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.

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 Germany 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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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 Koester29 April 184421 February 192828 June 190521 June 1859
King Oscar II of Sweden21 January 18218 December 190713 July 190530 August 1888honorary rank (a la suite)
Prince Heinrich von Preußen14 August 186220 April 19294 September 190921 April 1877
Alfred von Tirpitz19 March 18496 March 193027 January 191124 April 1865
Henning von Holtzendorff9 January 18536 June 191931 May 191811 April 1869
Erich Raeder24 April 18766 November 19601 April 193916 April 1894
Karl Dönitz16 September 189124 December 198031 January 19434 April 1910

Generaladmirale

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNotes
Conrad Albrecht7 October 188018 August 19691 April 193910 April 1899
Alfred Saalwächter10 January 18836 December 19451 January 194010 April 1901executed by the Soviet Union
Rolf Carls29 May 188514 April 194519 July 19401 April 1903
Karl Witzell18 October 188431 May 19761 April 19411 April 1902
Hermann Boehm18 January 188411 April 19721 April 19411 April 1903
Otto Schultze11 May 188422 January 196631 August 19427 April 1900zV
Wilhelm Marschall30 September 188620 March 19761 February 19431 April 1906
Otto Schniewind14 December 188726 March 19641 March 19443 April 1907
Walter Warzecha28 May 18913 August 19561 March 19441 April 1909
Oskar Kummetz21 July 189117 December 198016 September 19441 April 1910
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg15 July 189523 May 19451 May 19451 April 1914suicide

Admirale

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 Prussia29 October 18116 June 187319 April 185917 April 1848 Prussian Navy
Max von der Goltz19 April 183820 December 19062 September 189228 October 1853 Imperial German Navy
Eduard von Knorr8 March 184017 February 192031 May 189324 June 1854 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich von Hollmann19 January 184221 January 191318 April 189618 June 1857 Imperial German Navy
Guido Karcher8 July 184427 December 190526 June 189921 June 1859 Imperial German Navy
August von Thomsen6 August 184626 September 192019 November 190011 January 1862 Imperial German Navyennobled 16 June 1913
Otto von Diederichs7 September 18438 March 191827 January 19026 September 1865 Imperial German Navyentered Prussian Army 1 January 1862
Gustav von Senden-Bibran23 July 184723 November 190914 November 19037 April 1862 Imperial German Navy
Felix von Bendemann8 August 184831 October 191514 November 19039 June 1864 Imperial German Navyennobled 27 January 1905
Volkmar von Arnim7 November 184710 September 192322 June 190515 June 1863 Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Büchsel12 April 18487 April 192026 June 190524 April 1865 Imperial German Navy
Curt von Prittwitz und Gaffron16 July 184916 February 192218 May 190721 April 1866 Imperial German Navyennobled 15 June 1908
Max von Fischel31 March 185011 May 192917 September 190715 April 1867 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich von Baudissin3 April 185221 February 192127 January 190815 April 1867 Imperial German Navy
Georg Alexander von Müller24 March 185418 April 194029 August 191031 May 1871 Imperial German Navy
Oskar von Truppel17 May 185420 August 193127 January 191131 May 1871 Imperial German Navy
Ludwig von Schröder17 July 185424 July 193327 January 191131 May 1871 Imperial German Navy
Carl von Coerper18 May 185420 April 19426 May 191231 May 1871 Imperial German Navy
Hugo von Pohl25 August 185523 February 19161 April 191318 April 1872 Imperial German Navy
August von Heeringen26 November 185529 September 192721 January 191318 April 1872 Imperial German Navy
Eduard von Capelle10 October 185523 February 193112 April 191318 April 1872 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich von Ingenohl30 June 185719 December 193315 November 191312 April 1874 Imperial German Navy
Karl Dick24 April 185830 December 192817 September 191421 April 1877 Imperial German Navy
Gustav Bachmann13 July 186031 August 194522 March 191521 April 1877 Imperial German Navy
Günther von Krosigk13 September 186016 June 193822 March 191521 April 1877 Imperial German Navy
Guido von Usedom2 October 185424 February 192527 January 191631 May 1871 Imperial German Navy
Reinhard Scheer30 September 186326 November 19286 June 191622 April 1879 Imperial German Navy
Reinhard Koch31 October 186126 June 193927 January 191823 April 1878 Imperial German Navy
Ehrhard Schmidt18 May 186318 July 194627 January 191822 April 1879 Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Souchon2 June 186413 January 194611 August 191815 April 1881 Imperial German Navy
Franz von Hipper13 September 186325 May 193211 August 191815 April 1881 Imperial German Navy
Paul Behncke13 August 18664 January 193720 December 19206 April 1883 Reichsmarine
Hans Zenker10 August 187018 August 19321 October 192413 April 1889 Reichsmarine
Richard Foerster31 March 18799 April 19521 December 19352 April 1899 Kriegsmarine
Max Bastian28 August 188311 March 19581 April 19381 April 1902 Kriegsmarine
Willi von Nordeck26 January 188812 October 19561 January 19401 April 1903 Kriegsmarine
Günther Guse30 August 18866 May 19531 January 19401 April 1905 Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Canaris1 January 18879 April 19451 January 19401 April 1905 Kriegsmarineexecuted by Nazi Germany
Karlgeorg Schuster19 August 188616 June 19731 January 19401 April 1905 Kriegsmarine
Hermann Densch15 June 188724 August 19631 January 19401 April 1905 Kriegsmarine
Günther Lütjens25 May 188927 May 19411 September 19403 April 1907 Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Prentzel28 July 18782 May 194530 November 19307 April 1896 Kriegsmarine
Walter Gladisch2 January 188223 March 19541 February 194118 April 1898 Kriegsmarine
Hermann von Fischel13 January 188713 May 19501 September 19411 April 1905 Kriegsmarine
Otto Groos17 July 188229 May 19701 September 19417 April 1900 Kriegsmarine
Otto Feige21 September 18822 January 19511 September 194110 April 1901 Kriegsmarine
Raul Mewis3 June 188623 February 19721 March 19421 April 1906 Kriegsmarine
Otto von Schrader18 March 188819 July 19451 March 19421 April 1906 Kriegsmarinesuicide
Eugen Lindau3 May 188310 May 19601 March 19421 April 1903 KriegsmarinezV
Hermann Mootz12 July 18894 January 19621 April 19423 April 1907 Kriegsmarine
Conrad Patzig24 May 18881 December 19751 April 19423 April 1907 Kriegsmarine
Otto Hormel13 September 188622 April 19711 April 19423 April 1907 Kriegsmarine
Hubert Schmundt19 September 188817 October 19841 April 19421 April 1908 Kriegsmarine
Werner Fuchs18 January 189130 June 19761 April 19421 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Kurt Fricke8 November 18892 May 19451 April 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer14 September 189013 February 19521 September 19421 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Johannes Bachmann22 March 18902 April 19451 September 19421 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Ernst von Gagern6 July 187814 September 19541 September 194216 April 1894 Kriegsmarine
Gottfried Hansen8 November 188116 July 19761 September 194212 April 1898 Kriegsmarine
Paul Fanger11 April 188915 April 19451 September 19421 April 1908 Kriegsmarine
Otto Ciliax30 October 189112 December 19641 February 194310 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Werner Tillessen22 August 188019 May 19531 February 194312 April 1898 KriegsmarinezV
Erich Förste11 February 189210 July 19631 March 19431 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Theodor Krancke20 March 189318 June 19731 April 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Otto Backenköhler1 February 18925 February 19671 April 19431 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Meisel4 November 18937 September 19741 April 19441 April 1913 Kriegsmarine
Paul Wenneker27 February 189017 October 19791 August 19441 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach12 May 189116 December 19651 October 19441 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Theodor Burchardi14 May 189212 August 1983January 19451 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Erich Zieger (Ing.)12 July 188921 March 19451 September 19421 October 1907 Kriegsmarine
Sigmund Moosauer (San.)13 March 187720 April 19441 October 19381 April 1903 KriegsmarineAdmiraloberstabsarzt
Alfred Fikentscher (San.)30 April 188810 January 19791 September 19421 April 1914 KriegsmarineAdmiraloberstabsarzt
Armin Zimmermann23 December 191730 November 19761 April 19721 April 1937 German NavyInspector General of the Federal Armed Forces
Günter Luther17 March 192231 May 19971 October 19801 April 1939 German NavyInspector General of the Federal Armed Forces; DSACEUR
Dieter Wellershoff16 March 193316 July 20051 October 19861 April 1957 German NavyInspector General of the Federal Armed Forces
Rainer Feist12 April 194519 May 200718 September 20021 April 1966 German NavyDSACEUR
Manfred Nielson25 February 1955March 20161 July 1973 German NavyDSACT
Wilhelm Ehm30 August 19189 August 20097 October 197710 July 1950 Volksmarine30 November 1987 (ret.)
Theodor Hoffmann27 February 19351 November 201818 November 198912 May 1952 Volksmarine24 September 1990 (ret.)
Waldemar Verner27 August 191415 February 19821 March 196115 June 1950 Volksmarine31 December 1976 (ret.)

Vizeadmirale

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 Schröder15 November 18002 May 188522 May 18584 July 1846 Prussian Navyentered French navy in 1812, transferred to Dutch navy February 1814, character as Schout bij Nacht, 22 November 1882
Eduard von Jachmann2 March 182221 October 188722 March 18681 January 1848 Imperial German Navyennobled 1882
Ludwig von Henk4 March 182017 October 189428 June 187722 January 1849 Imperial German Navy
Carl Ferdinand Batsch10 January 183122 November 18983 February 18808 September 1848 Imperial German Navy
Otto Livonius1 April 18299 February 191727 December 18837 December 1848 Imperial German Navy
Alexander von Monts de Mazin9 August 183219 January 188924 September 188429 November 1849 Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm von Wickede5 December 183028 November 189519 March 188513 September 1868 Imperial German Navy
Louis von Blanc12 May 18329 January 190314 May 188714 September 1865 Imperial German Navyentered Prussian Army 1 January 1850
Carl Heinrich Theodor Paschen9 June 183524 February 191127 January 188929 August 1866 Imperial German NavyEntered Austro-Hungarian Navy on 1 October 1849
Philipp von Kall18 December 184012 January 189927 July 188921 April 1855 Imperial German Navy
Karl August Deinhard2 February 18424 October 189227 January 189024 April 1856 Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Schröder19 September 184217 June 190814 April 189121 June 1858 Imperial German Navy
Viktor Valois14 August 18411 January 192410 October 189218 June 1857 Imperial German Navy
Ernst von Reiche29 July 184015 December 191213 May 189517 February 1866 Imperial German Navyentered Seewehr on 15 December 1863
Iwan Friedrich Julius Oldekop3 October 18447 January 193622 March 18991 May 1865 Imperial German Navy
Paul Hoffmann20 June 186618 April 191718 September 189915 June 1863 Imperial German Navy
Hans Sack27 July 184815 February 19241 November 190124 April 1865 Imperial German Navy
Richard Geissler20 June 184828 September 192214 December 19011 May 1865 Imperial German Navy
Otto Diederichsen21 August 185013 November 19251 April 190221 April 1866 Imperial German Navy
Ernst Fritze20 April 185027 February 194127 January 190415 July 1864 Imperial German Navy
Hunold von Ahlefeld5 March 18515 September 191927 January 190515 April 1867 Imperial German Navy
Carl Galster20 November 185124 March 193114 March 190526 April 1868 Imperial German Navy
Rudolph von Eickstedt27 September 185230 June 19251 April 190626 April 1868 Imperial German Navy
Carl Wodrig20 July 185123 January 19407 April 190626 April 1868 Imperial German Navy
Gustav Schmidt28 October 185124 June 19311 April 190626 April 1868 Imperial German Navy
Ludwig Borckenhagen15 July 185017 June 191727 January 190726 April 1868 Imperial German Navy
Alfred Breusing15 July 18535 October 191427 January 190711 April 1869 Imperial German Navy
Hugo Zeye21 March 185211 December 190927 April 190711 April 1869 Imperial German Navy
Adolf Goetz1 June 185217 November 191617 September 190718 March 1876 Imperial German Navyentered Austro-Hungarian Navy on 1 October 1866
Raimund Winkler15 December 185516 July 194118 December 190918 April 1872 Imperial German Navy
Adolf Paschen1 March 185624 December 192527 January 191018 April 1872 Imperial German Navy
Max Rollmann13 February 18571 September 194227 January 19108 April 1873 Imperial German Navy
Hermann Jacobsen23 April 185914 November 194327 January 191117 April 1875 Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm Schack16 March 18605 February 192022 March 191128 April 1876 Imperial German Navy
Max von Grapow18 April 18614 March 192410 April 191121 April 1877 Imperial German Navy
Hans von Dambrowski30 March 186131 May 19386 May 191221 April 1877 Imperial German Navy
Gerhard Gerdes13 February 18611 March 194130 April 191321 April 1877 Imperial German Navy
Wilhelm von Lans5 March 186121 March 194727 January 191323 April 1878 Imperial German Navy
Maximilian von Spee22 June 18618 December 191415 November 191323 April 1878 Imperial German Navy
Harald Dähnhardt27 October 186321 May 194431 March 191422 April 1879 Imperial German Navy
Konrad von Henkel-Gebhardi4 June 186016 June 192314 July 191421 April 1877 Imperial German Navyennobled 7 November 1914
Richard Eckermann15 July 186213 January 191613 October 191415 April 1881 Imperial German Navy
Konrad Trummler16 January 186427 December 193617 June 191515 April 1881 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Schultz14 January 186524 March 194517 June 191515 April 1881 Imperial German Navy
Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz14 August 18631 February 193318 September 191520 April 1882 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Gaedeke15 May 186626 May 193517 October 191520 April 1882 Imperial German Navy
Leo Jacobsen21 October 186219 February 195427 January 191615 April 1880 Imperial German Navy
Robert Mischke10 March 186527 March 193227 January 191620 April 1882 Imperial German Navy
Johannes Merten17 December 18578 April 192616 January 191617 April 1875 Imperial German Navy
Carl Schaumann9 October 186523 June 193822 March 191620 April 1882 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Schrader9 February 186524 April 193724 April 191616 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Alfred Ehrlich23 September 185420 January 192613 May 191631 May 1871 Imperial German Navy
Otto Wurmbach8 June 186425 April 194025 November 191616 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Gisberth Jasper28 August 18659 February 195325 November 191616 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Franz Mauve11 November 186412 December 193125 November 191616 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Hugo Kraft10 February 186615 November 192525 November 191616 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Herwarth Schmidt von Schwind2 September 186624 June 194114 October 191716 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Albert Hopman30 April 186514 March 194214 October 191721 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Ernst Ritter von Mann und Edler von Tiechler11 April 18642 October 193427 January 191821 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Friedrich Boedicker13 March 186620 September 194427 January 191821 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Maximilian Rogge14 March 18666 September 194018 September 191821 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Hermann Nordmann19 January 186811 February 193318 September 191821 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Richard Engel27 July 186622 November 195429 October 191821 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Adolf von Trotha1 March 186811 October 194031 October 191916 April 1886 Imperial German Navy
Andreas Michelsen19 February 18698 April 193221 January 192013 April 188 Imperial German Navy
Ludwig von Reuter9 February 186918 December 194329 October 191911 April 1885 Imperial German Navy
Alfred Meyer-Waldeck27 November 186425 August 192827 January 191821 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Gottfried von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels4 July 186823 May 193630 September 192021 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Walter Engelhardt22 August 186722 September 19431 October 191921 April 1884 Imperial German Navy
Ludolf von Uslar3 January 186728 July 19391 October 191911 April 1885 Imperial German Navy
Heinrich Löhlein1 February 18712 March 19601 November 192013 April 188 Imperial German Navy
Hugo Dominik25 October 187113 September 19331 October 19211 April 1890 Reichsmarine
Theodor Püllen25 November 18715 June 19311 August 192210 April 1891 Reichsmarine
Konrad Mommsen10 May 18714 November 19461 November 192310 April 1897 Reichsmarine
Hermann Bauer22 July 187511 February 19581 February 19259 April 1892 Reichsmarine
Iwan Christian Hermann Oldekop8 February 187813 May 19421 January 19282 April 1895 Reichsmarine
Walther Franz7 August 188019 January 19561 December 19287 April 1897 Reichsmarine
Friedrich Brutzer25 September 187912 June 19581 April 19302 April 1898 Reichsmarine
Albrecht Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen4 February 187613 September 19431 August 193313 April 1896 Reichsmarine
Emil Heusinger von Waldegg22 October 18808 December 19661 October 19337 April 1900 Reichsmarine
Friedrich Goetting7 February 18863 January 19461 October 19371 April 1903 Kriegsmarinedied in Soviet captivity
Hans-Herbert Stobwasser8 March 188510 February 19461 October 19376 April 1904 Kriegsmarinesuicide
Robert Witthoeft-Emden29 August 18864 December 19601 November 19376 April 1904 Kriegsmarine
Witold Rother24 May 188827 October 19621 November 19391 April 1905 Kriegsmarine
Werner Grassmann9 March 188820 October 19431 January 19403 April 1907 Kriegsmarine
Siegfried Maßmann2 April 188215 February 19451 September 194010 April 1901 KriegsmarinezV, KIA
Heinrich Ancker7 October 188615 May 19601 November 19401 April 1906 Kriegsmarine
Kurt Aßmann13 July 188326 July 19621 January 194110 April 1901 Kriegsmarine
Ernst Wolf21 July 188629 July 19641 January 19411 April 1906 Kriegsmarine
Thilo von Seebach30 June 189021 October 19661 January 19411 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière18 March 188621 February 19411 February 19411 April 1903 Kriegsmarine
Alexander Werth2 May 187920 April 19421 February 19417 April 1897 KriegsmarinezV
Paul Wülfing von Ditten13 September 18801 November 19531 February 19412 April 1898 KriegsmarinezV
Eduard Eichel21 December 18803 May 19561 August 194110 April 1899 Kriegsmarine
Hans Hubert von Stosch3 November 188928 April 19451 September 19411 April 1908 Kriegsmarinesuicide
Wolf von Trotha10 October 188431 January 19461 September 19411 April 1902 Kriegsmarine
Walther Kinzel17 August 18803 October 19641 September 194110 April 1899 KriegsmarinezV
Günther Krause25 January 189012 October 19831 February 19421 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Ralf von der Marwitz29 October 188826 September 19661 February 19421 April 1906 Kriegsmarine
Heinrich Hanke16 December 189023 April 19451 February 19424 June 1910 KriegsmarineKIA
Franz Wieting27 October 187620 February 19661 February 19422 April 1895 KriegsmarinezV
Friedrich Wilhelm Kurze5 July 189123 December 19451 March 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Otto Schenk17 February 189119 December 19721 March 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Walter Georg Lohmann11 December 189113 April 19551 March 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Leopold Siemens17 May 18897 December 19791 April 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Eberhard Weichold23 August 189119 December 19601 April 19421 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Adalbert Schüßler28 October 18871 October 19701 April 19421 April 1905 Kriegsmarine
Heino von Heimburg24 October 1889October 19451 April 19423 April 1907 Kriegsmarine
Georg Reimer21 July 188825 June 19741 April 19421 April 1906 Kriegsmarine
Herbert Straehler6 January 188716 May 19791 April 19421 April 1906 Kriegsmarine
Theodor Arps11 February 188428 April 19471 April 19421 April 1902 Kriegsmarine
Hans Stohwasser4 May 188430 May 19671 April 194210 April 1901 Kriegsmarine
Eberhard Wolfram24 July 18826 January 19471 April 19427 April 1900 Kriegsmarine
Ernst Junkermann25 June 18815 March 19441 April 194210 April 1899 Kriegsmarine
Erhard Maertens26 February 18915 May 19451 September 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Kurt von dem Borne24 November 188531 January 19461 September 19426 April 1904 Kriegsmarine
Kurt Slevogt21 March 189223 July 19571 September 19421 April 1910 Kriegsmarine
Adolf Pfeiffer29 October 187614 May 19611 September 19422 April 1895 Kriegsmarine
Walter Krastel29 January 189215 September 19661 February 19431 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Robin Schall-Emden22 March 189329 January 19461 February 19431 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Fritz Lamprecht9 August 189323 July 19611 February 19431 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Alexander Michels17 March 189129 June 19681 February 19431 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Ruge24 December 18943 July 19851 February 19431 April 1914 Kriegsmarineentered Bundesmarine as Vizeadmiral on 1 March 1956
Friedrich Lützow31 August 18811 November 19641 February 194310 April 1899 Kriegsmarine
Gustav Kieseritzky22 September 189319 November 19431 March 19431 April 1912 KriegsmarineKIA
Heinz Nordmann28 May 189323 December 19451 April 19431 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Werner Lange18 July 189319 November 19651 April 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
August Thiele26 August 189331 March 19811 April 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Ernst Schirlitz7 September 189327 November 19781 April 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Kurt Caesar Hoffmann26 August 189519 May 19881 April 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Joachim Lietzmann1 September 189419 September 19591 October 19431 April 1911 Kriegsmarine
Paul Wever28 January 189311 August 19441 October 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Leopold Bürkner29 January 189415 July 19751 October 19431 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Gustav Kleikamp8 March 189613 September 19521 October 19431 April 1913 Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Rieve27 June 189616 February 19811 October 19431 April 1914 Kriegsmarine
Kurt Utke2 December 189330 September 19701 February 194413 April 1912 Kriegsmarinemissing, body found 6 August 1971
Helmuth Brinkmann12 March 189524 September 19831 February 19441 April 1913 Kriegsmarine
Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken25 June 189720 August 19851 March 19434 January 1915 (I./14) Kriegsmarine
Werner Löwisch22 February 18946 June 19711 July 19441 April 1912 Kriegsmarine
Ernst Scheurlen5 December 18948 April 19451 August 19441 April 1912 KriegsmarineKIA
Hellmuth Heye9 August 189510 November 19701 August 19441 April 1914 Kriegsmarine
Hans-Erich Voß30 October 189718 November 19691 August 19444 July 1915 (VII./15) Kriegsmarine
Walter Matthiae3 August 188027 June 19601 November 19447 April 1900 Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Frisius17 January 189530 August 197030 September 19441 April 1913 Kriegsmarine
Bruno Machens25 July 189520 November 19761 December 19441 April 1914 Kriegsmarine
Leo Kreisch25 June 189522 July 19771 January 19451 April 1914 Kriegsmarine
Karl Topp29 September 189524 April 19811 January 19451 April 1914 Kriegsmarine
Friedrich Hueffmeyer14 June 189813 January 19721 January 194516 September 1914 Kriegsmarinewar volunteer
Bernhard Rogge4 November 189929 June 19821 March 19451 July 1915 (VII./15) Kriegsmarineentered Bundesmarine as Konteradmiral on 1 March 1956
Rudolf Stange13 November 189925 April 19921 April 19454 April 1916 (IV./16) Kriegsmarine
Erich Schulte Mönting28 August 189717 January 19761 April 19452 January 1916 (I./16) Kriegsmarine
Martin Baltzer10 November 18983 April 19711 April 19454 July 1916 (VII./16) Kriegsmarine
Hans Fechter (Ing.)26 May 18854 July 19551 November 19371 October 1905 Kriegsmarine
Karl Thäter (Ing.)13 September 188614 October 19621 February 19421 October 1908 Kriegsmarine
Alfred Schirmer (Ing.)8 September 189231 October 19751 April 19421 April 1909 Kriegsmarine
Ernst Stieringer (Ing.)23 June 189125 July 19751 April 19421 October 1910 Kriegsmarine
Heinrich Stiegel (Ing.)7 February 189110 April 19641 April 19421 October 1910 Kriegsmarine
Werner Bettenhäuser (Ing.)3 May 188611 September 19591 February 19431 April 1906 KriegsmarinezV
Walter Fröhlich (Ing.)5 August 189312 December 19691 April 19431 October 1912 Kriegsmarine
Karl Packroß (Ing.)17 January 18916 January 19461 June 19441 October 1909 Kriegsmarine
Karl Kaufmann (Ing.)24 August 18934 August 19751 April 19451 October 1911 Kriegsmarine
Gustav Lüttge (Ing.)26 December 189025 December 19631 April 19451 October 1911 Kriegsmarine
Paul Schmidt (San.)29 April 185621 October 192121 June 190711 May 1878 Imperial German Navy
Walther Uthemann (San.)28 September 186311 March 194410 November 191915 March 1887 ReichsmarineMarinegeneraloberstabsarzt
Emil Greul (San.)29 December 189530 October 19931 October 194317 February 1922 KriegsmarineAdmiralstabsarzt, volunteered for the Bavarian Army on 1 May 1915
Wolfgang Benzino14 January 19211 September 20041 April 19791 December 1939 German Navy
Ansgar Bethge16 November 192413 January 20081 April 19801942 German Navy
Hans Rudolf Boehmer18 May 193819931959 German Navy
Dieter-Franz Braun19 December 193522 March 20141 May 19901956 (V./56) German Navy
Lutz Feldt25 April 194520001965 German Navy
Hans Frank22 June 193919941 April 1961 (IV./61) German Navy
Günter Fromm21 November 192410 July 20131 April 19771942 German Navy
Jürgen-Friedrich Geier5 May 19401 April 1959 (IV./59) German Navy
Heinrich Gerlach31 August 190627 June 198819641925 German Navy
Paul Hartwig14 September 19159 March 20141 April 19721 April 1935 German Navy
Bernd Heise26 January 19431 October 20001962 German Navy
Karl Hetz11 May 191023 December 19801 October 19661 April 1929 German Navy
Dirk Horten14 December 19391 April 19951 April 1958 (IV./58) German Navy
Gert Jeschonnek30 October 191218 April 199911 June 1967 German Navy
Helmut Kampe7 December 1925 German Navy
Hans-Helmut Klose9 September 191619 October 200310 October 19751 April 1936 German Navy
Andreas Krause11 October 195620121 July 1976 (VII./76) German Navy
Wolfram Kühn7 November 195227 April 20061972 German Navy
Heinz Kühnle16 January 191512 October 2001 German Navy
Heinrich Lange22 February 195515 March 2013 German Navy
Hans Lüssow10 February 19421 October 19981 April 1962 (IV./62) German Navy
Hans-Joachim Mann26 June 19351 October 19861956 (V./56) German Navy
Wilhelm Meentzen19 March 19158 May 200119711 April 1934 German Navy
Wolfgang E. Nolting6 April 194820031966 German Navy
Albrecht Obermaier9 July 19121 August 20041 October 19681 April 1933 German Navy
Klaus Rehder7 August 19331 October 19861 September 1956 (IX./56) German Navy
Frank RopersAugust 1946January 20011966 German Navy
Joachim Rühle1 May 1959May 20121 July 1978 (VII./78) German Navy
Axel Schimpf1 October 1952May 20101971 German Navy
Horst von Schoeter10 June 191925 July 20061 October 19761 April 1937 German Navy
Rolf Steinhaus1 April 19161 October 20041 February 19741 April 1936 German Navy
Hans-Joachim Stricker29 June 194920051 October 1968 (X./68) German Navy
Herbert Trebesch9 November 19156 July 200710 October 19751 April 1935 German Navy
Gerhard Wagner23 November 189826 June 198728 March 19624 July 1916 German Navy
Edward Wegener17 December 190430 December 19812 January 1963 German Navy
Ulrich Weisser20 September 193820 April 20131958 German Navy
Hein-Peter Weyher22 March 19351 October 19912 January 1956 German Navy
Hans-Jochen Witthauer13 March 195020091 October 1968 (X./68) German Navy
Karl-Adolf Zenker19 July 190727 March 199829 January 19621 April 1926 German Navy
Heinz Neukirchen15 January 19158 December 19861 March 19641 March 1951 Volksmarine
Hendrik Born5 July 194411 December 198929 August 1963 Volksmarine
Gustav Hesse27 August 193124 October 20017 October 1979 Volksmarine
Hans Hofmann10 July 19331 March 198615 October 1950 Volksmarine
Günter Kutzschebauch27 October 193016 February 19961 March 1981 Volksmarine
Wilhelm Nordin24 April 19247 May 19937 October 19781950 Volksmarine
Bruno Wansierski4 August 190430 July 19941 March 19711940 Volksmarine
Rainer Brinkmann4 March 1958October 20141976 German Navy

Vizeadmirale (Charakter)

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNavyNotes
Franz von Waldersee17 September 183522 November 190327 January 190030 July 1861 Imperial German Navyentered Prussian Army on 29 April 1854
Carl von Eisendecher23 June 184119 August 193427 January 190018 June 1857 Imperial German Navyskipper of Meteor
Albert von Seckendorff11 March 184928 June 192127 January 190021 October 1864 Imperial German Navy
Oskar von Platen-Hallermund18 March 186514 April 195722 March 191620 April 1882 Imperial German NavyChamberlain to Wilhelm II. (1911–1935)
Karl Bartenbach29 November 188124 October 194919 August 193912 April 1898 Kriegsmarine

Konteradmirale

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

NameBornDiedDate of rankCrew/YearNavyNotes
Karl Rudolf Brommy10 September 18049 January 186023 November 184910 September 1848Reichsflotte
Hans Kuhn29 November 1824 ?22 March 186816 June 1849
Eduard Heldt18681849
Gustav Klatt18731849
Reinhold von Werner10 May 182526 February 190918751852 Imperial German Navy
Franz Kinderling18781852
Adolph Berger18781848
Archibald MacLean18801849
Georg von Schleinitz18831849
Paul von Reibnitz18831851; 1855
Heinrich Kühne18831854
Johann-Heinrich Pirner18851854
Carl Eduard18891857
Georg Scheder27 January 19041858 Imperial German Navy
Rudolf Schering18891858
George von Hollen18891859
Franz Mensing18891859; 1866
Max Schulze18901861
Friedrich von Pawelsz18901860
Richard Aschenborn19 January 184816 February 193510 October 18927 April 1862 Imperial German Navy
Carl Barandon27 January 18941866/68
Max Plüddemann18951864
Conrad von Bodenhausen18981 May 1865
Friedrich von Weitersheim18981 May 1865
Hugo von Schuckmann18981 May 1865
Curt von Maltzahn190021 April 1866
Ernst von Frantzius190015 April 1867
Hermann Kirchhoff190015 April 1867
August Carl Thiele190226 April 1868
Erich von Dresky190226 April 1868
Friedrich Vüllers19041870; 1871
Georg Schreder19041870
Ernst Gülich19041870
Heinrich von Moltke19041870
Wilhelm Kindt190531 May 1871
Rudolf Siegel190511 April 1869
Max von Basse28 May 190631 May 1871
Carl Franz190618 April 1872
Eugen Kalau vom Hofe19078 April 1873
Malte von Schimmelmann190817 April 1875
Erich Gühler19081876
Johannes Schröder190817 April 1875
Max Prowe190817 April 1875
Hugo Kinderling19081877
Heinrich Saß190923 April 1878
Heinrich Stromeyer19101879
Franz von Holleben191015 April 1880
Johannes Rieve191115 April 1880
Karl Zimmermann191115 April 1881
Christian Schütz191115 April 1881
Wilhelm Sthamer191115 April 1881
Karl Behm18 November 19121882
Felix Funke19121882
Hermann Alberts8 March 186512 December 194615 November 191316 April 1883 Imperial German Navy
Leberecht Maaß191316 April 1883
Arthur Tapken191416 April 1883
Alfred Begas23 February 191516 April 1883
Georg Scheidt191516 April 1883
Georg von Ammon17 May 18692 February 193718 September 191521 April 1884
Curt von Rössing191611 April 1885
Karl Wilbrandt19161882
Hugo Louran19161882
Max Witschel191616 April 1883
Hugo Westphal19161870
Eduard Holzhauer191618 April 1872
Otto Back22 March 191616 April 1883
Otto Philipp191616 April 1883
Robert Kühne191611 April 1885
Hugo Langemak191611 April 1885
Alexander Meurer191615 April 1881
Wilhelm Starke191616 April 1883
Carl Hollweg191611 April 1885
Karl Seiferling191611 April 1885
Carl Wedding191611 April 1885
Hans Uthemann19161886
Walter von Keyserlink19171886
Richard Lange19171886
Georg Ahlert24 December 186717 June 196317 September 191711 April 1885
Karl Heuser19171886
Hugo Meurer19171886
Max Hahn19171886
Constanz Feldt19171886
Karl Sievers19181886
Johannes Hartog19181887
Ernst Goette19181887
Wilhelm Höpfner19181887
Eduard Varrentrapp19181887
Johannes Redlich19181887
Eberhard von Mantey19181887
Waldemar Pieper19181887
Karl Hering19181887
Johannes von Karpf19181887
Hans Küsel19181887
Friedrich von Bülow19181888
Bernhard Rösing19181888
Paul Heinrich19191889
William Michaelis19191889
Wilhelm Tägert19201889
Magnus von Levetzow19201889
Ernst Ewers19201890
Friedrich Richter19201890
Hans Eberius19201890
Karl von Hornhardt19201890
Max Reymann19211891
Max Looff19211891
Lothar von Gohren19211892
Walter Hildebrand19211892
Wilhelm von Haxthausen19221893
Wolfgang Wegener19231894
Hugo von Rosenberg19231893
Ludwig Kahlhausen19231894
Wilhelm Kahlert19241895
Martin Hosemann19251895
Oskar Heinecke19261897
Wilfried von Loewenfeld19281897
Hans Kolbe19311900
Konrad Zander19321901
Ludwig von Schröder19341903
Erwin Waßner19361906
Kurt Ramien19381908
Oskar Wehr19391904
Theodor-Heinrich Riedel19391909
Werner Steffan19391907
Hans Feldbausch19401910
Erich Mahrholz19401898
Wilhelm Rümann19401899
Ernst Schumacher19401900
Reimar von Bonin19411908
Friedrich Braune19411907
Hellmut Kienast19411909
Arno Schmidt19411909
Robert Eyssen19411911
Peter Christian Donner19411899
Hans-Hermann von Schweinitz19411901
Hasso von Bredow19411901
Hans Walther19411902
Ernst Krafft19411903
Oswald Paul19411901
Hermann Lorey19411896
Ernst Hintzmann19411897
Erich Heyden19411898
Heinrich Kehrhahn19411900
Fritz Conrad19411901
Erhard Tobye19411911
Paul Hönicke19411901
Arno Spindler19411898
Edmund Schulz19411894
Werner Scheer19411912
Carl August Claussen19411900
Karl Wollanke19411903
Franz Claassen19421899
Erich Haeker19421906
Ulrich Rasmus19421907
Wilhelm Kopp19421899
Werner Lindenau19421912
Heinz Menche19421903
Eberhard von Goetze19421912
Otto Klüber19421913
Otto Fein19421913
Walter Koehler19421901
Herbert Goehle19421897
Reinhold Gadow19421900
Waldemar Bender19421905
Karl von Bodecker19421894
Joachim Plath19421913
Günther Horstmann19421913
Heinrich Ruhfus19421913
Otto Fricke19421913
Hans Henning19421914
Max Kühne19421890
Wilhelm Rhein19421907
Walter Oehler19421908
Walther Dose19421905
Harald Kienast19421913
Siegfried Punt19421898
Hans-Udo von Tresckow19421912
Hermann von Bredow19421912
Clamor von Trotha19421912
Bernhard Liebetanz19421913
Rudolf Junker19421913
Rudolf Schulte19421903
Heinrich Wagner19421906; 1907
Werner Fürbringer19421907
Werner Stichling19431914
Hans Bütow19431914
Siegfried Claassen19431902
Joachim von Gerlach19431913
Wilhelm Matthies19431914
Otto Kähler19431914
Hans Mirow19431914
Ernst Kratzenberg19431914
Kurt Böhmer19431914
Erich Bey19433 January 1916 (I./16)
Gerhard Wagner23 November 189826 June 19871 March 1943; 1 March 19561 July 1916 (VII./16) Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
temporary rank of Vizeadmiral from 28 March - 31 December 1962
Günther Schubert19431 July 1916 (VII.16)
Eberhard Godt19431 July 1918 (VII./18)
Adalbert Zuckschwerdt19431893
Siegfried Engel19431911
Karl-Otto Gutjahr19431914
Werner Schönermark1943January 1915 (I./15)
Ernst Lucht1943August 1915 (VIII./15)
Erich Müller19431914
Waldemar Winther1943April 1915 (IV./15)
Karl Hoffmann1943October 1915 (X./15)
Siegfried Sorge1943July 1916 (VII./16)
Ludwig Stummel1943July 1916 (VII./16)
Hans Hartmann1943October 1915 (X./15)
Erich Breuning1943January 1916 (I./16)
Hans Leithäuser19431914
Georg Kleine19431900
Ernst von Studnitz1943July 1915 (VII./15)
Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer1943July 1917 (VII./15)
Reinhold Henrici19441907
Hans-Joachim Gadow1944October 1916 (X./16)
Friedrich Traugott Schmidt1944October 1915 (X./15)
Walter Hennecke1944October 1915 (X./15)
Otto Schulz1944April 1916 (IV./16)
Günther von der Forst1944January 1916 (I./16)
Richard Rothe-Roth1944October 1916 (X./16)
Hans Meyer1944January 1917 (I./17)
Paul Meixner19441910/40
Rudolf Peters1944October 1917 (X./17)
Werner Ehrhardt25 May 189823 September 19671 August 19444 July 1916 (VII./16) KriegsmarineFlottillenadmiral 1957-60
father of Dieter Ehrhardt
Wilhelm Busse19441896
Fritz Krauß1944April 1917 (IV./17)
Conrad Engelhardt1944April 1916 (IV./16)
Wilhelm Mössel1944July 1916 (VII./16)
Ludolf von Hohnhorst1944October 1916 (X./16)
Hans Michahelles1944April 1917 (IV./17)
Wolff-Ehrenreich von Arnswaldt23 March 18984 January 19721 January 19455 July 1915 (VII./15) Kriegsmarine
Kurt Weyher22 March 193519441918
Rolf Johannesson22 July 19006 December 19891 January 1945
22 December 1958
July 1918 (VII./18) Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
Georg Waue1944July 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 1913 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 1921 Kriegsmarineserved 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 Arendt25 January 192319801940 German Navy
Jörg Auer21 November 1943 German Navy
Carl Heinz Birnbacher26 May 19105 December 19911 October 19681 October 1930 German Navy
Wolfgang Brost20 January 1936 German Navy
Thomas Daum17 July 19621 November 2015VII/81 German Navy
Rudolf Deckert3 November 19272008 German Navy
Christoph Diehl20 November 1946 German Navy
Jürgen Dubois7 December 1932 German Navy
Dieter Ehrhardt14 May 1927 German Navyson of Werner Ehrhardt
Heinrich Erdmann15 July 190819 March 1992April 1927 German Navy
Hans-Arend Feindt29 October 19212 February 20021979XII/39 German Navy
Horst Geffers15 February 192516 December 2015 German Navy
Gerhard Güllich1 March 193819911958 German Navy
Friedrich Guggenberger6 March 191513 May 198831 October 1968Crew 34 German Navy
Heinz-Harald Hallier19 April 1936 German Navy
Erich Happach German Navy
Hubert Haß30 January 194920091968 German Navy
Sigurd Heß26 February 1938IX/57 German Navy
Klaus-Peter Hirtz30 October 194520011966 German Navy
Gottfried Hoch German Navy
Joachim-Albrecht von Holleuffer20 March 1921 German Navy
Diether Hülsemann23 October 1937 German Navy
Otto Ites5 February 19182 February 19821 April 19753 April 1936 German Navy
Klaus Jancke German Navy
Berthold Jung17 June 191511 January 199219701935 German Navy
Uwe Siegfried Kahre German Navy
Friedrich Kemnade12 December 191129 January 20082 April 19681 April 1931 German Navy
Horst-Dieter Kolletschke29 February 19522010 German Navy
Hansjakob Kratzmair19 September 1927 German Navy
Willi Krauß27 December 19352013 German Navy
Günter Kuhnke7 September 191211 October 19901 April 19667 April 1931 German Navy
Rudolf Lange17 September 1941IV/61 German Navy
Dieter Leder German Navy
Gustav Carl Eduard Liebig5 June 193028 February 200719831956 German Navy
Hans-Friedrich Meisner30 August 1928 German Navy
Hans-Jochen Meyer-Höper10 February 1935 German Navy
Michael Mollenhauer27 November 19511 September 20091971 German Navy
Helmut Neuss12 March 190821 July 20091926 German Navy
Eberhard Noodt16 September 192227 October 20051977XII/39 German Navy
Ulrich Otto German Navy
Karl Peter17 September 19186 December 20031 September 19731938 German Navy
Günter Poser23 September 19163 June 200327 February 19703 April 1936 German Navy
Erwin Rau3 January 1918 German Navy
Günther Reeder2 November 1915 German Navy
Hans-Rudolf Rösing28 September 190516 December 200413 November 196231 March 1924 German Navy
Karl Schneider-Pungs31 July 191422 September 200119661 April 1934 German Navy
Reinhold Siebert German Navy
Karl Ernst Smidt30 August 190311 January 198431 October 19611922 German Navy
Horst Sommermeyer12 March 1938 German Navy
Klaus-Jürgen Steindorff17 May 193214 January 20061986I/56 German Navy
Klaus-Jürgen Thäter27 June 192527 October 200019791 June 1942 German Navy
Erich Topp2 July 191426 December 200521 December 19661934 German Navy
Hanshermann Vohs4 December 19232 July 1996 German Navy
Edward Wegener17 December 190430 December 198119631923 German Navy
Herbert Bernig6 October 19317 October 19884 August 1950 Volksmarine
Hans-Joachim Dönitz26 June 193431 December 20107 October 198012 May 1952 Volksmarineno relation to Karl Dönitz
Friedrich Elchlepp4 July 19242 March 200230 November 1984V./41 Volksmarine
Richard Fischer24 March 190615 December 19911 October 195215 May 1945 Volksmarinelater Generalmajor
Eberhard Grießbach3 October 19351 March 198611 August 1954 Volksmarine
Lothar Heinecke30 March 193321 February 19851 March 19743 September 1950 Volksmarine
Werner Henninger7 April 19297 October 197918 November 1950 Volksmarine
Hans Heß25 May 19297 October 198218 November 1950 Volksmarine
Heinz Irmscher6 July 1920September 20041 March 19711950 Volksmarine
Heinrich Jordt15 December 191727 July 19871 March 19741 August 1945 Volksmarine
Klaus Kahnt9 February 19357 October 197910 January 1953 Volksmarine
Werner Kotte3 September 19317 October 19824 August 1950 Volksmarine
Walter Kühn4 July 19201 March 19761 July 1945 Volksmarine
Wolfgang Laue24 February 192919967 October 19821 August 1952 Volksmarine
Peter Miethe27 January 19447 October 19891962 Volksmarine
Helmut Milzow10 July 19327 October 198418 November 1950 Volksmarine
Gerhard Müller18 May 194121 February 19891 August 1960 Volksmarine
Joachim Münch21 February 19287 October 19823 August 1954 Volksmarine
Egon Nitz9 May 193419 May 20111 March 198720 January 1953 Volksmarine
Hans Partzsch28 February 19308 June 20121 March 198821 September 1949 Volksmarine
Günther Pöschel14 June 19337 October 198410 July 1951 Volksmarine
Rolf Rödel5 April 194017 October 20137 October 19831 September 1958 Volksmarine
Felix Scheffler9 February 191513 March 19861 October 19521950 Volksmarine
Herbert Städke17 March 193111 January 20081 March 19841 November 1953 Volksmarine
Johannes Streubel17 January 192122 February 19901 May 196410 February 1950 Volksmarine
Rudi Wegner27 May 192320 July 19957 October 19681950 Volksmarine
Karl Weiß6 April 19357 October 19841 April 1952 Volksmarine
Wolfgang Bremer1 June 1953VII./73 German Navy
Jens-Voker Kronisch19491 April 2008 German Navy
Klaus von Dambrowski16 February 19531 October 20121972 German Navyactive
Thomas Jugel1 May 2013 German Navyactive
Hans-Christian Luther21 January 195524 May 20141974; 1977 German Navyactive
Klaus-Michael Nelte1 May 20131977 German Navyactive

Konteradmirale (Charakter)

NameDate of birthDate of deathDate of rankCrew/YearNotes
Johann Otto Donner27 October 180816 February 187311 April 18621822; 1850served in the Royal Danish Navy prior to 1849
Hinrik Sundewall29 December 181427 October 18844 August 18631834; 5 June 1852served in the Royal Swedish Navy prior to 1852
Wilhelm von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld3 October 183117 January 189022 March 18641848; 29 January 1854served in the Royal Danish Navy and Royal Navy prior to 1854
Heinrich Köhler3 July 182421 June 188222 March 18731848; 1849served in the Prussian Army
Hermann Robert Przewisinski6 March 18319 October 190217 December 187824 October 1848
Paul Zirzow6 June 183814 January 191213 November 188324 June 1854
Graf Arthur von Schack-Wittenau-Danckelmann26 July 18391 February 189215 January 188524 April 1856
Graf Friedrich von Hacke3 March 184129 April 189717 February 188524 June 185418 March 1886
Bartholomäus von Werner18 July 18426 April 192415 November 188724 April 1856
Gustav Stempel16 February 18386 March 191515 November 188817 December 186328 August 1865 retroactive commission
Conrad Dietert5 October 184415 September 190618 February 189016 June 1860
Franz von Kyckbusch14 February 184429 November 18962 December 189016 June 1860
Franz Strauch11 April 184611 August 192821 September 18919 June 1864
Ernst Aschmann15 June 184829 October 191017 October 189215 June 1863
Rudolf Rittmeyer27 September 185028 February 191413 April 189621 April 1866
Oscar Boeters19 November 18485 February 191214 September 18961 May 1865
Walther Koch4 October 184817 October 191729 March 189724 April 1865
Fritz Rötger6 July 184826 July 191312 April 189824 April 1865
Richard Hornung5 November 18504 April 190510 October 189815 April 1867
Oscar von Schuckmann25 May 18517 March 19207 March 18999 June 1864
Oscar Klausa6 January 18492 November 19077 May 190024 April 1865
Felix Stubenrauch7 March 185015 September 19317 May 190015 April 1867
Emil Freiherr von Lyncker15 December 18495 June 19317 May 190015 April 1867
Louis Riedel12 December 184910 March 190717 September 190015 April 1867
Max Heßner21 April 18503 February 192528 May 190115 April 1867
August Gruner19011868
Kurt Kalau vom Hofe19011867
Paul Hofmeier19011867
Karl Rosendahl19021869
Hermann da Fonseca-Wollheim19021868
Oskar Stiege19021869
Leopold Koellner19031869
Adolf Thiele19031870
Alfred Herz19031866
Ernst Credner19031868
Hugo Plachte19041870
Gottlieb Becker27 January 19041869
Hans Meyer19041871
Johannes Stein19041873
Walther Faber19041870/73
Otto Flichtenhöfer19051868
Max Galster19051868
Georg Sarnow19051868
Carl Friedrich1855191819061872
Karl Ascher11 October 19061868
Reinhold Brussatis19061872
Max Bachem10 November 19061872
Georg Janke19071874
Johannes Wallmann19071874
Ludwig Bruch19071877
Carl Derzewski19071873
Hugo Emsmann19071874
Hermann Lilie19071873
Rudolf Engel19071874
Ernst van Semmern19071876
Fritz Sommerwerck19071874
Adolph von Bassewitz27 January 19081876
Georg Scheibel19081876
Eugen Weber1860192919081878
Carl Schönfelder19081876
Wilhelm Becker12 October 19081877
Hartwig von Dassel19081877
Paul Rampold19091877
Victor Schönfelder19091874
Hugo von Cotzhausen19091879
Johannes Recke19091879
Otto Herbig19091859
Otto Hoepner19091873
Carl Paschen19091874
Joachim von Bredow19091875
Johannes Nickel19091878
Ferdinand von Grumme19101878
Max Foß19101867
Max Wilken19101880
Johannes Meier19101879
Paul Schlieper19101880
Friedrich Musculus19101880
Friedrich Marwede19101880
Ludwig Glatzel19111881
Paul von Hintze19111882
Fritz Hoffmann1861191819111879
Albertus Petruschky19131884
Adolf Josephi19131876
Horst von Hippel19131884
Wilhelm Bertram19131884
Ehler Behring19141883
Max Piraly19141866
William Kutter19161878
Georg Wuthmann19161881
Otto Mandt19161874
Ferdinand Thyen19161883
Ferdinand Bertram19161885
Ulrich Lübbert19171887
Siegfried von Jachmann19181884
Hermann Schröder19181887
Theodor Fuchs19181887
Willi Brüninghaus19191888
Heinrich Rohardt19191889
Karl von Restorff19191888
Gustav Kirchhoff1863194519191882
Friedrich Kloebe19191885
Heinrich Trendtel19191884
Reinhard von Fischer-Loszainen19191888
Theodor Frey19191888
Carl Tägert19191888
Titus Türk19191888
Friedrich Pohl19191885
Max Lans19191888
Hans Pfundheller19191888
Rudolf Bartels30 August 19191889
Richard Koch1863192719191881
Harry von Posodowsky-Wehner19191887
Wilhelm Adelung7 November 19191889
Richard Ackermann7 November 19191889
Otto Bechtel18 November 19191885
Max Köthner19191888
Moritz von Obernitz19191887
Max Schlicht19191889
Heinrich Retzmann19191890
Kurt Graßhoff19191888
Otto Kranzbühler1871193219191888
Friedrich von Kühlwetter19191883
Emil Orth19191888
Andreas Fischer19191889
Wilhelm Goetze19191890
Albert Stoelzel19191890
Victor Harder21 November 187019 September 193326 January 192013 April 188922 November 1919
Hans Herr1871193619201889
Hans Seebohm19201890
Lebrecht von Klitzing19201890
Hermann Mörsberger19201889
Victor Reclam19201889
Waldemar Vollerthun19201888
Ludwig Saxer19201889
Friedrich Behnke19201888
Ernst-Oldwig von Natzmer19201888
Hans Bene19201890
Wilhelm von Krosigk20 November 187112 August 195319201889
Werner Siemens1873196419201890
Hans Gygas19201890
Wilibald Grauer19201889
Eberhard Heydel19201891
Carl von Kameke19201888
Fritz Lüdecke19201890
Paul Kettner19201890
Walter Isendahl19201891
Richard Dittmer19201863
Erich von Zeppelin19201891
Gustav Haß11 March 18721 March 193215 July 19201891
Paul Boethke19201891
Paul Wolfram19201891
Karl Kühlenthal19201891
Berthold Stechow19201882
Otto Lans19201889
Hans Quaet-Faslem19211893
Johannes Horn19221892
Fritz Sachsse19221894
Harry Mündel19231895
Fritz Wossidlo19231894
Heinrich Lampe19231896
Wilhelm Wilke19231896
Theodor Eschenburg19241895
Karl Klüpfel19261897
Bernhard Bobsien19261897
Ernst Batsch1 October 19261896
Friedrich Hermann19271898
Ernst Bindseil19281899
Albert Gayer19291899
Rudolf Lahs19291899
Arthur Rochlitz19291899
Fritz Spieß19291900
Willy Hermann19291900
Franz Schröter19301899
Ernst Meusel19301899
Heinrich von Henning19311902
Iwan Brandes19321901
Albrecht Meißner19321901
Leo Riedel19321902
Heinrich Schickhardt19331902
Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke19331903
Heinrich Gebhardt19331904
Waldemar Hirth19341903
Reinhold Knobloch19361902
Karl Coupette19381905
Carl-Wilhelm Weniger1874194519391891
Karl-August Nerger19391893
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

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 Bartel21 May 190127 August 197930 September 1961
Gustav Bartholomäus6 April 192430 January 200930 September 1984
Henning Bess21 May 194731 May 2009
Horst Biesterfeld1 December 190611 October 196930 April 1966
Gerhard Bing4 August 193419 March 200631 March 1993
Adalbert von Blanc11 July 19077 November 197630 September 1964
Rolf Boehe26 March 191326 April 197931 March 1972
Willi Boller3 July 192230 September 1982
Karl Wilhelm Bollow30 August 195231 October 2012
Hansdieter Christmann27 August 193330 September 1990
Otto Ciliax26 June 193914 June 201630 September 1998
Karl Clausen9 October 1916201330 September 1976
Herwig Collmann1 September 191531 March 1973
Otto Dingeldein6 March 191511 May 198130 September 1972
Oswald Duch6 July 191825 January 200031 March 1978
Heinz-Eugen Eberbach27 December 194627 December 2003(died)
Götz Eberle28 November 194131 December 2001
Jürgen Ehle17 August 1957active
Konrad Martin Ehrensberger27 March 193630 June 1994
Rainer Endres30 May 1957active
Wolfgang Engelmann29 May 193730 September 1997
Thomas Ernst1956active
Waldemar Feldes20 April 193930 September 1999
Heinz Konrad Fenn20 July 191830 September 1978
Günter Fiebig6 March 19207 June 198431 March 1980
Hans-Klaus Fingerle1 April 19086 June 198830 September 1968
Kurt Fischer17 January 193731 March 1993
Walter Flachsenberg26 October 19083 November 199431 March 1969
Kurt Freiwald29 October 190612 December 197530 September 1965
Klaus-Dieter Fritz22 June 194731 December 2006
Karl-Heinz Fuchs18 January 191531 March 1973
Johann Christian Giermann7 November 193631 December 1995
Karl-Heinz Göpffarth8 June 19132 February 197731 December 1971
Henrich Grote9 November 192025 October 199531 March 1981
Siegfried Günther7 February 193331 March 1991
Robert Gysae4 January 191126 April 198931 March 1970
Wolfgang Haack16 January 1910199130 September 1969
Manfred Hartmann21 January 19501 February 2012
Walter Heck16 May 191028 February 198731 March 1970
Ronald Hemeling18 August 195331 December 2015
Sigurd Hess26 February 193831 March 1998
Detlev Hoepner20 July 194331 October 2004
Hans-Jürgen von Hößlin27 January 193731 March 1997
Carl Hoffmann24 July 1923200130 September 1983
Henning Hoops16 December 194631 December 2008
Diether Hülsemann23 October 193731 March 1998
Ulrich Hundt23 June 193730 September 1994
Jan Christian Kaack24 December 1962active
Thorsten Kähler1 February 1955active
Wolfgang Kähler22 March 19038 September 198330 June 1962
Wolfgang Kalähne7 January 194530 June 2007
Detlef Bruno Kammholz17 December 193931 March 2000
Karl Heinz Kelle5 June 194130 September 2001
Thomas Kempf7 November 194230 September 2002
Werner-Georg Kimmerling23 March 19135 September 199531 March 1971
Helmut Klemm16 February 190825 October 196930 September 1967
Bernd-Georg Klug12 December 191415 June 197531 March 1968
Jürgen Egon Kratzmann23 May 19461 June 2008
Markus Krause-Traudes27 December 1957active
Martin Krebs26 July 1955active
Otto Kretschmer1 May 19125 August 199830 September 1970
Paul Kriebel29 January 191731 March 1977
Klaus-Dieter Laudien7 January 193830 September 1995
Frank Martin Lenskiactive
Volker Liche22 July 194130 September 2001
Hans Looschen28 November 190727 June 198730 September 1966
Werner Lüders29 May 195325 September 2014
Hermann Lüdke18 December 19118 October 196830 September 1968
Georg Freiherr von Maltzan4 May 195331 May 2016
Jürgen Mannhardt17 March 1954active
Jean Martens23 May 1961active
Dieter Martin16 September 192130 September 1981
Jochen Mehner18 April 193431 March 1992
Egon Meyer7 June 192930 September 1988
Hans Meyer1 December 189823 January 198931 December 1960
Helmut Meyer-Abich20 July 191930 September 1979
Jürgen zur Mühlen3 September 1960active
Ernst-Günther Müller3 December 192231 March 1983
Theodor von Mutius19 December 190919 October 197731 March 1970
Klaus-Peter Niemann29 October 193530 September 1994
Horst Oehlke2 January 192431 December 1981
Karl-Wilhelm Ohlms21 May 1954active
Reinhart Ostertag28 October 191330 September 1971
Kurt Pfennig10 January 194230 August 1996died
Hubert Ponert22 September 192330 September 1983
Hubertus von Puttkamer3 November 194830 November 2010
Walter Reichenmiller27 December 194116 March 1999died
Karlheinz Reichert1 January 193730 September 1995
Friedrich Remde17 July 192830 September 1988
Jörg-Eckart Reschke20 January 193830 September 1996
Karl-Heinz Riemke24 October 195031 March 2010
Hans-Achim Romer27 February 193931 March 1999
Karl-Heinz Rosberg28 December 194230 September 2002
Elmar Schmähling17 February 192716 January 1990
Rolf Schmitz2 June 194930 June 2011
Karsten Schneider11 January 1956active
Wolfgang Schrade2 March 1924May 201031 March 1984
Gerd Schreiber2 April 191231 March 1984
Werner Schünemann9 March 1920200431 March 1980
Alfred Schumann16 June 190210 May 198531 March 1963
Heinrich Schuur23 November 193731 December 1994
Klaus Schwabe25 February 193831 March 1996
Kurt Seizinger7 January 192031 March 1980
Klaus-Dieter Sievert17 May 193530 September 1995
Uwe Sörensen25 February 192031 March 1979
Carsten Stawitzki29 March 1966active
Alfons Teipel30 September 193130 September 1989
Ernst Thienemann7 November 189827 June 196430 September 1960
Rolf Thomsen6 May 191526 March 200331 March 1972
Wilfried Toepser12 February 191931 March 1979
Viktor Toyka23 October 194631 October 2006
Karl-Heinz Vorsteher1 June 191611 June 198830 September 1974
Hubert Freiherr von Wangenheim4 November 19043 September 197331 December 1962
Horst Wenig15 December 19196 February 198631 March 1980
Horst-Helmut Wind15 August 192719 February 200930 September 1985
Max-Eckart Wolff19 December 19029 November 198831 March 1963
Kurt Ziebis7 March 193531 March 1992
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