Robin Schall-Emden

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Robin Schall , since 1931 Robin Schall-Emden (born March 22, 1893 in Stuttgart , † January 29, 1946 in Zedelgem , Belgium ) was a German naval officer , most recently vice admiral in World War II .

Life

Schall joined the Imperial Navy as a midshipman on April 1, 1911 and completed his ship training on the large cruiser SMS Victoria Louise . He then went to the naval school and was appointed ensign at sea on April 15, 1912 . After successfully completing school, he was transferred to the station cruiser SMS Emden on October 1, 1913 , whose area of ​​operation was part of the squadron there at the East Asia station . After the outbreak of World War I, he was promoted to the Lieutenant at sea on August 3, 1914. After the ship was sunk off the Cocos Islands , Schall was taken prisoner on November 9, 1914 , from which he was only released on December 6, 1919.

After his return home, he was initially placed at the disposal of the chief of the Baltic Sea naval station , accepted into the Reichsmarine and deployed as an officer on watch and first lieutenant at sea (since January 1, 1920) on the small cruiser Königsberg . He then served from March 14, 1920 to September 28, 1921 as commander of the 8th half-flotilla, in the meantime he became a lieutenant commander on September 1, 1921 and as such was in command of the 11th half-flotilla until September 30, 1922. Schall then took a three-month course at the barrier school in Kiel and subsequently became head of the 1st minesweeping flotilla. From July 29, 1926 to September 27, 1927, Schall was company commander of the IV Naval Artillery Department in Cuxhaven and then spent two years on the Schleswig-Holstein liner . As a corvette captain (since August 1, 1929) he was then an artillery officer at the Swinoujscie naval command and briefly from April 18 to 24, 1930 with the management of the commander of the III. Naval artillery department commissioned. Then Schall was appointed commander of the department.

In 1931, as a former crew member from SMS Emden, he received permission to add the addition Emden to his surname .

On October 1, 1932, Schall-Emden switched to military district command VI for one year as a naval liaison officer and subsequently became first officer on the Hessen liner . From August 1 to November 11, 1934, he went through the building instruction on the armored ship Admiral Scheer , when the ship was put into service, he was promoted to the first officer of the ship and on February 1, 1935 to the frigate captain. On October 1, 1935, Schall-Emden became head of the Stettin naval office and, as such, became a sea captain on October 1, 1936 . On February 16, 1936, he became the commander of the light cruiser Königsberg . From 1938 he was section commander Stralsund .

From September 13, 1939 to March 17, 1940 he was fortress commander of Gotenhafen and at the same time Coast Commander Eastern Baltic Sea from January 13 to March 17, 1940. After the occupation of Norway, he became port captain of Narvik . He then returned to 20 June 1940, his old office back and became a naval commander western France appointed and on December 1, 1940, Rear Admiral promoted. From December 4, 1940 to February 18, 1941 he was placed at the disposal of the Commander in Chief of the Navy, after which he was appointed Commanding Admiral. As such, he was admiral of the naval command . As Vice-Admiral (since February 1, 1943), Schall joined the Führerreserve again on November 14, 1944 . In the last year of the war, from January 2nd, Schall was inspector of the Schleswig-Holstein military replacement inspection .

From May 15, 1945, Schall was in British captivity , where he died on January 29, 1946.

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 3: P-Z. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1700-3 . Pp. 188-189.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ranking list of the German Navy . ES Mittler, 1938 ( google.de [accessed on February 22, 2020]).
  2. ↑ a b c Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1932, p. 43
personal data
SURNAME Schall-Emden, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schall, Robin (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1946
Place of death Zedelgem , Belgium