List of Polish admirals

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.

Until 1918

admiral Ellert Appelman (See surname Appelman in Swedish Wikipedia).
admiral Wilhelm Appelman
admiral Arend Dickmann
admiral Grzegorz Fentross, probably Gregorio Venturoso
admiral Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna also Jan Guldenstern - see Gyllenstierna/Gyldenstjerne/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 Witte
vice-admiral Aleksander Sitton
rear-radmiral Jakub Murray

1918–1939

generał brygady Tadeusz Bobrowski, chief of the Technical Service of the Directorate of Navy in the Ministry of National Defence
kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki, chief of services and deputy commander of the Navy
wiceadmirał Kazimierz Porębski, chief of the Naval Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs
wiceadmirał Jerzy Świrski, commander of the Navy
wiceadmirał Józef Unrug, deputy commander of the Navy

World War II

generał brygady Stanisław Dąbek , commander of the Coastal Land Defence units
kontradmirał Stefan Frankowski , 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 Mohuczy, 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 Krzyżelewski , commander of the Polish Navy
Roman Krzyżelewski, commander of the Polish Navy 2003 to 2007
kontradmirał Jerzy Tumaniszwili, a World War II hero

Notes

^ Promoted posthumously
^ Promoted upon retirement
^ In active service (as of 2005)
^ A Dane in Polish service
^ A Spaniard in Polish service
^ A Dutchman in Polish service
^ A Russian in Polish service
^ A Scotsman in Polish service
^ A Swede in Polish service

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