Iwan Oldekop (Admiral, 1878)

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Vice Admiral Ivan Oldekop

Iwan Christian Hermann Oldekop (born February 8, 1878 at Gut Grünhorst ; † May 17, 1942 in Kiel ) was German admiral in the Reichsmarine .

Life

He was the son of the farmer Henning Oldekop (1846-1923) from Hanover , who took part in the German-French War 1870/71 as vice-sergeant in the King's Uhlan Regiment (1st Hannoversches) No. 13 and subsequently became the owner from May 7, 1872 of the noble estate Grünhorst near Eckernförde. His uncle was the German Vice Admiral Iwan Oldekop of the same name .

Oldekop joined the Imperial Navy on April 2, 1895 and was granted a license as a midshipman on April 13, 1896. After training and promotion to naval officer ( sub-lieutenant on October 2, 1898), he received commands to East Asia and the United States . The other promotions: First lieutenant 1901, captain lieutenant 1905, corvette captain 1912, frigate captain 1918, captain zS 1922. Oldekop's military career up to the end of the 1st World War in detail:

In the years 1918/19 he was frigate captain chief of staff at Admiral Ludwig von Reuters IV Squadron. In this function he was directly involved in the self-sinking of the Imperial High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow , where it was interned . In the spring of 1919, von Reuter and Oldekop were on SMS Emden , as this ship served as the flagship for the internment association from March 25, 1919.

Admiral von Reuter judged Oldekop's work during the internment as follows:

“ Frigate Captain Iwan Oldekop was won as chief (of the staff). He has done the association excellent service; I had complete confidence in him, and his splendid personal qualities made working with him easy and stimulating. The burden of work has never become too great for him, and although he stood in the "dirty line" in the day's battle with the radical elements, he never got tired of his position and his service. He has played his full part in the association's modest successes. "

About the time in British captivity there is the following description:

" From Reuter and Oldekop were taken first to Nigg, then to Oswestry Camp, and finally to Donington Hall , the luxury prison for high-ranking officers. "

After returning from British captivity at the end of January 1920, Oldekop was captain at sea from September 15, 1920 to September 26, 1922, chief of the naval department in the Naval Office . After being promoted to Rear Admiral (1923), he was Chief of the General Naval Office from 1925 to 1927 and finally Chief of the Navy from September 30, 1927 to September 30, 1931. In this capacity he was promoted to Vice Admiral on January 1, 1928.

On September 30, 1931, Oldekop was retired from active service and given the character of an admiral.

Oldekop remained unmarried.

Awards

swell

  • Federal Archives, N169 (Iwan Oldekop's estate)
  • Ludwig von Reuter: Scapa Flow: The grave of the German fleet. Hase & Koehler, Leipzig 1921 (new edition by Unikum-Verlag 2011).

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 552-553.
  • Friedrich Facius, Gerhard Granier, Josef Henke, Klaus Oldenhage: The Federal Archives and its holdings. 1977, p. 612.
  • Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. German business publisher, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 .
  • Gerald Bowman: The man who bought a navy. Chambers Harrap Publisher Ltd., Edinburgh 1964.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bundesarchiv / Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / BArch N169 / 1: Iwan Oldekop - Military career / documents and decrees on promotions, transfers and awards
  2. ↑ Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy, respective year, Ernst Siegfried Mittler and Son, Königliche Hofbuchhandlung, Berlin
  3. ^ Ludwig von Reuter: Scapa Flow. The grave of the German fleet. Hase & Koehler, Leipzig 1921, p. 20.
  4. ↑ Gerald Bowman: The man who bought a navy. Chambers Harrap Publisher Ltd., Edinburgh 1964, p. 41.
  5. ↑ a b c Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1929. p. 39.
personal data
SURNAME Oldekop, Ivan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oldekop, Iwan Christian Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German admiral of the Reichsmarine
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH to Gut Grünhorst
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1942
Place of death Kiel