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.
Ackerman, then a Korvettenkapitän, commanded the gunboat SMS Tiger from June 1908 to May 1910.
He served as the commanding officer of the battlecruiser SMS Goeben from April 1914 to January 1918. He alone commanded the ship during an engagement in the Black Sea against the Russians in May 1915. Ackermann died on 27 September 1930 in Charlottenburg.
Citations
- ^ 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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