Leberecht Maass
…Battle of Heligoland Bight. He lost his life when his flagship, the light cruiser SMS Cöln, was sunk by British battlecruisers commanded by Vice Admiral David Beatty. Leberecht Maass was born in Korkenhagen, Province of Pomerania. Maass entered the German Imperial Navy in 1883. Between 1893 and 1895 Maass commanded…