Franz von Hipper

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German admiral naval officer person

Franz von Hipper was a German Imperial Navy admiral who led the battlecruiser forces of the High Seas Fleet during World War I.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German admiral → naval officer → person →
allegiance	German Empire →
awardReceived	Iron Cross 1st Class → Iron Cross 2nd Class → Order of the Crown (Prussia) → Order of the Red Eagle → Pour le Mérite →
burialPlace	Weilheim an der Teck →
commanded	German battlecruiser squadron → Scouting Group I → battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire →
dateOfBirth	1863-09-13 →
dateOfDeath	1932-05-25 →
era	World War I era →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Hipper →
givenName	Franz →
hasHonorificTitle	Admiral Hipper →
hasOccupation	naval commander →
inspiredNameOf	German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper →
languageSpoken	German →
memberOf	High Seas Fleet →
militaryBranch	Imperial German Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral →
nobleTitle	von →
notableFor	leading the battlecruiser forces of the High Seas Fleet during World War I →
notableWork	command of German battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland → command of German forces at the Battle of Dogger Bank → command of German forces at the Raid on Scarborough Hartlepool and Whitby →
participatedIn	Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) → Battle of Jutland → Battle of the Falkland Islands (as higher command context) → Raid on Scarborough Hartlepool and Whitby →
partOf	officer corps of the Imperial German Navy →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED → Weilheim an der Teck →
placeOfDeath	Germany → Hamburg → Othmarschen NERFINISHED →
religion	Protestantism (Lutheranism) →
retirementYear	1918 →
serviceEntryYear	1881 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Dogger Bank → Battle of Jutland → Imperial German Navy →	commander
SMS Seydlitz →	flagshipCommander
SMS Lützow →	flagshipOf