Friedrich von Hippel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 7,290 GRT

Born	2 Jan 1915		Düsseldorf
Died	19 Feb 1984	(69)	Kiel, Germany

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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 Dec 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-144	2 Oct 1940	16 Nov 1940	No war patrols
U-76	3 Dec 1940	5 Apr 1941	1 patrol (9 days)

Patrol info for Friedrich von Hippel

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-76	19 Mar 1941	Kiel	26 Mar 1941	Bergen		8 days
2.	U-76	28 Mar 1941	Bergen	5 Apr 1941	Sunk	Patrol 1,	9 days

Ships hit by Friedrich von Hippel

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
3 Apr 1941	U-76	Daphne	1,939	fi
4 Apr 1941	U-76	Athenic	5,351	br	SC-26
			7,290
2 ships sunk (7,290 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.