhr, where he died on September 13, 1952.

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  1. ↑ The patent was not granted until May 14, 1921 with seniority of January 7, 1920.
  2. ↑ http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-04.htm
personal data
SURNAME Kleikamp, ​​Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Fiddichow on the Oder
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1952
Place of death Mülheim an der Ruhr