Carl Hammerich

{{Short description|Danish admiral (1888–1945)}}

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| birth_place = Aarhus, Denmark

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| death_cause = Bombing (Operation Carthage)

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| alma_mater = Royal Danish Naval Academy

| occupation = Naval officer and Admiral

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Carl Hammerich (25 April 1888 – 21 March 1945) was a Danish naval officer and Admiral.{{cite web

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Hammerich was born in Aarhus, Denmark. He was the son of Louis Hammerich (1859–1931) and Eleonora Liisberg (1866–1961). In 1921, he was married to Borghild Hammerich. He started as a naval cadet in the Royal Danish Naval Academy during 1904 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant in 1908. In 1940, he was appointed to Rear Admiral.{{cite web|url = http://www.navalhistory.dk/Danish/Officererne/H/Hammerich_Carl.htm|title= Carl Hammerich|publisher= Flådens Historie|accessdate= 1 February 2018}}{{cite web|url = http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Forsvar_og_politi/S%C3%B8officer/Carl_Hammerich|title= Carl Hammerich|publisher= Den Store Danske|accessdate= 1 February 2018}}

During World War II he participated in the Danish humanitarian aid to Norway, and was involved in the process leading to the White Buses operation.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Carl Hammerich |first=Magne |last=Skodvin |authorlink=Magne Skodvin |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Carl_Hammerich |language=Norwegian | accessdate=11 July 2010 }}{{cite encyclopedia |first=Guri |last=Hjeltnes |authorlink=Guri Hjeltnes | encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |title=Hammerich, Carl |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=154 }}

Hammerich was arrested by German officials and died when the Royal Air Force bombed the Gestapo building in Copenhagen on 21 March 1945 (Operation Carthage).American-Scandinavian Foundation, « Admiral Carl Hammerich »,The American-Scandinavian review, New York, American-Scandinavian Foundation, Volume 34, 1946, p. 336.