Where did Raeder serve in WWI? Did he serve in the High Seas Fleet during Jutland? Plus, was Raeder spelled correctly with an umlaut?
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During the Battle of Jutland, Hipper’s flagship, the battlecruiser Lützow, sank the British battlecruiser HMS Invincible. After sustaining heavy damage, Hipper and his staff, including Raeder, abandoned the Lützow (which was later scuttled) and transferred to the torpedo boat G 39 but were unable to immediately board another battlecruiser. As a result, Raeder missed the High Seas Fleet’s third Gefechtskehrtwendung (16-point battle turn-about) and the desperate covering move known as the “death ride of the German battlecruisers.” After finally boarding the battlecruiser Moltke, Hipper and his staff resumed command of the Scouting Forces for the remainder of the battle. Raeder was awarded the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Royal Hohenzollern House Order following the battle.
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SOURCE: Raeder, Erich. Grand Admiral. Henry W. Drexel, translator. Da Capo Press, Inc., U.S.A., 2001 printing (originally published in Germany in 1956-1957 as Mein Leben in two volumes; published in English as My Life in 1960 and later re-issued as Grand Admiral).
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SOURCE: Raeder, Erich. Grand Admiral. Henry W. Drexel, translator. Da Capo Press, Inc., U.S.A., 2001 printing (originally published in Germany in 1956-1957 as Mein Leben in two volumes; published in English as My Life in 1960 and later re-issued as Grand Admiral).
Hello! Here are Raeder's WWI assignments from this source with additions from his memoirs.
• Hildebrand, Hans H. & Henriot, Ernest. Deutschlands Admirale, 1849-1945, Band 3 (Packroß-Zuckschwerdt). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1990.
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• 15 September 1910-30 September 1912: Navigation Officer of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern. [The Hohenzollern served as the state yacht of Kaiser Wilhelm II. With abnormally high freeboard, in the words of Raeder, “…she could almost be called a monstrosity.” During Raeder’s tenure as navigation officer of the Hohenzollern, she was commanded successively by Kapitän zur See Oskar Graf von Platen-Hallermund (1 October 1908-10 October 1911) and Kapitän zur See Johannes von Karpf (11 November 1911-31 July 1914). The latter officer commanded the battlecruiser Moltke during the Battle of Jutland.]
• 1 October 1912-13 June 1917: First Admiral Staff Officer on the staff of the Commander of the Reconnaissance Forces (Vizeadmiral Gustav Bachmann; Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper from 1 October 1913). [Raeder took part in most of the major surface actions fought by the German Navy in World War I. As Admiral Hipper’s trusted staff officer, Raeder accompanied him aboard his flagship, the battlecruiser Seydlitz, during the Yarmouth bombardment (3 November 1914), the Hartlepool bombardment (16 December 1914) and the Battle of Dogger Bank (24 January 1915). On 24 April 1916, the Seydlitz struck a mine on the way to bombard Lowestoft/Yarmouth causing Hipper and his staff to transfer to the battlecruiser Lützow. As previously noted, Raeder also took part in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 June 1916.]
• 14 June 1917-7 January 1918: Chief of Staff on the staff of the Commander of the Reconnaissance Forces (Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper).
• 17 January 1918-9 October 1918: Commander of the light cruiser Köln.
• 10 October 1918-13 October 1918: At the disposal of the Admiral Staff of the Navy for the purpose of Special Employment. [While his ship was undergoing dockyard repairs, Raeder was detached to Grand Headquarters in Spa as a representative of the fighting naval forces in the commission to study possible armistice conditions.]
• 14 October 1918-3 December 1918: At the disposal of the State Secretary of the Reich Navy Office, Berlin. [Raeder worked as the aide to the outgoing Chief of the Central Department prior to his assuming this position.]
• 4 December 1918-14 July 1919: Chief of the Central Department of the Reich Navy Office, Berlin.
• Hildebrand, Hans H. & Henriot, Ernest. Deutschlands Admirale, 1849-1945, Band 3 (Packroß-Zuckschwerdt). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1990.
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• 15 September 1910-30 September 1912: Navigation Officer of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern. [The Hohenzollern served as the state yacht of Kaiser Wilhelm II. With abnormally high freeboard, in the words of Raeder, “…she could almost be called a monstrosity.” During Raeder’s tenure as navigation officer of the Hohenzollern, she was commanded successively by Kapitän zur See Oskar Graf von Platen-Hallermund (1 October 1908-10 October 1911) and Kapitän zur See Johannes von Karpf (11 November 1911-31 July 1914). The latter officer commanded the battlecruiser Moltke during the Battle of Jutland.]
• 1 October 1912-13 June 1917: First Admiral Staff Officer on the staff of the Commander of the Reconnaissance Forces (Vizeadmiral Gustav Bachmann; Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper from 1 October 1913). [Raeder took part in most of the major surface actions fought by the German Navy in World War I. As Admiral Hipper’s trusted staff officer, Raeder accompanied him aboard his flagship, the battlecruiser Seydlitz, during the Yarmouth bombardment (3 November 1914), the Hartlepool bombardment (16 December 1914) and the Battle of Dogger Bank (24 January 1915). On 24 April 1916, the Seydlitz struck a mine on the way to bombard Lowestoft/Yarmouth causing Hipper and his staff to transfer to the battlecruiser Lützow. As previously noted, Raeder also took part in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 June 1916.]
• 14 June 1917-7 January 1918: Chief of Staff on the staff of the Commander of the Reconnaissance Forces (Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper).
• 17 January 1918-9 October 1918: Commander of the light cruiser Köln.
• 10 October 1918-13 October 1918: At the disposal of the Admiral Staff of the Navy for the purpose of Special Employment. [While his ship was undergoing dockyard repairs, Raeder was detached to Grand Headquarters in Spa as a representative of the fighting naval forces in the commission to study possible armistice conditions.]
• 14 October 1918-3 December 1918: At the disposal of the State Secretary of the Reich Navy Office, Berlin. [Raeder worked as the aide to the outgoing Chief of the Central Department prior to his assuming this position.]
• 4 December 1918-14 July 1919: Chief of the Central Department of the Reich Navy Office, Berlin.
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