Hans Feldbausch

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Hans Feldbausch (born October 5, 1891 in Edenkoben , † October 20, 1985 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer , most recently rear admiral in World War II .

Life

Feldbausch occurred on 1 April 1910 as a midshipman in the Imperial navy one, completed his basic training at the Great cruiser SMS Freya and then attended from 29 March 1911 to 30 September 1912, the Naval Academy Mürwik . There he was appointed ensign at sea on April 14, 1911 . Then Feldbausch was transferred to the great cruiser SMS Goeben and promoted to lieutenant at sea on September 27, 1913 .

When the First World War broke out, the ship was taken over by the Ottoman Navy and Feldbausch remained on board the cruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim, which was now flying the Turkish flag, until April 28, 1917. As Oberleutnant zur See (since March 22, 1916) he was briefly deployed from July 30 to September 1, 1916 on the submarine SM UB 14 . He was transferred to the 11th torpedo boat semi-flotilla on June 6, 1917, where he served as an officer on watch on the V 44 and V 127 torpedo boats .

After the end of the war, Feldbausch was from December 13, 1918 to January 13, 1919, first with the 8th Torpedo Boat Semi-Flotilla, then as a court officer and second adjutant with the Second Sailor Artillery Department and from April 17, 1919 to August 14, 1920 as a company officer in the Wilhelmshaven Coast Guard Regiment . He was then assigned to the personnel office of the command of the naval station of the North Sea and promoted there on January 1, 1921 to lieutenant captain. For a little over a year Feldbausch served as an adjutant on the staff of the North Sea naval station and on October 7, 1922 was appointed leader of the parent company of the 4th torpedo boat semi- flotilla in Wilhelmshaven . From October 18, 1922 to March 31, 1924, Feldbausch was in command of the T 153 torpedo boat and then T 143 until September 10, 1924 . For two years he then acted as the commander of the fishing protection boat Ziethen , and then until 23 September 1929 he was employed as a staff officer with the staff of the torpedo and intelligence school . In the meantime Feldbausch had become a corvette captain on April 1, 1929 . From September 24, 1929 to September 30, 1931, he was employed in the command of the Baltic Sea Naval Station as a welfare officer and then until September 27, 1933 as an adjutant at the Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven . Feldbausch was then transferred as first officer to the ship of the line Silesia and promoted to frigate captain on October 1, 1934 . As such, Feldbausch took over the management of the Königsberg Navy Service on September 24, 1935, and was promoted to captain on April 1, 1936 . Feldbausch then received on May 15, 1937 the appointment of commander of the Schleswig-Holstein liner , which he led until June 7, 1938. He was then sent to the Bremen Navy Service Center for information and was appointed chief there from August 22, 1938.

Feldbausch remained at his post after the start of the Second World War and, after the occupation of Norway , was chief of the Oslo Navy from May 27, 1940 . In this capacity he was promoted to Rear Admiral on June 1, 1940. On August 23, he was recalled and a few days later, on August 31, 1942, he was discharged from the Navy. Just one day later, Feldbausch was made available to the Navy and made head of the main nautical and hydrographic department of the German Naval Observatory . A few days before the end of the war, he was released from active service on April 30, 1945 and finally retired.

Awards

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand and Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945 Volume 1: AG (Ackermann to Gygas) , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1988, ISBN 3-7648-2480-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1929, p. 44
personal data
SURNAME Feldbausch, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently rear admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Edenkoben
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 1985
Place of death Hamburg