Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz

{{Short description|German admiral (1863–1933)}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name = Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz

|birth_date = 14 August 1863

|birth_place = Frankfurt (Oder), Kingdom of Prussia

|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1933|2|16|1863|8|14}}

|death_place = Dresden

|image =Adm. v. Rebeur-Paschwitz LCCN2014686989.jpg

|caption = Rebeur-Paschwitz in Washington D.C. in 1912.

|allegiance = {{Flag|German Empire}}
{{Flag|Ottoman Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}

|branch= {{navy|German Empire}}
{{navy|Ottoman Empire}}
{{navy|Weimar Republic}}

|serviceyears = 1889 - 1920

|rank = Vizeadmiral

|commands =

|unit =

|battles = World War I

|awards =

}}

File:The grave of Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz, Dresden.jpg]]

Vizeadmiral Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz (14 August 1863 Frankfurt (Oder) – 16 February 1933 (Dresden)) was a German admiral. In 1899 he served as the German Naval attaché to Washington{{Cite book |last=Prete |first=Roy A. |title=Coalition warfare: An Uneasy Accord |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press |year=1984 |isbn=9780889201651 |edition=1st |location=Canada |pages=42 |language=en}} and later in 1912 commanded a flotilla of German vessels that visited the United States.{{Cite book |last=Staff |first=Gary |title=German Battlecruisers of World War One: Their Design Construction and Operations |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=9781848322134 |location=Great Britain |pages=129 |language=en}} 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.

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