Friedrich RUGE

1894 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Friedrich RUGE
  Born	24 Dec 1894	Leipzig
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I225	Greeff in Germany
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Rector Prof. Dr. RUGE,   b. Bautzen
  Family ID	F536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth GREEFF,   b. 25 Feb 1897, Struth ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	28 Aug 1920	Bautzen
  Children	1. Ingeborg RUGE,   b. 22 Jun 1922, Kiel  (Age 102 years)   2. Ursula RUGE,   b. 31 Dec 1923, Kiel  (Age 101 years)   3. Walter RUGE,   b. 5 Jan 1930, Kiel ,   d. Dec 1930  (Age 0 years)   4. Wolfgang RUGE,   b. 26 Oct 1936, Kiel  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Friedrich joined the Navy on 1 Apr 1914 and distinguished himself as lieutenant in the World War, so that he received the Cross of Honour in the second and first class. He also took part in the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa flow. After the World War he was officer of the watch on torpedo boats and then commander of a minesweeper. From 1928, by which time he had been promoted to lieutenant commander, he was active in the inspection of the torpedos and mines function. After a command as chief of half a flotilla of minesweepers and serving as Admiralty staff officer in the command of the naval station of the Baltic sea, he became naval captain in command of mnesweepers. In this position he held the designation of Commodore. During the campaign against Poland he played an outstanding role in the deployment and thorough training of the minesweeping organisation and in the continuous and successful mines operation of the German Navy. In the action in Norway he took part in searching and clearing voyages and led undertakings far out in northern waters. A flotilla of minesweepers led by him personally was the first group to cross the straits of Dover by daylight. These minesweeping activities were then extended up to the spanish border. On Oct 1940 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Seeoff xxxxxx