List of Fleet and Grand Admirals
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The following List of Fleet and Grand Admirals is a summary of those individuals who have held the rank of Fleet Admiral, or its equivalent, as the senior officers of their countries' navies
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Russian Empire
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Austria-HungaryAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
- 1911 - Archduke Charles Stephen of AustriaArchduke Charles Stephen of AustriaArchduke Charles Stephen of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg and a Grand Admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.-Family:Charles Stephen was born in Židlochovice the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and of his wife Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria...
(1860–1933) - 5 May 1916 - Anton HausAnton HausAnton Haus was an Austrian naval officer. Despite his German surname, he was born to a Slovenian-speaking family in Tolmein . Haus was fleet commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in World War I and was the Navy's Grand Admiral from 1916 until his death.-Biography:Haus entered the Navy in 1869...
(1851–1917) - 1 November 1916 - Charles I of Austria (1887–1922)
EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- HM King Fuad IFuad I of EgyptFuad I was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Hussein Kamel...
(1868–1936) - HM King FaroukFarouk of EgyptFarouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....
(1920–1965) - 26 July 1952 - HM King Fuad IIFuad II of EgyptFuad II was the last King of Egypt and Sudan.- Biography :He ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Farouk I following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952...
(b.1952)
France
- 1373 - Jean de VienneJean de VienneJean de Vienne was a French knight, general and Admiral of France during the Hundred Years' War.-Early life:Jean de Vienne was born at Dole, in what is now Franche-Comté. As a nobleman, he started his military career at the age of 19, and was made a knight at 21.-Career:By the age of 24, de Vienne...
(1341–1396) - 1437 - André de Laval-MontmorencyAndré de Laval-MontmorencyAndré de Laval-Montmorency, seigneur de Lohéac was a Marshal of France. He was the son of Guy XIII de Laval and Anne de Laval....
(1408–1485) - 1450 - Jean V de BueilJean V de BueilJean V de Bueil , called le Fléau des Anglais "plague of the English", count of Sancerre, vicount of Carentan, lord of Montrésor, Château-la-Vallière, Saint-Calais, Vaujours, Ussé and Vailly, son of Jean IV de Bueil and Margarete Dauphine of Auvergne. He is the author of Le Jouvencel Jean V de...
(1406–1477) - 1521 - Guillaume Gouffier de Bonnivet (1488–1525)
- 1525 - Philippe de ChabotPhilippe de ChabotPhilippe de Chabot, Seigneur De Brion, Count of Charny and Buzançois , also known as Admiral De Brion, was an admiral of France.- Biography :...
(1492–1543) - 1552 - Gaspard de ColignyGaspard de ColignyGaspard de Coligny , Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion.-Ancestry:...
(1519–1572) - 1582 - Anne de JoyeuseAnne de JoyeuseAnne de Batarnay de Joyeuse, Baron d'Arques, Vicomte then Duke of Joyeuse was a royal favourite and active participant in the French Wars of Religion....
(1560–1587) - 1587 - Jean Louis de Nogaret de La ValetteJean Louis de Nogaret de La ValetteJean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette , created Duke of Épernon, was a powerful member of the French nobility at the turn of the 17th century. He was deeply involved in plots and politics throughout his life....
(1554–1642) - 1592 - Charles de Gontaut, duc de BironCharles de Gontaut, duc de BironCharles de Gontaut, duc de Biron was a French soldier.-Biography:He was the son of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, under whose command he fought for the royal party against the Catholic League in the later stages of the Wars of Religion in France. His efforts won him the name “Thunderbolt of...
(1562–1602) - 1612 - Henri II de MontmorencyHenri II de MontmorencyHenri II de Montmorency was a French nobleman and military commander.Born at Chantilly, Oise, he was the son of duke Henry I, whom he succeeded in 1614, having previously been made grand admiral...
(1595–1632) - 1651 - César de Bourbon, duc de VendômeCésar de Bourbon, duc de VendômeCésar de Bourbon, Légitimé de France , Duke of Vendôme, was the son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. Sometimes simply known as César de Vendôme. Through his daughter, Élisabeth de Bourbon, César was a great-great-great-grandfather of Louis XV of France, merging thereafter...
(1594–1665) - 1683 - Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de ToulouseLouis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de ToulouseLouis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse , duc de Penthièvre , d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet , , was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Madame de Montespan...
(1678–1737) - 1737 - Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de PenthièvreLouis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de PenthièvreLouis Jean Marie de Bourbon was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles. He was also a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. From birth he was known as the Duke of Penthièvre...
(1725–1793) - 2 February 1805 - Joachim MuratJoachim MuratJoachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...
(1767–1815) - 1814 - Louis-Antoine, Duke of AngoulêmeLouis-Antoine, Duke of AngoulemeLouis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême was the eldest son of Charles X of France and, from 1824 to 1836, the last Dauphin of France...
(1775–1844) - 1840 - Albin RoussinAlbin RoussinAlbin Reine Roussin was a French admiral and statesman.-Republic and Empire:His father was a lawyer who was arrested during the French Revolution when Roussin was aged twelve. He left home in Dijon and travelled to Dunkerque where he enlisted as a cadet in the French Navy in December of 1793. He...
(1781–1854) - 1854 - Charles BaudinCharles BaudinCharles Baudin , was a French admiral, whose naval service extended from the First Empire through the early days of the Second Empire....
(1792–1854) - 1854 - Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864)
- 1854 - Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-DeschenesAlexandre Ferdinand Parseval-DeschenesAlexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes was a French admiral and senator.- Life :Born into an aristocratic family, Alexandre was the nephew of the mathematician Marc-Antoine Parseval and the Académicien François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison...
(1790–1860) - 1855 - Armand Joseph BruatArmand Joseph BruatArmand Joseph Bruat was a French admiral.- Biography :Bruat joined the French Navy in 1811, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. His early career included far-ranging sea duties: in 1815, he served in Brazil and the West Indies. From 1817 to 1820 he was with French forces in the Levant...
(1796–1855) - 1860 - Prince NapoléonNapoléon Joseph Charles Paul BonaparteNapoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, Prince Français, Count of Meudon, Count of Moncalieri ad personam, titular 3rd Prince of Montfort was the second son of Jérôme Bonaparte, king of Westphalia, by his wife Catherine, princess of Württemberg...
(1822–1891) - 27 January 1864 - Charles Rigault de GenouillyCharles Rigault de GenouillyPierre-Louis-Charles Rigault de Genouilly was a nineteenth-century French admiral...
(1807–1873) - 15 November 1864 - Léonard CharnerLéonard CharnerLéonard Victor Joseph Charner was an Admiral of the French Navy.-Far East:In 1843, Captain Charner was part of the fleet sent to the Pacific Ocean by the French Foreign Minister François Guizot under Admiral Jean-Baptiste Cécille and together with the diplomat Lagrene...
(1797-1869) - 20 February 1869 - François Thomas TréhouartFrançois Thomas TréhouartFrançois Thomas Tréhouart was a French admiral, notable as the last holder to date of the rank of Admiral of France, to which he was appointed on 20 February 1869. He was a recipient of the grand cross of the Order of Isabella II.He first saw action at in 1827, then at the blockade of the Rio de...
(1798-1873) - 1939 - François DarlanFrançois DarlanJean Louis Xavier François Darlan was a French naval officer. His great-grandfather was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar...
(1881–1942)
Germany
- 1901 - HIM Emperor Wilhelm II (1859–1941)
- 1901 - HM King Oscar II of SwedenOscar II of SwedenOscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...
(1829–1907) - 28 June 1905 - Hans von KoesterHans von KoesterHans Ludwig Raimund von Koester was a German naval officer who served in the Prussian Navy and later in the Imperial German Navy. He retired as a Grand Admiral....
(1844–1928) - 4 September 1909 - HRH Prinz Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929)
- 27 January 1911 - Alfred von TirpitzAlfred von TirpitzAlfred von Tirpitz was a German Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916. Prussia never had a major navy, nor did the other German states before the German Empire was formed in 1871...
(1849–1930) - 31 May 1918 - Henning von HoltzendorffHenning von HoltzendorffHenning von Holtzendorff was a German admiral during World War I who became famous for his Dec 1916 memo to Kaiser Wilhelm II about unrestricted submarine warfare against the United Kingdom...
(1853–1919) - 1 April 1939 - Erich RaederErich RaederErich Johann Albert Raeder was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank—that of Großadmiral — in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Alfred von Tirpitz...
(1876–1960) - 30 January 1943 - Karl DönitzKarl DönitzKarl Dönitz was a German naval commander during World War II. He started his career in the German Navy during World War I. In 1918, while he was in command of , the submarine was sunk by British forces and Dönitz was taken prisoner...
(1891–1980)
Japan
- 20 January 1898 - Marquis Tsugumichi Saigo (1843–1902)
- 31 January 1906 - Sukeyuki Ito (1843–1914)
- 31 October 1911 - Viscount Yoshika Inoue (1845–1929)
- 21 April 1913 - Marquis Heihachiro Togo (1847–1934)
- 7 July 1913 - Prince Takahito Arisugawa (1862–1913)
- 26 May 1917 - Goro Ijuin (1852–1921)
- 27 June 1922 - Prince Yorihito Higashi (1867–1922)
- 8 January 1923 - Baron Hayao Shimamura (1858–1923)
- 24 August 1923 - Baron Tomozaburo Kato (1861–1923)
- 27 May 1932 - Prince Hiroyasu Fushimi (1876–1946)
- 18 April 1943 - Isoroku YamamotoIsoroku Yamamotowas a Japanese Naval Marshal General and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and a student of Harvard University ....
(1884–1943) - 21 June 1943 - Osami Nagano (1880–1947)
- 31 May 1944 - Mineichi KogaMineichi Koga- Notes :...
(1885–1944)
Russian EmpireRussian EmpireThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
- Count Franz LefortFranz LefortFranz Lefort was a Russian military figure of Swiss origin, general admiral , and close associate of Peter the Great....
(1655-1699) - Count Fyodor Golovin (1650-1706)
- Count Fyodor ApraksinFyodor Matveyevich ApraksinCount Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin was one of the first Russian admirals who governed Estonia and Karelia from 1712 to 1723, general admiral , presided over the Russian Admiralty since 1718 and commanded the Baltic Fleet since 1723.-Early shipbuilding activities:The Apraksin brothers were...
(1661–1728) - Count Andrei OstermanAndrei OstermanCount Andrey Ivanovich Osterman was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth. His foreign policy was based upon the Austrian alliance...
(1686–1747) - Prince Mikhail Golitsyn (1681–1764)
- Prince Grigori PotemkinGrigori Alexandrovich PotemkinPrince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen....
(1739–1791) - HIM Tsar Paul IPaul I of RussiaPaul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
(1754–1801) - Count Ivan Chernyshyov (1726-1797)
- Prince Alexander MenshikovAlexander Sergeyevich MenshikovPrince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menschikov was a Finnish-Russian nobleman, military commander and statesman. He was made adjutant general in 1817 and admiral in 1833....
(1787–1869) - HIH Grand Duke Konstantin NikolayevichGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of RussiaGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia was the second son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.During the reign of his brother Alexander II, Konstantin was an admiral of the Russian fleet and reformed the Russian Navy. He was also an instrumental figure in the emancipation of the serfs...
(1827–1892) - HIH Grand Duke Alexei AlexandrovichGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia was the sixth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna . Destined to a naval career, Alexei Alexandrovich started his military training at the age of 7...
(1850–1908)
Russian Federation
- Admirals of the Fleet
- 1996 - Felix Gromov (1937-)
- 2000 - Vladimir KuroyedovVladimir KuroyedovFleet Admiral Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov is a former longest-serving Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. Earlier he was Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet, Chief of Staff/1st Deputy Commander of the Pacific Fleet since 1993 and Chief of the Main Staff/1st Deputy...
(1944-) - 2005 - Vladimir MasorinVladimir MasorinAdmiral of the Fleet Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin is a retired Russian admiral who commanded the Caspian Flotilla in 1996-2002 and the Black Sea Fleet in 2002-2005...
(1947-)
Soviet Union
- Admirals of the Fleet
- 31.05.1944 - Nikolai KuznetsovNikolai Gerasimovich KuznetsovNikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during The Second World War....
(1902–1974) (later Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union) (demoted to Rear AdmiralRear AdmiralRear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
03.02.1948, promoted to Vice AdmiralVice AdmiralVice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral...
27.01.1951, reinstated 11.05.1953) - 31.05.1944 - Ivan IsakovIvan IsakovHovhannes Stepani Isakov -Early life:Ivan Isakov was born Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan in the family of an Armenian railway worker in the village of Hadjikend in the Kars Oblast, then a part of the Russian Empire...
(1894–1967) (later Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union) - 18.06.1962 - Vladimir KasatonovVladimir KasatonovVladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov was a Soviet military leader, admiral, and Hero of the Soviet Union ....
(1910-1989) - 28.04.1967 - Sergey GorshkovSergey GorshkovAdmiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov was a Soviet naval officer during the Cold War who oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force....
(1910–1988) (later Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union) - 30.04.1970 - Nikolai Sergeyev (1909-1999)
- 28.07.1970 - Semyon LobovSemyon LobovSemyon Mikhailovich Lobov born 15 February 1913 died 12 June 1977 was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Soviet Navy....
(1913-1977) - 1973 - Georgiy YegorovGeorgiy YegorovGeorgiy Mikhailovich Yegorov was a Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and Hero of the Soviet Union.Yegorov was born in a peasant family and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1936. At the start of Operation Barbarossa, Yegorov was a Senior Lieutenant and navigating officer of a Shchuka...
(1918-2008) - 05.11.1973 - Nikolai SmirnovNikolai Ivanovich SmirnovNikolai Ivanovich Smirnov was a Soviet Navy Admiral and a Hero of the Soviet Union .Smirnov was born in a peasant family and graduated from an agricultural institute. He joined the Navy in 1937 and completed the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in Leningrad in 1939...
(1917-1992) - 16.02.1982 - Alexei SorokinAlexei SorokinAlexei Ivanovich Sorokin born 1922 is a retired Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and former member of the Council of Peoples Deputies....
(1922-) - 05.11.1983 - Vladimir ChernavinVladimir ChernavinFleet Admiral Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy 1985-91 and the first Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy 1991-92.-Biography:...
(Born 1928) - 04.11.1988 - Ivan KapitanetsIvan KapitanetsIvan Matveyevich Kapitanets is a retired Soviet Navy Admiral of the FleetKapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950. On gradation he joined the Northern Fleet and served as torpedo officer on the destroyer Okrylenny...
(1928-) - 04.11.1989 - Konstantin MakarovKonstantin MakarovKonstantin Valentinovich Makarov was a Soviet Navy Admiral of the Fleet* 1963 - Makarov completed the naval preparatory school* 1949 - Entered the Soviet Navy...
(1931-2011)- Admirals of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
- 03.03.1955 - Nikolai KuznetsovNikolai Gerasimovich KuznetsovNikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during The Second World War....
(1902–1974) (demoted to Vice Admiral 17.02.1956, renistated posthumously 26.07.1988) - 03.03.1955 - Ivan IsakovIvan IsakovHovhannes Stepani Isakov -Early life:Ivan Isakov was born Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan in the family of an Armenian railway worker in the village of Hadjikend in the Kars Oblast, then a part of the Russian Empire...
(1894–1967) - 28.10.1967 - Sergey GorshkovSergey GorshkovAdmiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov was a Soviet naval officer during the Cold War who oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force....
(1910–1988)
Sweden
- HM King Charles XIIICharles XIII of SwedenCharles XIII & II also Carl, , was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death...
(1748–1818) - HM King Oscar IOscar I of SwedenOscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...
(1799–1859)
United Kingdom
- List of British Admirals of the Fleet
United States
- 1899 - George DeweyGeorge DeweyGeorge Dewey was an admiral of the United States Navy. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War...
(1837–1917) - 15 December 1944 - William D. LeahyWilliam D. LeahyFleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy was an American naval officer, building his reputation through administration and staff work. As Chief of Naval Operations he was the senior officer in Navy, overseeing the preparations for war. After retiring from the Navy he was appointed by his close friend...
(1875–1959) - 17 December 1944 - Ernest KingErnest KingFleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations during World War II. As COMINCH, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the U.S...
(1878–1956) - 19 December 1944 - Chester NimitzChester NimitzFleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet , for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas , for U.S...
(1885–1966) - 11 December 1945 - William Halsey, Jr.William Halsey, Jr.Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr., United States Navy, , was a U.S. Naval officer. He commanded the South Pacific Area during the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan...
(1882–1959)