| Erich Raeder |
| Nationality |
German |
| Rank |
Grand Admiral |
| Born |
24 April 1876, Wandsbek, Germany |
| Died |
6 November 1960, Kiel, Germany |
| Career |
| 16 April 1894 |
Entered the navy (Crew 94) |
| 13 May 1895 |
Naval Cadet |
| 25 Oct. 1897 |
Second Lieutenant |
| 9 April 1900 |
First Lieutenant |
| 21 Mar. 1905 |
Lieutenant Commander |
| 15 April.1911 |
Corvette Captain |
| May - June 1916 |
Participation in the battle of the Skaggerak on board Seydlitz |
| 26 April 1917 |
Frigate Captain |
| 29 Nov. 1919 |
Captain |
| 1 Aug. 1922 |
Rear Admiral |
| 1 April 1925 |
Vice-Admiral |
| 1 Oct. 1928 |
Admiral |
| 1 Oct. 1928 - 31 May 1935 |
Chief of naval command |
| 1 June 1935 - 31 Jan. 1943 |
Commander of the Navy (ObdM) |
| 20 April 1936 |
Fleet Admiral |
| 1 April 1939 |
Grand Admiral Commands: Stosch, Gneisenau, Mars, Blücher, Sachsen, Baden, Deutschland, Aegir, Grille, Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, Kaiser Friedrich III, Frithjof, York, Hildebrand, Hohenzollern, Moltke, Seydlitz, Cöln, Hamburg, Elsass and Schleswig-Holstein |
| 1 Feb. 1943 - 8 May 1943 |
Inspector Admiral of the Navy |
| 1945 - 1946 |
International Military Tribunal in Nürnberg |
| 1946 - 1955 |
Sentence (war criminal) and confinement at Spandau |
