Otto Feige (Admiral)

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Otto Feige (born September 21, 1882 in Neisse , Silesia ; † January 2, 1951 in Kaufbeuren ) was a German naval officer , most recently in the rank of admiral in the Navy .

Career

Imperial Navy and First World War

Feige joined the Imperial Navy on April 10, 1900 as a midshipman . After basic training and basic training on the training ship Stosch , he came to the naval school in Kiel for further training on April 1, 1902 . On April 22, 1902, he was appointed ensign at sea . From October 1, 1903, he served on the liner Wettin and was promoted to lieutenant on September 29, 1904 . From October 1, 1905 Feige was then employed as a company officer in the 2nd Sailor Division and was briefly assigned to the Hanover Military Riding Institute to learn to ride for an upcoming command in the protected areas . From October 1 to November 1, 1906, Feige then traveled to Duala on the steamer Lucia Woermann . From November 2, 1906, he served as an officer on watch on the gunboat Sperber , the former station ship of the West African naval station . On April 27, 1907, he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea , before Feige switched to the artillery training ship Mars on November 7, 1907 . With this ship he returned to Germany on May 14, 1908. This was followed by another on-board command on the great cruiser Prinz Heinrich from May 15 to September 30, 1908, as well as a command as a teacher at the ship artillery school in Sønderborg until March 31, 1910. During this time he also commanded the artillery - Supply ship Fuchs . From April 1, 1910 Feige was then briefly available to the 2nd Sailor Division and belonged to the crew of the large cruiser Von der Tann, which was still under construction . On September 1, 1910 Feige was finally a watch officer on this ship and in this capacity on March 22, 1913 promoted to lieutenant captain.

This was followed by a command as a watch officer on the Great Cruiser Hansa from August 4, 1913, and a command as the 2nd artillery officer on the large-scale ship Großer Kurfürst from July 30, 1914. In this position he experienced the beginning of the first World War . From 14 October to 1 November 1917 stood fig then available of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Division sailors to subsequently as a consultant for the field artillery in the bar of the First  Submarine - flotilla Mediterranean in Pola assigned.

In this capacity, Feige went on April 27, 1918 for information purposes on board U 39 , the second most successful submarine of the First World War. Feige took part in an attack on a convoy by boat . The boat was then attacked by French seaplanes and so badly damaged by depth charges that the commanding officer ordered the nearest port of neutral Spain , Cartagena , to be called. The occupation was interned here until the end of the war . Feige did not return to Germany until May 31, 1919.

Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine

From June 1, 1919 Feige was initially a company officer in the Kiel Coastal Defense Regiment and from January 16, 1920 he worked as an inspection and artillery officer at the Mürwik Naval School . During this employment he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän on March 8, 1920 . He then commanded Coast Defense Battalion 1 from September 1, 1920 onwards . On April 1, 1922, Feige became a staff officer in the staff of the commandant of the Swinoujscie Fortress and, from May 19, 1923, head of the artillery and nautical departments of the Wilhelmshaven naval port . At the same time he was negotiating officer of the Naval Peace Commission .

From September 22, 1924 to September 25, 1927 Feige was a lecturer and staff officer at the Ship Artillery School (SAS) in Kiel-Wik . During this time, on October 1, 1926, he was promoted to frigate captain . On October 8, 1927 Feige was chief of staff for the inspection of ship artillery and then from September 27, 1928 commander of the ship of the line Hessen . From November 1, 1928 in the rank of sea ​​captain .

From October 4, 1930 Feige took over the ship artillery school as commander and was appointed inspector of ship artillery on September 30, 1932. With the promotion to rear admiral on January 1, 1933 Feige was also chief of the artillery test command land and sea. From August 3, 1933, he also commanded the North Sea naval station as a representative . Feige also had these uses during the transition from the Reichsmarine to the Kriegsmarine . On October 1, 1935 to Vice Admiral promoted Feige went then on September 30, 1937, first in the character of an admiral in pension .

In World War II

After the beginning of the Second World War , Feige was reactivated and was initially available to the Navy. From May 25, 1940, he was employed as head of administration for the construction of the heavy cruiser Lützow in Leningrad , which was sold to the Soviet Union as part of German-Soviet cooperation on armaments . He returned to Germany in June 1941 shortly before the German invasion . From July 1, 1941 Feige was then due to his local knowledge as head of the shipyard in Leningrad and received on September 1, 1941 the patent for his rank.

Since the conquest of the city by German troops failed, Feige was appointed from December 1, 1941 as head of the shipyard (Oberwerftdirektor) by Nikolajew . From September 30, 1942, he was again available to the Navy and was finally retired on December 31, 1942. In the period up to the end of the Second World War Feige made a few military studies for naval agencies. Feige died in Kaufbeuren in 1951.

Awards

During the First World War:

During service in the Navy:

Works (selection)

  • Study on the defense of the Dardanelles, on behalf of the Navy Group Command South of the Navy,

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tobias R. Philbin: The Lure of Neptune: German-Soviet Naval Collaboration and Ambitions, 1919–1941. Univ. of South Carolina Press. 1994. pp. 121-123. ISBN 0-87249-992-8
  2. ↑ Marine Group Command South - Admiral a. D. Otto Feige: Study on the defense of the Dardanelles. In: German Digital Library. Retrieved June 25, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Feige, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German admiral
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Neisse , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1951
Place of death Kaufbeuren