Felix von Bendemann
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| Birth name | Felix Eduard Robert Emil Bendemann |
| Born | 8 August 1848 Dresden, Saxony |
| Died | 31 October 1915 (aged 67) Halensee |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Service/ |  Imperial German Navy |
| Years of service | 1864–1907 |
| Rank | Admiral |
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| Battles/wars | Franco-Prussian War |
| Relations | Rudolf Bendemann |
Felix von Bendemann (8 August 1848 – 31 October 1915) was an Admiral of the German Imperial Navy (
Early life
Bendemann was born in
Bendemann and three brothers served in the
Bendeman was enrolled in the
Lieutenant-Commander (Korvettenkapitän) Bendemann commanded the SMS Olga in 1884 as part of the newly formed West African-cruiser squadron (Westafrikanische Geschwader), again under Rear Admiral Eduard von Knorr, to carry out "
He and the German navy suffered a misfortune on 16 February 1894. While Captain of the SMS Brandenburg taking a trial trip with forced drought the main boiler-tube burst, the explosion causing the death of over forty men.[5]
From 14 March until 31 December 1899, he served as Chief of the Admiralty Staff (Admiralstab). In this position he expressed his concern for what he saw as Germany's hopeless situation with a weak navy and facing Britain in isolation. One solution he saw an alliance with the United States, which was already a valuable trading partner of Germany.[6] He also favored such
From February 1900 until 1902, he commanded the
From 1903 through 1907, he was head of the North Sea Naval Station Marinestation der Nordsee in Wilhelmshaven.[1]Admiral von Bendemann died in Halensee (Berlin) on 31 October 1915.
Honors
- 1870—Honored with the then rarely given Iron Cross
- 1884—Prussian Order of the Royal Crown, 3rd Class with Swords.
- 1902—Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
- 1905—Bendemann was raised to the Prussian nobility (knighted).[1]
- 1906—Japan's ribbon bar 1st Class, Grand Cordon was conferred on 8 May 1906, recognizing his actions as Commander of the Squadron during the Boxer Rebellion.[11]
- 1909—Inducted as member 390 of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin.[12]
- 'Mount Bendemann' and 'Bendemann Harbour' in New Guinea were named in his honor by his friend Wilhelm Knappe, who was German colonial commissioner (Reichskommissar) in the area, 1887–1910.
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c "Judentum in Deutschland" citing Dietrich Bronder. (1975). Bevor Hitler kam, pp. 324-346.
- ^ "The Naval warfare in the Franco-German War 1870–1871 – Civilization Fanatics' Forums". Forums.civfanatics.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ Clara Schumann: An Artist's Life Based on Material Found in Diaries and Letters by Berthold Litzmann; READ BOOKS, 2007 484 pages, p. 280.
- ^ "Cameroon 1884". Medalnet.net. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ German Emperor's Speeches... of the Emperor William II. Tr. Louis Elking. London: Longmans, Green, 1904. P. 239.
- ^ Imperialism at sea: naval strategic thought, the ideology of sea power, and the Tirpitz Plan, 1875-1914 by Rolf Hobson; BRILL, 2002, 358 pages, p. 276.
- ^ Naval warfare in the twentieth century, 1900–1945: essays in honour of Arthur Marder by Arthur Jacob Marder, Gerald Jordan; Taylor & Francis, 1977. p.34.
- ^ By order of the Kaiser: Otto von Diederichs and the rise of the Imperial German Navy, 1865–1902 by Terrell D. Gottschall; Institute Press, 2003
- ^ The origins of the Boxer War: a multinational study by Lanxin Xiang; Routledge, 2003, 382 pages, p. 282.
- ^ "Axis History Forum • View topic – German Navy Overseas Deployments 1898–1914". Forum.axishistory.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ British Library. "Handlist of Japanese Manuscripts Acquired Since 1984," 'Or. 14819 Certificate conferring Order of the Rising Sun on Admiral von Bendemann,' p. 3. Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Chronologisches Mitgliederverzeichnis". Gesetzlose-gesellschaft.de. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- Bibliography
- (in German) OCLC 163226232
- Hildebrand, Hans; Henriot, Ernest (1988). Dermot Bradley (ed.). A–G. Vol. I. Osnabrück: Biblio. pp. 91–92. )
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