List of admirals of Germany

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Admirals of Germany have existed since the founding of German sea forces, first with the Reichsflotte and then most predominantly that of the Prussian Navy. German admirals led the German Navy through World War I, as leaders of the Imperial German Navy, as well as through the inter-war years of the Reichsmarine.

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Flag officers of the Kriegsmarine were the leadership of the Germany Navy during World War II under the authority of Nazi Germany. The modern day German Navy exists after the navies of Germany being separated into the West German Navy and the Volksmarine of East Germany.

Großadmirale

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1900–1918
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1939–1945
Grossadmiral

The rank of Grossadmiral (Grand admiral) was introduced in 1905 as the naval equivalent to the five-star rank of the Generalfeldmarschall (general field marshal) OF-10 in Heer (en: Army). Hans von Koester was the first German flag officer to hold this rank. Wilhelm II. would wear the uniform of a Großadmiral on occasions. Since as Emperor he was Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and thus not subject to promotions.

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNotes
Hans von Koester 29 April 184421 February 192828 June 190521 June 1859
King Oscar II of Sweden 21 January 18218 December 190713 July 190530 August 1888honorary rank (a la suite)
Prince Heinrich von Preußen 14 August 186220 April 19294 September 190921 April 1877
Alfred von Tirpitz 19 March 18496 March 193027 January 191124 April 1865
Henning von Holtzendorff 9 January 18536 June 191931 May 191811 April 1869
Erich Raeder 24 April 18766 November 19601 April 193916 April 1894
Karl Dönitz 16 September 189124 December 198031 January 19434 April 1910

Generaladmirale

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NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNotes
Conrad Albrecht 7 October 188018 August 19691 April 193910 April 1899
Alfred Saalwächter 10 January 18836 December 19451 January 194010 April 1901executed by the Soviet Union
Rolf Carls 29 May 188514 April 194519 July 19401 April 1903
Karl Witzell 18 October 188431 May 19761 April 19411 April 1902
Hermann Boehm 18 January 188411 April 19721 April 19411 April 1903
Otto Schultze 11 May 188422 January 196631 August 19427 April 1900zV
Wilhelm Marschall 30 September 188620 March 19761 February 19431 April 1906
Otto Schniewind 14 December 188726 March 19641 March 19443 April 1907
Walter Warzecha 28 May 18913 August 19561 March 19441 April 1909
Oskar Kummetz 21 July 189117 December 198016 September 19441 April 1910
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg 15 July 189523 May 19451 May 19451 April 1914suicide

Admirale

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The rank of admiral was the highest rank until the rank of Großadmiral was introduced in 1905. Prince Adalbert of Prussia was the first and only admiral of the Prussian Navy and later the Navy of the North German Confederation. The rank was not used in the Imperial German Navy until 1892. In the Reichsmarine Admiral was again the highest of three flag officer ranks. With the creation of the Kriegsmarine and the expansion of the fleet a new rank, Generaladmiral, was introduced in 1936, followed by the rank of Großadmiral in 1939. Thus the rank of admiral became the third-lowest, roughly equivalent of a general in the Heer or Luftwaffe. When the Bundeswehr was formed in 1955 Admiral became the highest rank again. The Volksmarine of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic used ranks similar to those in the Soviet Navy. While technically there was a rank of Flottenadmiral (Fleet Admiral), Admiral was the highest rank any naval officer achieved.

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNavyNotes
Prince Adalbert of Prussia 29 October 18116 June 187319 April 185917 April 1848War Ensign of Prussia (1816).svg  Prussian Navy
Max von der Goltz 19 April 183820 December 19062 September 189228 October 1853War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Eduard von Knorr 8 March 184017 February 192031 May 189324 June 1854War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich von Hollmann 19 January 184221 January 191318 April 189618 June 1857War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Guido Karcher 8 July 184427 December 190526 June 189921 June 1859War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
August von Thomsen 6 August 184626 September 192019 November 190011 January 1862War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy ennobled 16 June 1913
Otto von Diederichs 7 September 18438 March 191827 January 19026 September 1865War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy entered Prussian Army 1 January 1862
Gustav von Senden-Bibran 23 July 184723 November 190914 November 19037 April 1862War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Felix von Bendemann 8 August 184831 October 191514 November 19039 June 1864War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy ennobled 27 January 1905
Volkmar von Arnim 7 November 184710 September 192322 June 190515 June 1863War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Büchsel 12 April 18487 April 192026 June 190524 April 1865War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Curt von Prittwitz und Gaffron 16 July 184916 February 192218 May 190721 April 1866War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy ennobled 15 June 1908
Max von Fischel 31 March 185011 May 192917 September 190715 April 1867War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich von Baudissin 3 April 185221 February 192127 January 190815 April 1867War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Georg Alexander von Müller 24 March 185418 April 194029 August 191031 May 1871War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Oskar von Truppel 17 May 185420 August 193127 January 191131 May 1871War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ludwig von Schröder 17 July 185424 July 193327 January 191131 May 1871War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Carl von Coerper 18 May 185420 April 19426 May 191231 May 1871War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hugo von Pohl 25 August 185523 February 19161 April 191318 April 1872War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
August von Heeringen 26 November 185529 September 192721 January 191318 April 1872War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Eduard von Capelle 10 October 185523 February 193112 April 191318 April 1872War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich von Ingenohl 30 June 185719 December 193315 November 191312 April 1874War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Karl Dick 24 April 185830 December 192817 September 191421 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Gustav Bachmann 13 July 186031 August 194522 March 191521 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Günther von Krosigk 13 September 186016 June 193822 March 191521 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Guido von Usedom 2 October 185424 February 192527 January 191631 May 1871War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Reinhard Scheer 30 September 186326 November 19286 June 191622 April 1879War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Reinhard Koch 31 October 186126 June 193927 January 191823 April 1878War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ehrhard Schmidt 18 May 186318 July 194627 January 191822 April 1879War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Souchon 2 June 186413 January 194611 August 191815 April 1881War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Franz von Hipper 13 September 186325 May 193211 August 191815 April 1881War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Paul Behncke 13 August 18664 January 193720 December 19206 April 1883War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Hans Zenker 10 August 187018 August 19321 October 192413 April 1889War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Richard Foerster 31 March 18799 April 19521 December 19352 April 1899War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Max Bastian 28 August 188311 March 19581 April 19381 April 1902War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Willi von Nordeck 26 January 188812 October 19561 January 19401 April 1903War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Günther Guse 30 August 18866 May 19531 January 19401 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Canaris 1 January 18879 April 19451 January 19401 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine executed by Nazi Germany
Karlgeorg Schuster 19 August 188616 June 19731 January 19401 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hermann Densch 15 June 188724 August 19631 January 19401 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Günther Lütjens 25 May 188927 May 19411 September 19403 April 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Prentzel 28 July 18782 May 194530 November 19307 April 1896War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Walter Gladisch 2 January 188223 March 19541 February 194118 April 1898War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hermann von Fischel 13 January 188713 May 19501 September 19411 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto Groos 17 July 188229 May 19701 September 19417 April 1900War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto Feige 21 September 18822 January 19511 September 194110 April 1901War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Raul Mewis 3 June 188623 February 19721 March 19421 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto von Schrader 18 March 188819 July 19451 March 19421 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine suicide
Eugen Lindau 3 May 188310 May 19601 March 19421 April 1903War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Hermann Mootz 12 July 18894 January 19621 April 19423 April 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Conrad Patzig 24 May 18881 December 19751 April 19423 April 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto Hormel 13 September 188622 April 19711 April 19423 April 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hubert Schmundt 19 September 188817 October 19841 April 19421 April 1908War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Werner Fuchs 18 January 189130 June 19761 April 19421 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt Fricke 8 November 18892 May 19451 April 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer 14 September 189013 February 19521 September 19421 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Johannes Bachmann 22 March 18902 April 19451 September 19421 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ernst von Gagern 6 July 187814 September 19541 September 194216 April 1894War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Gottfried Hansen 8 November 188116 July 19761 September 194212 April 1898War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Paul Fanger 11 April 188915 April 19451 September 19421 April 1908War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto Ciliax 30 October 189112 December 19641 February 194310 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Werner Tillessen 22 August 188019 May 19531 February 194312 April 1898War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Erich Förste 11 February 189210 July 19631 March 19431 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Theodor Krancke 20 March 189318 June 19731 April 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto Backenköhler 1 February 18925 February 19671 April 19431 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Meisel 4 November 18937 September 19741 April 19441 April 1913War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Paul Wenneker 27 February 189017 October 19791 August 19441 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach 12 May 189116 December 19651 October 19441 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Theodor Burchardi 14 May 189212 August 1983January 19451 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Erich Zieger (Ing.)12 July 188921 March 19451 September 19421 October 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Sigmund Moosauer (San.)13 March 187720 April 19441 October 19381 April 1903War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine Admiraloberstabsarzt
Alfred Fikentscher (San.)30 April 188810 January 19791 September 19421 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine Admiraloberstabsarzt
Armin Zimmermann 23 December 191730 November 19761 April 19721 April 1937Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy Inspector General of the Federal Armed Forces
Günter Luther 17 March 192231 May 19971 October 19801 April 1939Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy Inspector General of the Federal Armed Forces; DSACEUR
Dieter Wellershoff 16 March 193316 July 20051 October 19861 April 1957Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy Inspector General of the Federal Armed Forces
Rainer Feist 12 April 194519 May 200718 September 20021 April 1966Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy DSACEUR
Manfred Nielson 25 February 1955March 20161 July 1973Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy DSACT
Wilhelm Ehm 30 August 19189 August 20097 October 197710 July 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine 30 November 1987 (ret.)
Theodor Hoffmann 27 February 19351 November 201818 November 198912 May 1952Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine 24 September 1990 (ret.)
Waldemar Verner 27 August 191415 February 19821 March 196115 June 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine 31 December 1976 (ret.)

Vizeadmirale

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Vizeadmiral was a flag officer rank introduced in the Prussian Navy in 1858 and used subsequently in all other German navies.

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNavyNotes
Jan Schröder 15 November 18002 May 188522 May 18584 July 1846War Ensign of Prussia (1816).svg  Prussian Navy entered French navy in 1812, transferred to Dutch navy February 1814, character as Schout bij Nacht, 22 November 1882
Eduard von Jachmann 2 March 182221 October 188722 March 18681 January 1848War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy ennobled 1882
Ludwig von Henk 4 March 182017 October 189428 June 187722 January 1849War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Carl Ferdinand Batsch 10 January 183122 November 18983 February 18808 September 1848War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Otto Livonius 1 April 18299 February 191727 December 18837 December 1848War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Alexander von Monts de Mazin 9 August 183219 January 188924 September 188429 November 1849War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm von Wickede 5 December 183028 November 189519 March 188513 September 1868War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Louis von Blanc 12 May 18329 January 190314 May 188714 September 1865War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy entered Prussian Army 1 January 1850
Carl Heinrich Theodor Paschen 9 June 183524 February 191127 January 188929 August 1866War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy Entered Austro-Hungarian Navy on 1 October 1849
Philipp von Kall 18 December 184012 January 189927 July 188921 April 1855War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Karl August Deinhard 2 February 18424 October 189227 January 189024 April 1856War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Schröder 19 September 184217 June 190814 April 189121 June 1858War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Victor Valois 14 August 18411 January 192410 October 189218 June 1857War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ernst von Reiche 29 July 184015 December 191213 May 189517 February 1866War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy entered Seewehr on 15 December 1863
Iwan Friedrich Julius Oldekop 3 October 18447 January 193622 March 18991 May 1865War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Paul Hoffmann 20 June 186618 April 191718 September 189915 June 1863War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hans Sack 27 July 184815 February 19241 November 190124 April 1865War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Richard Geissler 20 June 184828 September 192214 December 19011 May 1865War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Otto Diederichsen 21 August 185013 November 19251 April 190221 April 1866War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ernst Fritze 20 April 185027 February 194127 January 190415 July 1864War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hunold von Ahlefeld 5 March 18515 September 191927 January 190515 April 1867War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Carl Galster 20 November 185124 March 193114 March 190526 April 1868War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Rudolph von Eickstedt 27 September 185230 June 19251 April 190626 April 1868War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Carl Wodrig 20 July 185123 January 19407 April 190626 April 1868War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Gustav Schmidt 28 October 185124 June 19311 April 190626 April 1868War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ludwig Borckenhagen 15 July 185017 June 191727 January 190726 April 1868War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Alfred Breusing 15 July 18535 October 191427 January 190711 April 1869War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hugo Zeye 21 March 185211 December 190927 April 190711 April 1869War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Adolf Goetz 1 June 185217 November 191617 September 190718 March 1876War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy entered Austro-Hungarian Navy on 1 October 1866
Raimund Winkler 15 December 185516 July 194118 December 190918 April 1872War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Adolf Paschen 1 March 185624 December 192527 January 191018 April 1872War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Max Rollmann 13 February 18571 September 194227 January 19108 April 1873War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hermann Jacobsen 23 April 185914 November 194327 January 191117 April 1875War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Schack 16 March 18605 February 192022 March 191128 April 1876War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Max von Grapow 18 April 18614 March 192410 April 191121 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hans von Dambrowski 30 March 186131 May 19386 May 191221 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Gerhard Gerdes 13 February 18611 March 194130 April 191321 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm von Lans 5 March 186121 March 194727 January 191323 April 1878War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Maximilian von Spee 22 June 18618 December 191415 November 191323 April 1878War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Harald Dähnhardt 27 October 186321 May 194431 March 191422 April 1879War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Konrad von Henkel-Gebhardi 4 June 186016 June 192314 July 191421 April 1877War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy ennobled 7 November 1914
Richard Eckermann 15 July 186213 January 191613 October 191415 April 1881War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Konrad Trummler 16 January 186427 December 193617 June 191515 April 1881War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Schultz 14 January 186524 March 194517 June 191515 April 1881War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz 14 August 18631 February 193318 September 191520 April 1882War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Gädeke 15 May 186626 May 193517 October 191520 April 1882War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Leo Jacobsen 21 October 186219 February 195427 January 191615 April 1880War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Robert Mischke 10 March 186527 March 193227 January 191620 April 1882War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Johannes Merten 17 December 18578 April 192616 January 191617 April 1875War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Carl Schaumann 9 October 186523 June 193822 March 191620 April 1882War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Schrader 9 February 186524 April 193724 April 191616 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Alfred Ehrlich 23 September 185420 January 192613 May 191631 May 1871War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Otto Wurmbach 8 June 186425 April 194025 November 191616 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Gisberth Jasper 28 August 18659 February 195325 November 191616 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Franz Mauve 11 November 186412 December 193125 November 191616 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hugo Kraft 10 February 186615 November 192525 November 191616 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Herwarth Schmidt von Schwind 2 September 186624 June 194114 October 191716 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Albert Hopman 30 April 186514 March 194214 October 191721 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ernst Ritter von Mann und Edler von Tiechler 11 April 18642 October 193427 January 191821 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Boedicker 13 March 186620 September 194427 January 191821 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Maximilian Rogge 14 March 18666 September 194018 September 191821 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hermann Nordmann 19 January 186811 February 193318 September 191821 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Richard Engel 27 July 186622 November 195429 October 191821 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Adolf von Trotha 1 March 186811 October 194031 October 191916 April 1886War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Andreas Michelsen 19 February 18698 April 193221 January 192013 April 188War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ludwig von Reuter 9 February 186918 December 194329 October 191911 April 1885War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Alfred Meyer-Waldeck 27 November 186425 August 192827 January 191821 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Gottfried von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels 4 July 186823 May 193630 September 192021 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Walter Engelhardt 22 August 186722 September 19431 October 191921 April 1884War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Ludolf von Uslar 3 January 186728 July 19391 October 191911 April 1885War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Heinrich Löhlein 1 February 18712 March 19601 November 192013 April 188War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Hugo Dominik 25 October 187113 September 19331 October 19211 April 1890War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Theodor Püllen 25 November 18715 June 19311 August 192210 April 1891War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Konrad Mommsen 10 May 18714 November 19461 November 192310 April 1897War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Hermann Bauer 22 July 187511 February 19581 February 19259 April 1892War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Iwan Christian Hermann Oldekop 8 February 187813 May 19421 January 19282 April 1895War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Walther Franz 7 August 188019 January 19561 December 19287 April 1897War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Friedrich Brutzer 25 September 187912 June 19581 April 19302 April 1898War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Albrecht Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen 4 February 187613 September 19431 August 193313 April 1896War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Emil Heusinger von Waldegg 22 October 18808 December 19661 October 19337 April 1900War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine
Friedrich Goetting 7 February 18863 January 19461 October 19371 April 1903War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine died in Soviet captivity
Hans-Herbert Stobwasser 8 March 188510 February 19461 October 19376 April 1904War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine suicide
Robert Witthoeft-Emden 29 August 18864 December 19601 November 19376 April 1904War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Witold Rother 24 May 188827 October 19621 November 19391 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Werner Grassmann 9 March 188820 October 19431 January 19403 April 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Siegfried Maßmann 2 April 188215 February 19451 September 194010 April 1901War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV, KIA
Heinrich Ancker 7 October 188615 May 19601 November 19401 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt Aßmann 13 July 188326 July 19621 January 194110 April 1901War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ernst Wolf 21 July 188629 July 19641 January 19411 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Thilo von Seebach 30 June 189021 October 19661 January 19411 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière 18 March 188621 February 19411 February 19411 April 1903War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Alexander Werth 2 May 187920 April 19421 February 19417 April 1897War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Paul Wülfing von Ditten 13 September 18801 November 19531 February 19412 April 1898War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Eduard Eichel 21 December 18803 May 19561 August 194110 April 1899War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hans Hubert von Stosch 3 November 188928 April 19451 September 19411 April 1908War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine suicide
Wolf von Trotha 10 October 188431 January 19461 September 19411 April 1902War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Walther Kinzel 17 August 18803 October 19641 September 194110 April 1899War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Günther Krause 25 January 189012 October 19831 February 19421 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ralf von der Marwitz 29 October 188826 September 19661 February 19421 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Heinrich Hanke 16 December 189023 April 19451 February 19424 June 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine KIA
Franz Wieting 27 October 187620 February 19661 February 19422 April 1895War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Friedrich Wilhelm Kurze 5 July 189123 December 19451 March 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Otto Schenk 17 February 189119 December 19721 March 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Walter Georg Lohmann 11 December 189113 April 19551 March 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Leopold Siemens 17 May 18897 December 19791 April 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Eberhard Weichold 23 August 189119 December 19601 April 19421 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Adalbert Schüßler 28 October 18871 October 19701 April 19421 April 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Heino von Heimburg 24 October 1889October 19451 April 19423 April 1907War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Georg Reimer 21 July 188825 June 19741 April 19421 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Herbert Straehler 6 January 188716 May 19791 April 19421 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Theodor Arps 11 February 188428 April 19471 April 19421 April 1902War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hans Stohwasser 4 May 188430 May 19671 April 194210 April 1901War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Eberhard Wolfram 24 July 18826 January 19471 April 19427 April 1900War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ernst Junkermann 25 June 18815 March 19441 April 194210 April 1899War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Erhard Maertens 26 February 18915 May 19451 September 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt von dem Borne 24 November 188531 January 19461 September 19426 April 1904War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt Slevogt 21 March 189223 July 19571 September 19421 April 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Adolf Pfeiffer 29 October 187614 May 19611 September 19422 April 1895War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Walter Krastel 29 January 189215 September 19661 February 19431 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Robin Schall-Emden 22 March 189329 January 19461 February 19431 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Fritz Lamprecht 9 August 189323 July 19611 February 19431 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Alexander Michels 17 March 189129 June 19681 February 19431 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Ruge 24 December 18943 July 19851 February 19431 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine entered Bundesmarine as Vizeadmiral on 1 March 1956
Friedrich Lützow 31 August 18811 November 19641 February 194310 April 1899War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Gustav Kieseritzky 22 September 189319 November 19431 March 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine KIA
Heinz Nordmann 28 May 189323 December 19451 April 19431 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Werner Lange 18 July 189319 November 19651 April 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
August Thiele 26 August 189331 March 19811 April 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ernst Schirlitz 7 September 189327 November 19781 April 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt Caesar Hoffmann 26 August 189519 May 19881 April 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Joachim Lietzmann 1 September 189419 September 19591 October 19431 April 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Paul Wever 28 January 189311 August 19441 October 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Leopold Bürkner 29 January 189415 July 19751 October 19431 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Gustav Kleikamp 8 March 189613 September 19521 October 19431 April 1913War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Rieve 27 June 189616 February 19811 October 19431 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt Utke 2 December 189330 September 19701 February 194413 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine missing, body found 6 August 1971
Helmuth Brinkmann 12 March 189524 September 19831 February 19441 April 1913War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken 25 June 189720 August 19851 March 19434 January 1915 (I./14)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Werner Löwisch 22 February 18946 June 19711 July 19441 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ernst Scheurlen 5 December 18948 April 19451 August 19441 April 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine KIA
Hellmuth Heye 9 August 189510 November 19701 August 19441 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hans-Erich Voß 30 October 189718 November 19691 August 19444 July 1915 (VII./15)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Walter Matthiae 3 August 188027 June 19601 November 19447 April 1900War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Frisius 17 January 189530 August 197030 September 19441 April 1913War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Bruno Machens 25 July 189520 November 19761 December 19441 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Leo Kreisch 25 June 189522 July 19771 January 19451 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Karl Topp 29 September 189524 April 19811 January 19451 April 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Hueffmeyer 14 June 189813 January 19721 January 194516 September 1914War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine war volunteer
Bernhard Rogge 4 November 189929 June 19821 March 19451 July 1915 (VII./15)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine entered Bundesmarine as Konteradmiral on 1 March 1956
Rudolf Stange 13 November 189925 April 19921 April 19454 April 1916 (IV./16)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Erich Schulte Mönting 28 August 189717 January 19761 April 19452 January 1916 (I./16)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Martin Baltzer 10 November 18983 April 19711 April 19454 July 1916 (VII./16)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Hans Fechter (Ing.)26 May 18854 July 19551 November 19371 October 1905War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Karl Thäter (Ing.)13 September 188614 October 19621 February 19421 October 1908War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Alfred Schirmer (Ing.)8 September 189231 October 19751 April 19421 April 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Ernst Stieringer (Ing.)23 June 189125 July 19751 April 19421 October 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Heinrich Stiegel (Ing.)7 February 189110 April 19641 April 19421 October 1910War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Werner Bettenhäuser (Ing.)3 May 188611 September 19591 February 19431 April 1906War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine zV
Walter Fröhlich (Ing.)5 August 189312 December 19691 April 19431 October 1912War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Karl Packroß (Ing.)17 January 18916 January 19461 June 19441 October 1909War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Karl Kaufmann (Ing.)24 August 18934 August 19751 April 19451 October 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Gustav Lüttge (Ing.)26 December 189025 December 19631 April 19451 October 1911War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Paul Schmidt (San.)29 April 185621 October 192121 June 190711 May 1878War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Walther Uthemann (San.)28 September 186311 March 194410 November 191915 March 1887War Ensign of Germany (1921-1933).svg  Reichsmarine Marinegeneraloberstabsarzt
Emil Greul (San.)29 December 189530 October 19931 October 194317 February 1922War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine Admiralstabsarzt, volunteered for the Bavarian Army on 1 May 1915
Wolfgang Benzino 14 January 19211 September 20041 April 19791 December 1939Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Ansgar Bethge 16 November 192413 January 20081 April 19801942Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans Rudolf Boehmer 18 May 193819931959Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Dieter-Franz Braun 19 December 193522 March 20141 May 19901956 (V./56)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Lutz Feldt 25 April 194520001965Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans Frank 22 June 193919941 April 1961 (IV./61)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Günter Fromm 21 November 192410 July 20131 April 19771942Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Jürgen-Friedrich Geier 5 May 19401 April 1959 (IV./59)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Heinrich Gerlach 31 August 190627 June 198819641925Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Paul Hartwig 14 September 19159 March 20141 April 19721 April 1935Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Bernd Heise 26 January 19431 October 20001962Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Karl Hetz 11 May 191023 December 19801 October 19661 April 1929Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Dirk Horten 14 December 19391 April 19951 April 1958 (IV./58)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Gert Jeschonnek 30 October 191218 April 199911 June 1967Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Helmut Kampe 7 December 1925Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Helmut Klose 9 September 191619 October 200310 October 19751 April 1936Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Andreas Krause 11 October 195620121 July 1976 (VII./76)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Wolfram Kühn 7 November 195227 April 20061972Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Heinz Kühnle 16 January 191512 October 2001Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Heinrich Lange 22 February 195515 March 2013Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans Lüssow 10 February 19421 October 19981 April 1962 (IV./62)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Joachim Mann 26 June 19351 October 19861956 (V./56)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Wilhelm Meentzen 19 March 19158 May 200119711 April 1934Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Wolfgang E. Nolting 6 April 194820031966Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Albrecht Obermaier 9 July 19121 August 20041 October 19681 April 1933Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Klaus Rehder 7 August 19331 October 19861 September 1956 (IX./56)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Frank Ropers August 1946January 20011966Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Joachim Rühle 1 May 1959May 20121 July 1978 (VII./78)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Axel Schimpf 1 October 1952May 20101971Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Horst von Schoeter 10 June 191925 July 20061 October 19761 April 1937Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Rolf Steinhaus 1 April 19161 October 20041 February 19741 April 1936Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Joachim Stricker 29 June 194920051 October 1968 (X./68)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Herbert Trebesch 9 November 19156 July 200710 October 19751 April 1935Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Gerhard Wagner 23 November 189826 June 198728 March 19624 July 1916Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Edward Wegener 17 December 190430 December 19812 January 1963Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Ulrich Weisser 20 September 193820 April 20131958Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hein-Peter Weyher 22 March 19351 October 19912 January 1956Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Jochen Witthauer 13 March 195020091 October 1968 (X./68)Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Karl-Adolf Zenker 19 July 190727 March 199829 January 19621 April 1926Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Heinz Neukirchen 15 January 19158 December 19861 March 19641 March 1951Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Hendrik Born 5 July 194411 December 198929 August 1963Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Gustav Hesse 27 August 193124 October 20017 October 1979Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Hans Hofmann 10 July 19331 March 198615 October 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Günter Kutzschebauch 27 October 193016 February 19961 March 1981Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Wilhelm Nordin 24 April 19247 May 19937 October 19781950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Bruno Wansierski 4 August 190430 July 19941 March 19711940Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Rainer Brinkmann 4 March 1958October 20141976Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy

Vizeadmirale (Charakter)

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNavyNotes
Franz von Waldersee 17 September 183522 November 190327 January 190030 July 1861War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy entered Prussian Army on 29 April 1854
Carl von Eisendecher 23 June 184119 August 193427 January 190018 June 1857War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy skipper of Meteor
Albert von Seckendorff 11 March 184928 June 192127 January 190021 October 1864War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Oskar von Platen-Hallermund 18 March 186514 April 195722 March 191620 April 1882War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy Chamberlain to Wilhelm II. (1911–1935)
Karl Bartenbach 29 November 188124 October 194919 August 193912 April 1898War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine

Konteradmirale

Konteradmiral.svg

Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) has been a flag officer rank in the naval forces of Germany since 1849.

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNavyNotes
Karl Rudolf Brommy 10 September 18049 January 186023 November 184910 September 1848Reichsflotte
Hans Kuhn 29 November 1824 ?22 March 186816 June 1849
Eduard Heldt 18681849
Gustav Klatt 18731849
Reinhold von Werner 10 May 182526 February 190918751852War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Franz Kinderling 18781852
Adolph Berger 18781848
Archibald MacLean 18801849
Georg von Schleinitz 18831849
Paul von Reibnitz 18831851; 1855
Heinrich Kühne 18831854
Johann-Heinrich Pirner 18851854
Karl Eduard Heusner 18891857
Georg Scheder 27 January 19041858War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Rudolf Schering 18891858
George von Hollen 18891859
Franz Mensing 18891859; 1866
Max Schulze 18901861
Friedrich von Pawelsz 18901860
Richard Aschenborn 19 January 184816 February 193510 October 18927 April 1862War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Carl Barandon 27 January 18941866/68
Max Plüddemann 18951864
Conrad von Bodenhausen 18981 May 1865
Friedrich von Weitersheim 18981 May 1865
Hugo von Schuckmann 18981 May 1865
Curt von Maltzahn 190021 April 1866
Ernst von Frantzius 190015 April 1867
Hermann Kirchhoff 190015 April 1867
August Carl Thiele 190226 April 1868
Erich von Dresky 190226 April 1868
Friedrich Vüllers 19041870; 1871
Georg Schreder 19041870
Ernst Gülich 19041870
Heinrich von Moltke 19041870
Wilhelm Kindt 190531 May 1871
Rudolf Siegel 190511 April 1869
Max von Basse 28 May 190631 May 1871
Carl Franz 190618 April 1872
Eugen Kalau vom Hofe 19078 April 1873
Malte von Schimmelmann 190817 April 1875
Erich Gühler 19081876
Johannes Schröder 190817 April 1875
Max Prowe 190817 April 1875
Hugo Kinderling 19081877
Heinrich Saß 190923 April 1878
Heinrich Stromeyer 19101879
Franz von Holleben 191015 April 1880
Johannes Rieve 191115 April 1880
Karl Zimmermann 191115 April 1881
Christian Schütz 191115 April 1881
Wilhelm Sthamer 191115 April 1881
Karl Behm 18 November 19121882
Felix Funke 19121882
Hermann Alberts 8 March 186512 December 194615 November 191316 April 1883War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy
Leberecht Maaß 191316 April 1883
Arthur Tapken 191416 April 1883
Alfred Begas 23 February 191516 April 1883
Georg Scheidt 191516 April 1883
Georg von Ammon 17 May 18692 February 193718 September 191521 April 1884
Curt von Rössing 191611 April 1885
Karl Wilbrandt 19161882
Hugo Louran 19161882
Max Witschel 191616 April 1883
Hugo Westphal 19161870
Eduard Holzhauer 191618 April 1872
Otto Back 22 March 191616 April 1883
Otto Philipp 191616 April 1883
Robert Kühne 191611 April 1885
Hugo Langemak 191611 April 1885
Alexander Meurer 191615 April 1881
Wilhelm Starke 191616 April 1883
Carl Hollweg 191611 April 1885
Karl Seiferling 191611 April 1885
Carl Wedding 191611 April 1885
Hans Uthemann 19161886
Walter von Keyserlink 19171886
Richard Lange 19171886
Georg Ahlert 24 December 186717 June 196317 September 191711 April 1885
Karl Heuser 19171886
Hugo Meurer 19171886
Max Hahn 19171886
Constanz Feldt 19171886
Karl Sievers 19181886
Johannes Hartog 19181887
Ernst Goette 19181887
Wilhelm Höpfner 19181887
Eduard Varrentrapp 19181887
Johannes Redlich 19181887
Eberhard von Mantey 19181887
Waldemar Pieper 19181887
Karl Hering 19181887
Johannes von Karpf 19181887
Hans Küsel 19181887
Friedrich von Bülow 19181888
Bernhard Rösing 19181888
Paul Heinrich 19191889
William Michaelis 19191889
Wilhelm Tägert 19201889
Magnus von Levetzow 19201889
Ernst Ewers 19201890
Friedrich Richter 19201890
Hans Eberius 19201890
Karl von Hornhardt 19201890
Max Reymann 19211891
Max Looff 19211891
Lothar von Gohren 19211892
Walter Hildebrand 19211892
Wilhelm von Haxthausen 19221893
Wolfgang Wegener 19231894
Hugo von Rosenberg 19231893
Ludwig Kahlhausen 19231894
Wilhelm Kahlert 19241895
Martin Hosemann 19251895
Oskar Heinecke 19261897
Wilfried von Loewenfeld 19281897
Hans Kolbe 19311900
Konrad Zander 19321901
Ludwig von Schröder 19341903
Erwin Waßner 19361906
Kurt Ramien 19381908
Oskar Wehr 19391904
Theodor-Heinrich Riedel 19391909
Werner Steffan 19391907
Hans Feldbausch 19401910
Erich Mahrholz 19401898
Wilhelm Rümann 19401899
Ernst Schumacher 19401900
Reimar von Bonin 19411908
Friedrich Braune 19411907
Hellmut Kienast 19411909
Arno Schmidt 19411909
Robert Eyssen 19411911
Peter Christian Donner 19411899
Hans-Hermann von Schweinitz 19411901
Hasso von Bredow 19411901
Hans Walther 19411902
Ernst Krafft 19411903
Oswald Paul 19411901
Hermann Lorey 19411896
Ernst Hintzmann 19411897
Erich Heyden 19411898
Heinrich Kehrhahn 19411900
Fritz Conrad 19411901
Erhard Tobye 19411911
Paul Hönicke 19411901
Arno Spindler 19411898
Edmund Schulz 19411894
Werner Scheer 19411912
Carl August Claussen 19411900
Karl Wollanke 19411903
Franz Claassen 19421899
Erich Haeker 19421906
Ulrich Rasmus 19421907
Wilhelm Kopp 19421899
Werner Lindenau 19421912
Heinz Menche 19421903
Eberhard von Goetze 19421912
Otto Klüber 19421913
Otto Fein 19421913
Walter Koehler 19421901
Herbert Goehle 19421897
Reinhold Gadow 19421900
Waldemar Bender 19421905
Karl von Bodecker 19421894
Joachim Plath 19421913
Günther Horstmann 19421913
Heinrich Ruhfus 19421913
Otto Fricke 19421913
Hans Henning 19421914
Max Kühne 19421890
Wilhelm Rhein 19421907
Walter Oehler 19421908
Walther Dose 19421905
Harald Kienast 19421913
Siegfried Punt 19421898
Hans-Udo von Tresckow 19421912
Hermann von Bredow 19421912
Clamor von Trotha 19421912
Bernhard Liebetanz 19421913
Rudolf Junker 19421913
Rudolf Schulte 19421903
Heinrich Wagner 19421906; 1907
Werner Fürbringer 19421907
Werner Stichling 19431914
Hans Bütow 19431914
Siegfried Claassen 19431902
Joachim von Gerlach 19431913
Wilhelm Matthies 19431914
Otto Kähler 19431914
Hans Mirow 19431914
Ernst Kratzenberg 19431914
Kurt Böhmer 19431914
Erich Bey 19433 January 1916 (I./16)
Gerhard Wagner 23 November 189826 June 19871 March 1943; 1 March 19561 July 1916 (VII./16)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
temporary rank of Vizeadmiral from 28 March - 31 December 1962
Günther Schubert 19431 July 1916 (VII.16)
Eberhard Godt 19431 July 1918 (VII./18)
Adalbert Zuckschwerdt 19431893
Siegfried Engel 19431911
Karl-Otto Gutjahr 19431914
Werner Schönermark 1943January 1915 (I./15)
Ernst Lucht 1943August 1915 (VIII./15)
Erich Müller 19431914
Waldemar Winther 1943April 1915 (IV./15)
Karl Hoffmann 1943October 1915 (X./15)
Siegfried Sorge 1943July 1916 (VII./16)
Ludwig Stummel 1943July 1916 (VII./16)
Hans Hartmann 1943October 1915 (X./15)
Erich Breuning 1943January 1916 (I./16)
Hans Leithäuser 19431914
Georg Kleine 19431900
Ernst von Studnitz 1943July 1915 (VII./15)
Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer 1943July 1917 (VII./15)
Reinhold Henrici 19441907
Hans-Joachim Gadow 1944October 1916 (X./16)
Friedrich Traugott Schmidt 1944October 1915 (X./15)
Walter Hennecke 1944October 1915 (X./15)
Otto Schulz 1944April 1916 (IV./16)
Günther von der Forst 1944January 1916 (I./16)
Richard Rothe-Roth 1944October 1916 (X./16)
Hans Meyer 1944January 1917 (I./17)
Paul Meixner 19441910/40
Rudolf Peters 1944October 1917 (X./17)
Werner Ehrhardt 25 May 189823 September 19671 August 19444 July 1916 (VII./16)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine Flottillenadmiral 1957-60
father of Dieter Ehrhardt
Wilhelm Busse 19441896
Fritz Krauß 1944April 1917 (IV./17)
Conrad Engelhardt 1944April 1916 (IV./16)
Wilhelm Mössel 1944July 1916 (VII./16)
Ludolf von Hohnhorst 1944October 1916 (X./16)
Hans Michahelles 1944April 1917 (IV./17)
Wolff-Ehrenreich von Arnswaldt 23 March 18984 January 19721 January 19455 July 1915 (VII./15)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Kurt Weyher 22 March 193519441918
Rolf Johannesson 22 July 19006 December 19891 January 1945
22 December 1958
July 1918 (VII./18)War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Georg Waue 1944July 1918 (VII./18)
Ernst Friedrich (Ing.)19231893
Paul Berndt (Ing.)19281897
Hans Peters (Ing.)19331903
Walter Kühn (Ing.)19401910
Wilhelm Betche (Ing.)19411899
Helmut Grube (Ing.)19421912
Ernst Halwe (Ing.)19421907
Johannes Strauch (Ing.)19421905
Paul-Willy Zieb (Ing.)19421912
Wilhelm Tackenberg (Ing.)19421912
Friedrich Hilbig (Ing.)19421893
Fritz Niemand (Ing.)19421911
Alfred Schulze (Ing.)19421912
Walter Steiner (Ing.)19421911
Wilhelm Genske (Ing.)19421906
Wilhelm Johannsen (Ing.)19431911
Max Adam (Ing.)28 December 189422 October 19781 February 194310 October 1913War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine
Arthur Gerlach (Ing.)19431910
Otto Thedsen (Ing.)19431905
Max Schenitzki (Ing.)19431913
Carl Weber (Ing.)1943VIII./1914
Hans Voß (Ing.)1944VIII./1914
Waldemar Kober (Ing.)19441914
Heinz Scheffer (Ing.)1944April 1916 (IV./16)
Max Peters (Ing.)19441907
Johannes Steenbock (Ing.)19441913
Julius Heimberg (Ing.)1944April 1917 (IV./17)
Carl Wenzel (San.)18921854; 1857
Hermann Gutschow (San.)18991866; 1871
Heinrich Helferich (San.)19061873; 1906
Otto Elste (San.)19081875; 1879
August Bier (San.)19111883; 1886
Johannes Brachmann (San.)19221888; 1891
Karl Eyerich (San.)19371904; 1911
Johannes Sontag (San.)19381906; 1913
Egon Schulte-Ostrop (San.)19391907; 1914
Werner d'Hargues (San.)19411911; 1914
Wilhelm Brahms (San.)19411899; 1904
Kurt Dütschke (San.)19411911; 1914
Willy Mücke (San.)19411907; 1913
Walter Lange (San.)19411901; 1907
Eberhard Ahrens (San.)13 January 189229 June 19451 September 194121 May 1921War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine served as reservist with the navy in WWI
Hans-Releff Riege (San.)19411914
Karl Kraft (San.)19421914; 1922
Gerhard Müller (San.)19431914; 1922
Walther Goette (San.)19431913; 1922
Fritz Nadler (San.)19431922
Hugo Caanitz (San.)19441914; 1922
Otto Siegfried Tarnow (San.)19441914; 1922
Heinrich Nöldeke (San.)19441922
Alois Evers (San.)19441915; 1922
Hans-Hinrich Möller (San.)19441915; 1922
Hellmut Heim (San.)19441918; 1923
Friedrich Matthes (W)19431898
Richard Jewinski (W)19431905
Hans Hamelau (W)19431901
August Böning (V)19451910
Rudolf Arendt 25 January 192319801940Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Jörg Auer 21 November 1943Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Carl Heinz Birnbacher 26 May 19105 December 19911 October 19681 October 1930Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Wolfgang Brost 20 January 1936Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Thomas Daum 17 July 19621 November 2015VII/81Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Rudolf Deckert 3 November 19272008Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Christoph Diehl 20 November 1946Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Jürgen Dubois 7 December 1932Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Dieter Ehrhardt 14 May 1927Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy son of Werner Ehrhardt
Heinrich Erdmann 15 July 190819 March 1992April 1927Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Arend Feindt 29 October 19212 February 20021979XII/39Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Horst Geffers 15 February 192516 December 2015Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Gerhard Güllich 1 March 193819911958Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Friedrich Guggenberger 6 March 191513 May 198831 October 1968Crew 34Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Heinz-Harald Hallier 19 April 1936Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Erich Happach Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hubert Haß 30 January 194920091968Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Sigurd Heß 26 February 1938IX/57Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Klaus-Peter Hirtz 30 October 194520011966Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Gottfried Hoch Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Joachim-Albrecht von Holleuffer 20 March 1921Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Diether Hülsemann 23 October 1937Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Otto Ites 5 February 19182 February 19821 April 19753 April 1936Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Klaus Jancke Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Berthold Jung 17 June 191511 January 199219701935Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Uwe Siegfried Kahre Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Friedrich Kemnade 12 December 191129 January 20082 April 19681 April 1931Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Horst-Dieter Kolletschke 29 February 19522010Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hansjakob Kratzmair 19 September 1927Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Willi Krauß 27 December 19352013Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Günter Kuhnke 7 September 191211 October 19901 April 19667 April 1931Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Rudolf Lange 17 September 1941IV/61Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Dieter Leder Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Gustav Carl Eduard Liebig 5 June 193028 February 200719831956Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Friedrich Meisner 30 August 1928Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Jochen Meyer-Höper 10 February 1935Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Michael Mollenhauer 27 November 19511 September 20091971Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Helmut Neuss 12 March 190821 July 20091926Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Eberhard Noodt 16 September 192227 October 20051977XII/39Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Ulrich Otto Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Karl Peter 17 September 19186 December 20031 September 19731938Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Günter Poser 23 September 19163 June 200327 February 19703 April 1936Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Erwin Rau 3 January 1918Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Günther Reeder 2 November 1915Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hans-Rudolf Rösing 28 September 190516 December 200413 November 196231 March 1924Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Karl Schneider-Pungs 31 July 191422 September 200119661 April 1934Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Reinhold Siebert Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Karl Ernst Smidt 30 August 190311 January 198431 October 19611922Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Horst Sommermeyer 12 March 1938Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Klaus-Jürgen Steindorff 17 May 193214 January 20061986I/56Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Klaus-Jürgen Thäter 27 June 192527 October 200019791 June 1942Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Erich Topp 2 July 191426 December 200521 December 19661934Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Hanshermann Vohs 4 December 19232 July 1996Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Edward Wegener 17 December 190430 December 198119631923Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Herbert Bernig 6 October 19317 October 19884 August 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Hans-Joachim Dönitz 26 June 193431 December 20107 October 198012 May 1952Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine no relation to Karl Dönitz
Friedrich Elchlepp 4 July 19242 March 200230 November 1984V./41Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Richard Fischer 24 March 190615 December 19911 October 195215 May 1945Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine later Generalmajor
Eberhard Grießbach 3 October 19351 March 198611 August 1954Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Lothar Heinecke 30 March 193321 February 19851 March 19743 September 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Werner Henninger 7 April 19297 October 197918 November 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Hans Heß 25 May 19297 October 198218 November 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Heinz Irmscher 6 July 1920September 20041 March 19711950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Heinrich Jordt 15 December 191727 July 19871 March 19741 August 1945Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Klaus Kahnt 9 February 19357 October 197910 January 1953Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Werner Kotte 3 September 19317 October 19824 August 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Walter Kühn 4 July 19201 March 19761 July 1945Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Wolfgang Laue 24 February 192919967 October 19821 August 1952Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Peter Miethe 27 January 19447 October 19891962Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Helmut Milzow 10 July 19327 October 198418 November 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Gerhard Müller 18 May 194121 February 19891 August 1960Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Joachim Münch 21 February 19287 October 19823 August 1954Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Egon Nitz 9 May 193419 May 20111 March 198720 January 1953Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Hans Partzsch 28 February 19308 June 20121 March 198821 September 1949Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Günther Pöschel 14 June 19337 October 198410 July 1951Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Rolf Rödel 5 April 194017 October 20137 October 19831 September 1958Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Felix Scheffler 9 February 191513 March 19861 October 19521950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Herbert Städke 17 March 193111 January 20081 March 19841 November 1953Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Johannes Streubel 17 January 192122 February 19901 May 196410 February 1950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Rudi Wegner 27 May 192320 July 19957 October 19681950Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Karl Weiß 6 April 19357 October 19841 April 1952Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg  Volksmarine
Wolfgang Bremer 1 June 1953VII./73Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Jens-Voker Kronisch 19491 April 2008Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Klaus von Dambrowski 16 February 19531 October 20121972Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy active
Thomas Jugel 1 May 2013Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy active
Hans-Christian Luther 21 January 195524 May 20141974; 1977Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy active
Klaus-Michael Nelte 1 May 20131977Naval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy active

Konteradmirale (Charakter)

NameDate of birthDate of deathDate of rankCrew/YearNotes
Johann Otto Donner 27 October 180816 February 187311 April 18621822; 1850served in the Royal Danish Navy prior to 1849
Hinrik Sundewall 29 December 181427 October 18844 August 18631834; 5 June 1852served in the Royal Swedish Navy prior to 1852
Wilhelm von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld 3 October 183117 January 189022 March 18641848; 29 January 1854served in the Royal Danish Navy and Royal Navy prior to 1854
Heinrich Köhler 3 July 182421 June 188222 March 18731848; 1849served in the Prussian Army
Hermann Robert Przewisinski 6 March 18319 October 190217 December 187824 October 1848
Paul Zirzow 6 June 183814 January 191213 November 188324 June 1854
Graf Arthur von Schack-Wittenau-Danckelmann 26 July 18391 February 189215 January 188524 April 1856
Graf Friedrich von Hacke 3 March 184129 April 189717 February 188524 June 185418 March 1886
Bartholomäus von Werner 18 July 18426 April 192415 November 188724 April 1856
Gustav Stempel 16 February 18386 March 191515 November 188817 December 186328 August 1865 retroactive commission
Conrad Dietert 5 October 184415 September 190618 February 189016 June 1860
Franz von Kyckbusch 14 February 184429 November 18962 December 189016 June 1860
Franz Strauch 11 April 184611 August 192821 September 18919 June 1864
Ernst Aschmann 15 June 184829 October 191017 October 189215 June 1863
Rudolf Rittmeyer 27 September 185028 February 191413 April 189621 April 1866
Oscar Boeters 19 November 18485 February 191214 September 18961 May 1865
Walther Koch 4 October 184817 October 191729 March 189724 April 1865
Fritz Rötger 6 July 184826 July 191312 April 189824 April 1865
Richard Hornung 5 November 18504 April 190510 October 189815 April 1867
Oscar von Schuckmann 25 May 18517 March 19207 March 18999 June 1864
Oscar Klausa 6 January 18492 November 19077 May 190024 April 1865
Felix Stubenrauch 7 March 185015 September 19317 May 190015 April 1867
Emil Freiherr von Lyncker 15 December 18495 June 19317 May 190015 April 1867
Louis Riedel 12 December 184910 March 190717 September 190015 April 1867
Max Heßner 21 April 18503 February 192528 May 190115 April 1867
August Gruner 19011868
Kurt Kalau vom Hofe 19011867
Paul Hofmeier 19011867
Karl Rosendahl 19021869
Hermann da Fonseca-Wollheim 19021868
Oskar Stiege 19021869
Leopold Koellner 19031869
Adolf Thiele 19031870
Alfred Herz 19031866
Ernst Credner 19031868
Hugo Plachte 19041870
Gottlieb Becker 27 January 19041869
Hans Meyer 19041871
Johannes Stein 19041873
Walther Faber 19041870/73
Otto Flichtenhöfer 19051868
Max Galster 19051868
Georg Sarnow 19051868
Carl Friedrich 1855191819061872
Karl Ascher 11 October 19061868
Reinhold Brussatis 19061872
Max Bachem 10 November 19061872
Georg Janke 19071874
Johannes Wallmann 19071874
Ludwig Bruch 19071877
Carl Derzewski 19071873
Hugo Emsmann 19071874
Hermann Lilie 19071873
Rudolf Engel 19071874
Ernst van Semmern 19071876
Fritz Sommerwerck 19071874
Adolph von Bassewitz 27 January 19081876
Georg Scheibel 19081876
Eugen Weber 1860192919081878
Carl Schönfelder 19081876
Wilhelm Becker 12 October 19081877
Hartwig von Dassel 19081877
Paul Rampold 19091877
Victor Schönfelder 19091874
Hugo von Cotzhausen 19091879
Johannes Recke 19091879
Otto Herbig 19091859
Otto Hoepner 19091873
Carl Paschen 19091874
Joachim von Bredow 19091875
Johannes Nickel 19091878
Ferdinand von Grumme 19101878
Max Foß 19101867
Max Wilken 19101880
Johannes Meier 19101879
Paul Schlieper 19101880
Friedrich Musculus 19101880
Friedrich Marwede 19101880
Ludwig Glatzel 19111881
Paul von Hintze 19111882
Fritz Hoffmann 1861191819111879
Albertus Petruschky 19131884
Adolf Josephi 19131876
Horst von Hippel 19131884
Wilhelm Bertram 19131884
Ehler Behring 19141883
Max Piraly 19141866
William Kutter 19161878
Georg Wuthmann 19161881
Otto Mandt 19161874
Ferdinand Thyen 19161883
Ferdinand Bertram 19161885
Ulrich Lübbert 19171887
Siegfried von Jachmann 19181884
Hermann Schröder 19181887
Theodor Fuchs 19181887
Willi Brüninghaus 19191888
Heinrich Rohardt 19191889
Karl von Restorff 19191888
Gustav Kirchhoff 1863194519191882
Friedrich Kloebe 19191885
Heinrich Trendtel 19191884
Reinhard von Fischer-Loszainen 19191888
Theodor Frey 19191888
Carl Tägert 19191888
Titus Türk 19191888
Friedrich Pohl 19191885
Max Lans 19191888
Hans Pfundheller 19191888
Rudolf Bartels 30 August 19191889
Richard Koch 1863192719191881
Harry von Posodowsky-Wehner 19191887
Wilhelm Adelung 7 November 19191889
Richard Ackermann 7 November 19191889
Otto Bechtel 18 November 19191885
Max Köthner 19191888
Moritz von Obernitz 19191887
Max Schlicht 19191889
Heinrich Retzmann 19191890
Kurt Graßhoff 19191888
Otto Kranzbühler 1871193219191888
Friedrich von Kühlwetter 19191883
Emil Orth 19191888
Andreas Fischer 19191889
Wilhelm Goetze 19191890
Albert Stoelzel 19191890
Victor Harder 21 November 187019 September 193326 January 192013 April 188922 November 1919
Hans Herr 1871193619201889
Hans Seebohm 19201890
Lebrecht von Klitzing 19201890
Hermann Mörsberger 19201889
Victor Reclam 19201889
Waldemar Vollerthun 19201888
Ludwig Saxer 19201889
Friedrich Behnke 19201888
Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer 19201888
Hans Bene 19201890
Wilhelm von Krosigk 20 November 187112 August 195319201889
Werner Siemens 1873196419201890
Hans Gygas 19201890
Wilibald Grauer 19201889
Eberhard Heydel 19201891
Carl von Kameke 19201888
Fritz Lüdecke 19201890
Paul Kettner 19201890
Walter Isendahl 19201891
Richard Dittmer 19201863
Erich von Zeppelin 19201891
Gustav Haß 11 March 18721 March 193215 July 19201891
Paul Boethke 19201891
Paul Wolfram 19201891
Karl Kühlenthal 19201891
Berthold Stechow 19201882
Otto Lans 19201889
Hans Quaet-Faslem 19211893
Johannes Horn 19221892
Fritz Sachsse 19221894
Harry Mündel 19231895
Fritz Wossidlo 19231894
Heinrich Lampe 19231896
Wilhelm Wilke 19231896
Theodor Eschenburg 19241895
Karl Klüpfel 19261897
Bernhard Bobsien 19261897
Ernst Batsch 1 October 19261896
Friedrich Hermann 19271898
Ernst Bindseil 19281899
Albert Gayer 19291899
Rudolf Lahs 19291899
Arthur Rochlitz 19291899
Fritz Spieß 19291900
Willy Hermann 19291900
Franz Schröter 19301899
Ernst Meusel 19301899
Heinrich von Henning 19311902
Iwan Brandes 19321901
Albrecht Meißner 19321901
Leo Riedel 19321902
Heinrich Schickhardt 19331902
Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke 19331903
Heinrich Gebhardt 19331904
Waldemar Hirth 19341903
Reinhold Knobloch 19361902
Karl Coupette 19381905
Carl-Wilhelm Weniger 1874194519391891
Karl-August Nerger 19391893
Otto Klimpt (Ing.)19191878
Adolf Schützler (Ing.)19191879
Franz Lemke (Ing.)19221880
Otto Steinkopf (Ing.)19241893
Walter Heinze (Ing.)19281897
Walter Berendt (Ing.)19291898
Wilhelm Korreng (Ing.)19301899
Rudolf Braune (San.)19031869; 1870
Reinhold Ruge (San.)19141881; 1885
Georg Erdmann (San.)1860194319141880; 1887
Johannes Runkwitz (San.)19161878; 1882
Harry Koenig (San.)19161878, 1884
Oscar Gudden (San.)19161884; 1889
Eduard Dirksen (San.)19181880; 1884
Hans Behmer (San.)19191885/89
Richard Spiering (San.)19191881; 1887
Hermann Küttner (San.)19201891; 1894
Maximilian Schumann (San.)19201880; 1886
Paul Bonte (San.)19201882; 1886
Günther von Foerster (San.)19201884; 1889
Robert Martin (San.)19211885; 1889
Rudolf Scholtz (San.)19211887; 1891
Claudius Richelot (San.)19211889
Josef Freymadl (San.)19221883; 1888
Ernst Böse (San.)19231890; 1895
Victor Praefcke (San.)19251894; 1900
Friedrich Schepers (San.)19261899; 1900
Friedrich Titschak (San.)19271898; 1902
Friedrich Pinggéra (San.)19281899; 1904
Edgar Pillet (San.)19301903; 1908
Emil Krauß (San.)19341903; 1910

Flottillenadmirale

Flag Flottillenadmiral.svg

The rank of Flottillenadmiral (Rear Admiral, lower half) was newly established in 1955 as the naval equivalent to Brigadegeneral. The rank roughly corresponds to the position of Kommodore in earlier German naval forces.

Nameborndiedretired
Hans Bartel 21 May 190127 August 197930 September 1961
Gustav Bartholomäus 6 April 192430 January 200930 September 1984
Henning Bess 21 May 194731 May 2009
Horst Biesterfeld 1 December 190611 October 196930 April 1966
Gerhard Bing 4 August 193419 March 200631 March 1993
Adalbert von Blanc 11 July 19077 November 197630 September 1964
Rolf Boehe 26 March 191326 April 197931 March 1972
Willi Boller 3 July 192230 September 1982
Karl Wilhelm Bollow 30 August 195231 October 2012
Hansdieter Christmann 27 August 193330 September 1990
Otto Ciliax 26 June 193914 June 201630 September 1998
Karl Clausen 9 October 1916201330 September 1976
Herwig Collmann 1 September 191531 March 1973
Otto Dingeldein 6 March 191511 May 198130 September 1972
Oswald Duch 6 July 191825 January 200031 March 1978
Heinz-Eugen Eberbach 27 December 194627 December 2003(died)
Götz Eberle 28 November 194131 December 2001
Jürgen Ehle 17 August 1957active
Konrad Martin Ehrensberger 27 March 193630 June 1994
Rainer Endres 30 May 1957active
Wolfgang Engelmann 29 May 193730 September 1997
Thomas Ernst 1956active
Waldemar Feldes 20 April 193930 September 1999
Heinz Konrad Fenn 20 July 191830 September 1978
Günter Fiebig 6 March 19207 June 198431 March 1980
Hans-Klaus Fingerle 1 April 19086 June 198830 September 1968
Kurt Fischer 17 January 193731 March 1993
Walter Flachsenberg 26 October 19083 November 199431 March 1969
Kurt Freiwald 29 October 190612 December 197530 September 1965
Klaus-Dieter Fritz 22 June 194731 December 2006
Karl-Heinz Fuchs 18 January 191531 March 1973
Johann Christian Giermann 7 November 193631 December 1995
Karl-Heinz Göpffarth 8 June 19132 February 197731 December 1971
Henrich Grote 9 November 192025 October 199531 March 1981
Siegfried Günther 7 February 193331 March 1991
Robert Gysae 4 January 191126 April 198931 March 1970
Wolfgang Haack 16 January 1910199130 September 1969
Manfred Hartmann 21 January 19501 February 2012
Walter Heck 16 May 191028 February 198731 March 1970
Ronald Hemeling 18 August 195331 December 2015
Sigurd Hess 26 February 193831 March 1998
Detlev Hoepner 20 July 194331 October 2004
Hans-Jürgen von Hößlin 27 January 193731 March 1997
Carl Hoffmann 24 July 1923200130 September 1983
Henning Hoops 16 December 194631 December 2008
Diether Hülsemann 23 October 193731 March 1998
Ulrich Hundt 23 June 193730 September 1994
Jan Christian Kaack 24 December 1962active
Thorsten Kähler 1 February 1955active
Wolfgang Kähler 22 March 19038 September 198330 June 1962
Wolfgang Kalähne 7 January 194530 June 2007
Detlef Bruno Kammholz 17 December 193931 March 2000
Karl Heinz Kelle 5 June 194130 September 2001
Thomas Kempf 7 November 194230 September 2002
Werner-Georg Kimmerling 23 March 19135 September 199531 March 1971
Helmut Klemm 16 February 190825 October 196930 September 1967
Bernd-Georg Klug 12 December 191415 June 197531 March 1968
Jürgen Egon Kratzmann 23 May 19461 June 2008
Markus Krause-Traudes 27 December 1957active
Martin Krebs 26 July 1955active
Otto Kretschmer 1 May 19125 August 199830 September 1970
Paul Kriebel 29 January 191731 March 1977
Klaus-Dieter Laudien 7 January 193830 September 1995
Frank Martin Lenski active
Volker Liche 22 July 194130 September 2001
Hans Looschen 28 November 190727 June 198730 September 1966
Werner Lüders 29 May 195325 September 2014
Hermann Lüdke 18 December 19118 October 196830 September 1968
Georg Freiherr von Maltzan 4 May 195331 May 2016
Jürgen Mannhardt 17 March 1954active
Jean Martens 23 May 1961active
Dieter Martin 16 September 192130 September 1981
Jochen Mehner 18 April 193431 March 1992
Egon Meyer 7 June 192930 September 1988
Hans Meyer 1 December 189823 January 198931 December 1960
Helmut Meyer-Abich 20 July 191930 September 1979
Jürgen zur Mühlen 3 September 1960active
Ernst-Günther Müller 3 December 192231 March 1983
Theodor von Mutius 19 December 190919 October 197731 March 1970
Klaus-Peter Niemann 29 October 193530 September 1994
Horst Oehlke 2 January 192431 December 1981
Karl-Wilhelm Ohlms 21 May 1954active
Reinhart Ostertag 28 October 191330 September 1971
Kurt Pfennig 10 January 194230 August 1996died
Hubert Ponert 22 September 192330 September 1983
Hubertus von Puttkamer 3 November 194830 November 2010
Walter Reichenmiller 27 December 194116 March 1999died
Karlheinz Reichert 1 January 193730 September 1995
Friedrich Remde 17 July 192830 September 1988
Jörg-Eckart Reschke 20 January 193830 September 1996
Karl-Heinz Riemke 24 October 195031 March 2010
Hans-Achim Romer 27 February 193931 March 1999
Karl-Heinz Rosberg 28 December 194230 September 2002
Elmar Schmähling 17 February 192716 January 1990
Rolf Schmitz 2 June 194930 June 2011
Karsten Schneider 11 January 1956active
Wolfgang Schrade 2 March 1924May 201031 March 1984
Gerd Schreiber 2 April 191231 March 1984
Werner Schünemann 9 March 1920200431 March 1980
Alfred Schumann 16 June 190210 May 198531 March 1963
Heinrich Schuur 23 November 193731 December 1994
Klaus Schwabe 25 February 193831 March 1996
Kurt Seizinger 7 January 192031 March 1980
Klaus-Dieter Sievert 17 May 193530 September 1995
Uwe Sörensen 25 February 192031 March 1979
Carsten Stawitzki 29 March 1966active
Alfons Teipel 30 September 193130 September 1989
Ernst Thienemann 7 November 189827 June 196430 September 1960
Rolf Thomsen 6 May 191526 March 200331 March 1972
Wilfried Toepser 12 February 191931 March 1979
Viktor Toyka 23 October 194631 October 2006
Karl-Heinz Vorsteher 1 June 191611 June 198830 September 1974
Hubert Freiherr von Wangenheim 4 November 19043 September 197331 December 1962
Horst Wenig 15 December 19196 February 198631 March 1980
Horst-Helmut Wind 15 August 192719 February 200930 September 1985
Max-Eckart Wolff 19 December 19029 November 198831 March 1963
Kurt Ziebis 7 March 193531 March 1992

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