Hugo von Pohl
Admiral Hugo von Pohl (25 August, 1855 – 23 February, 1916) was a leading officer of the Imperial German Navy. From 1913 to 1915 he served as Chief of the Admiral Staff, and from 1915 to 1916 as Chief of the High Sea Fleet.
Career
Hugo Pohl was born in Breslau on 25 August, 1855,[1] in his own words, "the son of a simple paymaster."[2] He entered the Imperial German Navy on 18 April, 1872,[3] and on 15 February, 1876, was promoted to the rank of Leutnant zur See, and on 20 November, 1879, to the rank of Oberleutnant zur See. On 15 November, 1887, he was promoted to the rank of Kapitänleutnant and served in the corvette Carola, then in the Militärisch Atbteilung (Military Department) of the Imperial Navy Office. He later served as First Officer of the armoured frigate Württemberg.[1]
On 16 July, 1894, he was promoted to the rank of Korvettenkapitän and appointed to head the Zentralabteilung (Central Department) of the Navy Office.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Fregattenkapitän on 16 November, 1898. He then commanded the coast defence ship Ägir and the cruiser Hansa. He participated in the Boxer Rising, and on 7 May, 1900, was promoted to the rank of Kapitän zur See.[1]
He was raised to the Prussian nobility in 1913 and became Hugo von Pohl.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wer ist's? p. 58.
- ↑ Herwig. The German Naval Officer Corps. p. 77.
- ↑ Rangeliste (1905). p. 82.
- ↑ Herwig. The German Naval Officer Corps. p. 274.
Bibliography
- Rangeliste der Kaiserlich Deutschen Marine für das jahr 1905. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn.
- Degener, Hermann A. L. (1906). Wer ist's? Unser Zeitgenossen. Leipzig: H. A. Ludwig Degener.
- Herwig, Holger H. (1973). The German Naval Officer Corps: A Social and Political History, 1890-1918. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
- Pohl, Admiral Hugo von (1920). Aus Aufzeichnungen und Briefen während der Kriegszeit. Berlin: Karl Siegismund.
