Wilhelm Dyrssen
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| Born |
March 26, 1858 Hagelberg, Sweden |
| Died | May 13, 1981 (aged 89) , Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Navy |
| Years of service | 1877–1923 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | Inspector of naval exercises at sea (1904–16) Coastal Fleet (1914–16) Station Commander Stockholm (1916–23) |
| Other work | Minister for Naval Affairs (1906–07) |
Wilhelm Dyrssen (26 March 1858 – 14 July 1929), was a Swedish Navy admiral and Minister for Naval Affairs from 1906 to 1907.
Dyrssen was born at Klagstorps mansion in Hagelberg Parish, Skaraborg County. He was the son of the landowner Peder Johan Julius Dyrssen and Gustafva Wilhelmina, née Hagerman. Dyrssen was younger brother to Gerhard Dyrssen (1854–1938) and twin brother of Gustaf Dyrssen (1858–1934).
He and his twin brother Gustaf graduated from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in autumn 1877. Dyrssen devoted himself as an officer first at the technology of the naval artillery and then to staff duty and advancing to higher positions at sea. He studied at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1880 to 1883, becoming a sub-lieutenant in 1882. From 1883 to 1885, Dyrssen participated in the frigate Vanadis global circumnavigation. After returning home he served at the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration from 1887 to 1889 and as a teacher at the School of Naval Warfare from 1886 to 1893 and as a cadet officer from 1892 to 1893. Dyrssen became lieutenant in 1888 and served in the Fleet Staff from 1889 to 1892 and was head of the Artillery Department at the Naval Station in Karlskrona from 1894 to 1899. In 1899, he became head of the Artillery Department at the Royal Navy Board, a position he stayed in until 1904. Dyrssen was promoted to commander of second rank in 1898 and of first rank in 1901 and captain in 1903.
In addition to this, he was hired as an expert on various issues relating to the navy, including the 1902 Warships Building Committee. After being Minister for Naval Affairs from 1906 to 1907 in Arvid Lindman's first cabinet, he was called as a member of the committee, which had the task of examining the issue of an adequate coastal defence ship type and whose work resulted in the then under the political feuds much talked-about F-type.
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