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Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Haack, Eduard

Personal Information

Full Name:

Eduard Haack

Date of Birth:

July 27, 1871

Place of Birth:

Viborg, Jutland

Family
Relations:

Son of Traffic Inspector Frederik Haack and wife Augusta Haack, born Anger

Marriage:

In 1921 married to Julie Augusta Elisabeth Haack, born Lillienskiold

Promotions

Date:

Promotion:

1888

Naval Cadet

August 29, 1892

Sub Lieutenant

October 15, 1897

Lieutenant

October 11, 1909

Commander

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions

Date:

Orders, Decorations & Distinction:

January 20, 1915

Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

December 28, 1931

Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebroge

February 3, 1936

Commander of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon

October 1, 1936

Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service

Date:

Military Service:

1892-1893

Service on the schooner ST. THOMAS to the Mediterranean

1898

Service on the schooner ST. THOMAS to the Danish West Indies

1900-1902

Drilling Officer at the Petty Officer's School

1901 and 1902

Service on the schooner INGOLF (Training ship for Petty Officers)

1903-1906

Drilling Officer at the Naval Cadet's Academy

1904, 1905 and 1906

Service on the cruiser HEIMDAL (Training ship for Naval Cadets)

1906-1907

Service on the cruiser HEIMDAL  to the Mediterranean

1907-1911

Commanding the postal steam ship FREJA (Korsoer to Kiel)

1911

1st Officer on the cruiser HEIMDAL (Training ship for Naval Cadets)

1911-1914

Head of the Warrant and Mine Corps, 3rd department

1912

Commanding the protection vessel ABSALON (Icebreaking in the Danish waters)

1913

Service on the coast defense ship HERLUF TROLLE

1914-1915

Commanding Officer (CO) of the torpedo boat SØULVEN

August 17, 1915-
December 1, 1915

CO of the 1st torpedo boat flotilla (part of the 1st Squadron of the Danish partly mobilized Forces)

1915-1916

1st Officer on the coast defense ship HERLUF TROLLE (Command ship of the 2nd Squadron)

1917

CO of the Northern Patrol District of Copenhagen

November 1, 1917-
December 31, 1920

Lightship's Inspector and commander of the light inspection vessel C. F. GROVE

December 31, 1920

Honor full discharge on application

Other Achievements

Date:

Achievement:

August 19, 1915

As the CO of the torpedo boat SØULVEN, he stopped the German shelling the stranded British submarine E13, inside Danish territorial waters

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January 1, 1921

Chief Ships Inspector at the National Ships Inspectorate

September 30, 1936

Discharge as Chief Ships Inspector due to age

Additional Comments

During 1936 he participated in the construction of the Icelandic Ships Inspectorate, and was awarded the Icelandic Order of the Falcon for his effort.

Death

Date:

Cemetery:

April 22, 1956

Buried at the Sct. Olai cemetery in Kalundborg

Sources:

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Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

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Danish Naval Proclamation No. A-14/1915, issued December 4, 1915

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Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919

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Eduard Haack's report to the Chancellery of Orders, issued February 5, 1915

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Eduard Haack's report to the Chancellery of Orders, issued January 16, 1931

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Eduard Haack's report to the Chancellery of Orders, issued October 14, 1936

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Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1935

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography