Karl Jessen
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Vice Admiral Karl Johann Peter Jessen (Russian: Карл Петрович Иессен, tr. Karl Petrovich Iessen; 30 June 1852 – 30 November 1918) was a Baltic German admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Japanese War.
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Karl Jessen | |
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Born | (1852-06-30)30 June 1852 Dorpat, Dorpat County, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (present-day Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia) |
Died | 30 November 1918(1918-11-30) (aged 66) Petrograd, Russian SFSR (present-day St. Petersburg, Russia) |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Navy |
Years of service | 1879–1916 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Battles/wars | Russo Japanese War |
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