Rolf-Heinrich Hopman
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)
Successes 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 11,841 GRT 3 warships sunk, total tonnage 361 tons (lost aboard transport ships) |
Born | 26 Mar 1906 | Kiel | |
Died | 1 Nov 1943 | (37) | Central North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-405 | 17 Sep 1941 | 1 Nov 1943 (+) | 8 patrols (218 days) |
Patrol info for Rolf-Heinrich Hopman
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-405 | 26 Feb 1942 | Kiel | 5 Mar 1942 | Trondheim | 8 days | ||
2. | U-405 | 7 Mar 1942 | Trondheim | 22 Mar 1942 | Trondheim | Patrol 1, | 16 days | |
3. | U-405 | 26 Apr 1942 | Trondheim | 10 May 1942 | Skjomenfjord | Patrol 2, | 15 days | |
4. | U-405 | 12 May 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 15 May 1942 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
5. | U-405 | 20 May 1942 | Bergen | 22 May 1942 | Kiel | 3 days | ||
6. | U-405 | 16 Jul 1942 | Kiel | 16 Aug 1942 | Skjomenfjord | Patrol 3, | 32 days | |
7. | U-405 | 26 Aug 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 20 Sep 1942 | Skjomenfjord | Patrol 4, | 26 days | |
8. | U-405 | 22 Sep 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 24 Sep 1942 | Bergen | 3 days | ||
9. | U-405 | 7 Nov 1942 | Bergen | 9 Nov 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 3 days | ||
10. | U-405 | 11 Nov 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 15 Dec 1942 | Bergen | Patrol 5, | 35 days | |
11. | U-405 | 7 Feb 1943 | Bergen | 23 Mar 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 6, | 45 days | |
12. | U-405 | 2 May 1943 | St. Nazaire | 21 May 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 7, | 20 days | |
13. | U-405 | 29 Aug 1943 | St. Nazaire | 31 Aug 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 8, | 3 days | |
14. | U-405 | 25 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 27 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 8, | 3 days | |
15. | U-405 | 10 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | 1 Nov 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 8, | 23 days | |
8 patrols, 218 days at sea |
Ships hit by Rolf-Heinrich Hopman
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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28 Feb 1943 | U-405 | RPT-1 [Trans.] | 35 | sj | HX-227 | |||
28 Feb 1943 | U-405 | RPT-3 [Trans.] | 35 | sj | HX-227 | |||
28 Feb 1943 | U-405 | Wade Hampton | 7,176 | am | HX-227 | |||
9 Mar 1943 | U-405 | Bonneville | 4,665 | nw | SC-121 | |||
9 Mar 1943 | U-405 | HMS LCT-2341 [Trans.] | 291 | br | SC-121 | |||
12,202 | ||||||||
5 ships sunk (12,202 tons). Legend |
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.
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