Leo Jacobson

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Leo Jacobson (born October 21, 1862 in Didlacken ; † February 19, 1954 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer , most recently Vice Admiral in World War I and from 1912 to 1919 in command of the island and the office of the troops of the Imperial Navy in Helgoland .

Life

Seal of the Imperial Navy - Office for the troops in Heligoland

Jacobson joined the Imperial Navy as a cadet on April 15, 1880 and completed his basic training on the sailing frigate SMS Niobe by September 30, 1880 . He then went to the naval school, was then transferred to the tank frigate SMS Prussia and from October 1, 1881, served for two years on the covered corvette SMS Elisabeth . Jacobson then completed from October 14, 1883 to September 30, 1884 courses at the naval school and was in the meantime appointed on October 20, 1883 as a second lieutenant at sea . As such, he was then assigned as a company officer to the 1st Sailor Division in Kiel . In itself function Jacobson in I. sailors Artillery Division was from October 1, 1885 operates to 30 May 1886 and resigned in connection on the Kingsin - steamer Polyhymnia to leave for Aden to. There he served as an officer on watch until May 25, 1888 on the station ship SMS Möwe . In the meantime promoted to lieutenant at sea on April 16, 1887 , he started his journey home with the steamer Hohenzollern from Cape Town and returned home on June 13, 1888. Once there, he was employed as an adjutant at the Kaiserliche Werft Kiel for three months . Jacobsen was then deployed once more to the 1st Sailor Artillery Department and he completed a torpedo course on the torpedo training ship SMS Blücher from March 19, 1891 to March 31, 1892 . At times he was used as the commander of the torpedo boats S 34 , S 40 and S 32 . He was transferred to the ship's boy training ship SMS Nixe as a watch and battery officer for two years . Jacobson then came as a company commander to the 1st Sailor Division and was promoted to lieutenant captain on April 13, 1894 . From October 1, 1895, he initially acted as first officer on the Aviso SMS Pfeil , then from January 3 to June 25, 1896 on the Aviso SMS Blitz . Jacobson spent the following two years as an assistant at the torpedo workshop in Friedrichsort . On August 29, 1898, he began his service as first officer on board the training ship SMS Charlotte and was transferred to SMS Moltke in the same position on April 1, 1900 for one year . There he was promoted to corvette captain on December 10, 1900 . Then Jacobson was used from March 26 to July 31, 1901 as a company commander in the I. Werft Division. He then embarked on the journey via Genoa on the steamer Prinz Heinrich to Tsingtao . There he took over command of the small cruiser SMS Schwalbe on August 30, 1901 . A year later he gave up command again, was briefly assigned to the Kiautschou governorate and was there from October 1, 1902 to May 14, 1905 commander of the local sailor artillery department. At the same time Jacobson acted until June 22, 1904 as an artillery officer from the square and head of the artillery administration. As a frigate captain (since July 14, 1904) he started his voyage home on the steamers Gouverneur Jaeschke and Zieten and was initially made available to the chief of the naval station of the Baltic Sea after his return home . On November 21, 1905 Jacobson received the appointment as commander of the newly put into service large cruiser SMS Yorck and was as such on March 30, 1906 sea ​​captain . With effect from September 30, 1908, the appointment as commander of the liner SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm followed . After he disembarked on November 30, 1909, he was made available to the chief of the North Sea Naval Station until December 14, 1912 and then appointed commander of the Second Sailor Division. On behalf of the inspector, Jacobson acted from January 8 to April 20, 1910, was then charged with running the business until January 26, 1911, and was finally appointed inspector. In this function, he was promoted to Rear Admiral on January 27, 1911.

Jacobson was then appointed commander of the island of Heligoland on October 1, 1912. He held this position throughout the First World War. At the same time, Jacobson, promoted to Vice Admiral on October 13, 1914, was commissioned to represent the fortress commander of Wilhelmshaven from February 20 to April 12, 1917 . After the end of the war, he was made available to the State Secretary of the Reichsmarinamt from January 28, 1919 and he was retired on March 17, 1919.

Awards

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945, Volume 2: HO (Habicht bis Orth) , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-2481-6 , pp. 172-173

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy , Ed .: Marinekabinett , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 108.
  2. ↑ a b Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy , Ed .: Marinekabinett , Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1918, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Jacobson, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War I.
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Didlacks
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1954
Place of death Hamburg