Otto Mandt

Otto Mandt (born June 7, 1858 in Oberlahnstein , † January 2, 1919 in Berlin ) was a German naval officer , most recently Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy .

Life

He was the son of the battalion doctor Carl Mandt from Rodenberg and the father of the insurance manager Harald Mandt . He received his school education in Biebrich and Wiesbaden .

In 1874 Mandt joined the Imperial Navy as a cadet . In 1875/77 he sailed around the world with the Vineta and was then promoted to lieutenant at sea in December 1877 . From 1880 to 1881 he traveled with the Victoria under the command of Corvette Captain Victor Valois across the Mediterranean as well as to West Africa and South America. In 1884 he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea and went to West and East Africa on the seagull . On this trip, in 1884, the Germans were colonial territories of Cameroon , Togo and German South West Africa gained and 1,885 who died explorer Gustav Nachtigal aboard the seagull to tuberculosis . In 1886 Mandt became adjutant of the 1st Sailor Division and was then promoted to lieutenant captain in 1889 . He then sailed the Mediterranean with the Kaiser until 1890 . On board was Kaiser Wilhelm II , who went to Greece for his sister's wedding. After this voyage, Mandt first served as flag lieutenant of the maneuver squadron under Vice Admiral Karl August Deinhard and from 1894 to 1897 he was active in the Reichsmarineamt . Promoted to corvette captain in 1896, Mandt commanded the Bussard in the South Seas from 1898 to 1899 . From 1899 to 1902 he worked as equipment director in the Wilhelmshaven shipyard and was promoted to frigate captain during this time in 1901 . Promoted to sea captain in 1902 , he led the training ship Charlotte to South America in 1902 and the training ship Stosch to the West Indies in 1903 . In 1904 Mandt was the commanding officer of the ship boys division in Friedrichsort and was put up for disposition on July 14, 1904 .

After his naval career, Mandt entered the Reich Office of the Interior and received the title of a secret government councilor in 1910 .

In 1913 he resigned from the civil service and became a technical adviser to the German Sea Fisheries Association, which emerged from the German Fisheries Association in 1885 .

During the First World War , Mandt was re-used as a zD officer from August 1914. He worked at the naval intelligence agency Brüsterort and in 1915 became a member of the board and head of the naval supply center Swinoujscie . He was released from this post on June 30, 1916, when he was given the character of Rear Admiral. He then returned to the office of the German Sea Fisheries Association, where he stayed until his death in 1919.

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 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 427-428.
• Deutscher Seefischereiverein (Ed.): Mittheilungen des Deutschen Seefischereiverein . tape 35 . Berlin 1919, p. 2-4 .