Ludwig Borckenhagen

Ludwig Borckenhagen (born July 15, 1850 in Minden , † June 17, 1917 in Berlin ) was a German naval officer , most recently an admiral .

Life

Promotions

• July 15, 1869 Naval Cadet (Prussian Navy)
• November 16, 1872 Second Lieutenant (Imperial Navy)
• December 14, 1875 Lieutenant
• April 16, 1881 Lieutenant Commander
• April 20, 1889 Corvette Captain
• April 1, 1895 sea captain
• 18 September 1902 Rear Admiral
• January 27, 1907 Vice Admiral
• November 9, 1909 Admiral (charact.)

Borckenhagen joined the Prussian Navy as a cadet on April 26, 1868 and went to sea on the sailing frigates Gefion and Niobe , the tank frigate King Wilhelm and the covered corvette Elisabeth . In the Imperial Navy in 1871 he first joined the Baltic Fleet division and the artillery training ship Renown , then in October for a year-long training at the Kiel Naval School .

From September 13, 1872 he was a company officer in the 1st Sailor Division for seven months . After five months on the artillery training ship Renown , he came to the Arcona in October 1873 for a good two years as an officer on watch . In 1876 he was a company officer in the Second Sailor Division and officer on watch on the Renown .

On October 27, 1876, he became first officer on the Aviso Loreley . In 1877 he was officer on watch on the brig Rover for seven months . After five months as a department officer in the ship's boy department , he was transferred to the smooth-deck corvette Nymphe on April 21, 1878 as a watch officer . On November 21, 1879 he became assistant to the artillery examination commission and at the same time detachment leader in Berlin. In the summer of 1881 he was a department officer and deputy department leader of the II. Sailor Division and company officer of the II. Shipyard Division .

Interrupted by on-board commands on the tank frigates Kronprinz and Friedrich Carl , he completed the three courses (Coetus I-III) at the Kiel Naval Academy between 1881 and 1884 .

After five months as an officer on watch on the ironclad Württemberg , two weeks as the commander for test drives on the Aviso Pfeil and ten days as the first officer on the ironclad Prussia , he became the commander of the gunboat Habicht on January 19, 1885 . On November 23, 1886, he came to the training ship Luise as a navigation officer . In March 1887 he was commanded as first officer on the artillery training ship Mars for a year . After another year as a company commander of the Second Sailor Artillery Department at short notice in the Reichsmarineamt , he became the commandant of the arrow and watch in 1891/92 .

He then came to the Naval Academy and School (Kiel) as a directorate officer for two years , interrupted by six weeks as a commander on lightning . On October 1, 1894, he became the commandant of the cruiser Princess Wilhelm .

From April 24, 1895, he served as a department head for personnel in the naval high command , and in the summer of 1898 also for one month as the commander of the torpedo training ship Blücher . On October 1, 1898, he changed to the commandant of the Wörth liner , which was supposed to help put down the Boxer Rebellion , but was not used. After the two-month journey home from East Asia, he joined the staff of the 1st Squadron and became Chief of Staff , then 2nd Admiral of the Squadron.

After six months as the commander of the reconnaissance ships, Borckenhagen became director of the Naval Academy on September 22, 1903. Three and a half years later, on March 30, 1907, he became the Navy's Inspector of Education . On November 9, 1909 by awarding the character as Admiral for disposition found it was the beginning of the First World War reactivated. Until his death on June 17, 1917, he served as Reich Commissioner at the Higher Prize Court in Berlin.

See also

• List of commanders of the naval school (Kiel and Mürwik)

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 1: A-G. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1988. ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 . Pp. 146-147.