Carsten Tank-Nielsen (16 September 1877 – 2 August 1957) was a Norwegian naval officer, submarine pioneer and

rear admiral Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...

. He was born in

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, and was the grandson of

Carsten Tank Nielsen Carsten Tank Nielsen (18 December 1818 – 1 August 1892) was a Norway, Norwegian civil servant and government official. He was the first director of the Norwegian Telegraph (''Telenor, Telegrafverket'' now Telenor) from 1854 until his death in 1 ...

. He was chief of the Norwegian Navy's first submarine '' Kobben'' from 1909 to 1913. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1926. He was appointed rear admiral in 1938, and faced the German invasion of Norway as a commander in Bergen.

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