Hans Stohwasser

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Hans August Stohwasser (born May 4, 1884 in Dresden , † May 30, 1967 in Neumünster ) was a German naval officer , most recently vice admiral in World War II .

Life

Stohwasser attended the König-Albert-Gymnasium in Leipzig from Easter 1898 to Easter 1901 , which he left with the school leaving certificate. On April 10, 1901, he joined the Imperial Navy as a midshipman and completed his basic training on the cruiser frigate SMS Moltke . He then came to the Mürwik Naval School , where he was appointed Ensign at Sea on April 22, 1902 . Stohwasser was on board the liner SMS Zähringen from October 1, 1903 and was promoted to lieutenant at sea on September 29, 1904 . From October 1, 1904 to September 21, 1906, he was part of the II. Torpedo Department as a company officer and at the same time he was deployed as a watch officer on the torpedo boats G 113 , S 117 and S 105 . In the role of torpedo officer, the first lieutenant came to sea (since March 30, 1906) for two years until September 30, 1908 on the small cruiser SMS Lübeck . As a teacher and inspection officer, he then worked for a year at the naval school. On October 1, 1909, Stohwasser was transferred to the II Torpedo Division. He acted there as a company officer and commander of the X. Reserve Half Flotilla or first officer . At the same time, he was a teacher on the liner SMS Württemberg from the end of April to mid-July 1910 and subsequently the commander of the torpedo boats S 124 , S 123 , S 121 and S 114 . On August 19, 1911, he became lieutenant captain . At the Naval Academy , Stohwasser completed courses I and II until June 30, 1914, was placed at the disposal of the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven for one month and was assigned to the VIII torpedo boat flotilla at the outbreak of the First World War . There he commanded the torpedo boat G 175 until his transfer on January 11, 1916 as chief of the 16th torpedo boat semi-flotilla. He came from October 15 to November 29, 1918 as an adjutant for the inspection of the torpedo system, was placed at the disposal of the chief of the North Sea naval station and was used as head of the Neufahrwasser maritime transport station and as an army liaison officer.

From October 9, 1919, he worked at the Reichswerft Wilhelmshaven, became a corvette captain on January 21, 1920 and, as such, from February 19, 1919, he was in command of the commanding department of the Baltic Sea naval station for one month. For a further month he was then part of the Kiel Naval Department as a company commander and as commander of the 1st Battalion of the III. Marine Brigade . Stohwasser was made available to the chief of the naval station of the Baltic Sea and used for another month as commander of the commanded department before he was transferred to the personnel office of the naval station of the Baltic Sea on July 4, 1920 as an adjutant. On January 20, 1922, he was appointed 1st Adjutant in the staff of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea and on October 6, 1924 as Chief of Staff of the Inspection of the Navy's Education System. In this function he was promoted to frigate captain on March 1, 1926 .

On October 1, 1926, Stohwasser was appointed commander of the locking attempt command and in this position he was also chief of the tender half-flotilla of the locking attempt command. Stohwasser was subsequently promoted to sea captain on April 1, 1928 , relieved of his duties on September 27, 1931 and released from active service three days later while being promoted to rear admiral . He was returned to the Reichsmarine as a civil employee from September 1, 1933 . He worked as a barrage instructor in the area of ​​the naval station of the Baltic Sea, then in the area of ​​the 2nd Admiral of the Baltic Sea. On February 1, 1934, he was reactivated as a state protection officer. From April 1, 1935 to August 21, 1939, Stohwasser acted as a teacher. First in the inspection of torpedoes and mines, followed by the bulky weapons and intelligence inspection and in command of the naval station of the Baltic Sea.

Before the start of the Second World War he was appointed leader of the minesweepers west on August 22, 1939 , and then from October 15, 1939 to August 9, 1940, the leader of the minesweepers east. At the same time, from July 18 to August 5, 1940, he was deputy commander of the Baltic Sea Security. Stohwasser acted as leader of the minesweepers north for two months and was finally appointed commander of the Baltic Sea security on October 14, 1940. As such, he was promoted to Vice Admiral on April 1, 1942. From June 8, 1944, he was made available to the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Sea Command, released from active military service on June 30, 1944 and finally retired.

Awards

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849–1945. Volume 3: P – Z (Packroß to Zuckschwerdt). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-2482-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ King Albert Gymnasium (Royal Gymnasium until 1900) in Leipzig: Student album 1880–1904 / 05 , Friedrich Gröber, Leipzig 1905
  2. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1929, p. 40
  3. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 726.
personal data
SURNAME Stohwasser, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stohwasser, Hans August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1967
Place of death Neumunster