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

China

Croatia

Egypt

France

Germany

Greece

Iraq

Italy

Japan

Korea

Ottoman Empire

Peru

Russian Empire[1]

Russian Federation

Admirals of the fleet

Soviet Union

Admirals of the fleet

Admirals of the Fleet of the Soviet Union

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

Yugoslavia

Footnotes

  1. Slovar Biograficheskiy Morskoy, Sankt Peterburg, LOGOS, 2001
  2. Admiral Dewey held the rank of "Admiral of the Navy" instead of "fleet admiral" as the others. He is the only man to have held this rank and it was abolished after his death.
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