Hugo Meurer | |
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 Hugo Meurer on April 19, 1918 on boardSMS Prinzregent Luitpold in Helsinki | |
| Born | (1869-05-28)28 May 1869 Sallach,Carinthia,Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 4 January 1960(1960-01-04) (aged 90) Kiel,Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Service |  Imperial German Navy |
| Years of service | 1886–1920 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | 4th Battle Squadron Baltic Sea Division |
| Battles / wars | First World War Finnish Civil War |
| Awards | Iron Cross 1914 (2nd and 1st class)[1] Bavarian Military Merit Order III Class With Crown and Swords Saxon Albrecht Order II Class Commanders Cross Prussian Lifesaving Medal Crowned Order of the Red Eagle (3rd class)[2] Prussian Long Service Cross (25 Years)[3][4] Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross[5] Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross (1914, 2nd class)[6] German China Campaign Medal[7] Wilhelm I Centenary Medal[8] Order of the Cross of Liberty (1st clss, Finland)[9] Qing Dynasty Order of the Double Dragon III Class, I Grade[10] Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[11] |
Hugo Meurer (28 May 1869 – 4 January 1960) was avice-admiral of theKaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy). Meurer was the German naval officer who handled the negotiations of the internment of the German fleet in November 1918 at the end of theFirst World War.
Meurer was born inSallach inCarinthia. On 16 April 1886 he joined theKaiserliche Marine.
During theFirst World War he served ascommander ofSMS Deutschland at theBattle of Jutland, and from 1916 to 1917 ascaptain of thebattleshipSMS König. In 1917 he was promoted to the rank ofrear-admiral (Konteradmiral), as the second Admiral of the 4th Battle Squadron of theHigh Seas Fleet, which he remained until the end of the war.[12]
From 21 February to 2 May 1918, as commander of the special unit (Sonderverband) of theBaltic Sea, he led the naval expedition for the German intervention in the ongoing civil war inFinland.[13] In November 1918 Meurer negotiated as representative of AdmiralFranz von Hipper with AdmiralDavid Beatty the details of the surrender of the German fleet.[14]
Meurer was also the naval station commander of the Baltic, based in Kiel. He was dismissed on 8 January 1920, after derogatory remarks against the government, but still received the character (an unpaid honorary title) of vice-admiral.[15]
He died in 1960 in Kiel, where he was buried at theNordfriedhof in Kiel [de].
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