- Eduard von Jachmann
Eduard Karl Emanuel von Jachmann (
March 2 ,1822 –October 23 ,1887 ) was a Germanvice admiral ("Vizeadmiral").Jachmann was born in
Danzig and attended grammar school inMarienwerder . He started sea travelling with a trip to theWest Indies (1839-1844). From 1844 to 1848, he served on thecorvette "Amazone" in the Mediterranean and at the American coast. In 1845, he was promotedlieutenant . From 1849 to 1852, he commanded a gunboat flotilla atStralsund before he was transferred to the Prussian Ministry of War.As First Lieutenant, Jachmann took part in an expedition to the Americas in 1853/54. Afterwards, he was appointed Chief Officer of the Danzig shipyard and lieutenant commander. In 1857, he became departmental head in the newly established admirality. From 1859 to 1862, he was commander of an expedition to East Asia and China. During the
Second Schleswig War (1864), Jachmann was in command of all armed forces in theBaltic Sea . After the naval action ofJasmund (Isle ofRügen ) onMarch 17 ,1864 , he was appointed rear admiral. After the war, he became commander of the naval base inKiel . In 1867, he was promoted to vice admiral and Praeses of the Ministry for the Navy. During theFranco-Prussian War (1870/71), Jachmann was Commander-in-Chief for the North Sea.Jachmann resigned when
Albrecht von Stosch was nominated Minister for the Navy onDecember 31 ,1871 . He died inOldenburg .
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