Joachim Hoppe

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	20 Mar 1915		Sehnde, Hannover
Died	28 Apr 1941	(26)	south-east of Iceland

Joachim Hoppe seen here in a rare photo

Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1941		Korvettenkapitän (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-65	25 Mar 1941	28 Apr 1941 (+)	1 patrol (17 days)

Patrol info for Joachim Hoppe

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-65	12 Apr 1941	Lorient	28 Apr 1941	Sunk	Patrol 1,	17 days

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.