Michail Fjodorowitsch von Schulz
Maximilian Herbert Gottlieb Schultz ( Russian Максимилиан Фёдорович Шульц * December 25, 1861 jul. / 6. January 1862 greg. In Kronstadt , † the summer of 1917 in Vyritsa ) was a vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy .
Life
At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War , von Schulz commanded the destroyer Smelii , which was stationed in Port Arthur . After Captain Nikolai von Essen was transferred to the ship of the line Sevastopol , the position on the cruiser Nowik became vacant and von Schulz took it over.
In the Battle of the Yellow Sea , the Russian fleet tried to escape the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The attempt failed in a battle with the Japanese fleet, in which the Nowik was slightly damaged by three hits and two men of the crew died. Most of the Russian ships turned back to Port Arthur after two hours of fighting and the death of the squadron chief.
The Novik and several other Russian ships tried to flee to the German base in Kiautschou . All ships except the Nowik were interned. Von Schulz left Tsingtau and tried to circumnavigate the Japanese islands in the east to reach Vladivostok . He wanted to make a stop in front of Korsakov to stash coal. He was put to sea battle in front of Korsakov by the protected cruisers Tsushima and Chitose . Because of the artillery superiority of the enemy, von Schulz decided to sink the Nowik himself. With the survivors of his ship, he then set out on foot across Sakhalin and then by boat to Vladivostok.
Schulz died in Wyriza in 1917 when he was murdered in a burglary.
Awards
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Order of Saint Stanislaus 3rd Class, 1893 -
Russian Order of Saint Anne 3rd Class, 1894 - Medal 1812 , 1897
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Order of Saint Vladimir , 4th grade, 1892 -
Russian Order of Saint Anne 2nd Class with Swords, 1904
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Russian Order of Saint George , 4th grade, 1904 -
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1911
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Order of Saint Stanislaus 1st class, 1913
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Russian Order of Saint Anne 1st Class with Swords, 1915
- Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan), 1st Class, 1916
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literature
- Kowner, Rotem : Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War . Scarecrow, Lanham / Maryland 2006, ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kowner, p. 345
- ↑ Diana in Saigon . (PDF) In: NYT , August 21
- ↑ Information from Russian Wikipedia article of the same name
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulz, Michail Fjodorowitsch von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шульц, Максимилиан Фёдорович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian Vice Admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronstadt (Russia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1917 |
| Place of death | Wyriza |