Hans Mirow

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Hans Mirow (born August 30, 1895 in Wandsbek , today Hamburg ; † June 9, 1986 in Bremen ) was a German naval officer , most recently rear admiral in World War II .

Life

Mirow joined the Imperial Navy as a midshipman on April 1, 1914 and completed his basic training on the great cruiser SMS Vineta . For further training he subsequently served on the coastal armored ships SMS Frithjof and SMS Heimdall , was appointed ensign at sea on December 23, 1914 and then completed various courses by September 1916. As a lieutenant at sea (since July 13, 1916) Mirow served for a year on the large liner SMS Westfalen . This was followed by his command at the submarine school, and after successful training he became an officer on watch on the SM U 30 . On March 1, 1918 Mirow became III. Submarine flotilla moved and also used here as an officer on watch on SM U 43 .

Mirow began to study chemistry on January 21, 1919 , but broke it off and served until May 31, 1920 in the III. Navy Brigade . He was then taken over into the Reichsmarine , came as adjutant to Coast Guard Division IV and was promoted to lieutenant at sea on September 28, 1920 . From October 1, 1921 to September 22, 1923, he served on the small cruiser Hamburg . After that he was adjutant in the naval intelligence department in Wilhelmshaven until March 29, 1926. Then Mirow was commander of the artillery school boat Hay , and in this position he was promoted to captainleutnant on October 1, 1926 . As a company commander he was then assigned to the ship master division of the Baltic Sea from October 3, 1927 to October 28, 1929. After that he was a navigation officer on the light cruiser Karlsruhe for a year and a half . On May 21, 1931, he was assigned to the Mürwik Naval School and from September 14, 1931, he worked there as a teacher and course director. From September 20, 1933 to August 25, 1936 he was a consultant in the naval defense department of the Navy High Command and on February 1, 1934 he became a corvette captain . From August 26, 1936, he was first officer on the light cruiser Leipzig and on June 1, 1937, he was promoted to frigate captain . On November 29, 1938 Mirow was reassigned to the Navy High Command, this time as head of the Attaché group. On April 1, 1939, he was promoted to sea captain .

From August 29, 1940 to July 19, 1942, Mirow was in command of the light cruiser Emden . He was then chief of the staff of the Control Inspection Africa based in Casablanca and was briefly interned in Spain and Morocco from November 21 to December 9, 1942 . After his release, Mirow was a naval liaison officer in Toulon and with his promotion to rear admiral on February 1, 1943, he was appointed chief of the command post in the naval quartermaster's office.

From February 4, 1944 Mirow was in command of the Loire Naval Defense in Saint-Nazaire . After the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , he was taken prisoner by the French , from which he was released on September 9, 1947.

In the post-war period from December 1, 1955 to March 31, 1965, Mirow was Federal Commissioner at the Maritime Offices in Bremerhaven and Emden .

Awards

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand and Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945 Volume 2: HO (Habicht bis Orth) , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-2481-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1929, p. 47
personal data
SURNAME Mirow, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently rear admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Wandsbek
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1986
Place of death Bremen