Hermann Eckhardt

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,340 tons

Born	15 Jun 1916		Aachen
Died	11 Mar 1943	(26)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Mar 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

20 Feb 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-28	22 Jun 1941	20 Mar 1942	No war patrols
U-432	16 Jan 1943	11 Mar 1943 (+)	1 patrol (26 days)

Patrol info for Hermann Eckhardt

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-432	14 Feb 1943	La Pallice	11 Mar 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	26 days

Ships hit by Hermann Eckhardt

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
11 Mar 1943	U-432	HMS Harvester (H 19)	1,340	br	HX-228
	1,340
1 ship sunk (1,340 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

11 Mar 1943

U-432

HMS Harvester (H 19)

1,340

HX-228

1,340

1 ship sunk (1,340 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.