Friedrich Boedicker Explained

Friedrich Boedicker
Birth Date:13 March 1866
Birth Place:Kassel
Rank:Vizeadmiral (vice admiral)
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Friedrich Boedicker, (13 March 1866, Kassel – 20 September 1944) was a Vizeadmiral (vice admiral) of the Kaiserliche Marine during the First World War.

Biography

Boedicker is perhaps best known for being present at the Battle of Jutland, where ships of his Second Scouting Group fired some of the first shots of the action.

He also commanded the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group during the bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft a month before the battle of Jutland, due to admiral Franz von Hipper being on sick leave. The ships that were part of the group were the,,, and the . Boedicker was then a Konteradmiral (Counter admiral).

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