| Officers' List |
| Fleet Staff |
| Flottenchef (Chief of Fleet) |
Admiral Günther Lütjens |
| Chef des Stabes (Chief of Staff) |
Kapitän zur See Harald Netzbandt |
| I. Admiralstabsoffizier (First Admiral Staff Officer) |
Fregattenkapitän Paul Ascher |
| II. Admiralstabsoffizier (Second Admiral Staff Officer) |
Fregattenkapitän Emil Melms |
| Flotteningenieur (Fleet Engineer) |
Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) Karl Thannemann |
| IV. Admiralstabsoffizier (Fourth Admiral Staff Officer) |
Korvettenkapitän Hans Nitzschke |
| Flottenarzt (Physician of the Fleet) |
Dr. Hans-Releff Riege |
| Flottenrichter (Judge Advocate of the Fleet) |
Oberkriegsgerichtsrat (Dr.) Eduard Langer |
| Luftwaffenverbindungsoffizier (Air Force Liaison Off.) |
Major Fritz Grohe |
| Ships Command |
| Kommandant (Commander) |
Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann |
| I. Offizier (Executive Officer) |
Fregattenkapitän Hans Oels |
| Divisional Officers and Section Leaders |
| Division I (Seamens Division) |
Kapitänleutnant Hermann Schaaf |
| Division II (Seamens Division) |
Kapitänleutnant Helmut Tils (Second Navigation Officer) |
| Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich Heuser (Section Leader) |
| Division III (Seamens Division) |
Kapitänleutnant Karl Knappe (Artillery Officer, Main Turret C) |
| Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Gerd Lippold (Gunnery Officer) |
| Division IV (Seamens Division) |
Oberleutnant zur See Hans Kühn (Aircraft Officer) |
| Division V (Light Anti-Aircraft weapons) |
Oberleutnant zur See Jürgen Brandes (Light A.A. Control Officer) |
| Division VI (Heavy Anti-Aircraft weapons) |
Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Troll (Heavy A.A. Control Off./First Watch Off.) |
| Oberleutnant zur See Siegfried Dölker (Senior Section Leader) |
| Leutnant zur See Andreas Andresen (Junior Section Leader) |
| Division VII (Daymen's Division) (Funktionäre) |
Kapitänleutnant Karl Mihatsch (Divisions officer) |
| Leutnant zur See Heinz Aengeneyndt (Aft Plotting Room) |
| Leutnant zur See Günter Brückner (Junior Section Leader) |
| Division VIII (Gunnery Artificers) |
Oberleutnant Gerhard Hins (Technical Officer) |
| Division IX (Navigational Parties) |
Kapitänleutnant Klaus Krüger (Artillery Calculation) |
| Division X (Technical Division) |
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Albert Hasselmeyer (Machinery Officer) |
| Division XI (Technical Division) |
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Gerhard Junack (Turbine Officer) |
| Division XII (Technical Division) |
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Werner Schock (Damage Control Officer) |
| Leutnant zur See (Ing.) Werner Leibnitz |
| Artillery Officers |
| I. Artillery Officer (Main Armament) |
Korvettenkapitän Adalbert Schneider |
| II. Artillery Officer (Secondary Armament) |
Fregattenkapitän Helmut Albrecht |
| IV. Artillery Officer (Aft Fire Direction Tower) |
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg |
| A.A. Artillery Officer (In Charge of all A.A. Weapons) |
Kapitänleutnant Karl Gellert |
| Artillery Officer (Forward Close Range Weapons) |
Oberleutnant zur See Georg Soltau |
| Artillery Officer (Aft Long Range Weapons) |
Leutnant zur See Hans-Joachim Ritter |
| I. Befehlsübermittlungs officer (Fore Plotting Room) |
Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich Cardinal |
| Engineer Officers |
| Chief Engineer |
Korvettenkapitän (Dipl. Ing.) Walter Lehmann |
| Electrical Engineer |
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) Wilhelm Freytag |
| I. Damage Control Officer |
Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) Emil Jahreis |
| II. Damage Control Officer |
Oberleutnant (Ing.) Karl Ludwig Richter |
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Leutnant (Ing.) d. Res. Hans Joachim Tormann |
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Leutnant (Ing.) d. Res. Hermann Griese |
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Oberleutnant (Ing.) Fritz Fürle |
| Electrical Workshop |
Fähnrich Hans-Georg Stiegler |
| Administrative Officers and Paymasters |
| Senior Accountant Officer and Paymaster Command. |
Korvettenkapitän Rudolf Hartkopf |
| Junior Accountant Officer/Paymaster Lieutenant |
Oberleutnant Günter Tischendorf |
| Medical Officers |
| Senior Medical Officer/Surgeon Commander |
Marineoberstabsartzt Dr. Hans Günther Busch |
| Surgeon Lieutenant Commander |
Marinestabsarzt Dr. Joachim Krüger |
| Surgeon Lieutenant Commander |
Marinestabsarzt, Oberleutnant zur, See Dr. Arvid Thiele |
| Meteorological Officers |
| Senior Meteorological Officer |
Korvettenkapitän Dr. Heinz Externbrink |
| Junior Meteorological Officer/Nautical Assistant |
Leutnant zur See Lothar Balzer |
| Other Officers (in alphabetical order) |
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Stabsoberbootsmann Friedrich Adams |
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Fähnrich Alwin Baumann |
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Oberleutnant Fritz Behrens |
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Fähnrich Hermann Bitterlich |
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Fähnrich Lothar Böhlcke |
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Fähnrich zur See Ernst Böhmer |
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Fähnrich Cornel Dorer |
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Fähnrich Alfred Doß |
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Fähnrich zur See (Ing.) Friedrich-Wilhelm Duesing |
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Fähnrich zur See Friedrich-Wilhelm Dusch |
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Fähnrich Johann Heinrich Eggers |
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Sonderführer, Leutnant zur See Franz Gerhard |
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Leutnant zur See Karl Eberhard Grasse |
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Oberleutnant zur See Johannes Hagl |
| War Reporter, Naval Propaganda Department North |
Sonderführer, Leutnant Wilhelm Mathias Hanf |
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Oberleutnant zur See Alfred Hanschel |
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Fähnrich Klaus Hindermann |
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Marineassistenzarzt d. Res. Dr. Rolf Hinrichsen |
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Fähnrich Horst Iserlohe |
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Fähnrich zur See Jörn Jaap |
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Fähnrich Heinz Kloessel |
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Oberleutnant Bruno Köhler |
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Marineoberinspekteur Heinrich Koop |
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Oberleutnant d. Res. Dr. Franz Krautwig |
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Oberleutnant Ernst Kröger |
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Leutnant Ernst Kruse |
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Oberleutnant Günther Mehwald |
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Leutnant MN. Res. Heinz Meier |
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Fähnrich zur See Georg Meyer |
| Navigation Officer |
Korvettenkapitän Wolf Neuendorff |
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Fähnrich zur See Helmut Nicolaus |
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Sonderführer, Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Nowak |
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Fähnrich Johannes Osmanski |
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Fähnrich Gerhard Pietsch |
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Sonderführer, Leutnant zur See Friedrich Poser |
| Intelligence Officer |
Korvettenkapitän Kurt-Werner Reichard |
| Signaloffizier/Adjutant Lindemanns |
Leutnant zur See Wolfgang Reiner |
| Duty Officer |
Korvettenkapitän Max Rollmann |
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Fähnrich Gerhard Runowsky |
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Leutnant Gustav Saak |
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Marinebaurat Heinrich Schlüter |
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Fähnrich zur See (Ing.) Kurt Seyler |
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Fähnrich Heinz Starfinger |
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Fähnrich zur See Helmut Steingötter |
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Fähnrich Friedrich Karl Stuermer |
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Fähnrich zur See Kurt Tönnissen |
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Sonderführer, Leutnant zur See Otto Trane |
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Fähnrich Hans Voerde |
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Fähnrich Joachim Wagener |
| Music Corps |
Musikmeister August Wegener |
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Fähnrich Hans Jürgen Wessel |
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Fähnrich zur See Walter Wipper |
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Fähnrich Herbert Wussow |
| Naval Propaganda Department North |
Sonderführer, Leutnant Armin Karl Zinnecker |
| Additional Information |
| *Only four officers and ensigns survived the sinking of the Bismarck (marked in red on the list above) |
| *Further information about ranks, please visit this page: Table of Equivalent Ranks |
