Werner Von Reinhold
| Reinhold Werner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 May 1825 Weferlingen, Prussia |
| Died |
26 February 1909 (aged 83) Berlin-Charlottenburg |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire
|
| Service/ |
Reichsflotte Preussische Marine Kaiserliche Marine |
| Years of service | 1852–1878 |
| Rank | Vizeadmiral |
| Commands held |
SMS Nymphe SMS Renown SMS Kronprinz SMS Friedrich Carl Baltic Station |
| Battles/wars |
Second Schleswig War *Battle of Jasmund Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War |
Reinhold von Werner (10 May 1825 – 26 February 1909) was a Prussian and later Imperial German naval officer in the 19th century, eventually reaching the rank of vice admiral. He commanded warships during the three wars of German Unification, the Second Schleswig War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War in 1864, 1866, and 1870–1871, respectively, and during a naval intervention during a revolution in Spain in 1873. His actions off Spain, considered extreme by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, resulted in his court-martial. He was promoted two years after the intervention in Spain, but was forced into retirement after a major feud with Albrecht von Stosch three years later. Werner wrote numerous books during and after his naval career, and also founded a periodical on maritime topics. He was ennobled in 1901 and died in February 1909.
Reinhold Werner was born on 10 May 1825, in the town of Weferlingen, Prussia in what is now Saxony-Anhalt. He served for several years in the merchant marine in the 1830s and 1840s, during which he made several voyages to the East Indies. While in the merchant marine, he was given the nickname Schweizer (Swiss), as his North German shipmates found his accent to be particularly foreign compared to their native Plattdeutsch.
In 1849, Werner became an officer in the German Reichsflotte (Imperial Fleet), which had been organized the year before. In 1852, he transferred to the Preussische Marine (Prussian Navy), at the age of 22. The Preussische Marine accepted only ten applicants to the officer corps that year. Werner was the only officer in the first group who was directly commissioned as a lieutenant; the other nine became officer cadets. He was promoted to the rank of kapitänleutnant (captain lieutenant) in 1856. While commanding the warship Elbe, he participated in a naval expedition to the Far East in 1859–1862.
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