Karl Paschen
Karl Heinrich Theodor Paschen (born June 9, 1835 in Schwerin , † February 24, 1911 in Kiel ) was a German naval officer , most recently an admiral of the Imperial Navy .
Life
Paschen was the son of the geodesist Friedrich Paschen and an uncle of the physicist Friedrich Paschen .
He joined the Austrian Navy on October 1, 1849 as a naval pupil and attended the naval school in Trieste in 1855 . During the German-Danish War in 1864 he took part in the naval battle off Heligoland as a lieutenant of the line, second class, and during the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866 as a battery officer on the staff of Vice Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff in the naval battle of Lissa .
On October 20, 1867, Paschen joined the Navy of the North German Confederation as an employed lieutenant captain without a patent . He was then transferred to the Admiral's staff as corvette captain and on October 6, 1877, took command of the covered corvette SMS Leipzig on a two-year trip to East Asia . In 1879 he came to Berlin as a department head at the Admiralty and then became the commander of the tank frigate SMS Friedrich Carl . He then acted as commander of the I. Shipyard Division from October 1, 1881 to December 27, 1881.
In March 1884 Paschen received command of the East Asia Squadron as a sea captain , which was disbanded in early 1885. From June 1885, Pachen led the " East African cruiser squadron " on an interim basis , with which he forced Sultan Barghasch ibn Said of Zanzibar to recognize the German Emperor's letter of protection over the coastal areas in East Africa occupied by the Germans. After being replaced by Eduard von Knorr at the end of August and a brief assignment in West Africa , Paschen returned to Germany with his squadron at the end of 1885. In the meantime he had been appointed Rear Admiral on October 1, 1885 .
In 1887 Paschen commanded the " maneuvering fleet " and from 1889 he was Vice-Admiral in charge of the North Sea naval station . On April 7, 1891, he was put on disposition, and on August 29, 1910, he was given the character of admiral.
His son Günther Paschen (1880–1943) also became a naval officer, managed the heavy artillery of the large cruiser SMS Lützow as an artillery officer during the Battle of the Skagerrak and was executed in 1943 by the Nazi regime for allegedly degrading military strength .
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 3: P-Z. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1700-3 . Pp. 7-9.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Paschen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Karl Paschen in the state bibliography MV
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paschen, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paschen, Karl Heinrich Theodor; Paschen, Carl Heinrich Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval officer, most recently admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1911 |
| Place of death | Kiel |