Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz

Vizeadmiral Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz was a German admiral. In 1899 he served as the German Naval attaché to Washington and later in 1912 commanded a flotilla of German vessels that visited the United States. During World War I he was transferred to the Black Sea in order to command the Central Powers naval forces that had previously been under the command of Admiral Souchon who had been recalled to the High Seas Fleet in 1917. Rebeur-Paschwitz decided to launch an offensive into the Mediterranean Sea which ended in his defeat at the Battle of Imbros. At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz took command of the III Reconnaissance Group, with the old armored cruiser Roon as flagship, from August 2, 1914, to April 17, 1915, and participated in raids in the North and Baltic Seas. In April 1915, he became Inspector of Education of the Imperial Navy and was promoted to Vice Admiral on September 18, 1915. From November 1916 to August 15, 1917, he was commander of the II Squadron of the High Seas Fleet, which included the old ships of the line.