Siegfried Engel

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Siegfried Engel (born May 10, 1892 in Berlin , † July 12, 1976 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer , most recently rear admiral in World War II .

Life

Siegfried Engel was born as the fifth child of the Berlin merchant Friedrich Carl Engel and Johanne. Quistorp born. Engel joined the Imperial Navy with crew 11 and was trained as a naval officer. At the beginning of the First World War , he served as a radio officer and watch officer on the large-scale ship Westphalia , with which he took part in the Skagerrak Battle , among other things . From August to December 1918 he was an officer on watch at SMS Oldenburg .

He was then initially on leave and later discharged from the Navy as a first lieutenant at sea . He then served in the Reich water protection department before he was reactivated in the Reichsmarine on October 1, 1923. Until September 1924 he was used as a watch officer on the liner Alsace . From 1924 to 1927 he was a company commander in various units of the coastal defense. On June 1, 1925, he was promoted to lieutenant captain. From September 1927 to September 1929 Engel commanded the fishing protection boat Zieten . In September 1929 Engel was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry and promoted to Corvette Captain on April 1, 1933 . From October 1933 he was entrusted with the leadership of the 1st Battalion of the ship master division of the North Sea. From March 1934 to March 1936, Engel served as first officer on the light cruiser Cologne .

He was then transferred to the Navy High Command as group leader for the Foreign Marines and promoted to frigate captain on October 1, 1937 . On May 17, 1938, he became Chief of Staff at the 2nd Admiral of the North Sea, followed by promotion to Captain of the Sea on October 1, 1938. In April 1943, Engel took command as II. Admiral of the North Sea while being promoted to Rear Admiral .

In this capacity, he fell in April 1945 in British captivity and was in January 1946 in the generals' and Admiral camp Iceland Farm Special Camp 11 in Welsh detained Bridgend. He worked as a teacher for other prisoners and mainly taught the English language. He also translated English and French specialist literature into German. In 1948 he was released.

After his return to Germany he settled in Heide in Holstein . Together with his wife Elfriede, geb. Burke, he worked successfully as a translator of specialist and general literature, including Oliver Warner's Great Sea Battles in 1963. When he died in 1976, the now widowed left two children.

literature

  • v. Send. Obituary . In: MOH-Mitteilungen / MOV-Nachrichten 9 / 10-1976, p. 50 *

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Information according to curriculum vitae at Special Camp 11, deviating from this by SMS Nassau acc. obituary
personal data
SURNAME Engel, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer and rear admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1976
Place of death Hamburg