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| battles = | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | spouse = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} Ernst Otto von Diederichs (born 7 September 1843 in Minden, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (today in the German Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia) - died 8 March 1918 at Baden-Baden, Germany) was an Admiral of the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''), serving in the predecessor Prussian Navy and the Navy of the North German Confederation. ==Education, war and peace== Diederichs entered the Prussian naval officer candidate program along a circuitous route, with an incomplete secondary education, a short stint as a Prussian army cadet and service in the merchant marine.〔Gottschall, ''By Order of the Kaiser'', p. 4-8〕 After Naval School graduation at Kiel〔the successor institution is the Naval Academy Mürwik〕 and Atlantic training voyages on the Prussian sail frigate SMS ''Niobe'', he was commissioned ''Unterleutnant zur See'' (JG ) in 1867.〔Gottschall, p. 28〕 He served a brief tour aboard the royal yacht ''Grille''. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 he commanded the coastal gunboat SMS ''Natter''. Although a French fleet maneuvered in the North Sea where ''Natter'' was deployed, "the French battle plan had little impact on Diederichs' wartime service, which proved somewhat anticlimactic."〔Gottschall, p. 37〕 After hostilities ended his ship was deactivated. From 1871 to 1874 he attended several terms at the post-graduate Naval War College, the German Imperial Naval Academy 1872-1918 (''Marineakademie''), with intermittent training cruises in a class with four future admirals.〔Diederichs, Viktor Valois, Felix von Bendemann, Gustav von Senden-Bibran (p. 44 )〕 Based on his academic work at the academy, he was posted to the torpedo research command. After this staff position he requested, and then was assigned to sea duty as executive officer of the corvette SMS ''Luise'' for a "two-year tour on the East Asian station beginning in October 1878."〔Gottschall, p. 55; ''Luise'' replaced SMS ''Freya'' at Hong Kong. ''Luise'' together with the gunboats ''Wolf'' and ''Cyclop'' now comprised the active German naval presence on the East Asian station (p. 70 )〕 With the return of the ship to Wilhelmshaven and deactivation in 1880, Diederichs' new orders assigned him as gunnery and torpedo instructor to the undergraduate Naval School and the postgraduate Naval War College (''Marineakademie''), both of which were at Kiel at the time. During his tenure at these schools, he participated in maneuvers and exercises and several study trips abroad. With the conclusion of the academic year 1890, Captain Diederichs became director of the Imperial Shipyard at Kiel. In January 1892 he was promoted to Rear Admiral. He traveled to the United States in May 1893 to visit several shipyards and the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island.〔Gottschall, p. 117〕 In 1895 he was appointed Chief of Staff for Admiral Eduard von Knorr at the Naval High Command. Knorr was a difficult taskmaster (even Tirpitz had run afoul of him) and after being dismissed by Knorr, Diederichs contemplated retirement.〔despite the dismissal, Knorr had given Diederichs a favorable evaluation (p. 113 )〕 His career was saved after Kaiser Wilhelm II recalled Rear Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz from East Asia to Berlin, an action that created a vacancy in 1897 for Diederichs to fill. He replaced Tirpitz as commanding officer of the East Asian Cruiser Division – still without a base.〔Gottschall, p. 133〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otto von Diederichs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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