List of Polish admirals
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of Polish
officers holding the rank of admiral
, as well as generals serving in the Polish Navy
. It is to be noted that 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.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
officers holding the rank of admiral
Admiral
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
, as well as generals serving in the Polish Navy
Polish Navy
The Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - MW RP Polish Navy, is the branch of Republic of Poland Armed Forces responsible for naval operations...
. It is to be noted that prior to 1918 the term admirał (and, consistently, wiceadmirał and kontradmirał) referred to a function held in the navy rather than a military rank
Military rank
Military rank is a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms...
as such.
Until 1918
- admiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
Ellert Appelman (See surname Appelman in Swedish Wikipedia). - admiral Wilhelm Appelman
- admiral Arend DickmannArend DickmannArend Dickmann - Admiral in the Polish Navy. He was a Dutchman, born in Delft under the name Arend Dijckman. From 1608 he lived in Gdansk, being an owner of a merchant ship. In 1626 he entered in the service of the Polish king Sigismund III Vasa...
- admiral Grzegorz Fentross, probably Gregorio Venturoso
- admiral Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna also Jan Guldenstern - see Gyllenstierna/GyldenstjerneGyldenstjerneGyldenstjerne, also spelled Gyldenstierne and in Swedish Gyllenstierna , is a Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish noble family divided into various branches and ranks. It is one of the oldest noble families in Scandinavia. The first known man was knight Nils Eriksson to Ågård in Jutland, Denmark, who is...
/Guldenstern in English, Polish, and Swedish Wikipedia. - admiral Tonnson Maidel
- admiral Michał Starostka, (also Michał Starosta) first Pole to be appointed admiral (1571), he was ennobled and entitled to Starostka coat-of-arms (1569).
- admiral Herman WitteHerman WitteHerman Witte was a Dutch engineer and politician.-References:...
- vice-admiral Aleksander Sitton
- rear-radmiralRear 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"...
Jakub Murray
1918–1939
- generał brygady Tadeusz BobrowskiTadeusz BobrowskiTadeusz Bobrowski was a Polish memoirist and social activist, best known outside Poland as the maternal uncle, guardian and mentor of Konrad Korzeniowski .-Early life:...
, chief of the Technical Service of the Directorate of Navy in the Ministry of National Defence - kontradmirał Xawery CzernickiXawery CzernickiRear Admiral Xawery Stanisław Czernicki was a Polish engineer, military commander and one of the highest ranking officers of the Polish Navy...
, chief of services and deputy commander of the Navy - wiceadmirał Kazimierz PorębskiKazimierz PorebskiKazimierz Porębski ) was a career naval officer who rose to the position of admiral within the Imperial Russian Navy, and was subsequently the first commander-in-chief of the inter-war Polish Navy.-Biography:...
, chief of the Naval Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs - wiceadmirał Jerzy ŚwirskiJerzy SwirskiJerzy Świrski was a Polish vice admiral and officer in the Russian Navy and Polish Navy....
, commander of the Navy - wiceadmirał Józef UnrugJózef UnrugJózef Michał Hubert Unrug was a German-born Polish vice admiral who helped reestablish Poland's navy after World War I. During the opening stages of World War II, he served as the Polish Navy's commander.-Biography:...
, deputy commander of the Navy
World War II
- generał brygady Stanisław Dąbek , commander of the Coastal Land Defence units
- kontradmirał Stefan FrankowskiStefan FrankowskiStefan Frankowski was a Polish commodore, posthumously promoted to counteradmiral. An officer of surface naval ships, from 1908 to 1917 he served in the Russian Imperial Navy Navy and participated in the First World War...
, commander of the Coastal Sea Defence units - kontradmirał Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd , deputy commander of the Navy
- kontradmirał Romuald Nałęcz-Tymiński , commanding officer of ORP Conrad
1945–1989
- kontradmirał Mikołaj Abramow (Nikolai Abramov - commander of the Navy) , commander of the Navy
- wiceadmirał Wiktor Czerokow (Viktor Cherokov) , commander of the Navy
- kontradmirał Adam MohuczyAdam MohuczyAdam Mohuczy was a Polish Navy officer. Captain of several ships and squadrons, Counter Admiral from 1946 and Chief of Staff and Commander of the Polish Navy from 1945-1947. In 1949 arrested by Polish secret police, accused of sabotage, tortured. Died in prison in 1953. In 1957 he was...
, deputy commander of the Navy - kontradmirał Włodzimierz Steyer, commander of the Navy
- kontradmirał Iwan Szylingowski (Ivan Shillingovskiy) , chief of general staff and deputy commander of the Navy
- kontradmirał Aleksander Winogradow (Aleksandr Vinogradov) – dowódca Marynarki Wojennej
After 1989
- admirał floty Roman KrzyżelewskiRoman KrzyzelewskiRoman Krzyżelewski was the commander-in-chief of the Polish Navy between October 2003 and November 2007.-Honours and awards:...
, commander of the Polish Navy