Portrait sketch of Richard Ackermann
Richard Ackermann (17 November 1869 – 27 September 1930) was a German naval officer during World War I.
Richard Ackermann was born on 17 November 1869 in Weeskenhof.[1] He served as the commanding officer of the battlecruiser SMS Goeben from April 1914 to January 1918.[2] He alone commanded the ship during an engagement in the Black Sea against the Russians in May 1915.[3] Ackermann died on 27 September 1930 in Charlottenburg.[1]
Citations
- 1 2 Hildebrand & Henriot 1988, p. 1.
- ↑ Staff 2014.
- ↑ Noppen 2015, p. 28.
References
- Hildebrand, Hans H.; Henriot, Ernest (1988). Deutschlands Admirale, 1849-1945: die militärischen Werdegänge der See-, Ingenieur-, Sanitäts-, Waffen- und Verwaltungsoffiziere im Admiralsrang (in German). Biblio Verlag. ISBN 9783764814991.
- Noppen, Ryan K. (20 July 2015). Ottoman Navy Warships 1914-18. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472806208.
- Staff, Gary (2014). German Battlecruisers of World War One. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848323070.
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