Max-Eckart_Wolff--Balthasar_Woll

Max-Eckart Wolff (19 December 1902 – 9 November 1988) was a naval commander in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Wolff as commander of destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele was credited with the sinking of the British destroyers HMS Hardy and HMS Hunter on 10 April 1940. On 13 April 1940 he torpedoed and damaged HMS Eskimo. He later served as the Führer der Zerstörer (Commander of Destroyers) from 1943 to 1944.
In 1956, Wolff became the first commander of the independent post-war West German Bundesmarine.