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Eduard von Knorr
Portrait of Admiral Eduard von Knorr, Sydney, Australia, 1880, Freeman Studio
Born
Ernst Wilhelm Eduard von Knorr
8 March 1840
Died
17 February 1920
Nationality
Prussia
Employer
Prussian Navy
Known for
German admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine who helped establish the German colonial empire. Voyage through the Pacific Ocean to discuss trade negotiations with Tonga on behalf of the German Empire.
Ernst Wilhelm Eduard von Knorr (8 March 1840 – 17 February 1920) was a German admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine who helped establish the German colonial empire.
Ernst Wilhelm EduardvonKnorr (8 March 1840 – 17 February 1920) was a German admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine who helped establish the German colonial...
invasion of the United Kingdom were first conceived in 1897 by Admiral EduardvonKnorr, commander of the Imperial German Navy, against a background of increasing...
Department (Militärische Abteilung), which was headed by EduardvonKnorr. In March, vonKnorr put him to develop 'Plan-O' for naval operations against...
flagship of the German overseas cruiser squadron commanded by EduardvonKnorr and later Karl Eduard Heusner. After returning to Germany in 1888, the ship was...
commander in chief in place of a sick Admiral EduardvonKnorr, who sent the East Asia Squadron commanded by Otto von Diederichs to the Shandong Peninsula area...
fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Navy) under Konteradmiral EduardvonKnorr appeared off the Zanzibar coast. Negotiations between Germany and Britain...
Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage EduardvonKnorr (1840–1920), admiral of the Imperial German Navy and chief of the East Asia Squadrons Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870–1964)...
October the news of the outbreak of war reached the ship's captain, EduardvonKnorr. The SMS Meteor sailed for Cuba where, on 9 November they fought the...
was appointed Chief of Staff for Admiral EduardvonKnorr at the German Imperial Naval High Command. Knorr was a difficult taskmaster (even Tirpitz had...
Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria Eduardvon Jachmann, Prussian Vice Admiral, awarded 1st Class with Swords Foreign...
Maximilian Buchner (acting) (b. 1846 – d. 1921) 1 April 1885 – 4 July 1885 EduardvonKnorr (acting) (b. 1840 – d. 1920); next came a list of governors until 4...
Philip Holland, Irish inventor of the submarine (d. 1914) March 8 – EduardvonKnorr, German admiral (d. 1920) March 28 – Emin Pasha, German doctor, African...
the command of the Chief of the Staff of the Admiralty, Rear Admiral EduardvonKnorr. The squadron was composed of the corvettes SMS Bismarck (flagship)...
constrained to send a squadron of Imperial Navy gunboats under Admiral EduardvonKnorr to the port of Zanzibar, whereafter the sultan relented and on 20 December...
Sumner, American founder of Sumner, Mississippi (b. 1837) February 17 – EduardvonKnorr, German admiral (b. 1840) February 20 Robert Peary, American Arctic...
April 1885 to 4 July 1885 EduardvonKnorr, acting Kommissar acting Commissioner 4 July 1885 to 14 February 1891 Julius von Soden, Governor 13 May 1887...
Bebel, German politician (d. 1913) March 8 – EduardvonKnorr, German admiral (d. 1920) March 16 – Georg von der Gabelentz, German linguist and sinologist...
Brandenburg Gate, 1889) Preparing for a navy academy festival Vice admiral EduardvonKnorr Harbour of Lacco Ameno (Ischia, Italy) Pompei: 'Oh the poor poor dog'...
She was launched on 6 August 1892, and Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) EduardvonKnorr christened the ship at the launching ceremony. The ship was commissioned...
was disbanded. This happened mainly at the instigation of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, to increase the power of his Imperial Naval Office (Reichsmarineamt)...
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