Hermann Künne

Hermann Künne ( born December 12, 1897 in Wierthe, † April 23, 1918 in Zeebrugge ) was a German sailor from the torpedo boat destroyer SMS S 53 of Flanders, who in defending the Molenbatterie Zeebrugge on April 23, 1918 during raids against Zeebrugge and Ostend fell. He killed a commanding officer in this case, probably Frank Arthur Brock, the landing corps of the cruiser HMS Vindictive with his board knife and died in the subsequent scuffle. This also makes the conquest of Molenbatterie was prevented and the attack failed.

The Navy named the destroyer Z 19 of the series in 1936 after him.