Admiral Wilhelm Dyrssen was a senior Swedish Navy officer.
18 Facts About Wilhelm Dyrssen
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Wilhelm Dyrssen served as minister for naval affairs from 1906 to 1907, and the Inspector of the Navy's Exercises at Sea from 1907 to 1916, as well as commander of the Stockholm Naval Station from 1916 to 1923.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen was the son of the landowner Peder Johan Julius Dyrssen and his wife Gustafva Wilhelmina.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen devoted himself as an officer first at the technology of the naval artillery and then to staff duty and advancing to higher positions at sea.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen studied at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1880 to 1883, becoming a sub-lieutenant in 1882.
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From 1883 to 1885, Wilhelm Dyrssen participated in the frigate Vanadis global circumnavigation.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen became lieutenant in 1888 and served in the Fleet Staff from 1889 to 1892 and was head of the Artillery Department at the Naval Station in Karlskrona from 1894 to 1899.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1898, to commander in 1901 and to captain in 1903.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen was appointed rear admiral already at 46 years of age in 1904 and became Inspector of the Navy's Exercises at Sea, a position he stayed in until 1916.
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In 1905, Wilhelm Dyrssen became the Highest Commander of the Coastal Fleet.
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On his responsible post, he remained even during the first stage of World War I In 1910, Dyrssen became a military member of the Supreme Court of Sweden and in the year after, he was promoted to vice admiral.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen resigned from the position of Highest Commander of the Coastal Fleet in 1916, and was appointed station commander of Stockholm Naval Station.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen left active service in 1923 and thereby received the highest of the three admiralty ranks.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen became a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 1893 and honorary member in 1904.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1899.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen was editor of the journal Tidskrift i Sjovasendet from 1894 to 1898.
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In 1888, Wilhelm Dyrssen was married to baroness Lizinka af Ugglas, the daughter of Gustaf af Ugglas and Therese Bjornstjerna.
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Wilhelm Dyrssen was the father of Gustaf Dyrssen and Magnus Dyrssen.