Ernst Lindemann was the captain of which World War 2 German battleship?
Ernst Heinrich Lindemann a bank director of the "Westdeutschen Versicherungs-Aktienbank" and then as general director of the "Bochumer Verein für Bergbau und Gußstahlfabrikation (BVG)", an iron factory, belonging to Friedrich Grillo. The father of three sons and two daughters died on 8 May 1900. His oldest son, Georg Heinrich Ernst Lindemann, was the father of the Captain of the battleship "Bismarck", Otto Ernst Lindemann. Ernst Heinrich Lindemann Ernst Heinrich Lindemann (25 January 1833 in Kirchlengern – 8 May 1900 in Düsseldorf) was German politician and mayor of Essen, Dortmund and Düsseldorf. His grandson "Kapitän zur See" Ernst Lindemann was the commander of the
Ernst Lindemann Ernst Lindemann Otto Ernst Lindemann (28 March 1894 – 27 May 1941) was a German "Kapitän zur See" (naval captain). He was the only commander of the battleship during its eight months of service in World War II. Lindemann joined the German Imperial Navy () in 1913, and after his basic military training, served on a number of warships during World War I as a wireless telegraphy officer. On board , he participated in Operation Albion in 1917. After World War I, he served in various staff and naval gunnery training positions. One year after the outbreak of World War