Hendrik Born
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Hendrik Born | |
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| Born | 5 July 1944 Loitz, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 2 August 2021 (aged 77) Bremen, Germany |
| Allegiance |  East Germany |
| Service/ |  Volksmarine |
| Years of service | 1963-1990 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands held | 1st Fleet, People's Navy (Volksmarine) |
Hendrik Born (5 July 1944 – 2 August 2021) was a Vizeadmiral (vice admiral) of the East German Navy (Volksmarine) and the last chief of the People's Navy and its youngest Vizeadmiral.
Childhood
Born's parents had eight children. His father worked for the railway after returning in 1950 from captivity as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union. His family moved to Stralsund, where Hendrik Born attended school at the Hansa Gymnasium. His career goal was to be a teacher. After joining the Society for Sport and Technology (GST), he sailed on the type K-10 Cutter and participated in training courses at the People's Navy "Karl Liebknecht" university. This exposure helped him decide to become a professional sailor.
Born entered into military school and began training on 29 August 1963. He was appointed to the rank of
In Leningrad, Born met Inessa Andreewna Komkova who later became his wife. He completed his studies at the Soviet Naval Academy in 1976 and graduated with distinction. On 1 October 1976, Born was promoted to the rank of Korvettenkapitän (lieutenant commander). Born was selected to take command of a "Koni" coastal frigate 142 in the 4th Fleet. While waiting for the delivery of this ship, Born and his crew trained on board its sister ship the "Rostock" and lived on a 4th Fleet accommodation ship until 1978. However there was a significant delay in delivery of this ship from the Soviet Union. Most of Born's crew were short term specialists whose three years enlistment ended before the ship was delivered. Unfortunately another officer took command of it in 1979 when it was christened the "Berlin".
In 1978, Born was placed on the staff of the 4th Fleet as part of the staff operational work group. In preparation for the large Warsaw Pact maneuver "Brotherhood of Arms 80" („Waffenbrüderschaft 80“), he worked in a Rostock, East Germany office building called the Rostocker Ständehaus on the exercise's naval plans including its deception plan. On 7 October 1980, Born was promoted to the rank of Fregattenkapitän (commander), and in 1981 became the Deputy Director for operational work and later chief of staff of the 4th Protection Brigade.
In 1981, he moved to the 1st Flotilla at
After Admiral
Later life
After retirement Born was hired by Bremer Vulkan and later became MAN Turbo's sales manager in the Caspian Sea region and Turkey. When Volksmarine veterans Dieter Flohr and Peter Seemann wrote their history of the East German navy, Die Volksmarine, Born wrote a seven-paragraph commentary for the book's preface. Die Volksmarine was published in 2009.
Born died on 2 August 2021, aged 77.[1]
Military ranks
- Leutnant zur See - 1 October 1967
- Oberleutnant zur See - 1969
- Kapitänleutnant - 7 October 1972
- Korvettenkapitän - 1 October 1976
- Fregattenkapitän - 7 October 1980
- Kapitan zur See- 1 March 1985
- Konteradmiral - 7 October 1988
- Vizeadmiral - 11 December 1989
Commands
- 1970-72 - "Condor II" class minesweeper #345
- 1976-78 - "Koni" coastal frigate #142 "Berlin"
- 1981-83 - Chief of Staff of the 4th Protection Brigade in Warnemünde
- 1983-84 - Chief of Staff of the 1st Flotilla in Peenemünde
- 1984-89 - Chief of the 1st Flotilla in Peenemünde
- December 1989 - 2 October 1990 - Chief of the People's Navy
Medals and decorations
- Kampforden für Verdienste um Volk und Vaterland (VVO) in Bronze
References
- ^ "Verband zur Pflege der Traditionen der Nationalen Volksarmee und der Grenztruppen der DDR". Verband zur Pflege der Traditionen der Nationalen Volksarmee und der Grenztruppen der DDR e. V. (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke: Die Generale und Admirale der NVA. Ein biographisches Handbuch. 4. Auflage. Ch. Links, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-209-3
- Gerhard Beckmann, Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Ralf Mumm: Marineoffiziere aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1849–1990, Schriften zur Geschichte Mecklenburgs, Schwerin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019944-8
External links
- Literature about Hendrik Born in the State Bibliography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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