Maksimilijan Njegovan | |
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Born | Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire (now Croatia) | 30 October 1858
Died | 1 July 1930 Zagreb, Croatia Kingdom of Yugoslavia | (aged 71)
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Years of service | 1877–1918 |
Rank | Grand Admiral (on the retired list) |
Commands | Chef der Marinesektion (Commander of Navy) (April 1917) Flottenkommandant (Fleet Commander) (1917) Commander of the 1stDiv of the 1st Battle Sqdr and battleship Tegetthoff (1914) Chief of staff of Navy Commander (1907-1909) Commander of the battleship Budapest (1905-1907) |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards | Order of the Iron Crown (1917) Order of Leopold (Austria) (1914) |
Maksimilijan Njegovan (31 October 1858 – 1 July 1930) was an Austro-Hungarian admiral of Croatian descent. He was the Navy's senior administrator as well as its fleet commander in World War I, from 1917 to 1918. He "inherited a competent but exhausted service."[1]
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