List of German admirals
The list of German admirals contains the flag officers of the German navies and sea units . The years in Section 2 refer to the flag officer appointment.
Active admirals in the German Navy
All officers are listed according to their posts, even if they have not (yet) reached the corresponding rank.
Admirals
| Rank | Surname | function | Entry into service |
|---|---|---|---|
| admiral |
Vice admirals
| Rank | Surname | function | Entry into service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vice admiral | Rainer Brinkmann | Deputy Inspector of the Navy | November 1, 2014 |
| Vice admiral | Andreas Krause | Navy inspector | November 1, 2014 |
| Vice admiral | Klaus-Michael Nelte | German military representative in the Military Committee of NATO and EU | 1st July 2019 |
| Vice admiral | Joachim Rühle | In preparation for his future use as Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) | April 1, 2020 |
| Vice admiral | Carsten Stawitzki | Head of the Equipment Department in the Federal Ministry of Defense | May 9, 2018 |
Rear admirals
| Rank | Surname | function | Entry into service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear admiral | Thomas Daum | Chief of Staff in the Cyber and Information Room Command | April 1, 2019 |
| Rear admiral | Jan Christian Kaack | Commander NATO Joint Warfare Center | July 10, 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Jörg Klein | Deputy to the commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command | March 11, 2020 |
| Rear admiral | Frank Martin Lenski | Head of Mission Support in the Naval Command | April 1, 2017 |
| Rear admiral | Jean Martens | Deputy Head of Department Management Armed Forces and Sub-Department Head 1, Federal Ministry of Defense | August 1, 2017 |
| Rear admiral | Jürgen zur Mühlen | Head of Department Operations in the Naval Command | July 1, 2017 |
| Rear admiral | Karsten Schneider | Chief of Staff in the Naval Command | September 21, 2018 |
| Rear admiral | Kay-Achim Schönbach | Deputy Head of Department Strategy and Operations, Federal Ministry of Defense | 29 May 2018 |
Flotilla Admirals
| Rank | Surname | function | Entry into service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flotilla admiral | Wilhelm Tobias Abry | Commander of the Mürwik Naval School | 19th May 2018 |
| Admiralty doctor | Stephan Apel | Admiralty Doctor of the Navy in Naval Command | 17th March 2016 |
| Flotilla admiral | Christian Bock | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 | April 19, 2018 |
| Flotilla admiral | Michael Busse | Chairman of the NATO National Reserve Forces Committee (NRFC) | July 1, 2020 |
| Flotilla admiral | Andreas Czerwinski | Head of the Sea Department at the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use by the Bundeswehr | 1st January 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Axel Deertz | Group leader 22 in the Federal Chancellery | 1st May 2018 |
| Flotilla admiral | Hans-Jörg Detlefsen | NATO Maritime Air Commander - NATO Maritime Command, Northwood / GBR | June 27, 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Jürgen Ehle | Managing Director for CSDP and Crisis Response, European External Action Service (EEAS) | 1st September 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Andreas Mügge | Head of Personnel, Training and Organization Department in the Naval Command | 1st October 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Henning Faltin | Head of Operation Subdivision in Naval Command | 1st May 2018 |
| Flotilla admiral | Stephan Haisch | Deputy Commander of the German Maritime Forces Staff (DEU MARFOR) | 1st March 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Lars Holm | Commander Naval Support Command | January 31, 2017 |
| Flotilla admiral | Ralf Kuchler | Commander Flotilla 2 | June 29, 2018 |
| Flotilla admiral | Michael Kulla | deployed in the Cyber and Information Room Command in Bonn | July 2020 |
| Flotilla admiral | Christoph Müller-Meinhard | Head of Department Budget and Controlling II in the Federal Ministry of Defense (Bonn) | 1st July 2018 |
| Flotilla admiral | Jens Nemeyer | Head of Department III (personnel management officers) in the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr | August 1, 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Roland Obersteg | Head of the Cyber and Information Room Command in Bonn | April 1, 2017 |
| Flotilla admiral | Stefan Pauly | Chief of Staff Joint Force Command Norfolk , Norfolk / USA | 1st October 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Ulrich Reineke | Head of the Planning Department in the Naval Command | November 1, 2016 |
| Admiralty doctor | Knut Reuter | Chief Physician at the Hamburg Armed Forces Hospital | September 27, 2019 |
| Flotilla admiral | Axel Ristau | Head of Department Politics II in the Federal Ministry of Defense | February 1, 2020 |
| Sea captain | Thomas Lehnen | Head of Department Leadership in the Armed Forces Command | April 1, 2020 |
Until 1800
This section also lists leaders of naval units for which no formal military admiral rank can be proven. These include the convoy captains of the Hanseatic cities and the squadron commodors of the Kurbrandenburg Navy .
A.
- Alders, Thomas (also Aldersen), squadron chief of Kurbrandenburg 1680/81
- Alen, Konrad von (? −1410), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Antonissen, Willem , Hamburg convoy captain 1700
B.
- Bake, Jürgen (Dutch: Jurjan Baeck) (17th – 18th century), Bremen admiral
- Bantzkow, Johann († 1427), leader of the Wismar fleet
- Bardewik, Nikolaus (1506–1560), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Beneke, Paul († around 1480)
- Bere, Johann († 1451), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Bevern, Claus von , squadron chief of Kurbrandenburg 1677–1681
- Bomhover, Berend († 1526), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Brokes, Johann (1513–1585), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Bruges, Albert von der , († 1430), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Bruskow, Johann († 1449), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Bunstorp, Nosselmann († 1412), leader of the Lübeck fleet
C.
- Crispin, Johann († 1442), leader of the Lübeck fleet
D.
- Doria, Andrea (1466–1560), Genoese admiral, temporarily in Imperial-German-Spanish service
- Dreyer, Mathias , Hamburg convoy captain 1664
E.
- Falcke, Hermann († 1530), leader of the Lübeck fleet
G
- Gercken, Joachim († 1544), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Grawert, Fritz , († 1538), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Groth, Alert Hildebrandtsen , Hamburg convoy captain 1692
H
- Hermelin, Klaus , leader of the Lübeck fleet 1510
- Hille, Johann von , Colonel, leader of the Brandenburg fleet 1657–1660
- Holk, Jacob , leader of the Lübeck fleet 1387
- Holste, Martin , Hamburg convoy captain 1663
- Hoyer, Heinrich (around 1380 - 1447), Hamburg fleet leader
J
- Jungingen, Konrad von (around 1355/60 - 1407), 25th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and leader of its fleet
K
- Kampferbeck, Johann , sub-admiral of the Lübeck fleet
- Karpfanger, Berent Jakobsen (1622–1683), Hamburg convoy captain 1674
- Kaske, Thomas (?), Fleet leader of the Wendish cities of the Hanseatic League 1532–1535
- Klever, Albrecht (? −1565), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Knebel, Friedrich († 1574), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Koel, Ditmar , 1536 leader of the Hamburg fleet
- Krispin, Johan , leader of the Lübeck fleet 1400
- Krul, Ludwig († 1431), leader of the Lübeck fleet
L.
- Langhe, Hermann , leader of the Hamburg fleet 1400
- Lüneburg, Johann (around 1385 - 1461), leader of the Lübeck fleet
M.
- Mansfeld, Philipp von (1589–1657), leader of Wallenstein's imperial fleet in the Baltic Sea
- Marinsen, Claus , Hamburg convoy captain 1690
- Messmann, Hermann (also Maßmann) (approx. 1455–1515), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Meyer, Marx († 1536), leader of the Lübeck fleet
N
- Nanne, Johan , leader of the Hamburg fleet 1400
O
- Odingborg, Gerhard (?), Leader of the Lübeck fleet ("Omeral") 1531–1535
- Austria, Johann von (1547–1578)
P
- Pfalz, Moritz von der (1621–1652), Vice Admiral
- von der Pfalz, Ruprecht, Duke of Cumberland (1619–1682), Lord High Admiral
- Pfirts, Johann von , leader of the fleet of the Teutonic Order 1398
- Plönnies, Hermann († 1533), leader of the Lübeck fleet
R.
- Raes, Cornelis (also Reers), squadron chief of Kurbrandenburg 1680/1
- Rentelen, Christian von († June 1, 1431), Lübeck fleet commander 1427
- Rentelen, Henning von (also Henningh van Ritelen) (approx. 1360–1406), leader of the Lübeck fleet
S.
- Sarnow, Karsten († 1393), Stralsund fleet leader
- Schreye, Albert , leader of the Hamburg fleet 1400
- Schocke, Nikolaus , leader of the Hamburg fleet 1400
- Schröder, Georg , Hamburg convoy captain 1711 (son of Michel Schröder)
- Schröder, Michel , Hamburg convoy captain 1688
- Schröder, Peter , Hamburg convoy captain 1702
- Johann Sengestake , leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Soltwedel, Alexander von (* probably before 1240; † approx. 1291), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Steen, Tidemann († 1441), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Stiten, Heinrich von († 1484), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Swerting, Simon (before 1340-1388), leader of the Lübeck fleet
T
- Tamm, Caspar (1629–1700), Hamburg convoy captain 1685
- Tamm, Martin (? −1745), Hamburg convoy captain 1704 (son of Caspar Tamm)
- Thünen, Ditmar von († 1432), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Tidemann, Mattheus († 1579), 1567–1569 leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Tinnappel, Bartholomeus (also Bartholomäus Tinnapfel) († 1566), leader of the Lübeck fleet
U
- Utrecht, Simon von († 1437), leader of the Hamburg fleet
W.
- Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von (1583–1634), imperial general and general of the Oceanic and Baltic Sea
- Warendorp, Bruno von († 1369), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Westphal, Hermann († 1433), leader of the Lübeck fleet 1429
- Wickede, Johann von , 1570 leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Wittenborg, Johann (1321–1363), leader of the Lübeck fleet
- Wolders, Lüder , leader of the Bremen fleet 1400
- Wolters, Cordt († 1591), sub-admiral of the Lübeck fleet, survived the sinking of the Lübeck admiral ship in 1566 off Gotland
- Wulflam, Wulfhard († 1409)
1801 to 1870
Admirals in the service of states of the German Confederation , the Imperial Fleet of the German Central Authority and the North German Confederation:
- Brommy, Karl Rudolf (1804–1860), Rear Admiral
- Dahlerup, Hans Birch (1790–1872), Vice Admiral
- Donner, Johann Otto (1808–1873), Rear Admiral
- Fautz, Ludwig von (1811–1880), Vice Admiral
- Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, Wilhelm von (1831–1890), rear admiral
- Jachmann, Eduard von (1822–1887), Vice Admiral
- Kuhn, Hans (1824-1891), Rear Admiral
- Austria, Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria von (1832–1867), Vice Admiral
- Prussia, Prince Adalbert von (1811–1873), Admiral
- Schröder, Jan (1800–1885), Rear Admiral
- Sundevall, Henrik Ludvig (1814-1884), Rear Admiral
- Tegetthoff, Wilhelm von (1827–1871), Admiral
- Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Bernhard von (1816–1883), Vice Admiral
1871 to 1918
A.
- Ahlefeld, Hunold von (1851–1919), Vice Admiral
- Ahlert, Georg (1867–1963), Rear Admiral
- Alberts, Hermann (1865–1946), Vice Admiral
- Ammon, Georg von (1869–1937), Vice Admiral
- Arnim, Volkmar von (1847–1923), Admiral
- Aschenborn, Richard (1848–1935), Vice Admiral
- Ascher, Karl (1851–1940), Rear Admiral
- Aschmann, Ernst (1848–1910), Rear Admiral
B.
- Bachem, Max (1855-1917), Rear Admiral
- Bachmann, Gustav (1860–1943), Admiral
- Barandon, Carl (1844-1914), Vice Admiral
- Basse, Max von (1854–1940), Vice Admiral
- Bassewitz, Joachim Adolph von (1859–1918), Rear Admiral
- Batsch, Karl Ferdinand (1831–1898), Vice Admiral
- Baudissin, Friedrich Graf von (1852–1921), Admiral
- Becker, Gottlieb (1852–1910), Rear Admiral
- Becker, Wilhelm (1860–1933), Rear Admiral
- Begas, Alfred (1866–1938), Vice Admiral
- Behm, Karl (1864–1919), Rear Admiral
- Behring, Ehler (1865–1918), Rear Admiral
- Bendemann, Emil Felix von (1848–1915), Admiral
- Berger, Adolph Wilhelm (1829–1898), Vice Admiral
- Bertram, Ferdinand (1868–1941), Rear Admiral
- Bertram, Wilhelm (1865–1949), Rear Admiral
- Blanc, Louis von (1832-1903), Admiral
- Bodenhausen, Conrad von (1848–1938), Vice Admiral
- Boedicker, Friedrich (1866–1944), Vice Admiral
- Boeters, Oscar (1848-1912), Rear Admiral
- Bonte, Paul (1862–1940), Marine Chief Medical Officer
- Borckenhagen, Ludwig (1850–1917), Admiral
- Braune, Rudolf (1845–1909), Rear Admiral
- Bredow, Joachim von (1858–1914), Rear Admiral
- Breusing, Alfred (1853–1914), Admiral
- Bruch, Ludwig (1857–1943), Rear Admiral
- Brussatis, Reinhold (1855–1928), Rear Admiral
- Büchsel, Wilhelm (1848–1920), Admiral
- Bülow, Friedrich von (1870–1929), Rear Admiral
C.
- Caprivi, Leo von (1831–1899), Vice Admiral
- Capelle, Eduard von (1855–1931), Admiral
- Coerper, Carl von (1854–1942), Admiral
- Cotzhausen, Hugo von (1863–1947), Rear Admiral
- Credner, Ernst (1851–1938), Rear Admiral
D.
- Dähnhardt, Harald (1863–1944), Vice Admiral
- Dambrowski, Hans von (1861–1938), Vice Admiral
- Dassel, Hartwig von (1861–1933), Rear Admiral
- Deinhard, Karl August (1842-1892), Vice Admiral
- Derzewski, Carl (1855–1914), Rear Admiral
- Dick, Karl (1858–1928), Admiral
- Diederichs, Otto von (1843–1918), Admiral
- Diederichsen, Otto (1850–1925), Vice Admiral
- Dietert, Conrad (1844–1906), Rear Admiral
- Dirksen, Eduard (1860–1927), Navy Chief Medical Officer
- Drachenberg, Moritz Ernst von (1858–1937), rear admiral
- Dresky, Erich von (1850–1918), Vice Admiral
E.
- Eckermann, Richard (1862–1916), Vice Admiral
- Ehrlich, Alfred (1854–1926), Vice Admiral
- Eickstedt, Rudolf von (1852–1925), Admiral
- Eisendecher, Karl von (1841–1934), Vice Admiral
- Elste, Otto (1854–1918), marine general doctor
- Emsmann, Hugo (1857–1933), Rear Admiral
- Engel, Richard (1866–1954), Vice Admiral
- Engel, Rudolf (1857–1937), Rear Admiral
- Erdmann, Georg (1860–1943), senior marine general
F.
Grave of Otto Flichtenhöfer in the north cemetery in Kiel
- Faber, Walther (1853–1923), Rear Admiral
- Feldt, Constanz (1867–1942), Rear Admiral
- Fischel, Max von (1850–1929), Admiral
- Fischer, Andreas (1872–1946), Rear Admiral
- Flichtenhöfer, Otto (1851–1915), Rear Admiral
- Fonseca-Wollheim, Hermann da (1851–1938), Rear Admiral
- Foss, Max (1850-1939), Rear Admiral
- Frantzius, Ernst von , Rear Admiral
- Franz, Carl (1855–1919), Rear Admiral
- Friedrich, Carl (1855–1918), Rear Admiral
- Fritze, Ernst (1850–1941), Admiral
- Fuchs, Theodor (1868–1942), Rear Admiral
- Funke, Felix (1865–1932), Vice Admiral
G
- Gaedeke, Friedrich (1866–1935), Vice Admiral
- Galster, Karl Paul Hans (1851–1931), Vice Admiral
- Galster, Karl Friedrich Gustav Max (1852–1928), Rear Admiral
- Geissler, Richard von (1848–1922), Vice Admiral
- Gerdes, Gerhard (1861–1941), Admiral
- Glatzel, Ludwig (1861–1938), Rear Admiral
- Goette, Ernst (1869–1945), Rear Admiral
- Goetz, Adolf (1852–1916), Vice Admiral
- Goltz, Max von der (1838–1906), Admiral
- Grapow, Max von (1861-1924), Admiral
- Grumme-Douglas, Ferdinand von (1860–1937), Rear Admiral
- Gruner, Alfred (1850–1917), Rear Admiral
- Gudden, Oscar (1862–1944), Navy doctor general
- Gühler, Erich (1859–1911), Rear Admiral
- Gülich, Ernst (1853–1920), Vice Admiral
- Gutschow, Hermann (1843–1903), marine general doctor
H
- Hacke, Friedrich Graf von (1841–1897), Rear Admiral
- Hahn, Max (1870–1944), Rear Admiral
- Hartog, Johannes (1867–1947), Rear Admiral
- Hebbinghaus, Georg (1866–1944), Vice Admiral
- Heeringen, August von (1855–1927), Admiral
- Heldt, Eduard (1818–1885), Rear Admiral
- Helferich, Heinrich (1851–1945), naval general physician with the rank of rear admiral and secret medical advisor
- Henk, Ludwig von (1820-1894), Vice Admiral
- Henkel-Gebhardi, Konrad von (1860–1923), Admiral
- Herbig, Otto (1843–1909), Rear Admiral
- Hering, Carl (1868–1948), Rear Admiral
- Herz, Alfred (1850–1936), Rear Admiral
- Hessner, Max (1850–1925), rear admiral
- Heuser, Carl (1867–1942), Rear Admiral
- Heusner, Karl Eduard (1843–1891), Vice Admiral
- Hintze, Paul von (1864–1941), Rear Admiral
- Hippel, Horst von (1865–1920), rear admiral
- Hipper, Franz von (1863–1932), Admiral
- Höpfner, Wilhelm (1868–1951), Rear Admiral
- Hoepner, Otto (1856–1927), Rear Admiral
- Hoffmann, Fritz (1861–1918), Rear Admiral
- Hoffmann, Paul (1846-1917), Vice Admiral
- Hofmeier, Paul (1850–1918), Rear Admiral
- Holleben, Franz von (1863–1938), Vice Admiral
- Hollen, Georg von (1845–1900), Vice Admiral
- Hollmann, Friedrich von (1842–1913), Admiral
- Holtzendorff, Henning von (1853–1919), Admiral
- Hopman, Albert (1865-1942), Vice Admiral
- Hornung, Richard (1850–1905), Rear Admiral
I.
- Ingenohl, Friedrich von (1857–1933), Admiral
J
- Jachmann, Siegfried von (1867–1945), rear admiral
- Jacobsen, Hermann (1859–1943), Admiral
- Jacobsen, Leo (1862-1954), Vice Admiral
- Janke, Georg (1856–1919), Rear Admiral
- Jasper, Gisbert (1865-1953), Vice Admiral
- Josephi, Adolph (1859-1919), Rear Admiral
K
- Kalau vom Hofe, Curt (1850–1936), Rear Admiral
- Kalau vom Hofe, Eugen (1856–1935), Rear Admiral
- Kall, Philipp von (1840–1899), Vice Admiral
- Karcher, Guido (1844–1905), Admiral
- Karpf, Johannes von (1867–1941), Rear Admiral
- Keyserlingk, Walter Freiherr von (1869–1946), Vice Admiral
- Kinderling, Franz (1820–1895), Vice Admiral
- Kinderling, Hugo (1860–1943), Vice Admiral
- Kindt, Wilhelm (1854–1929), Vice Admiral
- Kirchhoff, Hermann (1851–1932), vice admiral and naval historian
- Klatt, Gustav (1823–1898), Vice Admiral
- Klausa, Oscar (1849–1907), Rear Admiral
- Knorr, Eduard von (1840–1920), Admiral
- Koch, Reinhard (1861–1939), Admiral
- Koch, Walther (1848–1917), Rear Admiral
- Köhler, Heinrich (1824–1882), Rear Admiral
- Koellner, Leopold (1852–1937), Rear Admiral
- Koenig, Harry (1858–1946), Navy Chief Medical Officer
- Koester, Hans von (1844–1928), Grand Admiral
- Kraft, Hugo (1866–1925), Vice Admiral
- Krosigk, Günther von (1860–1938), Admiral
- Kühlwetter, Friedrich von (1865–1931), Rear Admiral
- Kühne, Heinrich (1838–1926), Vice Admiral
- Kühne, Robert (1868–1947), Vice Admiral
- Küsel, Hans (1870–1951), Rear Admiral
- Kutter, William (1863-1941), Rear Admiral
- Kyckbusch, Franz von (1844–1896), Rear Admiral
L.
- Lange, Richard (1868–1939), Rear Admiral
- Lans, Wilhelm von (1861–1947), Admiral
- Lilie, Hermann (1856–1938), Rear Admiral
- Livonius, Otto (1829–1917), Vice Admiral
- Lübbert, Ulrich (1867–1945), Rear Admiral
- Lyncker, Emil von (1849–1931), Rear Admiral
M.
- Maaß, Leberecht (1863–1914), Rear Admiral
- MacLean, Archibald (1832-1884), Rear Admiral
- Maltzahn, Curt von (1849–1930), Vice Admiral
- Mandt, Otto (1858–1919), Rear Admiral
- Mann, Ernst Karl August Klemens von (1864–1934), Vice Admiral
- Marwede, Friedrich (1862 - ????), Rear Admiral
- Mauve, Franz (1864–1931), Vice Admiral
- Meier, Johannes (1860–1939), Rear Admiral
- Mensing, Franz (1843-1911), Vice Admiral
- Merten, Johannes (1857–1926), Vice Admiral
- Meurer, Alexander (1862–1948), Vice Admiral
- Meurer, Hugo (1869–1960), Vice Admiral
- Meyer, Hans (1855–1918), Rear Admiral
- Mischke, Robert (1865–1932), Vice Admiral
- Moltke, Heinrich Graf von (1854–1922), Vice Admiral
- Monts, Count Alexander von (1832-1889), Vice Admiral
- Müller, Georg Alexander von (1854–1940), Admiral
- Musculus, Friedrich (1862–1942), Rear Admiral
N
- Nickel, Johannes (1858–1945), Rear Admiral
- Nordmann, Hermann (1868–1933), Vice Admiral
O
- Oldekop, Iwan Friedrich Julius (1844–1936), Vice Admiral
- Oldenburg, Friedrich August II. Grand Duke of (1852–1931), Admiral
P
- Paschen, Adolf (1856–1925), Vice Admiral
- Paschen, Carl (1857–1923), Rear Admiral
- Paschen, Karl Heinrich Theodor (1835–1911), Admiral
- Pawelsz, Friedrich von (1844–1905), Vice Admiral
- Petruschky, Albertus (1866–1943), Rear Admiral
- Pieper, Waldemar (1871–1945), Rear Admiral
- Piraly, Max (1848-1917), Rear Admiral
- Pirner, Johann-Heinrich (1834–1908), Vice Admiral
- Plachte, Hugo (1853–1930), rear admiral
- Platen-Hallermund, Oskar Graf von (1865–1957), Vice Admiral
- Plüddemann, Max (1846–1910), Rear Admiral
- Pohl, Hugo von (1855–1916), Vice Admiral
- Prussia, Heinrich von (1862–1929), Grand Admiral
- Prussia, Wilhelm von (1859–1941), Grand Admiral
- Prittwitz and Gaffron, Curt von (1849–1922), Admiral
- Prowe, Max (1858-1936), Rear Admiral
- Przewisinski, Hermann Robert (1831–1902), Rear Admiral
Q
- Quaet-Faslem, Hans (1874–1941), Rear Admiral
R.
- Rampold, Paul (1860-1926), Rear Admiral
- Rebeur-Paschwitz, Hubert von (1863–1933), Vice Admiral
- Recke, Johannes (1862–1946), Rear Admiral
- Reclam, Victor (1871-1946), Rear Admiral
- Redlich, Johannes (1866–1925), Rear Admiral
- Reibnitz, Paul von (1838–1900), Vice Admiral
- Reiche, Ernst von (1840–1912), Vice Admiral
- Reuter, Ludwig von (1869–1943), Admiral
- Riedel, Louis (1849–1907), Rear Admiral
- Rieve, Johannes (1862-1911), Rear Admiral
- Rittmeyer, Rudolf (1850–1914), Rear Admiral
- Rösing, Bernhard (1869–1947), Vice Admiral
- Rössing, Curt Freiherr von (1868–1942), Vice Admiral
- Rötger, Fritz (1848–1913), Rear Admiral
- Rollmann, Max (1857–1942) Admiral and Governor of Kiautschou
- Ruge, Reinhold (1862–1936), senior naval surgeon general
- Runkwitz, Johannes (1859–1916), chief marine general
S.
- Sack, Hans (1848-1924), Vice Admiral
- Sarnow, Georg (1850–1935), Rear Admiral
- Sass, Heinrich (1859–1941), Vice Admiral
- Schack, Wilhelm (1860–1920), Vice Admiral
- Schack von Wittenau-Danckelmann, Arthur Graf (1839-1892), Rear Admiral
- Schaumann, Carl (1865–1938), Vice Admiral
- Scheder, Georg (1853–1938), Rear Admiral
- Scheer, Reinhard (1863–1928), Admiral
- Scheibel, Georg Friedrich (1858–1943), Rear Admiral
- Scheidt, Georg (1865–1943), Vice Admiral
- Schering, Rudolf (1843–1901), Vice Admiral
- Schimmelmann, Malte von Freiherr (1859–1916), Vice Admiral
- Schleinitz, Georg von (1834–1910), Vice Admiral
- Schlieper, Paul (1864–1950), Rear Admiral
- Schmidt, Ehrhard (1863-1946), Admiral
- Schmidt, Gustav (1851–1931), Admiral
- Schmidt, Paul (1856–1921), General Staff Doctor, Vice Admiral
- Schmidt von Schwind, Herwarth (1866–1941), Vice Admiral
- Schönfelder, Carl (1859–1941), Rear Admiral
- Schönfelder, Victor (1856–1931), Rear Admiral
- Scholtz, Rudolf (1868–?), Marine general doctor
- Schrader, Friedrich (1865–1937), Vice Admiral
- Schröder, August Ludwig von (1854–1933), Admiral
- Schröder, Hermann (1868–1946), Rear Admiral
- Schröder, Johannes (1858–1933), Vice Admiral
- Schröder, Wilhelm (1842–1908), Vice Admiral
- Schuckmann, Hugo von (1848–1931), Vice Admiral
- Schuckmann, Oscar von (1851–1920), Rear Admiral
- Schulze, Max (1845–1910), Rear Admiral
- Schütz, Christian (1861–1915), Vice Admiral
- Seckendorff, Albert Freiherr von (1849–1921), Vice Admiral
- Semmern, Ernst von (1858 - ????), Rear Admiral
- Senden-Bibran, Gustav von (1847–1909), Admiral
- Siegel, Rudolf (1852–1912), Vice Admiral
- Sievers, Karl (1868–1940), Rear Admiral
- Sommerwerck, Fritz (1857–1914), Rear Admiral
- Souchon, Wilhelm (1864–1946), Vice Admiral
- Spee, Maximilian von Graf (1861–1914), Vice Admiral
- Stein, Johannes (1852–1924), Rear Admiral
- Steinberg-Skirbs, August von (1816–1888), General Physician of the Navy
- Stamp, Gustav (1838–1915), Rear Admiral
- Stenzel, Alfred (1832–1906), Rear Admiral
- Sthamer, Wilhelm (1864–1934), Vice Admiral
- Stiege, Oscar (1852–1932), Rear Admiral
- Stosch, Albrecht von (1818–1896), infantry general and admiral
- Strauch, Franz (1846–1928), Rear Admiral
- Stromeyer, Heinrich (1862–1922), Rear Admiral
- Stubenrauch, Felix (1850–1931), Rear Admiral
T
- Tapken, Arthur (1864–1945), Vice Admiral
- Thiele, Adolf (1853–1941), Rear Admiral
- Thiele, August (1893–1981), Vice Admiral
- Thiele, August Carl (1852–1912), Rear Admiral
- Thomsen, August von (1846–1920), Admiral
- Thyen, Ferdinand (1866–1939), Rear Admiral
- Tirpitz, Alfred von (1849–1930), Grand Admiral
- Trotha, Adolf von (1868–1940), Admiral
- Trummler, Konrad (1864–1936), Vice Admiral
- Truppel, Oskar von (1854–1931), Admiral
U
- Usedom, Guido von (1854–1925), Admiral
- Uthemann, Walther (1863–1944), General Staff Doctor in the Navy
V
- Valois, Victor (1841-1924), Vice Admiral
- Varrentrapp, Eduard (1869–1928), Rear Admiral
- Vüllers, Friedrich (1850–1918), Rear Admiral
W.
- Waldersee, Franz von Graf (1835–1903), Vice Admiral
- Wallmann, Johannes (1852–1935), Rear Admiral
- Weber, Eugen (1860–1929), Rear Admiral
- Wedding, Karl (1867–1952), Vice Admiral
- Wenzel, Carl († 1903), doctor general and rear admiral
- Werner, Bartholomäus von (1842–1924), Rear Admiral
- Werner, Reinhold von (1825–1909), Vice Admiral
- Wickede, Wilhelm von (1830–1895), Vice Admiral
- Wietersheim, Friedrich von (1849–1906), Rear Admiral
- Wilbrandt, Karl (1864–1928), Vice Admiral
- Wilken, Max (1862–1925), Rear Admiral
- Winkler, Raimund (1855–1941), Vice Admiral
- Witschel, Max (1863–1916), Rear Admiral
- Wodrig, Carl (1851–1940), Vice Admiral
- Wülfing von Ditten, Paul (1880–1953), Vice Admiral
- Wurmbach, Otto (1864–1940), Vice Admiral
- Wuthmann, Georg (1863–1940), Rear Admiral
Z
- Zeye, Hugo (1852-1909), Vice Admiral
- Zimmermann, Karl (1863–1916), Rear Admiral
- Zirzow, Paul (1838–1912), Rear Admiral
1919 to 1945
A.
- Ackermann, Richard (1869–1930), Rear Admiral
- Adam, Max (1894–1978), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Adelung, Wilhelm (1867–1938), Rear Admiral
- Albrecht, Conrad (1880–1969), Admiral General
- Ahrens, Eberhard (1892–1945), admiral doctor
- Ancker, Heinrich (1886–1960), Vice Admiral
- Arnauld de la Perière, Lothar von (1886–1941), Vice Admiral
- Arnswaldt, Wolff-Ehrenreich von (1898–1972), rear admiral
- Arps, Theodor (1884–1947), Vice Admiral
- Assmann, Kurt (1883–1962), Vice Admiral
B.
- Bachmann, Johannes (1890–1945), Admiral
- Back, Otto (1864–1943), Vice Admiral
- Backenköhler, Otto (1892–1967), Admiral
- Baltzer, Martin (1898–1971), Vice Admiral
- Bartels, Rudolf (1871–1946), Rear Admiral
- Bartenbach, Karl (1881–1949), Vice Admiral
- Bastian, Max (1883-1958), Admiral
- Batsch, Ernst (1879–1948), Rear Admiral
- Bauer, Hermann (1875–1958), Admiral
- Bechtel, Otto (1868–1939), Rear Admiral
- Becker, Paul (1881–1963), admiral judge
- Behmer, Hans (1865–1926), senior naval surgeon general
- Behncke, Friedrich (1869–1957), Rear Admiral
- Behncke, Paul (1866–1937), Admiral
- Benda, Hanns (1877–1951), Admiral / Admiral Chief Staff Director
- Bender, Waldemar (1885–1950), Rear Admiral
- Bene, Hans (1872–1943), Rear Admiral
- Berendt, Walter (1878–1978), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Berndt, Paul (1879–1941), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Betche, Wilhelm (1879–1941), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Bettenhäuser, Werner (1886–1959), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Bey, Erich (1898–1943), Rear Admiral
- Bier, August (1861–1949), Navy Chief Medical Officer
- Bindseil, Ernst (1880–1947), Rear Admiral
- Bleckwenn, Wilhelm (1906–1989), Rear Admiral
- Bobsien, Bernhard (1878–1934), Rear Admiral
- Bodecker, Karl von (1875–1957), Rear Admiral
- Boehm, Hermann (1884–1972), Admiral General
- Böhmer, Kurt (1892–1944), Rear Admiral
- Böning, August (1891–1964), Rear Admiral
- Böse, Ernst (1868–1949), Marine Medical Officer-General
- Boethke, Paul (1872–1964), Rear Admiral
- Bonin, Reimar von (1890–1976), Rear Admiral
- Bonte, Friedrich (1896–1940), Commodore
- Borne, Kurt von dem (1885–1946), Vice Admiral
- Brachmann, Johannes (1867–1941), Marine Chief Medical Officer
- Brahms, Wilhelm (1880–1966), admiralty doctor
- Brandes, Iwan (1882–1935), Rear Admiral
- Braune, Friedrich (1889–1971), Rear Admiral
- Bredow, Hasso von (1883–1966), Rear Admiral
- Bredow, Hermann von (1893–1954) Rear Admiral
- Breuning, Erich Alfred (1897–1978), Rear Admiral
- Brinkmann, Helmuth (1895–1983), Vice Admiral
- Brüninghaus, Franz Willi (1870–1951), Rear Admiral
- Brutzer, Friedrich (1879–1958), Vice Admiral
- Bucholz, Wilhelm (1896–1955), admiralty judge
- Bürkner, Leopold (1894–1975), Vice Admiral
- Bütow, Hans (1894–1974), Rear Admiral
- Burchardi, Theodor (1892–1983), Admiral
- Busse, Wilhelm (1878–1965), Rear Admiral
C.
- Caanitz, Hugo (1895–1968), admiral doctor
- Canaris, Wilhelm (1887–1945), Admiral
- Carls, Rolf (1885–1945), Admiral General
- Claassen, Franz (1881–1945), Rear Admiral zV
- Claassen, Siegfried (1884–1951), Rear Admiral zV
- Claussen, Carl August (1881–1968), Rear Admiral
- Ciliax, Otto (1891–1964), Admiral
- Conrad, Fritz (1883–1944), Rear Admiral
- Coupette, Karl (1885–1964), Rear Admiral
D.
- Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels, Gottfried Freiherr von (1868–1936), Vice Admiral
- Densch, Hermann (1887–1963), Admiral
- Dittmer, Richard (1840-1925), Rear Admiral
- Dönitz, Karl (1891–1980), Grand Admiral
- Dominik, Hugo (1871–1933), Vice Admiral
- Donner, Peter Christian (1881–1944), Rear Admiral
- Dose, Walter (1886–1970), Rear Admiral
- Dütschke, Kurt (1892–1955), admiralty doctor
E.
- Eberius, Hans (1870–1950), Rear Admiral
- Ehrhardt, Werner (1898–1967), Rear Admiral
- Eichel, Eduard (1880–1956), Vice Admiral
- Engel, Siegfried (1892–1976), Rear Admiral
- Engelhardt, Conrad (1898–1973), Rear Admiral
- Engelhardt, Walter (1867–1943), Vice Admiral
- Erler, Hans (1874–1958), Rear Admiral
- Eschenburg, Theodor (1876–1968), Rear Admiral
- Evers, Alois (1893–1965), admiral doctor
- Ewers, Ernst (1873–1940), Rear Admiral
- Eyerich, Karl (1886–1971), admiral doctor
- Eyssen, Robert (1892-1960), Rear Admiral
F.
- Faber, Walter (1888–1945), Rear Admiral
- Fanger, Paul (1889–1945), Admiral
- Fechter, Hans (1885–1955), Admiral (Ing.)
- Feige, Otto (1882–1951), Admiral
- Fein, Otto (1895–1953), Rear Admiral
- Feldbausch, Hans (1891–1985), Rear Admiral
- Feldmann, Carl (1875–1963), Rear Admiral
- Fikentscher, Alfred (1888–1979), Chief Admiralty
- Fischel, Hermann von (1887–1950), Admiral
- von Fischer-Loßainen, Reinhold (1870–1940), Rear Admiral
- Fleischer, Friedrich-Wilhelm (1890–1952), Admiral
- Förste, Erich (1892–1963), Admiral
- Foerster, Günther von (1864–1938), Marine General Physician, characterized as Marine General Staff Physician
- Foerster, Richard (1879-1952), Admiral
- Forst, Günther von der (1897–1982), rear admiral
- Franz, Walther (1880–1956), Vice Admiral
- Frey, Theodor (1869–1945), Rear Admiral
- Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, Albrecht Freiherr von (1876–1943), Vice Admiral
- Freymandl, Josef (1864–1951), senior naval surgeon general
- Fricke, Kurt (1889–1945), Admiral
- Fricke, Otto (1894–1966), Rear Admiral
- Friedeburg, Hans-Georg von (1895–1945), Admiral General
- Friedrich, Ernst (1874–1957), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Frisius, Friedrich (1895–1970), Vice Admiral
- Fröhlich Walter (1893–1969), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Fuchs, Werner (1891–1976), Admiral
- Fürbringer, Werner (1888–1982), Rear Admiral
G
- Gadow, Hans-Joachim (1898–1978), Rear Admiral
- Gadow, Reinhold (1882–1946), Rear Admiral
- Gagern, Ernst Freiherr von (1878–1954), Admiral
- Gayer, Albert (1881–1930), Rear Admiral
- Gebhardt, Heinrich (1885–1939), Rear Admiral
- Genske, Wilhelm (1885–1958), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Gerlach, Arthur (1890–1968), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Gerlach, Joachim von (1895–1979), Rear Admiral
- Gladisch, Walter (1882–1954), Admiral
- Gleitsmann, Hanns (1877–1935), marine doctor general
- Godt, Eberhard (1900–1995), Rear Admiral
- Goehle, Herbert (1878–1947), Rear Admiral
- Goette, Walther (1894–1959), admiralty doctor
- Götting, Friedrich (1886–1946), Vice Admiral
- von Goetze, Eberhard (1893–1977), rear admiral
- Goetze, Wilhelm (1873–1954), Rear Admiral
- Gohren, Lothar von (1874–1923), Rear Admiral
- Graßhoff, Kurt (1869–1952), Rear Admiral
- Grassmann, Werner (1888–1943), Vice Admiral
- Grauer, Wilibald (1869–1925), Rear Admiral
- Greul, Emil (1895–1993), Admiralty Medical Officer
- Groos, Otto (1882–1970), Admiral
- Grube, Helmut (1893–1978), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Gudden, Oscar (1862–1944), Navy Medical Officer-General
- Guse, Günther (1886–1953), Admiral
- Gutjahr, Karl-Otto (1895–1975), Rear Admiral
- Gygas, Hans (1872–1963), Rear Admiral
H
- Haeker, Erich (1886–1958), Rear Admiral
- Halwe, Ernst (1886–1961), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Hamelau, Hans (1886–1961), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Hanke, Heinrich (1890–1945), Vice Admiral
- Hansen, Gottfried (1881–1976), Admiral
- Harder, Victor (1870-1933), Rear Admiral
- Hargues, Werner d ' (1890–1972), admiralty doctor
- Hartmann, Hans (1897–1976), Rear Admiral
- Hass, Gustav (1872–1932), Rear Admiral
- Haxthausen, Wilhelm von (1874–1936), Rear Admiral
- Heim, Hellmut (1900–1986), admiralty doctor
- Heimberg, Julius (1897–1975), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Heimburg, Heino von (1889–1945), Vice Admiral
- Heinecke, Oskar (1878–1945), Admiral
- Heinrich, Paul (1871–1927), Rear Admiral
- Heinze, Walter (1878–1948), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Hennecke, Walter (1897–1984), Rear Admiral
- Hennig, Heinz von (1883–1947), Rear Admiral
- Henning, Hans (1895–1948), Rear Admiral
- Henrici, Reinhold (1890–1948), Rear Admiral
- Hermann, Friedrich (1880–1937), Rear Admiral
- Hermann, Willy (1881–1944), Rear Admiral
- Herr, Hans (1871–1936), Rear Admiral
- Heusinger von Waldegg, Emil (1880–1966), Admiral
- Heydel, Eberhard (1872–1926), Rear Admiral
- Heyden, Erich (1879–1948), Rear Admiral
- Heye, Hellmuth (1895-1970), Vice Admiral
- Hilbig, Friedrich (1874–1960), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Hildebrand, Walter (1873–1923), Rear Admiral
- Hintzmann, Ernst (1880–1951), Rear Admiral
- Hirth, Waldemar (1884–1963), Rear Admiral
- Hönicke, Paul (1883–1963), Rear Admiral
- Hoffmann, Karl (1895–1945), Rear Admiral
- Hoffmann, Kurt Caesar (1895–1988), Vice Admiral
- Hohnhorst, Ludolf von (1899–1978), rear admiral
- Hollweg, Carl (1867–1932), Vice Admiral
- Holzhauer, Eduard (1852–1936), Vice Admiral
- Hormel, Otto (1886–1971), Admiral
- Horn, Johannes (1872–1945), Rear Admiral
- Hornhardt, Karl von (1872–1958), Rear Admiral
- Horstmann, Günther (1894–1993), Rear Admiral
- Hosemann, Martin (1876–1928), Vice Admiral
- Hüffmeier, Friedrich (1898–1972), Vice Admiral
I.
- Isendahl, Walter (1872–1945), Rear Admiral
J
- Jewinski, Richard (1887–1984), Rear Admiral
- Johannesson, Rolf (1900–1989), Rear Admiral
- Johannsen, Wilhelm (1894–1956), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Junker, Rudolf (1895–1980), Rear Admiral
- Junkermann, Ernst (1881–1944), Vice Admiral
K
- Kähler, Otto (1894–1967), Rear Admiral
- Kahlert, Wilhelm (1877–1932), Vice Admiral
- Kameke, Friedrich von (1870–1921), Rear Admiral
- Kaufmann, Karl (1893–1975), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Kaulhausen, Ludwig (1875–1957), Vice Admiral
- Kehrhahn, Heinrich (1881–1962), Rear Admiral
- Kettner, Paul (1872–1959), Rear Admiral
- Kienast, Harald (1894–1986), Rear Admiral
- Kienast, Helmuth (1892–1987), Rear Admiral
- Kieseritzky, Gustav (1893–1943), Vice Admiral
- Kinzel, Walther (1880–1964), Vice Admiral
- Kirchhoff, Gustav (1863–1945), Rear Admiral
- Kleikamp, Gustav (1896–1952), Vice Admiral
- Kleine, Georg (1881–1944), Rear Admiral
- Klimpt, Otto (1858–1928), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Klitzing, Leberecht von (1872–1945), Rear Admiral
- Kloeber, Friedrich (1869–1932), Rear Admiral
- Klüber, Otto (1895–1953), Rear Admiral
- Klüpfer, Karl (1878–1962), Rear Admiral
- Knobloch, Reinhold (1883–1962), Rear Admiral
- Kober, Waldemar (1898–1955), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Koch, Richard (1863–1927), Rear Admiral
- Koehler, Walther (1882–1970), Rear Admiral
- Köthner, Max (1870–1933), Rear Admiral
- Kolbe, Hans (1882–1957), Rear Admiral
- Kopp, Wilhelm (1882–1963), Rear Admiral
- Korreng, Wilhelm (1880–1967), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Krafft, Ernst (1885–1954), Rear Admiral
- Kraft, Karl-Adalbert (1892–1943), admiral doctor
- Krancke, Theodor (1893–1973), Admiral
- Kranzbühler, Otto (1871–1932), Rear Admiral
- Krastel, Walter (1892–1966), Vice Admiral
- Kratzenberg, Ernst (1896–1984), Rear Admiral
- Krause, Günther (1890–1983), Vice Admiral
- Krauss, Emil (1883–1949), admiralty doctor
- Krauss, Fritz (1898–1978), Rear Admiral
- Kreisch, Leo (1895–1977), Vice Admiral
- Krosigk, Wilhelm von (1871–1953), Rear Admiral
- Kühlenthal, Karl (1872–1969), Rear Admiral
- Kühn, Walter (1890–1944), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Kühne, Max (1872–1961), Rear Admiral
- Küttner, Hermann (1870–1932), senior naval surgeon general and secret medical advisor
- Kummetz, Oskar (1891–1980), Admiral General
- Kurz, Friedrich-Wilhelm (1891–1945), Vice Admiral
L.
- Lahs, Rudolf (1880–1954), Rear Admiral
- Lampe, Heinrich (1877–1928), Rear Admiral
- Lamprecht, Fritz (1893–1961), Vice Admiral
- Lange, Walter (1882–1961), admiralty doctor
- Lange, Werner (1893–1965), Vice Admiral
- Langemak, Hugo (1869–1937), Vice Admiral
- Lans, Max (1868-1928), Rear Admiral
- Lans, Otto (1870–1942), Rear Admiral
- Leithäuser, Hans-Paul (1895–1943), Rear Admiral
- Lemke, Franz (1862–1925), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Levetzow, Magnus von (1871–1939), Rear Admiral
- Liebetanz, Bernhard (1894–1966), Rear Admiral
- Lietzmann, Joachim (1894–1959), Vice Admiral
- Lindau, Eugen (1883–1960), Admiral
- Lindenau, Werner (1892–1975), Rear Admiral
- Löhlein, Heinrich (1871–1960), Vice Admiral
- Loewenfeld, Wilfried von (1879–1946), Vice Admiral
- Löwisch, Werner (1894–1971), Vice Admiral
- Lohmann, Walter (1891–1955), Vice Admiral
- Looff, Max (1874-1954), Vice Admiral
- Lorenzen, Erich (1896–1945), admiral judge
- Lorey, Hermann (1877–1954), Rear Admiral
- Louran, Hugo (1865–1931), Vice Admiral
- Lucht, Ernst (1896–1975), Rear Admiral
- Lüdecke, Fritz (1873–1931), Rear Admiral
- Lütjens, Günther (1889–1941), Admiral
- Lüttge, Gustav (1890–1963), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Lützow, Friedrich (1881–1964), Vice Admiral
M.
- Machens, Bruno (1895-1976), Vice Admiral
- Maertens, Erhard (1891–1945), Vice Admiral
- Mahrholz, Erich (1879–1969), Rear Admiral
- Mantey, Eberhard von (1869–1940), Vice Admiral
- Marschall, Wilhelm (1886–1976), Admiral General
- Martin, Robert (1864–1929), Navy Chief Medical Officer
- Marwitz, Ralf von der (1888–1966), Vice Admiral
- Massmann, Siegfried (1882–1944), Vice Admiral
- Matthes, Friedrich (1881–1950), Rear Admiral
- Matthiae, Walter (1880–1960), Vice Admiral
- Matthies, Wilhelm (1896–1980), Rear Admiral
- Meendsen-Bohlken, Wilhelm (1897–1985), Vice Admiral
- Meisel, Wilhelm (1893–1974), Admiral
- Meißner, Albrecht (1883–1962), Rear Admiral
- Meixner, Paul (1891–1950), Rear Admiral
- Menche, Heinz-Eduard (1886–1961), Rear Admiral
- Meurer, Hugo (1869–1960), Vice Admiral
- Meusel, Ernst (1881–1933), Rear Admiral
- Mewis, Raul (1886–1972), Admiral
- Meyer, Hans Karl (1898–1989), Rear Admiral
- Meyer-Waldeck, Alfred (1864–1928), Vice Admiral
- Michaelis, William (1871-1948), Vice Admiral
- Michahelles, Hans (1899–1975), Rear Admiral
- Michels, Alexander (1891–1968), Vice Admiral
- Michelsen, Andreas (1869–1932), Vice Admiral
- Mirow, Hans (1895–1986), Rear Admiral
- Möller, Adolf (1897–1983), Admiral Director
- Möller, Hans-Hinrich (1898–1974), admiralty doctor
- Mörseberger, Hermann (1872–1940), Rear Admiral
- Mössel, Wilhelm (1897–1986), Rear Admiral
- Mommsen, Konrad (1871-1946), Vice Admiral
- Moosauer, Sigmund (1877–1944), Chief Admiralty
- Mootz, Hermann (1889–1962), Admiral
- Mücke, Willy (1888–1968), admiralty doctor
- Müller, Erich (1895–1967), Rear Admiral
- Müller, Gerhard (1894–1981), admiral doctor
- Mündel, Harry (1876–1946), Rear Admiral
N
- Nadler, Fritz (1895–1985), admiralty doctor
- Natzmer, Ernst-Oldwig von (1868–1942), Rear Admiral
- Nerger, Karl-August (1875–1947), Rear Admiral
- Nobody, Fritz (1892–1943), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Nobe, Fritz (1880–1945), director of the Admiralty staff
- Nöldeke, Heinrich (1896–1955), admiralty doctor
- Nordeck, Willy von (1888–1956), Admiral
- Nordmann, Heinz (1893–1945), Vice Admiral
O
- Obernitz, Moritz von (1869–1958), rear admiral
- Oehler, Walther (1888–1968), Rear Admiral
- Oldekop, Iwan Christian Hermann (1878–1942), Admiral
- Orth, Ernst (1870–1941), Rear Admiral
P
- Paul, Oswald (1883–1949), Rear Admiral
- Packroß, Karl , Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Patzig, Conrad (1888–1975), Admiral
- Peters, Hans (1884–1947), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Peters, Max (1888–1961), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Peters, Rudolf (1899–1990), Rear Admiral
- Pfeiffer, Adolf (1876–1961), Vice Admiral
- Pfundheller, Hans (1869–1940), Rear Admiral
- Philipp, Otto (1867–1941), Rear Admiral
- Pillet, Edgar (1877-1959), Admiralty Physician
- Pinggéra, Friedrich (1876–1940), Medical Officer General of the Navy
- Plath, Joachim (1893–1971), Rear Admiral
- Pohl, Friedrich (1868–1950), Rear Admiral
- Posadowsky-Wehner, Harry Graf von (1869–1923), Rear Admiral
- Praefcke, Viktor (1872–1962), admiralty doctor
- Prentzel, Wilhelm (1878–1945), Admiral
- Püllen, Theodor (1871–1931), Vice Admiral
- Punt, Siegfried (1881–1960), Rear Admiral
- Puttkamer, Karl-Jesko von (1900–1981), Rear Admiral
Q
- Quaet-Faslem, Hans (1874–1941), Rear Admiral
R.
- Raeder, Erich (1876–1960), Grand Admiral
- Ramien, Kurt (1889-1939), Rear Admiral
- Rasmus, Ulrich (1887–1943), Rear Admiral
- Reimer, Georg (1888–1974), Vice Admiral
- Restorff, Karl von (1871–1946), Rear Admiral
- Retzmann, Heinrich (1872–1959), Rear Admiral
- Reymann, Max (1872-1948), Vice Admiral
- Rhein, Wilhelm (1887–1964), Rear Admiral
- Riedel, Theodor Heinrich (1889–1939), Rear Admiral
- Riege, Hans-Releff (1892–1941), admiralty doctor
- Rhein, Wilhelm , rear admiral
- Richelot, Claudius (1863–1929), Marine Medical Officer-General
- Richter, Friedrich (1873–1922), Vice Admiral
- Riedel, Leo (1884–1946), Rear Admiral
- Rieve, Friedrich (1896–1981), Vice Admiral
- Rohardt, Heinrich (1871–1945), Rear Admiral
- Rochlitz, Arthur (1882–1958), Rear Admiral
- Rösing, Bernhard (1869–1947), Vice Admiral
- Rogge, Bernhard (1899–1982), Vice Admiral of the Navy, Rear Admiral of the German Navy
- Rogge, Maximilian (1866–1940), Vice Admiral
- Rosenberg, Hugo von (1875–1944), Vice Admiral
- Rosendahl, Carl (1852–1917), Rear Admiral
- Rothe-Roth, Richard (1898–1972), Rear Admiral
- Rother, Witold (1888–1962), Vice Admiral
- Rümann, Wilhelm (1881–1946), Rear Admiral
- Ruge, Friedrich (1894–1985), Vice Admiral
- Ruhfus, Heinrich (1895–1955), Rear Admiral
S.
- Saalwächter, Alfred (1883–1945), Admiral General
- Sachße, Fritz and Sachsse, Fritz (1875–1954), rear admiral
- Saxer, Ludwig (1869–1957), Rear Admiral
- Schall-Emden, Robin (1893–1946), Vice Admiral
- Scheer, Werner (1893–1976), Rear Admiral
- Scheffer, Heinz (1896–1977), Rear Admiral
- Schenitsky, Max (1894–1977), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Schenk, Otto (1891–1972), Vice Admiral
- Schepers, Friedrich (1873–1944), Medical Officer General of the Navy
- Scheurlen, Ernst (1894–1945), Vice Admiral
- Schickhardt, Heinrich (1885–1944), Rear Admiral
- Schirlitz, Ernst (1893–1978), Vice Admiral
- Schirmer, Alfred (1892–1975), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Schlicht, Max (1870–195), Rear Admiral
- Schmidt, Arno (1890–1945), Rear Admiral
- Schmidt, Friedrich Traugott (1899–1944), Rear Admiral
- Schönermark, Werner (1897–1945), Rear Admiral
- Scholtz, Rudolf (1868 - ????), senior naval surgeon general
- Schmundt, Hubert (1888–1984), Admiral
- Schniewind, Otto (1887–1964), Admiral General
- Schrader, Otto von (1888–1945), Admiral
- Schröder, Ludwig von (1884–1941), Vice Admiral and General of the Flak Cartillery
- Schröter, Franz (1883–1933), Rear Admiral
- Schubert, Günther (1898–1974), Rear Admiral
- Schüßler, Adalbert (1887–1970), Vice Admiral
- Schützler, Adolf (1860–1932), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Schulte, Rudolf (1885–1969), Rear Admiral
- Schulte Mönting, Erich (1897–1976), Vice Admiral
- Schulte-Ostrop, Egon (1886–1968), admiral doctor
- Schultz, Friedrich (1865–1945), Admiral
- Schultze, Otto (1884–1966), Admiral General
- Schulz, Edmund (1877–1961), Rear Admiral
- Schulz, Otto (1900–1974), Rear Admiral
- Schulze, Alfred (1892–1972), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Schumacher, Ernst (1881–1952), Rear Admiral
- Schumann, Maximilian (1856–1942), senior naval surgeon general
- Schuster, Karlgeorg (1886–1973), Admiral
- Schweinitz and Krain Freiherr von Kauder, Hans-Hermann Graf von (1883–1959), rear admiral
- Seebach, Thilo von (1890–1966), Vice Admiral
- Seebohm, Hans (1871–1945), Rear Admiral
- Seiferling, Karl (1867–1936), Vice Admiral
- Siemens, Leopold (1889–1979), Vice Admiral
- Siemens, Werner (1873–1964), Rear Admiral
- Slevogt, Kurt (1892–1957), Vice Admiral
- Sontag, Johannes (1884–1941), admiral doctor
- Sorge, Siegfried (1898–1989), Rear Admiral
- Spiering, Richard (1861 - ????), Navy chief general
- Spiess, Fritz and Spiess, Fritz (1881–1959), rear admiral
- Spindler, Arno (1880–1967), Rear Admiral
- Stange, Rudolf (1899–1992), Vice Admiral
- Starke, Wilhelm (1866–1934), Vice Admiral
- Starke, Wilhelm Friedrich (1885–1941), Rear Admiral
- Stechow, Berthold (1865–1941), Rear Admiral
- Steenbock, Johannes (1894–1974), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Steffan, Werner (1890–1973), Rear Admiral
- Steiner, Walter (1891–1975), Admiral (Ing.)
- Steinkopf, Otto (1874–1941), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Stichling, Werner (1895–1979), Rear Admiral
- Stiegel, Heinrich (1891–1964), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Stieringer, Ernst (1891–1975), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Stobwasser, Hans-Herbert (1885–1946), Vice Admiral
- Stoelzel, Albert (1872–1928), Rear Admiral
- Stohwasser, Hans (1884–1967), Vice Admiral
- Stosch, Hans-Hubertus von (1889–1945), Vice Admiral
- Staehler, Herbert (1887–1979), Vice Admiral
- Strauch, Johannes (1884–1957), Rear Admiral
- Studnitz, Ernst von (1898–1943), Rear Admiral
- Stummel, Ludwig (1898–1983), Rear Admiral
T
- Tackenberg, Wilhelm (1893–1963), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Tägert, Carl (1869–1946), Rear Admiral
- Tägert, Wilhelm (1871–1950), Vice Admiral
- Tarnow, Otto Siegfried (1893–1963), admiral doctor
- Thäter, Karl (1886–1962), Vice Admiral (Ing.)
- Thedsen, Otto (1886–1949), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Thiele, August (1893–1981), Vice Admiral
- Tillessen, Werner (1880–1953), Admiral
- Titschack, Friedrich (1876–1952), admiralty doctor
- Tobye, Erhard (1894–1971), Rear Admiral
- Topp, Karl (1895–1981), Vice Admiral
- Trendtel, Heinrich (1864–1943), Rear Admiral
- Treschow, Hans-Udo von (1893–1955), Rear Admiral
- Trotha, Clamor von (1894–1988), Rear Admiral
- Trotha, Wolf von (1884–1946), Rear Admiral
- Türk, Titus (1868–1952), Rear Admiral
U
- Uslar, Ludolf von (1867–1939), Vice Admiral
- Uthemann, Hans (1866–1931), Vice Admiral
- Uthemann, Walther (1863–1944), marine chief medical officer with the rank of admiral
- Utke, Kurt (1893–1970), Vice Admiral
V
- Vollerthun, Waldemar (1869–1929), Rear Admiral
- Voss, Hans (1894–1973), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Voss, Hans-Erich (1897–1969), Vice Admiral
W.
- Wagner, Gerhard (1898–1987), Rear Admiral (partly Vice Admiral)
- Wagner, Heinrich (1886–1950), Rear Admiral
- Walther, Hans (1883–1950), Rear Admiral
- Warzecha, Walter (1891–1956), Admiral General
- Waßner, Erwin (1887–1937), Rear Admiral
- Waue, Georg (1901–1945), Rear Admiral
- Weber, Carl (1896–1975), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Wegener, Wolfgang (1875–1956), Vice Admiral
- Wehr, Oskar (1886–1968), Rear Admiral
- Weichold, Eberhard (1891–1960), Vice Admiral
- Less, Carl Wilhelm (1874–1945), Rear Admiral
- Wenneker, Paul (1890–1979), Admiral
- Werth, Alexander (1879–1942), Vice Admiral
- Westphal, Hugo (1855-1924), Vice Admiral
- Wever, Paul (1893-1944), Vice Admiral
- Weyher, Kurt (1901-1991), Rear Admiral
- Wieting, Franz (1876–1966), Vice Admiral
- Wilke, Wilhelm (1878–1963), Rear Admiral
- Witthoeft-Emden, Robert (1886–1960), Vice Admiral
- Winther, Waldemar (1897–1983), Rear Admiral
- Witzell, Karl (1884–1976), Admiral General
- Wolf, Ernst (1886–1964), Vice Admiral
- Wolfram, Eberhard (1882–1947), Vice Admiral
- Wolfram, Paul (1871-1946), Rear Admiral
- Wollanke, Karl-Friedrich (1884–1968), Rear Admiral
- Wossidlo, Fritz (1877–1942), Rear Admiral
- Wülfing von Ditten, Paul (1880–1953), Vice Admiral
- Wurmbach, Hans-Heinrich (1891–1965), Admiral
Z
- Zander, Konrad (1883–1947), rear admiral and general of the aviators
- Zenker, Hans (1870–1932), Admiral
- Zeppelin, Erich Graf von (1873–1927), Rear Admiral
- Zieb, Paul-Willy (1892–1972), Rear Admiral (Ing.)
- Zieger, Erich (1889–1945), Admiral (Ing.)
- Zuckschwerdt, Adalbert (1874–1945), Rear Admiral
GDR 1952–1990
The German Democratic Republic had admirals from 1952. They served first in the barracked people's police and from 1956 in the naval forces, which were called the People's Navy from 1960 . None of the admirals in the GDR were accepted into the Bundeswehr when it was reunified in 1990.
B.
- Bernig, Herbert (1931-2020), Rear Admiral
- Born, Hendrik (1944–), Vice Admiral
D.
- Dönitz, Hans-Joachim (1934-2010), Rear Admiral
E.
- Ehm, Wilhelm (1918-2009), Admiral
- Elchlepp, Friedrich (1924–2002), Rear Admiral
F.
- Fischer, Richard (1906–1991), Rear Admiral, later Major General
G
- Grießbach, Eberhard (1935–), Rear Admiral
H
- Heinecke, Lothar (1933–1985), Rear Admiral
- Henninger, Werner (1929–), Rear Admiral
- Hess, Hans (1929–), Rear Admiral
- Hesse, Gustav (1931–2001), Vice Admiral
- Hoffmann, Theodor (1935-2018), Admiral
- Hofmann, Hans (1933–), Vice Admiral
I.
- Irmscher, Heinz (1920-2004), rear admiral
J
- Jordt, Heinrich (1917–1987), Rear Admiral
K
- Kahnt, Klaus (1934-2015), Rear Admiral
- Kotte, Werner (1931–), Rear Admiral
- Kühn, Walter (1920–? †), Rear Admiral
- Kutzschebauch, Günter (1930–1996), Vice Admiral
L.
- Laue, Wolfgang (1929–1996), Rear Admiral
M.
- Miethe, Peter (1944–), Rear Admiral
- Milzow, Helmut (1932–), Rear Admiral
- Müller, Gerhard (1941–), Rear Admiral
- Münch, Joachim (1928–2016), Rear Admiral
N
- Neukirchen, Heinz (1915–1986), Vice Admiral
- Nitz, Egon (1934-2011), Rear Admiral
- Nordin, Wilhelm (1924–1993), Vice Admiral
P
- Partzsch, Hans (1930–2012), Rear Admiral
- Pöschel, Günther (1933–), Rear Admiral
R.
- Rödel, Rolf (1940-2013), Rear Admiral
S.
- Scheffler, Felix (1915–1986), Rear Admiral
- Städtke, Herbert (1931–2008), Rear Admiral
- Streubel, Johannes (1921–1990), Rear Admiral
V
- Verner, Waldemar (1914–1982), Admiral
W.
- Wansierski, Bruno (1904-1994), Vice Admiral
- Wegner, Rudi (1923–1995), Rear Admiral
- Weiß, Karl (1935–2012), Rear Admiral
No longer active admirals in the Bundeswehr
The following were taken over from the Navy :
(Last rank in the Kriegsmarine → rank awarded when taking over the German Navy)
- Ehrhardt, Werner , Rear Admiral → Flotilla Admiral
- Johannesson, Rolf , Rear Admiral → Flotilla Admiral
- Meyer, Hans Karl , Rear Admiral → Flotilla Admiral
- Rogge, Bernhard , Vice Admiral → Rear Admiral
- Ruge, Friedrich , Vice Admiral → Vice Admiral
- Wagner, Gerhard , Rear Admiral → Rear Admiral
In the service of the Bundeswehr the following were appointed:
A.
- Arendt, Rudolf (* 1923), rear admiral
- Auer, Jörg (* 1943), rear admiral
B.
- Bartel, Hans (1901–1979), Flotilla Admiral
- Barth, Wolfgang (* 1952), admiralty doctor
- Bartholomäus, Gustav (1924–2009), Flotilla Admiral
- Benzino, Wolfgang (1921-2004), Vice Admiral
- Bess, Henning (* 1947), flotilla admiral
- Bethge, Ansgar (1924-2008), Vice Admiral
- Bierbaum, Karl-Heinz (1908–1970), admiral doctor
- Biesterfeld, Horst (1906–1969), flotilla admiral
- Bing, Gerhard (1934-2006), Flotilla Admiral
- Birker, Hans-Wilhelm (1923–1995), admiral doctor
- Birnbacher, Carl-Heinz (1910–1991), Rear Admiral
- Blanc, Adalbert von (1907–1976), Flotilla Admiral
- Boehe, Rolf (1913–1979), Flotilla Admiral
- Boehmer, Hans Rudolf (* 1938), Vice Admiral
- Boller, Willi (1922-2006), flotilla admiral
- Bollow, Karl-Wilhelm (* 1952), flotilla admiral
- Brassel, Günther (* 1945), admiralty doctor
- Braun, Dieter Franz (1935-2014), Vice Admiral
- Bremer, Wolfgang (* 1953), Rear Admiral
- Brost, Wolfgang (1936-2016), Rear Admiral
- Büttner, Christoph (* 1949), Admiralty staff doctor
C.
- Christmann, Hansdieter (1933–2008), flotilla admiral
- Ciliax, Otto H. (1939-2016), Flotilla Admiral
- Clausen, Karl (1916–2013), Flotilla Admiral
- Collmann, Herwig (1915-2005), Flotilla Admiral
D.
- Dambrowski, Klaus von (* 1953), Rear Admiral
- Deckert, Rudolf (1927–2008), Flotilla Admiral
- Diehl, Christoph (* 1946), Rear Admiral
- Dingeldein, Otto (1915–1981), flotilla admiral
- Dubois, Jürgen (1932-2008), Rear Admiral
- Duch, Oswald (1918-2000), Flotilla Admiral
E.
- Eberbach, Heinz-Eugen (1946–2003), flotilla admiral
- Eberle, Götz (* 1941), flotilla admiral
- Ehrensberger, Konrad (1936–2009), flotilla admiral
- Ehrhardt, Dieter (* 1927), rear admiral
- Ehrhardt, Werner (1898–1967), Rear Admiral
- Rainer Endres (* 1957), flotilla admiral
- Engelmann, Wolfgang (1937), Flotilla Admiral
- Erdmann, Heinrich (1908–1992), Rear Admiral
- Ernst, Thomas (* 1956), flotilla admiral
F.
- Feindt, Hans-Arend (1921–2002), Rear Admiral
- Feist, Rainer (1945-2007), Admiral
- Feldes, Waldemar (* 1939), flotilla admiral
- Feldt, Lutz (* 1945), Vice Admiral
- Fenn, Heiko (1918-2016), Flotilla Admiral
- Fiebig, Günter (1920–1984), flotilla admiral
- Fingerle, Hans-Klaus (1908–1988), Flotilla Admiral
- Fischer, Kurt (* 1937), flotilla admiral
- Flachsenberg, Walter (1908–1994), flotilla admiral
- Fliedner, Klaus-Theodor (* 1935), admiral doctor
- Frank, Hans (1939-2019), Vice Admiral
- Freiwald, Kurt (1906–1975), Flotilla Admiral
- Fritz, Klaus-Dieter (* 1947), flotilla admiral
- Fromm, Günter (1924-2013), Vice Admiral
- Fuchs, Karl-Heinz Rudolf (1915–1990), flotilla admiral
G
- Geffers, Horst (1925-2015), Rear Admiral
- Geier, Jürgen (* 1940), Vice Admiral
- Gerlach, Heinrich (1906–1988), Vice Admiral
- Giermann, Christian (* 1936), flotilla admiral
- Göpffarth, Karl-Heinz (1913–1977)
- Grote, Henrich (1920–1995), Flotilla Admiral
- Güllich, Gerhard (* 1938), Rear Admiral
- Günther, Siegfried (1933–2019), Flotilla Admiral
- Guggenberger, Friedrich (1915–1988), Rear Admiral
- Gut, Herbert (1913–1976), admiralty doctor
- Gysae, Robert (1911-1989), Flotilla Admiral
H
- Haack, Wolfgang (1910–1991), Flotilla Admiral
- Hallier, Heinz-Harald (* 1936), Rear Admiral
- Happach, Erich (* 1938), rear admiral
- Haß, Hubert , (* 1949) Rear Admiral
- Hartmann, Manfred (* 1950), flotilla admiral
- Hartwig, Paul (1915-2014), Vice Admiral
- Heck, Walter (1910–1987), Flotilla Admiral
- Heide-Kattwinkel, Hans-Wolfgang von der (* 1954), admiral doctor
- Heise, Bernd (* 1943), Vice Admiral
- Hemeling, Roland (* 1953), flotilla admiral
- Hess, Sigurd (1938-2018), Rear Admiral
- Hetz, Karl (1910–1980), Vice Admiral
- Hirtz, Klaus Peter (* 1945), Rear Admiral
- Hoch, Gottfried (* 1947), rear admiral
- Hoepner, Detlev (* 1943), flotilla admiral
- Hößlin, Hans-Jürgen von (* 1937), flotilla admiral
- Hoffmann, Carl (1923-2001), Flotilla Admiral
- Holleuffer, Joachim-Albrecht von (1921–2012), Rear Admiral
- Hoops, Henning (* 1946), flotilla admiral
- Horten, Dirk (* 1939), Vice Admiral
- Hülsemann, Diether (* 1937), rear admiral
- Hundt, Ulrich A. (1937-2018), Flotilla Admiral
I.
- Ites, Otto (1918–1982), Rear Admiral
J
- Jancke, Klaus (* 1940), rear admiral
- Jeschonnek, Gert (1912–1999), Vice Admiral
- Jugel, Thomas (* 1957), Rear Admiral
- Jung, Berthold (1915–1992), Rear Admiral
K
- Kähler, Thorsten (* 1955), rear admiral
- Kähler, Wolfgang (1903–1983), flotilla admiral
- Kahre, Uwe Siegfried (1943–2017), Rear Admiral
- Kalähne, Wolfgang (* 1945), flotilla admiral
- Kammholz, Detlef Bruno (* 1939), flotilla admiral
- Kampe, Helmut (* 1925), Vice Admiral
- Kelle, Karl Heinz (* 1941), flotilla admiral
- Kemnade, Friedrich (1911–2008), Rear Admiral
- Kempf, Thomas (* 1942), flotilla admiral
- Kimmerling, Werner Georg (1913–1995), flotilla admiral
- Kirchem, Rolf (1925–2015), admiral doctor
- Klemm, Helmut (1908–1969), flotilla admiral
- Klose, Hans-Helmut (1916–2003), Vice Admiral
- Klug, Bernd (1914–1976), flotilla admiral
- Knabe, Michael (* 1956), admiral doctor
- Kolletschke, Horst-Dieter (* 1952), Rear Admiral
- Kratzmair, Hansjakob (* 1927), rear admiral
- Kratzmann, Jürgen (* 1946), flotilla admiral
- Krause-Traudes, Markus (* 1957), flotilla admiral
- Krauss, Willi (1935–2013), Rear Admiral
- Martin Krebs (* 1955), rear admiral
- Kretschmer, Otto (1912–1998), flotilla admiral
- Kriebel, Paul (1917–2015), Flotilla Admiral
- Kronisch, Jens-Volker (* 1949), Rear Admiral
- Kühn, Wolfram (* 1952), Vice Admiral
- Kühnle, Heinz (1915-2001), Vice Admiral
- Kuhnke, Günter (1912–1990), Rear Admiral
L.
- Lange, Heinrich (* 1955), Vice Admiral
- Lange, Rudolf (* 1941), rear admiral
- Laudien, Klaus-Dieter (1938–2009), Flotilla Admiral
- Leder, Dieter (* 1942), rear admiral
- Liche, Volker (* 1941), flotilla admiral
- Liebig, Gustav C. (1930–2007), Rear Admiral
- Looschen, Hans (1907–1987), flotilla admiral
- Lüders, Werner (* 1953), flotilla admiral
- Lüdke, Hermann (1911–1968), flotilla admiral
- Lüssow, Hans (* 1942), Vice Admiral
- Luther, Günter (1922–1997), Admiral
- Luther Hans-Christian (* 1955) Rear Admiral
M.
- Maltzan, Georg von (* 1953), flotilla admiral
- Mannhardt, Jürgen (* 1954), flotilla admiral
- Mann, Hans-Joachim (* 1935), Vice Admiral
- Martin, Dieter (1921-2013), Flotilla Admiral
- Meentzen, Wilhelm (1915-2001), Vice Admiral
- Mehner, Jochen (* 1934), flotilla admiral
- Meisner, Hans-Friedrich (1928–2012), Rear Admiral
- Merkel, Bernd (* 1938), admiral doctor
- Meyer, Egon (* 1929), flotilla admiral
- Meyer, Hans Karl (1898–1989), flotilla admiral
- Meyer-Abich, Helmut (1919–2008), flotilla admiral
- Meyer-Höper, Hans-Jochen (1935-2014), Rear Admiral
- Mollenhauer, Michael (* 1951), Rear Admiral
- Müller, Ernst-Günther (1922-2004), flotilla admiral
- Müller-Troschel, Ernst (* 1926), admiral doctor
- Mutius, Theodor von (1909–1977), flotilla admiral
N
- Neuss, Helmut , (1908–2009) Rear Admiral
- Nielson, Manfred , (* 1955), Admiral
- Niemann, Klaus-Peter (* 1935), flotilla admiral
- Nolting, Wolfgang E. (* 1948), Vice Admiral
- Noodt, Eberhard (1922-2006), Rear Admiral
- Nordholz, Dieter (* 1926), admiral doctor
O
- Obermaier, Albrecht (1912-2004), Vice Admiral
- Ocker, Karsten (1945–2015), Senior Admiral Officer
- Oehlke, Horst (1924-2001), flotilla admiral
- Ohlms , Karl-Wilhelm (* 1954), Rear Admiral
- Ostertag, Reinhart (1913–1994), Flotilla Admiral
- Otto, Ulrich (* 1946), Rear Admiral
P
- Penner, Klaus (1921–1998), admiralty doctor
- Peter, Karl (1918–2003), Rear Admiral
- Pfennig, Kurt (1942–1996), Flotilla Admiral
- Pinnow, Rainer (* 1950), admiralty doctor
- Ponert, Hubert (1923-2000), Flotilla Admiral
- Poser, Günter (1916–2003), Rear Admiral
- Proehl, Joachim (* 1932), admiral doctor
- Puttkamer, Hubertus von (* 1948), flotilla admiral
R.
- Rau, Erwin (1918–1995), Rear Admiral
- Reeder, Günter (1915–2003), Rear Admiral
- Rehder, Klaus (1933-2018), Vice Admiral
- Reichenmiller, Walter (1942–1999), Flotilla Admiral
- Reichert, Karlheinz (* 1937), flotilla admiral
- Remde, Friedrich (1928–1999), Flotilla Admiral
- Reschke, Jörg-Eckart (* 1938), flotilla admiral
- Riemke, Karl-Heinz (* 1950), flotilla admiral
- Richarz, Albert (1923-2010), Admiralty Physician
- Robbers, Horst (1918-2010), admiralty doctor
- Romer, Hans-Achim (* 1939), flotilla admiral
- Ropers, Frank (born 1946), Vice Admiral
- Rösing, Hans-Rudolf (1905-2004), Rear Admiral
- Rohwedder, Hermann (* 1925), admiral doctor
- Rosberg, Karl (* 1942), flotilla admiral
S.
- Schimpf, Axel (* 1952), Vice Admiral
- Schmähling, Elmar (* 1937), former (1) flotilla admiral
- Schmitz, Rolf (* 1949), flotilla admiral
- Schneider-Pungs, Karl (1914-2001), Rear Admiral
- Schrade, Wolfgang (1924-2010), Flotilla Admiral
- Schreiber, Gerd (1912-2004), flotilla admiral
- Schroeter, Horst von (1919-2006), Vice Admiral
- Schwabe, Klaus (* 1938), flotilla admiral
- Schünemann, Werner (1920–2004), flotilla admiral
- Schumann, Alfred (1902–1985), flotilla admiral
- Schuur, Heinrich (* 1937), flotilla admiral
- Seizinger, Kurt Fritz (1920–1996), Flotilla Admiral
- Siebert, Reinhold (* 1940), rear admiral
- Sievert, Klaus-Dieter (* 1935), flotilla admiral
- Smidt, Karl E. (1903-1984), Rear Admiral
- Sörensen, Uwe (1920–2006), Flotilla Admiral
- Sommermeyer, Horst (* 1938), rear admiral
- Steindorff, Klaus-Jürgen (1932-2006), Rear Admiral
- Steinhaus, Rolf (1916–2004), Vice Admiral
- Stemann, Hans-Georg (1916–2011), Admiral Chief Staff Physician
- Stricker, Hans-Joachim (* 1948), Vice Admiral
T
- Thäter, Klaus-Jürgen (1925-2000), Rear Admiral
- Thienemann, Ernst-Ludwig (1898–1964), flotilla admiral
- Thomsen, Rolf (1915–2003), Flotilla Admiral
- Titius, Wolfgang (* 1952), admiral doctor
- Toepser, Wilfried (1919–2003), flotilla admiral
- Topp, Erich (1914-2005), Rear Admiral
- Toyka, Viktor (* 1946), flotilla admiral
- Trebesch, Herbert (1915-2007), Vice Admiral
- Tuschy, Dietrich (1918–2002), admiralty doctor
V
- Vohs, Hanshermann (1923–1996), Rear Admiral
- Head, Karl-Heinz (1916–1988), flotilla admiral
W.
- Wangenheim, Hubert Freiherr von (1904–1973), flotilla admiral
- Wedel, Karl-Wilhelm (1925-2017), admiralty doctor
- Wegener, Edward (1904-1981), Rear Admiral
- Weisser, Ulrich (1938–2013), Vice Admiral
- Wellershoff, Dieter (1933-2005), Admiral
- Little, Horst Günter (1919–1986), flotilla admiral
- Werner, Alfred (1925-2014), Flotilla Admiral
- Weyher, Hein-Peter (* 1935), Vice Admiral
- Willers, Dieter (* 1938), admiral doctor
- Wind, Horst Helmut (1927–2009), flotilla admiral
- Witthauer, Hans-Jochen (* 1950), Vice Admiral
- Wolff, Max-Eckart (1902–1988), flotilla admiral
Z
- Zenker, Karl-Adolf (1907–1998), Vice Admiral
- Ziebis, Kurt (* 1935), flotilla admiral
- Zimmermann, Armin (1917–1976), Admiral
Remarks
(1) With the final judgment of the Cologne District Court on August 27, 1998, Schmähling lost his rank of "Flotilla Admiral" and his pension entitlements acquired as a professional soldier.
- ↑ Historically uncertain role as fleet leader
- ↑ Son of Eduard von Jachmann
- ↑ Father of the later Rear Admiral Hans-Rudolf Rösing
- ^ Trivia: News on the Admiral's Villa
- ^ Prisoner in the London Cage
- ↑ Confusion with Karl Kaufmann, member of the Ehrhardt Marine Brigade possible?
- ↑ * September 16, 1921 in Waldshut-Tiengen ; † December 26, 2013 in Volkertshausen . Source: Obituary in the Wilhelmshavener Zeitung from January 4, 2014, p. 10
See also
- Naval Officer (Germany)
- Ranks of the medical officers of the German navies
- List of generals and admirals in the Bundeswehr
- List of generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr on foreign deployments
- List of generals in the army of the Bundeswehr
- List of generals in the German Air Force
- Top military division of the Bundeswehr
literature
- Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945, Volume 1: A – G (Ackermann to Gygas) . Osnabrück 1988, ISBN 3-7648-2480-8
- Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945, Volume 2: H – O (Habicht to Orth) . Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-2481-6
- Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945, Volume 3: P – Z (Packroß to Zuckschwerdt) . Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-2482-4
- Gerhard Beckmann, Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Ralf Mumm: Naval officers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1849–1990; Writings on the history of Mecklenburg , Volume 18. Schwerin 2006, ISBN 3-00-019944-6
- Werner Brune (Ed.): Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon, Volume 1–3 . Brune, Wilhelmshaven 1986–1987
- Johannes Berthold Sander-Nagashima: The Federal Navy 1950–1972. Concept and structure . Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57972-X
Web links
Commons : Admirals of Germany - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- German admirals since 1990
- Biographies of the German Naval Archives ( Memento from February 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- German admirals (geocities) who died in the Second World War ( Memento from April 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - April 2017. Accessed on March 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Pirates. The Bremen citizen Diedrich Röver fell into the hands of Turkish slave owners. (No longer available online.) Schaffermahlzeit, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved December 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Date of death at hamburg.business.on
- ^ William Michaelis: Tirpitz 'strategic thinking before and during the world war . In: Werner Rahn (Ed.): German Marines in Transition. Munich 2005, ISBN 3-486-57674-7 , p. 397 ff. / Notes p. 420 ff.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon . Wilhelmshaven 1986.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Hartmut Nöldeke: The fleet doctors of the German Navy from 1890–1990 . A contribution to the history of the marine medical service. In: Jürgen Rhades: Yearbook of the Navy. Episode 17, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-7637-4702-8 , p. 109 ff.
- ^ Gerhard Beckmann, Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Ralf Mumm: Naval officers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1849-1990 (Writings on the history of Mecklenburg, Volume 18). Schwerin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019944-8 .
- ↑ As a hint, where something could be researched about this person, here the article in the English language Wikipedia: Felix Funke
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q acc. Article Marine Brigade von Loewenfeld
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an list of those related to the Second World War zu German admirals who have died and are taken prisoner ( Memento of April 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) from: Archive of Geocities.com
- ^ German marines. Resumes. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 28, 2004 ; Retrieved December 13, 2013 .
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ↑ a b c according to the Ehrhardt Marine Brigade
- ↑ David H. Olivier: Admiral Gadow. Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, May 31, 2000, accessed December 13, 2013 .
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ^ Rolf Johannesson : Officer in a critical time. Herford and Bonn 1989, ISBN 3-8132-0301-8
- ↑ Federal Archives: Work for the Admiralty Office after 1945 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ^ Vice-Admiral Friedrich Rieve. (No longer available online.) Axis Biographical Research, archived from the original on October 29, 2009 ; accessed on December 13, 2013 .
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ^ Obituary in Marineforum , 7 / 8-1992, p. 61
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ↑ CV at Special Camp 11
- ↑ Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke: The Generals and Admirals of the NVA, a biographical manual. 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0542-0 .
- ↑ a b German Naval Archives Admirals 1956–1990
- ↑ a b German Naval Archives Admirals 1990 to today
- ↑ MarineForum , 5-1995, p 34: CV
- ↑ CV at uboat.net
- ↑ CV at uboat.net
- ↑ a b Federal Archives: Kdr Logistikschule ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Flotilla admiral a. D. Jürgen E. Kratzmann. (No longer available online.) Competence Site, archived from the original on October 23, 2012 ; Retrieved December 13, 2013 .
- ↑ CV at uboat.net
- ↑ CV at uboat.net
- ↑ Suspended sentence for Schmähling. In: world. August 28, 1998, accessed January 30, 2020 .
