Visit of Bundesmarine at Chatham

Official visit of Bundesmarine (West German Navy) to Chatham, England, 11 November 1961: Three Z class destroyers of the First Destroyer Squadron of the Federal German Navy arrived at Chatham Dockyard in the morning with a complement of 800 officers and ratings aboard. During the stay, members of the crew visited London and other places of interest and taken part in a number of navy sporting events. Photo shows the Captains of the three vessels with their senior officer at Chatham on the morning of their arrival. They are from left to right: Fregattenkapitän Dr.med. Otto Ites (Kommandant Zerstörer 2 - D171. Ritterkreuz on 28 March 1942), Fregattenkapitän Gerd Schreiber (Kommandant Zerstörer 3 - D172. Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 22 May 1942), Kapitän zur See Heinrich Hoffmann (Kommandeur 1. Zerstörergeschwader. Ritterkreuz on 7 June 1944 and Eichenlaub on 11 July 1944) - who was also a veteran of the River Plate Battle aboard the Graf Spee in 1939 - and Fregattenkapitän Werner Winter (Kommandant Zerstörer 1 - D170. Ritterkreuz on 5 June 1942).

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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2471039#p2471039
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