Flag officers of the Kriegsmarine

Flag officers of the Kriegsmarine were the leadership of the German Navy (known then as the "Kriegsmarine") from 1935 to 1945. Most flag officers had also served as officers of the Reichsmarine, as well as the Imperial German Navy during World War I. German naval flag officers were divided into five Admiralty ranks while a senior captain rank, known as Kommodore also existed. The Kriegsmarine flag officers were responsible for holding the senior most naval positions within the organization of the Kriegsmarine.

Rank	Name	Born	Naval service	Major positions	Post war fate	Died
Großadmiral	Karl Dönitz	16 Sep 1891 (Grünau)	1910 - 1945 (35 years)	* Supreme Commander of the German Armed Forces (1945)^{[N 1]} * Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy (1943-1945) * Commander of Submarines (1939-1943) * Leader of Submarines (1936-1939)	Sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Nuremberg trials. Released in October 1956.	24 Dec 1980 (Aumühle) Aged 89
Großadmiral	Erich Raeder	24 Apr 1876 (Wandsbek)	1894 - 1943 (49 years)	* Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy (1935-1943)^{[N 2]}	Sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials. Released 1955 and died five years later	6 Nov 1960 (Kiel) Aged 84

v t e German Navies
Pre–unification German states	Brandenburg Navy (16th century – 1701) Prussian Navy (1701–1867) Schleswig–Holstein Navy (1848–1851) Austro–Hungarian Navy (1786–1918)
German Confederation	Reichsflotte (1848–1852) Bundesflotte (Planned)
North German Confederation	Norddeutsche Bundesmarine (1867–1871)
German Empire	Kaiserliche Marine (1871–1918)
Weimar Republic	Reichsmarine (1919–1935)
Nazi Germany	Kriegsmarine (1935–45)
Allied–occupied Germany	German Mine Sweeping Administration (1945–1947) German Mine Sweeping Formation Cuxhaven (1948–1951) Labor Service Unit (B) (1951–1957) Seegrenzschutz (1951–1956, West Germany) Main Administration Sea Police (1950–1956, East Germany)
Post WWII German Navy	Deutsche Marine (1956–today) Volksmarine (1956–1990, East Germany)

General admirals