Friedrich Kemnade

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Friedrich Kemnade
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Friedrich Kemnade
Born (1911-12-12)12 December 1911
Schwarmstedt, district of Fallingbostel
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Hamburg
Allegiance  Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch  Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
Years of service 1931–1945, 1956–1970
Rank Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine)
Konteradmiral (Bundesmarine)
Unit SKS Niobe
cruiser Karlsruhe
cruiser Königsberg
cruiser Nürnberg
cruiser Emden
Commands held 3.Schnellbootflottille
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Great Cross of Merit
Other work manager at Allianz

Friedrich Walter Karl Kemnade (12 December 1911 – 29 January 2008) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later served with the Bundesmarine. He was a recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Career

Friedrich Kemnade was born on 12 December 1911 in Schwarmstedt in the dirstrict of Fallingbostel near Hanover, Germany. After he received his Abitur (diploma) he joined the military services of the Reichsmarine on 1 April 1931 as a Naval Officer candidate.[Note 1]

Kemnade joined the newly formed Bundesmarine (Federal Navy) on 1 April 1956 as a Fregattenkapitän (Commander) and became a Naval-Administrator on the staff of the German Military Representative to NATO Military Committee in Washington, D.C.. He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Verdienstkreuz des Bundesverdienstordens) for his long service and contributions to the Bundeswehr in September 1970.

Awards

Wehrmachtbericht reference

Date Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording Direct English translation
Thursday, 18 June 1942 Bei der Zerschlagung des britischen Geleitzuges im östlichen Mittelmeer war eine deutsche Schnellbootflottille unter Führung ihres Flottillenchefs Kapitänleutnant Kemnade beteiligt. Die Flottille torpedierte zwei britische Kreuzer, von denen ein Kreuzer durch zwei Torpedos getroffen wurde und wahrscheinlich untergegangen ist. Schon bei früheren Unternehmungen vor der libyschen Küste versenkten die Schnellboote einen Zerstörer, ein Geleitschiff, einen Unterseebootjäger sowie 15000 BRT Versorgungsschiffraum.[5] A German fast attack flotilla, under the leadership of their flotilla chief Kapitänleutnant Kemnade, was involved in the defeat of the British convoy in the eastern Mediterranean. The flotilla torpedoed two British cruisers, of which a cruiser was hit by two torpedoes and was most likely sunk. The fast attack crafts already in previous ventures off the Libyan coast sank one destroyer, an escort ship, a submarine hunter and 15 000 tons of shipping supplies.

Notes

  1. The German Reichsmarine which was renamed the Kriegsmarine on 1 June 1935.

References

Citations

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Dörr 1995, p. 317.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Thomas 1997, p. 354.
  3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 224.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 436.
  5. Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 2, p. 165.

Bibliography

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  • Kemnade, Friedrich (1978). Die Afrika-Flottille : Chronik und Bilanz. Der Einsatz der 3. Schnellbootflottille im 2. Weltkrieg. (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch-Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-558-8.
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Military offices
Preceded by
Oberleutnant zur See Werner Töniges
Commander of 3. Schnellbootflottille
23 May 1940 – 9 July 1943
Succeeded by
Kapitänleutnant Albert Müller
Preceded by
Commander of Kommando der Schnellboote
1958 – 1960
Succeeded by
Carl-Heinz Birnbacher