General admiral was the designation of the second highest admiral rank of the war navy of the German armed forces. It corresponded to the colonel general at army and Air Force. Also the imperial-Russian navy knew this rank.

On the sleeve a general admiral carried the same golden piston rings as an admiral -- three strips over the broad admiral strip -- but on the shoulder pieces it carried a third star.

The first general admiral was the later large admiral Erich wheels, who received this rank on 20 April 1936.

In the German Federal Armed Forces it does not give the rank general admiral; appropriate status is in the Federal Navy the admiral (NATO code: OF-9).

War navy

Complete list, without Erich wheels, who was promoted still to large admiral:

1. Conrad Albrecht (1880-1969), on 1 April 1939
2. Hermann Boehm (1884-1972), on 1 April 1941
3. Rolf Carl (1885-1945), on 19 July 1940
4. Hans George von Friedeburg (1895-1945), at the 1. May 1945
5. Oskar Kummetz (1891-1980), on 16 September 1944
6. William marshal (1886-1976), on 1 February 1943
7. Alfred hall guard (1883-1950), on 1 January 1940
8. Otto Schniewind (1887-1964), at the 1. March 1944
9. Otto school TZE (1884-1966), 31 August 1942
10. Walter Warzecha (1891-1956), at the 1. March 1944
11. Karl Witzell (1884-1976), on 1 April 1941

Karl was general admiral, but directly from the admiral to the large admiral was never carried.

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