in the officer corps Stosch sought to create, which was modelled on the aristocratic army officer corps. Jachmann requested retirement in February 1874; he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Swords, on 17 February and thereafter left the service. Stosch then purged numerous other senior officers with similar backgrounds. In May 1878, the new ironclad was accidentally rammed and sunk by König Wilhelm. Jachmann, still bitter at being passed over in favour of Stosch, anonymously published an article in Deutsche Revue severely criticizing Stosch's training policies, which he alleged favoured military discipline and theory over practical seamanship. Jachmann was appointed a member of the court martial that investigated the accident and the role of Carl Ferdinand Batsch—the captain of König Wilhelm and Stosch's protege. Jachmann was at that time not known to be the author of the article, and he did not recuse himself. The court ruled against Batsch but did not issue a punishment. Batsch appealed to Stosch, arguing that Jachmann and the also retired VAdm Eduard Klatt had not been impartial judges. Kaiser Wilhelm I agreed to appoint a second court martial that did not include either man. Jachmann retired to Oldenburg with his family, which included his wife Anna (whom he had married in 1852 in Trutenau near Königsberg), his daughter, and three sons. One of his sons, Siegfried von Jachmann, went on to serve in the Imperial Navy and reached the rank of Konteradmiral. Eduard appeared in public one last time on 18 May 1885, after Wilhelm I called on him to give the christening speech for the new corvette in Danzig. Jachmann died in Oldenburg on 21 October 1887. Notes References 1822 births 1887 deaths Vice admirals of the Imperial German Navy Prussian military personnel of the Second Schleswig War German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War Prussian naval officers Military personnel from Gdańsk People from West Prussia