Bernhard Gustav Rösing, (29 October 1869,

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– 10 January 1947,

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) was a ''

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'' (vice admiral) of the

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during the

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. Rösing commanded from November 1911 to December 1912 and from November 1916 to November 1918.

Career

Rösing was born on 29 October 1869 in New York. He was the third of eight children of the lawyer and diplomat Dr Johannes Rösing (1833-1907) and his wife Clara, née von Ammon (1843-1931. After receiving his ''

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'' in Berlin, he joined the ''

'' (Imperial Navy) in 1888. Following his attendance of the

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he progressed in rank from midshipmen, to the lieutenant ranks, to captain, and admiral. From 1908, he worked in the Naval Office (''Reichsmarineamt'') in Berlin. The marriage with the architect's daughter and the Naval officer Rudolf von Eickstedt's stepdaughter Elfriede Wünsche (1882–1961) produced one daughter (Elfriede) and four sons (Haro, Bernhard, Kurt-Wolf, Friedrich Wilhelm), three of which were

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. After the war, he was commissioned to dissolve the imperial shipyard in Danzig.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosing, Bernhard 1869 births 1947 deaths Military personnel from New York City Vice admirals of the Imperial German Navy Imperial German Navy admirals of World War I American emigrants Immigrants to the German Empire