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04-13-11, 11:30 AM
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Ocean Warrior
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Kreigsmarine ranks
I had no idea what the rank was of most of my crew until I found this. Hopefully, it will help.
Kriegsmarine Rank-Translation Seemann-Seamen Matrose-Ordinary Seaman Matrosen Gefreiter-Able Seaman Matrosen Obergefreiter-Leading Seaman Matrosen Hauptgefreiter-Leading Seaman (4.5 years service) Matrosen Stabsgefreiter-Senior Leading Seaman Matrosen Stabsobergefreiter-Senior Leading Seaman Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee-Junior NCOs maat-Petty Officer Ober-maat-Chief Petty Officer Unteroffiziere mit Portepee-Senior NCOs Bootsmann-Boatswain Stabsbootsmann-Senior Boatswain Oberbootsmann-Chief Boatswain Stabsoberbootsmann-Senior Chief Boatswain Offiziere-Commissioned Officers Fähnrich zur See-Midshipman Oberfähnrich zur See-Sub-Lieutenant Leutnant zur See-Lieutenant (Junior) Oberleutnant zur See-Lieutenant (Senior) Kapitäleutnant Lieutenant-Commander Korvettenkapitän-Commander Fregattenkapitän-Captain (Junior) Kapitän zur See-Captain (Maybe you?) Kommodore-Commodore Konteradmiral-Rear-Admiral Vizeadmira-Vice-Admiral Admiral-Admiral Generaladmiral-no equivalent Grossadmiral-Admiral of the Fleet (lurker? karamazovnew? Me!) reference: http://www.feldgrau.com/kmsranks.html Last edited by I'm goin' down; 04-13-11 at 12:00 PM. |
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04-13-11, 05:23 PM
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Ace of the Deep
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 GrossAdmiral I'm Goin' Down?? 
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04-13-11, 05:59 PM
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04-16-11, 11:09 AM
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Seaman
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nearly correct, only one error:
Oberbootsmann-Senior Boatswain Stabsbootsmann-Chief Boatswain Tom |
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04-16-11, 12:24 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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tekai
I copied the list off a website that listed Kreigsmarine ranks. I do not know if it was accurate. I do not speak or read German, and am not familar with WW2 German military ranks. How did you come up with your statement? I would like the list to be accurate, and can revise it as required.
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