Contributed by Graham E Watson (easton.watson@lineone.net).
STATE SECRETARY, NAVY OFFICE
Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz
3.16 - Admiral Eduard von Capelle
10.18 - Vice Admiral Paul Behncke
10.18 - Vice Admiral Ernest Mann Edler von Tiechler
HEAD, KAISER'S NAVAL CABINET
Admiral Georg Muller
CHIEF OF ADMIRALTY STAFF
Admiral Hugo von Pohl
2.15 - Admiral Gustav Bachmann
9.15 - Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff
8.18 - Admiral Rheinhard Scheer
NB The Kaiser exercised control of the Navy through the above three officers who had overlapping and conflicting duties.
SUPREME COMMANDER, BALTIC 1914-1917
Grand Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia
Chief of Staff - Rear Admiral von Uslar
8.18 - Admiral Frhr Walter von Keyserligk
CINC BALTIC NAVAL STATION
Vice Admiral Gustav Bachmann
2.15 - Admiral Freidrich von Ingenohl
9.15 - Admiral Gustav Bachmann
8.18 - Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
Kiel Naval Base 1914 - Vice Admiral Henkel-Gebhardi
5th Squadron 1914 - Vice Admiral Grepow
6th Squadron 1914 - Rear Admiral Echermann
Baltic Coast Defence 1914 - Rear Admiral Mischke
Baltic Recce Force - 1916 - Rear Admiral Langemarck
12.16 - Rear Admiral Hopman
12.16 - Rear Admiral Hopman-12.17
CINC NORTH SEA NAVAL STATION
Vice Admiral Gunther Krosigk [served in this post for whole of the war years]
Wilhelmshaven Naval Base 1914 - Rear Admiral Engelhard?
Cuxhaven Naval Base 1918 - Rear Admiral Engelhard
COMMANDER FLANDERS COAST 1914-1918
Admiral Ludwig von Schroder
CINC MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON
Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
9.17 - Vice Admiral Rebeur-Paschwitz
CINC BLACK SEA
1.18 - Vice Admiral Albert Hopman
CINC FAR EAST SQUADRON 1914
Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf Spee
THE HIGH SEA FLEET 1914-1918
Admiral Friedreich von Ingenohl
2.15 - Admiral Hugo von Pohl
1.16 - Admiral Rheinhard Scheer
8.18 - Vice Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper
Chief of Staff 1.16-11.18 - Rear Admiral von Trotha
1st SQUADRON
Vice Admiral Lans
By 5.16 - Vice Admiral E Schmit
By 11.18 - Vice Admiral Boedicker
2nd SQUADRON
Vice Admiral Scheer
By 5.16 - Rear Admiral Mauve
3rd SQUADRON
Rear Admiral Funks
.15 - Vice Admiral Scheer
1.16 - Vice Admiral Paul Behncke
by 11.18 - Vice Admiral Kraft
4th SQUADRON
Vice Admiral E Schmidt
Later - Vice Admiral Mauve
9.17 - Vice Admiral Souchon
8.18 - Vice Admiral Meurer
1st SCOUTING GROUP/Cmdr Recce Forces
Rear Admiral Franz von Hipper
8.18 - Rear Admiral Reuter
2nd SCOUTING GROUP/Cmdr Destroyers
Rear Admiral Maas
By 5.16 - Rear Admiral Boedicker
By 1917 - Rear Admiral Reuter
1.18 - Rear Admiral Levetszow
3rd SCOUTING GROUP
Rear Admiral Tapken 1914-?
4th SCOUTING GROUP
1915 - Rear Admiral Scheidt
by 5.16 - Commodore Reuter
by 11.18 - Commodore Karpf
TORPEDO BOATS
7.15 - Commodore Andreas Michelsen
6.17 - Commodore Heinrich
CHIEF OF U BOATS
6.17 - Commodore Andreas Michelsen to 11.18
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