List of Polish admirals

Summary

The following is a list of Polish officers holding the rank of admiral, as well as generals serving in the Polish Navy. Prior to 1918 the term admirał (and, consistently, wiceadmirał and kontradmirał) referred to a function held in the navy rather than a military rank as such.

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Until 1918 edit

  • admiral Ellert Appelman[a] (See surname Appelman in Swedish Wikipedia).
  • admiral Wilhelm Appelman [a]
  • admirał Krzysztof Arciszewski
  • admiral Arend Dickmann [b]
  • admiral Grzegorz Fentross, probably Gregorio Venturoso [c]
  • admiral Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna [a] also Jan Guldenstern - see Gyllenstierna/Gyldenstjerne/Guldenstern in English, Polish, and Swedish Wikipedia.
  • admiral Tonnson Maidel [a]
  • admiral Michał Starostka, (also Michał Starosta) first Pole to be appointed admiral (1571), he was ennobled and entitled to Starostka coat-of-arms[permanent dead link] (1569).
  • admiral Herman Witte [d]
  • vice-admiral Aleksander Sitton [e]
  • rear-admiral Jakub Murray [d]
  • admirał Michał Starosta

1918–1939 edit

World War II edit

1945–1989 edit

  • kontradmirał Mikołaj Abramow (Nikolai Abramov - commander of the Navy) [h], commander of the Navy
  • wiceadmirał Wiktor Czerokow (Viktor Cherokov) [h], commander of the Navy
  • kontradmirał Adam Mohuczy, deputy commander of the Navy
  • kontradmirał Włodzimierz Steyer, commander of the Navy
  • kontradmirał Iwan Szylingowski (Ivan Shillingovskiy) [h], chief of general staff and deputy commander of the Navy
  • kontradmirał Aleksander Winogradow (Aleksandr Vinogradov) [h] – dowódca Marynarki Wojennej

After 1989 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d A Swede in Polish service
  2. ^ A Dutchman in Polish service
  3. ^ A Spaniard in Polish service
  4. ^ a b A Scotsman in Polish service
  5. ^ A Dane in Polish service
  6. ^ a b Promoted posthumously
  7. ^ a b Promoted upon retirement
  8. ^ a b c d A Russian in Polish service
  9. ^ In active service (as of 2005)