About Otto Karlowa
Lived 1883 – 1940 (aged 56). Otto Karlowa was a naval officer, military officer, military commander and sailor.
Otto Georg Gustav Karlowa (26 July 1883 – 9 April 1940) was a German Naval Officer, Diplomat and Nazi Party Organizer in Britain.
Karlowa was born in Hiedelburg on 26 July 1883. At his family's behest, he joined the Imperial German Navy in 1901. He was commander of the torpedo boat SMS S54 at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 , and by June 1918 he was commander of the 5th Half-Flotilla of the 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla, based in Flanders. In 1919 he retired from the Navy with the rank of Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant-Commander) .
In 1919 Karlowa married Mary Sthamer (b. 1887
Karlowa was killed in action during the invasion of Norway during the sinking of the cruiser Blücher in Oslofjord, 9 April 1940.
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Otto Karlowa was born on 26 July 1883 in Heidelberg.
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Otto Karlowa died on 7 April 1940 in Oslo.
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