Following enumerating of the ranks of the imperial navy shows the conditions around the year 1900. Detailed clothing regulations are specified under the article uniforms of the imperial navy. As far as sergeants and/or Wachtmeister the rank insignias on the left upper arm were carried inclusively for the rank. The color of the buttons and Metalltressen depended on the careers: Gold for the maritime personnel, silver for the land departments and officials.

Ranks

Crews (sailors)

• Sailor
• One year's Open above angle from double Wollschnur in the realm colors black silver (instead of white) - red
• Upper sailor: Open above angle from yellow Tresse

Notes: One year's was not a rank, but name of the candidates for a service career of the reserve (e.g. naval officer of the reserve). Sailors became in various careers "“guest"” (majority: "“Gassed"”) mentioned, the upper sailor "“upper guest"”, during placed in front career designation (e.g. "“painter guest"”, "“signal upper guest"”).

NCOs without Portepee (leading seamen)

• Leading seaman: On the white sailor shirt standing blue anchor with career badges. On blue sailor shirt and sailor jacket the emblem was in metal execution. Sleeve impacts of the jacket with Metalltresse set in
• Upper leading seaman: like leading seaman, over the anchor additionally emperor crown with flying badges

Notes: The leading seamen and upper leading seamen led in accordance with their career, e.g. as boat man leading seaman or an upper fireworks leading seaman.

The naval officer candidate rank sea-cadet (until 17 April 1899 cadet) ranked between leading seaman and upper leading seaman. After existed examination took place the transport to the wo1 to sea (until 17 April 1899 sea-cadet), who stood directly behind the sergeant. Both ranks carried the vice-sergeant similar a uniform, however without their Tressen and sleeve badges, in addition the sleeve impacts of the cover officers (with three anchor buttons). On each shoulder a clip from silver braid. The cap resembled the naval officer model, with the sea-cadet was missing the oak leaves embroidery around the Kokarde. To the uniform the Marinedolch belonged, with the wo1 to sea additionally with Portepee. Carrying of the officer sword was permitted in addition to the wo1, why one colloquially also called it "“sword wo1"”.

NCOs with Portepee (sergeants)

• Vice-sergeant and/or vice-being awake master: More standing "“more clearly"” anchor (metal) under emperor crown with flying volumes. Under the emblem an open above angle from Metalltresse. To according to standard carried the sailor jacket (Aufschlagtressen such as leading seamen) white shirt with high hitting a corner collar ("„parricides "“) and transverse binder. Garrison cap of the cover officers. Be enough blue trousers and Halbschuhe. Officer sword with Portepee.

• Sergeant and/or Wachtmeister: like vice-sergeants and/or vice-being awake master, additionally second Tressenwinkel under career badges; over the sleeve impacts rotating volume from Metalltresse ("„piston ring "“)

Notes: The sergeant was a rank of the land troop units (throwing divisions), the Wachtmeister belonged to on-board personnel and supervised there particularly the departments under deck.

The rank vice-sergeant and/or vice-being awake master was predominantly assigned at officer candidates of the reserve ("“vice-sword cadet"”).

Portepee NCOs with more than 25 service years (starting from 1913 with 15 service years) put on the uniform of the cover officers with the badges of the Portepee NCOs. Since 1914 all Portepee NCOs, independently of the length of service, carried cover officer uniform with the badges for Portepee NCOs.

Cover officers

• Vice-cover officer (become outdated: Vice-sea-cadet): like cover officer. Shoulder flaps with Goldtresse set in. Officer garrison cap.

• Cover officer (Bootsmann, attendant, machinist, ammunition technician, flight master): Service uniform of the officers, instead of the shoulder pieces shoulder flaps with the career badge (e.g. unclear anchor at boat people, gear wheel with machinists) in metal execution. On the sleeve impacts of three horizontally arranged anchor buttons. Officer cap without oak leaves ring, over the Nationalkokarde (black, white, red) the emperor crown with flying volumes.

• Upper deck officer (upper boat man, Colonel of you man etc.): like cover officer, however over the career badges on the shoulder flaps the emperor crown with flying volumes

Note: The vice-cover officer was the highest rank of the reserve (officer ranks of the reserve to the navy in the First World War were generally only introduced). Although it put on the uniform of the cover officers, it ranked nevertheless only with the vice-sergeant.

Officers

• Second lieutenant to sea (until 31 December 1898 Unterleutnant): over sleeve impacts rotating narrow Metalltresse; frayless Epauletten and/or shoulder pieces from four together sewn, black-red durchzogenen silver flat cords (as at the Landheer) (without rank star)

• First lieutenant to sea (until 31 December 1898: Second lieutenant): middle latitude Epauletten with thin fraying, shoulder pieces such as second lieutenant (1 star)

• Captain second lieutenant: two middle latitude Epauletten with thin fraying, shoulder pieces such as second lieutenant (2 stars)

• Lieutenant commander: three middle latitude Epauletten with close fraying and/or twisted shoulder pieces from black-red durchzogener silver cord (without star)

• Commander (rank introduced 1897/1898): four middle latitude Epauletten with close fraying, shoulder pieces such as lieutenant commander (1 star)

• Captain to sea: four middle latitude Epauletten with close fraying, shoulder pieces such as lieutenant commander (2 stars)

Admirals

• Countering admiral (until 31 December 1898 "“Contreadmiral"”): a broad over it a middle latitude Epauletten with thick fraying and/or twisted shoulder pieces from two gold cords and a centrically set in scharz red durchzogenen silver cord (without star)

• Vice Admiral: a broad two middle latitude Tressen; Epauletten with thick fraying, shoulder piece such as countering admiral (1 star)

• Admiral: a broad three middle latitude Tressen; Epauletten with thick fraying, shoulder piece such as countering admiral (2 stars)

• Large admiral: a broad four middle latitude Tressen; Epauletten with thick fraying, shoulder piece such as countering admiral (crossed command staffs)

Literature

• Gerhard Beckmann: The imperial navy. German society for army customer registered association, potsdam 2001

• Karl Schlawe: The German navy in their present university forming. Moritz Ruhl publishing house, Leipzig 1913

See also

• Imperial navy
• Ranks in the army of the German empire

Related links

Imperial navy 1914-1918 (English)

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