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|birth_name      = Maurits Ernest Gunther Sievering
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|nickname        = ''Leeuw van Alava''
|birth_date      = 26 May 1886
|birth_date      = 26 May 1886
|birth_place      = Renswoude, [[Grand Duchy of Guldenhuf]], [[Atmora]]
|birth_place      = Renswoude, [[Grand Duchy of Guldenhuf]], [[Atmora]]

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Maurits Sievering
Sir Victor Crutchley AWM.jpeg
Admiral Maurits Sievering in 1942
Birth nameMaurits Ernest Gunther Sievering
Nickname(s)Leeuw van Alava
Born26 May 1886
Renswoude, Grand Duchy of Guldenhuf, Atmora
Died29 November 1943 (aged 57)
Halkeginian Sea
Allegiance Atmora
Branch/serviceAtmora Royal Atmoran Navy
Years of service1902–1943
RankNetherlands-Navy-OF-8.svg Vice Admiral
Battles/warsThird Voshan War Second Voshan War
AwardsCommander of the Military Order of Alexandra
Knight of the Order of Merit
Knight of the Order of Alexandra
Fleet Cross

Vice Admiral Maurits Ernest Gunther Sievering, CMA RA VO VK (26 May 1886 – 29 November 1943) was an Atmoran naval officer who during the Voshan War III commanded the III Battle Squadron during the Battle of Cape Alava. Admiral Sieveing was killed in action after his flagship HMS Bocholtz was sunk by the Rijkskrijgsmarine battlecruiser RMS Anholt, Admiral Sievering chose to go down with his ship.

Early life

Military career

Third Voshan War

Battle of Cape Alava

Admiral Sievering was killed in action during the Battle of Cape Alava after delaying Admiral Herman Buitenhuis's perusing forces attempting to capture High Queen Katherine I, Admiral Sievering chose to go down with his ship. Following the sacrifice of Admiral Sieveing, the High Queen had posthumously promoted Sievering to the rank of Vice Admiral and awarded the Commander's Cross of the Military Order of Alexandra

Death

Legacy