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Oberleutnant zur See
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Country
Germany
Service branch
German Navy
Abbreviation
OLt zS
NATO rank code
OF-1
Formation
1898
Next higher rank
Kapitänleutnant
Next lower rank
Leutnant zur See
Equivalent ranks
Oberleutnant
Oberleutnant zur See (OLt zS or OLZS[1] in the German Navy, Oblt.z.S. in the Kriegsmarine) is traditionally the highest rank of Lieutenant in the German Navy. It is grouped as OF-1 in NATO.
The rank was introduced in the Imperial German Navy by renaming the former rank of Premier Lieutenant in 1890. Within the navy, officers of this rank were simply addressed as Herr Oberleutnant. To distinguish naval officers from those of the army, the suffix zur See (at sea) was added in official communications, sometimes shortened to z.S. (Oblt.z.S.). The rank has since been used by the Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine, and Bundesmarine. In the Volksmarine, the rank was originally used in the same way until the suffix zur See was dropped. In the Kriegsmarine, engineers (Ingenieur – Ing.) of the same rank were distinguished as Oberleutnant (Ing.).
junior rank Leutnant zur See
(German officer rank) Oberleutnant zur See
senior rank Kapitänleutnant
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