Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy
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The rank insignia of the
Rank system
For enlisted men an elaborate rank system existed distinguishing between Mannschaften (crew), Chargen (junior non-commissioned officers), Unteroffizieren (
Enlisted men and Chargen
Career and specialist insignia indicated on left sleeve.
Maate on junior NCO level
Maate | Maate (on Bootsmann grade) | |
k.u.k. Bootsmannsmaat | k.u.k. Unterbootsmann | |
k.u.k. Geschützmaat | k.u.k. Untergeschützmeister | |
k.u.k. ...maat | k.u.k. ... | |
|
| |
k.u.k. Vorarbeiter 1.Klasse | k.u.k. Unterwerkmeister |
Rank insignia senior NCOs
Stabsunteroffiziere | |||||
k.u.k. Stabsbootsmann
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k.u.k. Oberstabsbootsmann
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Einjährig-Freiwilliger | Longer serving NCOs |
Commissioned Officers
Officers aspirants
Prospective officers would enter the naval academy and become Seekadett (officer cadets) and later Seefähnrich before being commissioned as Fregattenleutnants. Reserve officer candidates would join as Einjährig-Freiwillige (one-year volunteers). These sons of the higher classes who could afford the expenses would then get some training and be commissioned as Korvettenleutnant if successful. Einjährige would also wear the blue navy jacket but with two smaller gold braid stripes.
Officers
Stabsoffiziere | Oberoffiziere | Reserveoffizier | Fähnriche | ||||||
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Sleeve[1][2] | |||||||||
Title | German | Linienschiffskapitän
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Fregattenkapitän | Korvettenkapitän | Linienschiffsleutnant | Fregattenleutnant | Korvettenleutnant | Seefähnrich
|
Seekadett |
Hungarian | Sorhajókapitány | Fregattkapitány | Korvettkapitány | Sorhajóhadnagy | Fregatthadnagy | Korvetthadnagy | |||
English | Ship-of-the-line-captain | Frigate captain | Corvette captain | Ship-of-the-line lieutenant | Frigate lieutenant | Corvette lieutenant | Ensign | Sea cadet |
Flag officers
Flaggenoffiziere | |||||
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Sleeve[1][2] | |||||
Command flag | |||||
1915 Never used |
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Title | German | Großadmiral
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Admiral | Vizeadmiral | Konteradmiral |
Hungarian | Főtengernagy | Tengernagy | Altengernagy | Ellentengernagy | |
English | Grand admiral | Admiral | Vice admiral | Rear Admiral |
Notes
- ^ a b Bunkley 1918, pp. 190–192.
- ^ a b Williams 1918, p. 268.
References
- Bunkley, Joel William (1918). Military And Naval Recognition Book: A Handbook On The Organization, Uniforms And Insignia Of Rank Of The World's Armed Forces (2nd ed.). New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- Williams, Dion (1918). "XI: Uniforms and Insignia of Foreign Armies and Navies". Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia. New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company. pp. 216–292. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Rest, Stefan (2002). Des Kaisers Rock im Ersten Weltkrieg. Uniformierung und Ausrüstung der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Armee von 1914 bis 1918 (in German). Wien: Verlag Militaria. ISBN 3-9501642-0-0.
- Ministry of War (1912). Adjustierungsvorschrift für das k.u.k. Heer, die k.k. Landwehr, die k.u. Landwehr, die verbundenen Einrichtungen und das Korps der Militärbeamten (in German).
- Ministry of War (1912). Organische Vorschrift für das Personal der k.u.k. Kriegsmarine: Adjustierung und Ausrüstung (in German). Wien.
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