The Third Reich Navy, also known as the Navy of War (Kriegsmarine), granted eleven admirals the rank of admiral during its existence, not including Erich Raeder and Karl Dönitz, who were also the National Navy of the Weimar Republic when they were promoted to the rank of Grand Admiral on 1 October 1928, while the latter was promoted directly from the rank of Admiral to the rank of Marshal ( Grandadmiral), across the rank of Generaladmiral, the following eleven admirals are ranked by time of promotion:
Conrad Albrecht (born 7 October 1880 in Bremen) held the following duties: Head of the Naval Arsenal in Kiel (28 March 1923), Chief of Staff of the Baltic Naval Cluster (12 September 1925), Director of the Personnel Bureau of the Naval Command (1 December 1928), Commander of the Naval Reconnaissance Fleet (29 September 1930), Commander of the Baltic Naval Cluster (29 September 1930) 1 October 1932), Commander of the Baltic Fleet (4 July 1935), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Eastern Front (1 November 1938), retired on 31 December 1939, and died in Hamburg on 18 August 1969 at the age of 88.
- Rear Admiral: April 1, 1930
- Vice Admiral: October 1, 1932
- Admiral: December 1, 1935
- Admiral: April 1, 1939
Alfred. The reason for his post-war execution by the Soviets is still unknown, as he never served on the Eastern Front.
Alfred. Alfred Saalwachter (born 10 January 1883 in Nowasol) served primarily as Chief of Staff of the High Seas Fleet (15 October 1928), Director of the Coastal Defense Bureau of the Naval Command (29 September 1930), Director of Naval Training (2 October 1933), Commander of the Naval Base in the North Sea (28 October 1938), Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's Western Front Cluster (23 August 1939), He was discharged on 30 November 1942 and executed in Moscow on 6 December 1945 at the age of 62.
- Rear Admiral: October 1, 1932
- Vice Admiral: April 1, 1935
- Admiral: June 1, 1937
- Admiral: January 1, 1940
Rolf Carls (born 29 May 1885 in Rostock) held the following duties: Commander of the Fleet Command (21 December 1936), Commander of the Naval Baltic Base (1 November 1938), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Northern Front Cluster (21 September 1940), retired on 31 May 1943, and killed in a British air raid on 15 April 1945 in Bad Oldslough at the age of 59.
- Rear Admiral: April 1, 1934
- Vice Admiral: January 1, 1937
- Admiral: July 19, 1940
Hermann Böhm, who allegedly had a weak relationship with Dönitz, was placed in a secondary post until his retirement after Dönitz became commander-in-chief of the Navy.
Hermann Boehm (born Rybnik on 18 January 1884) held the following duties: Commander of the Naval Forces in Spain (25 August 1936), Commander of the Naval Base in the North Sea (4 October 1937), Commander of the Fleet Command (1 November 1938), Commander of the Naval Forces in Norway (10 April 1940), retired on 31 May 1943, and died in Kiel on 11 April 1972. He was 88 years old.
- Rear Admiral: October 1, 1934
- Vice Admiral: April 1, 1937
- Admiral: April 1, 1938
- Admiral: April 1, 1941
Karl Witzell (born Dinslaken on 18 November 1884) held the posts of Director of the Naval Armament Office of the Naval Command (1 October 1934), Director of the Naval Armaments Office of the Naval Command (11 January 1936), Director of Naval Armaments at the Naval Command (7 November 1939), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Reserve (1 September 1942), He retired on 30 September 1942 and died in Berlin on 31 May 1972 at the age of 91.
- Rear Admiral: September 1, 1933
- Vice Admiral: December 1, 1935
- Admiral: November 1, 1937
Ace Captain Heinz-Otto Schulzer (left), the son of General Schulzer, sank more than 20 Allied ships during the war and was killed in October 1943.
Otto Schultze (born 11 May 1884 in Oldenburg) held the following duties: Inspector of the Naval Training Department (27 February 1930), Commander of the Naval Base of the North Sea (2 October 1933), retired on 31 October 1937 and recalled to active service on 1 January 1939, Commander of the Naval Base of the North Sea (23 August 1939), Commander of the Naval Forces in France (23 August 1939), Commander of the Naval Forces in France (23 August 1939) He retired on 30 September 1942 and died in Hamburg on 22 January 1966 at the age of 81.
- Rear Admiral: April 1, 1931
- Vice Admiral: October 1, 1934
- Admiral: October 1, 1936
- Admiral: August 31, 1942
Wilhelm Marschall (born 30 September 1886 in Augsburg) held the following duties: Chief of Naval Operations (22 September 1936), Commander of the Fleet Command (21 October 1939), Commander of naval forces in France (9 August 1942), Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front Cluster (21 September 1942), and died in Mölln on 20 March 1976 at the age of 89.
- Rear Admiral: 1936
- Vice Admiral: 1938
- Admiral: 1939
- Admiral: February 1, 1943
Otto Schneewinder, arrested and prosecuted after the war for his involvement in the invasion of Norway, was eventually acquitted, and later compiled a German naval history for the U.S. military.
Otto Schniewind (born 14 December 1987 in Saarlouis) held the following duties: Chief of Staff of the Fleet Command (27 September 1934), Director of the Defence Office of the Naval Command (20 October 1937), Chief of Staff of the Navy Command (31 October 1938), Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's Northern Cluster (2 March 1943), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Reserve (2 March 1943), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Reserve (2 March 1943) He retired on 30 April 1945 and died in Linz on 26 March 1964 at the age of 76.
- Rear Admiral: October 1, 1937
- Vice Admiral: January 1, 1940
- Admiral: September 1, 1940
- Admiral: March 1, 1944
Walter Warzecha (born 23 May 1891 in Schwiebus), served as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Baltic Base (10 June 1930), Chief of Staff of the Navy Baltic Base (24 September 1934), Captain of the Pocket Battleship Graf Spey (29 September 1937), Director of the Coastal Defense Bureau of the Naval Command (1 November 1938), Director of the Bureau of the Naval Command (15 November 1939) and Director of the Coastal Defence Bureau of the Navy Command (1 May 1944), died in Hamburg on 30 August 1956 at the age of 65.
- Rear Admiral: November 1, 1938
- Vice Admiral: January 1, 1941
- Admiral: April 1, 1942
Oscar Kumets, who commanded Operation Hannibal in the later stages of the war to evacuate millions of soldiers and civilians from East Prussia, was the last admiral to die.
Oskar Kummetz (born 21 July 1891 in Illowo) served primarily as Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet (30 September 1937), Chief of Staff of the High Seas Fleet (31 October 1938), Commander of the Naval Torpedo Boat Fleet (21 December 1939), Commander of the Naval Cruiser Fleet (3 June 1942), Commander of the Naval Campaign Cluster (19 February 1943), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Cluster on the Eastern Front and Commander of the Baltic Fleet (1 March 1944), died in Neustadt on 17 December 1980 at the age of 89.
- Rear Admiral: 1 January 1940
- Vice Admiral: April 1, 1942
- Admiral: March 1, 1943
- Admiral: September 16, 1944
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (born 15 July 1895 in Strasbourg) served primarily as captain of submarine U-27 (6 June 1939), staff officer of the Navy Submarine Force (9 July 1939), director of the Personnel Department of the Submarine Command (25 September 1939), deputy commander of the Submarine Force of the Navy (12 September 1941), and Commander of the Submarine Force of the Navy (1 February 1943), Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (1 May 1945), committed suicide in Flensburg on 23 May 1945 at the age of 49.
- Rear Admiral: September 12, 1941
- Vice Admiral: September 1, 1943
- Admiral: November 1, 1943
- Admiral: May 1, 1945