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Friedrich von Hippel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 7,290 GRT

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

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Friedrich von Hippel
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Ranks

8 Apr 1934Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Dec 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
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 Nat. Convoy
3 Apr 1941U-76 Daphne1,939fi
4 Apr 1941U-76 Athenic5,351brSC-26
 7,290

2 ships sunk (7,290 tons).

Legend
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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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