Werner Lindenau

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Werner Lindenau (born September 21, 1892 in Gardelegen , † August 21, 1975 in Hamburg ) was a German rear admiral in World War II .

Life

Imperial Navy

Lindenau joined the Imperial Navy ( Crew 12 ) as a midshipman on April 1, 1912 and completed his basic training on the protected cruiser SMS Hansa on March 15, 1913. From March 16, 1913 to July 30, 1914, he attended the Mürwik and Naval School took part in various special courses there.

From July 31 to November 14, 1914 he served on board the large cruiser SMS Roon (used as a reconnaissance ship in the Baltic Sea ) and from November 15, 1914 to April 3, 1917 as an officer on watch on various large torpedo boats of the VIII Torpedo Boat Flotilla used: G 175 , S 178 , G 174 and V 180 (16 / VIII). From April 4, 1917 to October 4, 1918 he served as an officer on watch on the small cruiser SMS Strasbourg (reconnaissance service in the Baltic Sea, mine operations into the Gulf of Finland , company Albion ) and from October 5, 1918 to the end (on September 20, 1918). November 1918) as officer on watch on the large torpedo boat V 30 of the 9th torpedo boat semi-flotilla (9 / V).

Imperial Navy

From January 28, 1919 to June 15, 1920 he served (as part of the Provisional Reichsmarine ) as an officer on watch in the 2nd ("Iron") torpedo boat semi-flotilla in the Baltic Sea and from June 16 to October 8, 1920 in the 4. Semi-flotilla. From October 9, 1920 to September 30, 1922 he was flag lieutenant in the 7th Half Flotilla and in command of the minesweeper M 81 Nautilus (home port: Wilhelmshaven ).

From October 1, 1922 to February 14, 1923 he was part of the regular crew of T 158 (as part of the Reichsmarine ) . After that he was the commander of a torpedo boat in the 4th Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla until September 24, 1925. On September 25, 1925, he moved as a company commander to the ship master division of the North Sea . From July 5 to October 31, 1926, he served in the construction command of the future Friedrichsort Naval School . At this school he was a company commander from November 1, 1926 to September 30, 1927 and an officer in the staff from October 1, 1927 to September 23, 1928 . From September 24, 1928 he served as the first torpedo officer on the liner Alsace and from February 25, 1930 in the same function on the liner Schleswig-Holstein . From September 26, 1930 to September 26, 1934 he was head of torpedo operations in the Kiel Naval Arsenal and from September 27, 1934 to August 25, 1936, first officer on the light cruiser Leipzig .

Navy

Lindenau was promoted to frigate captain on April 1, 1936 and served from August 26, 1936 to July 14, 1938 as an admiral staff officer (with promotion to sea captain on October 1, 1937) at the Hamburg Navy . From August 4, 1938 to April 4, 1939 he was in command of the training ship Silesia , with which he undertook a training trip to Central America and visited Santa Barbara de Samaná in the Dominican Republic . On April 18, 1939 he was appointed commander of the torpedo school in Flensburg- Mürwik .

From August 29 to October 27, 1940, Lindenau was at the same time commander of the Boulogne naval command and designated head of transport fleet D for the (developed but not implemented) company Sea Lion . From May 27 to October 8, 1941 he was again in command of the training ship Silesia . Until February 28, 1943 he was then commander of the Torpedo School Flensburg-Mürwik; in this position he was promoted to rear admiral. From March 1 to June 14, 1943 he was commander of the Torpedo Arsenal West, from June 15, 1943 to August 16, 1944 Higher Commander Navy Paris and from 17 August 1944 to January 9, 1945 Higher Commander Navy West. From January 11th to May 8th 1945 he was in command of the Seewasserstraße Kaiser Wilhelm Canal .

post war period

On May 8, 1945 Lindenau came into British captivity , from which he was released on December 1, 1946. He lived with his family for many years in Flensburg- Mürwik in the immediate vicinity of Admiral Heinrich Ruhfus .

family

Lindenau was married and had two daughters and a son (born in 1921, 1925 and 1930).

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. 383-384.
  • Hans Jürgen Hansen: The ships of the German fleets 1948-1945. Graefelfing: Urbes 1973.
  • Eberhard von Mantey : That was the old Navy. Berlin: Frundsberg 1935. P. 105 ff .: The torpedo weapon.
  • Georg Neudeck, Heinrich Schröder: The little book of the navy. A handbook of everything you need to know about the German fleet along with a comparative presentation of the naval forces abroad. Kiel and Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer 1899.
  • Egbert Thomer: Torpedo Boats and Destroyers. Oldenburg and Hamburg: Stalling 1964.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ships and operating times from Werner Lindenau to: Honorary ranking of the Imperial German Navy 1914-18. edited by Rear Admiral a. D. Stoelzel. Berlin. Navy Officer Association. without year (1930). P. 398.
  2. ↑ For the development of the torpedo boats see: http://www.knuth.my-place.us/t-boote.html
  3. ↑ 5 to 6 torpedo boats (commander a lieutenant z. S.) with a torpedo division boat (D-boat) formed a torpedo boat division under the leadership of a captain lieutenant; several such divisions a torpedo boat flotilla (flotilla chief a staff officer). See: Georg Neudeck, Heinrich Schröder: The small book of the Navy. A handbook of everything you need to know about the German fleet along with a comparative presentation of the naval forces abroad. Kiel and Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer 1899. p. 97.
  4. ↑ Large torpedo boat V180 : built by AG Vulcan Stettin , 1909; Launched: October 15, 1909; Commissioning: January 4, 1910; Fate: Delivered to Brazil on August 5, 1920 , scrapped 1922. Affiliation: 1915: Baltic Sea , VIII. T-Flotilla, 16. T-Half-Flotilla, Commander Kapitänleutnant Koslik; 1916: 15th T-half flotilla.
  5. ↑ The T-boat V 30 ran on November 20, 1918 on the internment voyage to Scapa Flow at 54 ° 45 ′  N , 6 ° 15 ′  E on a mine and sank with the loss of 2 men. See: List of German Large Torpedo Boats (1898–1919)
  6. ↑ In autumn 1906 “torpedo divisions” were formed from which the crews of the torpedo boats were recruited. Because the expression "Torpedodivision" led to confusion with "Torpedo boots division", the latter have since been referred to as "Torpedobootshalbflotillen". See: Eberhard von Mantey : That was the old Navy. Berlin: Frundsberg 1935. p. 107.
  7. ^ Thomas M. Leonard, John F. Bratzel (2007): Latin America during World War II. Rowman & Littlefield. P. 78.
  8. ↑ http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ksp/england/transportflotten.htm
  9. ↑ Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1929. p. 45.


personal data
SURNAME Lindenau, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Guards
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1975
Place of death Hamburg