Georg Johannes von Trapp
Corvette Captain Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp , often incorrectly referred to as Baron von Trapp, was an AustroHungarian Navy officer. His naval exploits during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the prestigious Military Order of Maria Theresa. Under his command, the submarines SM160U5 and SM160U14 sankAllied ships totaling about 45,669160gross register tons160.
Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp was born in Zara, Dalmatia, then a Crown Land of the AustroHungarian Empire . His father, Fregattenkapitn August Trapp, was a naval officer who had been elevated to the Austrian nobility in 1876, which entitled him and his descendants to the style of Ritter von Trapp for sons and von Trapp for daughters. is a hereditary title of nobility roughly equivalent to a British baronetcy, which is a hereditary knighthood but does not confer nobility. In the Austrian order of precedence Ritter ranked above the lowest rank of the nobility, Edler , and below a Freiherr , a Graf , and Frst, Herzog, or duke, was reserved for agnates of the imperial family.
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