Paul Heinrich (Admiral)

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Paul Heinrich (born April 6, 1871 in Klein Lassowitz ; † October 6, 1927 in Bremen ) was a German rear admiral in the Imperial Navy .

Life

Heinrich joined the Imperial Navy as a cadet on April 13, 1888 and completed his ship training on the training ship SMS Niobe . From April 9, 1889, he was a midshipman at the naval school . In 1891 he was on duty on the ironclad SMS Preußen and the cruiser SMS Prinzess Wilhelm , and on May 12th of the same year he was promoted to lieutenant . From October 1, 1891 to September 30, 1892 he was again at the Naval School to complete special courses, immediately afterwards he was assigned to the 1st Sailor Division until May 15, 1893. From May 16 to September 29, 1893, Heinrich was employed as a watch officer on board the training ship SMS Grille , then until April 4, 1894 in the same function on the tank corvette SMS Bayern . On April 13, 1894 he was promoted to lieutenant at sea and until September 30, 1895 as an officer on watch on the training ship SMS Stosch , from October 1 to December 18 he performed the same function on the Aviso SMS Pfeil . On December 19, 1895 to March 31, 1896, he was put to use the I. Marine Division and then from April 1, 1896 to September 30, 1897 company officer of the I. Marine Division. From October 1, 1896, until September 30, 1897, Paul Heinrich came to the I. Torpedo Department as a company and watch officer , immediately afterwards he was assigned to the torpedo inspection service until April 14, 1898. From April 15, 1898 until August 27, 1898, he was assigned to the I. Torpedo Division as flag lieutenant , at times he was in command of the division torpedo boat SMS D 1 , and from August 28 he was a cadet officer on the training ship SMS Charlotte . On January 1, 1899, he was appointed lieutenant at sea and served from April 24 to March 31, 1900 as an inspection officer at the naval school. He became a lieutenant captain on September 17, 1900 , and from April 1 to July 18 he served as 2nd adjutant to the Navy's Education Inspectorate and adjutant to the director of the Naval Academy, before becoming commanding officer on July 19 Torpedo boats SMS S 92 was made. From February 23, 1901, he began a one-month trip to Hong Kong , after which he was part of the staff of the 2nd Admiral of the cruiser squadron in Tsingtau from March 23, 1901 , before starting his journey home on November 23; thereafter he belonged to the Admiral Staff until September 28, 1903 and was also the Admiral Staff Officer (ASTO) of the reconnaissance group from August 19 to September 21, 1902. From September 29, 1903 to September 30, 1904 he was a navigation officer on the liner SMS Wettin for a year , from October 1904 to September 1907 1st Admiral Staff Officer in the staff of the commander of the reconnaissance ships . In 1906 Heinrich was promoted to Korvettenkapitän and was from October 1, 1907 to September 14, 1910 with the Admiralty's staff of the Navy. From September 15, 1910, he was in command of the small cruiser SMS Koenigsberg , promoted to frigate captain, he took over command of the small cruiser SMS Kolberg from June 14, 1911 to August 31, 1912 ; in this position took place on January 27, 1912 the promotion to captain at sea . From October 7, 1912, Heinrich was assigned to the Reichsmarineamt for service and was there director of the department for torpedo and radio telegraphy .

First World War

After the outbreak of war, Heinrich was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Sea Forces , Grand Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia , on August 1, 1914 ; from July 26, 1915 he was also chief of staff at the overhead line in the eastern Baltic Sea. From September 3, 1915 to April 1, 1916, commander of the large cruiser SMS Derfflinger , from April 4, he was appointed second leader of the torpedo boats and commodore . In this function he took part in the Skagerrak Battle on May 31, 1916, before he was also entrusted with the representation of the first leader of the torpedo boats from June 26, and took over this post from June 5, 1917. In this capacity he was instrumental in the conquest of the Baltic Islands in October 1917. From August 1918 he was finally commander of the torpedo boat forces with the rank of commodore.

post war period

From December 1918 Heinrich was entrusted with the post of inspector in the inspection of the submarine system. From March 31, 1919 to January 12, 1920 he was President of the Naval Peace Commission and expert on naval issues at the peace negotiations in Versailles , where he was promoted to Rear Admiral on November 29, 1919. From January 13, 1920 he was commanded for the special use of the Chief of the Admiralty , before he was adopted on March 5 at the age of 49.

Awards

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 Publishing House. Osnabrück 1989. ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 . Pp. 43-44.

Web links

  • Paul Heinrich , biogram in the files edition of the Reich Chancellery

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ranking list of the Imperial Navy
  2. ^ A b c d e f g h Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for 1918. Ed .: Marine-Kabinett . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1918. p. 9.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy. Ed .: Marine-Kabinett. Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1914. p. 114.
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Lassowitz
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1927
Place of death Bremen