Karl-Adolf Zenker
{{Short description|German admiral}}
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|caption=from left to right: Konteradmiral Zenker, General Kammhuber, General Schnez, Federal Minister of Defence Strauß, General Speidel and General Foertsch.
|birth_date={{Birth date|1907|7|19|df=yes}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1998|3|27|1907|7|19|df=y}}
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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
{{flag|West Germany}}
|branch=Kriegsmarine
German Navy
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|rank=Vizeadmiral
|commands=destroyer Hans Lody
destroyer Z28
|battles=World War II
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|relations=Hans Zenker (father)
}}
Karl-Adolf Zenker (19 July 1907 – 27 March 1998) was an officer in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He served as a member of the Naval Historical Team and later became commander (Inspector of the Navy) of the post-war German Navy.
His father, Hans Zenker, was Head of the Naval Command (Chef der Marineleitung) in the Navy of the Weimar Republic from 1924 to 1928.
References
- Sander-Nagashima, Johannes Berthold (2006). Die Bundesmarine 1955 bis 1972: Konzeption und Aufbau. München, Germany: Oldenbourg Verlag. {{ISBN|978-3-486-57972-7}}.
External links
- {{DNB portal|1025405390|TYP=}}
- {{Cite news|journal=Der Spiegel |issue=28|year=1964 |title=à la Tartar|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-46174160.html |language=German|accessdate=15 August 2014}}
- {{Cite news|journal=Der Spiegel |issue=43|year=1964 |title=Karl-Adolf Zenker|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-46175799.html |language=German|accessdate=15 August 2014}}
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{{s-bef | before =Vizeadmiral Friedrich Ruge}}
{{s-ttl | title = Inspector of the Navy | years =August 1961–September 1967}}
{{s-aft | after = Vizeadmiral Gert Jeschonnek}}
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{{Inspector of the Navy|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Reichsmarine personnel
Category:Kriegsmarine personnel
Category:Bundesmarine admirals
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross