24 July 1936-24 August 1936: Konteradmiral Rolf Carls – flag aboard the armored ship “Deutschland.”
25 August 1936-5 October 1936: Konteradmiral Hermann Boehm – flag aboard the light cruiser “Nürnberg.”
5 October 1936-13 November 1936: Konteradmiral Rolf Carls – flag aboard the armored ship “Deutschland.”
14 November 1936-15 December 1936: Konteradmiral Hermann Boehm – flag aboard the light cruiser “Nürnberg.”
16 December 1936-19 March 1937: Konteradmiral Hermann von Fischel – flag?
20 March 1937-14 May 1937: Vizeadmiral (from 1 April 1937) Hermann Boehm – flag aboard the light cruiser “Nürnberg.”
14 May 1937-22 June 1937: Konteradmiral Hermann von Fischel – flag aboard the armored ship “Deutschland” and then the armored ship “Admiral Scheer” (from 10 June 1937).
23 June 1937-3 August 1937: Vizeadmiral Hermann Boehm – flag aboard the light cruiser “Nürnberg.”
3 August 1937-7 September 1937: Vizeadmiral (from 1 January 1937) Rolf Carls – flag aboard the armored ship “Admiral Scheer.”
8 September 1937-7 October 1937: Konteradmiral Hermann von Fischel – flag aboard the armored ship “Admiral Scheer.”
8 October 1937-8 February 1938: Konteradmiral Wilhelm Marschall – flag?
8 February 1938-13 March 1938: Konteradmiral Hermann von Fischel – flag aboard the armored ship “Admiral Scheer.”
14 March 1938-22 March 1938: Kapitän zur See Leopold Bürkner (b.m.W.d.G) – commander of the light cruiser “Emden.”
22 March 1938-26 June 1938: Kapitän zur See Otto Ciliax (b.m.W.d.G.) – commander of the armored ship “Admiral Scheer.”
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24 July 1938-15 August 1938: Kapitän zur See Paul Wenneker (b.m.W.d.G.) – commander of the armored ship “Deutschland.”
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SOURCES: Hildebrand, Hans H. & Henriot, Ernest. “Deutschlands Admirale, 1849-1945, Band 1-3″; Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter. “Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class.” Geoffrey Brooks, translator. Greenhill Books, London/Naval Institute Press, Maryland, 2000; Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter. “German Light Cruisers of World War II: Emden, Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, Nürnberg.” Geoffrey Brooks, translator. Greenhill Books, London/Naval Institute Press, Maryland, 2002.