Hermann Kirchhoff (Admiral)

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Admiral Kirchhoff

Hermann Kirchhoff (born February 22, 1851 in Hanerau , † August 25, 1932 in Strub ) was a German vice admiral and military historian .

Life

Kirchhoff joined the Prussian Navy on April 15, 1867 and, after completing two months of basic training, drove to SMS Gefion , SMS Niobe , SMS Thetis , SMS Arcona and SMS Hertha . On December 10, 1872, he came as a company officer for four months to the II. Sailor Division and the II. Shipyard Division. On April 15, 1873 he was transferred to the Kiel Naval School . A year later he went back to sea as a lieutenant on SMS Ariadne and SMS Renown . After four months as a company officer and teacher, he was back with the Second Sailors Division. On February 5, 1875, he joined the tank frigate SMS Kaiser as a watch officer , and two months later he was in command of the gunboat SMS Tiger .

On October 1, 1875, he was transferred to the 1st Sailors Division for five months as a company officer and teacher. After six months as an officer on watch on the brig SMS Undine , he joined the ship's boy department on October 12, 1876 as an instructor . From April 1877 he was again an officer on watch on the smooth deck corvette SMS Medusa and the tank frigate SMS Prussia and as an instructor on the artillery training ship SMS Mars .

After a month as a company commander of the 1st Sailor Division , he joined the tank frigate SMS Friedrich der Große on May 5, 1879 as a lieutenant commander and officer on watch , on which he also attended the Kiel Naval Academy after the 1st and 2nd Coetus . After the III. he came to the torpedo depot in Friedrichsort on May 1, 1882 for almost four years as assistant and director .

On April 2, 1886, he became first officer and deputy commander of the cruiser frigate SMS Moltke as corvette captain . From 21 April of the Three Emperors year he was nearly three years torpedo director of the Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven . One month after starting the journey to Hong Kong , he became commander of the cruiser SMS Sophie on February 25, 1891 .

From August 14, 1892 to February 2, 1893 he was a sea ​​captain at the disposal of the chief of the North Sea naval station . After eight months as a member of the ship inspection commission, he joined the armored ships SMS Bayern on September 25, 1893 as commander for three years and SMS Wörth for one year . On October 15, 1896, he became inspector of the naval artillery inspection . From October 1, 1897, he was director of the naval school for two and a half years, as well as teacher and director of the naval academy in Kiel. From April 4 to July 20, 1900 as rear admiral at the disposal of the chief of the naval station of the Baltic Sea , he drove to Taku-Roadstead in the summer of 1900 against the Boxer Rebellion . On July 21, 1900 he became Second Admiral of the East Asia Squadron . The journey home from Shanghai began in November 1901. On the day after his return home, on January 29, 1902, Kirchhoff was ordered to the Second Marine Inspection, whose inspector he was from May 1902. On December 6, 1902 of the ceremony was the character as a vice admiral for disposition made.

Works

  • Sea power in the Baltic Sea. 2 volumes, Robert Cordes, Kiel 1907–1908;
    • Volume 1: Their influence on the history of the Baltic countries in the 17th and 18th centuries. 1907, ( digitized version ).
    • Volume 2: Their influence on the history of the Baltic countries in the 19th century. In addition to an appendix on the prehistory of the Baltic Sea. 1908, ( digitized version ).
  • with Friedrich Sanders-Bremen: The World War at Sea. Askanischer Verlag, Berlin 1916, ( digitized version ).

See also

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Hans H. Hildebrandt, Ernest Henriot: Deutschlands Generale und Admirale 1849–1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 2: HO. (= Germany's generals and admirals. Part 1, Volume 2). Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-2481-6 , pp. 240-241.