Erich Bey

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Kriegsmarine officer admiral human

Erich Bey was a German Kriegsmarine admiral during World War II, best known for commanding destroyer forces in major naval operations including the Battle of the North Cape.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Erich Bey canonical	3
Erich	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kriegsmarine officer ⓘ admiral ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
awardReceived	Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ surface form: Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ surface form: Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class German Cross in Gold ⓘ Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
causeOfDeath	sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Narvik ⓘ Battle of the North Cape ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth	German Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1898-03-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1943-12-26 ⓘ
familyName	Bey ⓘ
givenName	Erich ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in action ⓘ
militaryBranch	Imperial German Navy ⓘ Kriegsmarine ⓘ Reichsmarine ⓘ
militaryRank	Konteradmiral ⓘ Rear Admiral ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableFor	commanding German destroyer forces in World War II ⓘ commanding destroyer screen of battleship Scharnhorst at the Battle of the North Cape ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
participantIn	Operation Ostfront ⓘ Battle of Narvik ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of Narvik
placeOfBirth	Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Battle of the North Cape ⓘ
positionHeld	Führer der Zerstörer (Leader of Destroyers) ⓘ commander of German destroyer forces ⓘ
serviceEnd	1943 ⓘ
serviceStart	1916 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shipCommanded	Zerstörer Z23 ⓘ destroyer flotillas at Narvik ⓘ destroyer screen of battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Berlin → commander → Erich Bey ⓘ

Erich Hartmann → givenName → Erich Bey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erich

Battle of the Barents Sea → commander → Erich Bey ⓘ

Battle of the North Cape → commander → Erich Bey ⓘ