List of fleet and grand admirals

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. == Austria-Hungary == 1911 – Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933) 5 May 1916 – Anton Haus (1851–1917) 9 October 1916 – Prinz Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929) 1 November 1916 – Charles I of Austria (1887–1922) 22 February 1917 – Emperor William II of Germany (1859–1941) == China == Zheng He (1371–1433) Shi Lang (1621–1696) Chen Shaokuan (1889-1969) Xiao Jingguang (1903–1989) == Croatia == March 1996 – Sveto Letica (1926–2001) == Egypt == King Fuad I (1868–1936) King Farouk (1920–1965) 26 July 1952 – King Fuad II (born 1952) == France == 1340 – Hugues Quiéret (1290–1340) 1341 – Luis de la Cerda (1291–1348) 1373 – Jean de Vienne (1341–1396) 1421 – Louis de Culant (1360–1444) 1437 – André de Laval-Montmorency (1408–1485) 1450 – Jean V de Bueil (1406–1477) 1521 – Guillaume Gouffier de Bonnivet (1488–1525) 1525 – Philippe de Chabot (1492–1543) 1552 – Gaspard de Coligny (1519–1572) 1582 – Anne de Joyeuse (1560–1587) 1587 – Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette (1554–1642) 1592 – Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron (1562–1602) 1612 – Henri II de Montmorency (1595–1632) 1651 – César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1594–1665) 1683 – Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678–1737) 1737 – Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (1725–1793) 2 February 1805 – Joachim Murat (1767–1815) 1814 – Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775–1844) 1831 – Laurent Truguet (1752–1839) 1840 – Albin Roussin (1781–1854) 1854 – Charles Baudin (1792–1854) 1854 – Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864) 1854 – Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes (1790–1860) 1855 – Armand Joseph Bruat (1796–1855) 1860 – Prince Napoléon (1822–1891) 1860 – Joseph Romain-Desfossés (1798–1864) 27 January 1864 – Charles Rigault de Genouilly (1807–1873) 15 November 1864 – Léonard Charner (1797–1869) 20 February 1869 – François Thomas Tréhouart (1798–1873) 1939 – François Darlan (1881–1942) == Germany == 1871 – Prince Adalbert (1811–1873) 1901 – Emperor Wilhelm II (1859–1941) 1901 – King Oscar II of Sweden (1829–1907) 28 June 1905 – Hans von Koester (1844–1928) 4 September 1909 – Prinz Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929) 27 January 1911 – Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) 31 May 1918 – Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919) 1 April 1939 – Erich Raeder (1876–1960) 30 January 1943 – Karl Dönitz (1891–1980) == Greece == WWII – King George II of Greece (1890–1947) == Iraq == King Faisal I (1883–1933) == Italy == 4 November 1924 – Conte Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859–1948) == 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 Yamamoto (1884–1943) 21 June 1943 – Osami Nagano (1880–1947) 31 May 1944 – Mineichi Koga (1885–1944) == Korea == Yi Sunsin (1545–1598) == Ottoman Empire == List of Ottoman Kapudan Pashas == Peru == 1967 – Miguel Grau Seminario (1834–1879) (posthumous) == Prussia == Prince Adalbert (1811–1873) == Russian Empire == Source: 1708 – General-Admiral Count Fyodor Apraksin (1661–1728) 1727 – Admiral Generalissimus Prince Alexander Menshikov (1673–1729) 1740 – General-Admiral Count Andrei Osterman (1686–1747) 1756 – General-Admiral Prince Mikhail Golitsyn (1681–1764) 1762 – General-Admiral Tsar Paul I (1754–1801) 1784 – General-Field marshal Prince Grigori Potemkin (1739–1791) 1796 – Navy General-Field marshal Count Ivan Chernyshyov (1726–1797) 1831 – General-Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827–1892) 1883 – General-Admiral Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich (1850–1908) == Russian Federation == === Admirals of the fleet === 1996 – Feliks Gromov (1937–2021) 2000 – Vladimir Kuroyedov (1944–2026) 2005 – Vladimir Masorin (born 1947) 2025 – Aleksandr Moiseyev (born 1962) == Soviet Union == === Admirals of the fleet === 31 May 1944 – Nikolai Kuznetsov (1902–1974) (demoted to rear admiral 3 February 1948, promoted to vice admiral 27 January 1951, reinstated 11 May 1953) 31 May 1944 – Ivan Isakov (1894–1967) 18 June 1962 – Vladimir Kasatonov (1910–1989) 28 April 1967 – Sergey Gorshkov (1910–1988) 30 April 1970 – Nikolai Sergeyev (1909–1999) 28 July 1970 – Semyon Lobov (1913–1977) 1973 – Georgiy Yegorov (1918–2008) 5 November 1973 – Nikolai Smirnov (1917–1992) 16 February 1982 – Alexei Sorokin (1922–2020) 5 November 1983 – Vladimir Chernavin (1928-2023) 4 November 1988 – Ivan Kapitanets (1928–2018) 4 November 1989 – Konstantin Makarov (1931–2011) === Admirals of the Fleet of the Soviet Union === 03 March 1955 – Nikolai Kuznetsov (1902–1974) (demoted to vice admiral 17 February 1956, reinstated posthumously 26 July 1988) 03 March 1955 – Ivan Isakov (1894–1967) 28 October 1967 – Sergey Gorshkov (1910–1988) == Sri Lanka == Wasantha Karannagoda (born 1952) (Honorary rank) == Sweden == King Charles XIII (1748–1818) King Oscar I (1799–1859) King Oscar II (1829–1907) == Thailand == 1910 – Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse (1859–1928) (Honorary rank) 1917 – Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandhu (1881–1944) 1941 – Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964) (Honorary rank) 1956 – Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol (1905–1957) 1959 – Sarit Thanarat (1908–1963) (Honorary rank) 1964 – Thanom Kittikachorn (1911–2004) (Honorary rank) 1973 – Praphas Charusathien (1912–1997) (Honorary rank) 1992 – Queen Sirikit (born 1932) (Honorary rank) 1998 – Prince Mahidol Adulyadej (1892–1929) (Honorary rank awarded posthumously, previously served in the Royal Thai Navy as a captain) == United Kingdom == List of British admirals of the fleet == United States == 24 March 1903 (retroactive to 2 March, 1899) – George Dewey (1837–1917) 15 December 1944 – William D. Leahy (1875–1959) 17 December 1944 – Ernest King (1878–1956) 19 December 1944 – Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966) 11 December 1945 – William Halsey Jr.

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List of fleet and grand admirals

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. == Austria-Hungary == 1911 – Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933) 5 May 1916 – Anton Haus (1851–1917) 9 October 1916 – Prinz Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929) 1 November 1916 – Charles I of Austria (1887–1922) 22 February 1917 – Emperor William II of Germany (1859–1941) == China == Zheng He (1371–1433) Shi Lang (1621–1696) Chen Shaokuan (1889-1969) Xiao Jingguang (1903–1989) == Croatia == March 1996 – Sveto Letica (1926–2001) == Egypt == King Fuad I (1868–1936) King Farouk (1920–1965) 26 July 1952 – King Fuad II (born 1952) == France == 1340 – Hugues Quiéret (1290–1340) 1341 – Luis de la Cerda (1291–1348) 1373 – Jean de Vienne (1341–1396) 1421 – Louis de Culant (1360–1444) 1437 – André de Laval-Montmorency (1408–1485) 1450 – Jean V de Bueil (1406–1477) 1521 – Guillaume Gouffier de Bonnivet (1488–1525) 1525 – Philippe de Chabot (1492–1543) 1552 – Gaspard de Coligny (1519–1572) 1582 – Anne de Joyeuse (1560–1587) 1587 – Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette (1554–1642) 1592 – Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron (1562–1602) 1612 – Henri II de Montmorency (1595–1632) 1651 – César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1594–1665) 1683 – Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678–1737) 1737 – Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (1725–1793) 2 February 1805 – Joachim Murat (1767–1815) 1814 – Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775–1844) 1831 – Laurent Truguet (1752–1839) 1840 – Albin Roussin (1781–1854) 1854 – Charles Baudin (1792–1854) 1854 – Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864) 1854 – Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes (1790–1860) 1855 – Armand Joseph Bruat (1796–1855) 1860 – Prince Napoléon (1822–1891) 1860 – Joseph Romain-Desfossés (1798–1864) 27 January 1864 – Charles Rigault de Genouilly (1807–1873) 15 November 1864 – Léonard Charner (1797–1869) 20 February 1869 – François Thomas Tréhouart (1798–1873) 1939 – François Darlan (1881–1942) == Germany == 1871 – Prince Adalbert (1811–1873) 1901 – Emperor Wilhelm II (1859–1941) 1901 – King Oscar II of Sweden (1829–1907) 28 June 1905 – Hans von Koester (1844–1928) 4 September 1909 – Prinz Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929) 27 January 1911 – Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) 31 May 1918 – Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919) 1 April 1939 – Erich Raeder (1876–1960) 30 January 1943 – Karl Dönitz (1891–1980) == Greece == WWII – King George II of Greece (1890–1947) == Iraq == King Faisal I (1883–1933) == Italy == 4 November 1924 – Conte Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859–1948) == 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 Yamamoto (1884–1943) 21 June 1943 – Osami Nagano (1880–1947) 31 May 1944 – Mineichi Koga (1885–1944) == Korea == Yi Sunsin (1545–1598) == Ottoman Empire == List of Ottoman Kapudan Pashas == Peru == 1967 – Miguel Grau Seminario (1834–1879) (posthumous) == Prussia == Prince Adalbert (1811–1873) == Russian Empire == Source: 1708 – General-Admiral Count Fyodor Apraksin (1661–1728) 1727 – Admiral Generalissimus Prince Alexander Menshikov (1673–1729) 1740 – General-Admiral Count Andrei Osterman (1686–1747) 1756 – General-Admiral Prince Mikhail Golitsyn (1681–1764) 1762 – General-Admiral Tsar Paul I (1754–1801) 1784 – General-Field marshal Prince Grigori Potemkin (1739–1791) 1796 – Navy General-Field marshal Count Ivan Chernyshyov (1726–1797) 1831 – General-Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827–1892) 1883 – General-Admiral Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich (1850–1908) == Russian Federation == === Admirals of the fleet === 1996 – Feliks Gromov (1937–2021) 2000 – Vladimir Kuroyedov (1944–2026) 2005 – Vladimir Masorin (born 1947) 2025 – Aleksandr Moiseyev (born 1962) == Soviet Union == === Admirals of the fleet === 31 May 1944 – Nikolai Kuznetsov (1902–1974) (demoted to rear admiral 3 February 1948, promoted to vice admiral 27 January 1951, reinstated 11 May 1953) 31 May 1944 – Ivan Isakov (1894–1967) 18 June 1962 – Vladimir Kasatonov (1910–1989) 28 April 1967 – Sergey Gorshkov (1910–1988) 30 April 1970 – Nikolai Sergeyev (1909–1999) 28 July 1970 – Semyon Lobov (1913–1977) 1973 – Georgiy Yegorov (1918–2008) 5 November 1973 – Nikolai Smirnov (1917–1992) 16 February 1982 – Alexei Sorokin (1922–2020) 5 November 1983 – Vladimir Chernavin (1928-2023) 4 November 1988 – Ivan Kapitanets (1928–2018) 4 November 1989 – Konstantin Makarov (1931–2011) === Admirals of the Fleet of the Soviet Union === 03 March 1955 – Nikolai Kuznetsov (1902–1974) (demoted to vice admiral 17 February 1956, reinstated posthumously 26 July 1988) 03 March 1955 – Ivan Isakov (1894–1967) 28 October 1967 – Sergey Gorshkov (1910–1988) == Sri Lanka == Wasantha Karannagoda (born 1952) (Honorary rank) == Sweden == King Charles XIII (1748–1818) King Oscar I (1799–1859) King Oscar II (1829–1907) == Thailand == 1910 – Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse (1859–1928) (Honorary rank) 1917 – Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandhu (1881–1944) 1941 – Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964) (Honorary rank) 1956 – Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol (1905–1957) 1959 – Sarit Thanarat (1908–1963) (Honorary rank) 1964 – Thanom Kittikachorn (1911–2004) (Honorary rank) 1973 – Praphas Charusathien (1912–1997) (Honorary rank) 1992 – Queen Sirikit (born 1932) (Honorary rank) 1998 – Prince Mahidol Adulyadej (1892–1929) (Honorary rank awarded posthumously, previously served in the Royal Thai Navy as a captain) == United Kingdom == List of British admirals of the fleet == United States == 24 March 1903 (retroactive to 2 March, 1899) – George Dewey (1837–1917) 15 December 1944 – William D. Leahy (1875–1959) 17 December 1944 – Ernest King (1878–1956) 19 December 1944 – Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966) 11 December 1945 – William Halsey Jr.

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