Hans Langsdorff

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German military personnel human naval officer

Hans Langsdorff was a German naval officer and captain of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, best known for his role and subsequent scuttling of the ship after the Battle of the River Plate in World War II.

Aliases (1)

Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military personnel → human → naval officer →
allegiance	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
awardReceived	Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class → Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class → Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class → Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross →
burialPlace	La Chacarita Cemetery, Buenos Aires →
causeOfDeath	suicide →
commanded	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1894-03-20 →
dateOfDeath	1939-12-20 →
educatedAt	German naval academy →
event	scuttling of Admiral Graf Spee on 1939-12-17 →
familyName	Langsdorff →
genreOfActivity	naval warfare →
givenName	Hans →
hasEthnicGroup	ethnic German →
hasQuality	reputation for chivalrous conduct toward enemy merchant crews →
knownFor	commanding Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate → ordering the scuttling of Admiral Graf Spee off Montevideo →
languageSpoken	German →
mannerOfDeath	suicide by firearm →
militaryBranch	Imperial German Navy → Kriegsmarine → Reichsmarine →
militaryRank	Kapitän zur See →
name	Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff →
notableEvent	ensured evacuation of crew of Admiral Graf Spee before scuttling → wrote farewell letters before his suicide in Buenos Aires →
notableWork	command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee →
occupation	naval officer →
participantIn	Battle of the River Plate → World War I → World War II →
placeOfBirth	Bergen, Germany →
placeOfDeath	Buenos Aires, Argentina →
positionHeld	captain of the Admiral Graf Spee →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina (at time of death) →
startTime	entered Imperial German Navy in 1912 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Batalla del Río de la Plata → Battle of the River Plate →	commander
Admiral Graf Spee →	commanderDuringRiverPlate
Hans Langsdorff ("Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff") →	name