Wilhelm von Krosigk (20 November 1871 – 12 August 1953), was the German commander of the SMS Stettin during a visit to the United States in 1912.[1][2] He commanded the ship from October 1911 to October 1913.
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He was born in 1871 in Ballenstedt, in the Duchy of Anhalt, in the German Empire. He died in 1953 in Germany.
References
edit- ^ "Kaiser's Warships Sail To Visit US". New York Times. May 12, 1912. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
One of the Kaiser's cruisers which are to visit the United States in the first fortnight of June, the great dreadnought battle-cruiser Moltke, left Kiel to-day amid the cheers of the German Fleet. Another vessel to visit the United States, the cruiser Stettin, will leave Kiel tomorrow.
- ^ "German Officers Dined By The City. Their Fatherland Warmly Praised by the Mayor as He Proposes Health to the Kaiser". New York Times. June 11, 1912. Retrieved 2011-03-05.