Hilmar Siemon

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,372 GRT

Born	29 Mar 1915		Apenrade
Died	11 Apr 1945	(30)	North Atlantic

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Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1941		Fleet War Badge
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-334	9 Oct 1941	31 Mar 1943	3 patrols (86 days)
U-396	Mar, 1945	11 Apr 1945 (+)	1 patrol (30 days)

Patrol info for Hilmar Siemon

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-334	18 Mar 1942	Kiel	14 Apr 1942	Trondheim	Patrol 1,	28 days
2.	U-334	7 Jun 1942	Trondheim	10 Jun 1942	Trondheim	Patrol 2,	4 days
3.	U-334	15 Jun 1942	Trondheim	6 Jul 1942	Neidenfjord	Patrol 2,	22 days
4.	U-334	9 Jul 1942	Neidenfjord	14 Jul 1942	Trondheim		6 days
5.	U-334	31 Oct 1942	Trondheim	1 Dec 1942	Narvik	Patrol 3,	32 days
6.	U-334	2 Dec 1942	Narvik	4 Dec 1942	Trondheim		3 days
7.	U-334	12 Dec 1942	Trondheim	16 Dec 1942	Bergen		5 days
8.	U-396	13 Mar 1945	Trondheim	11 Apr 1945	Sunk	Patrol 4,	30 days
4 patrols, 116 days at sea

Ships hit by Hilmar Siemon

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
4 Jul 1942	U-334	William Hooper	7,177	am	PQ-17
5 Jul 1942	U-334	Earlston	7,195	br	PQ-17
			14,372
2 ships sunk (14,372 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.