| Born | 24 Oct, 1912 | Kletzko, Gnesen |
| Died | 21 Dec, 1941 | Moroccan coast, of Tangier |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-146 | 30 Oct, 1940 | - | 6 Apr, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-451 | 3 May, 1941 | - | 21 Dec, 1941 (+) | 4 patrols (64 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-451 | 23 Jun, 1941 | Kiel | 24 Jun, 1941 | Horten | 2 days | |
| 2. | U-451 | 6 Jul, 1941 | Horten | 11 Jul, 1941 | Trondheim | 6 days | |
| 3. | U-451 | 24 Jul, 1941 | Trondheim | 28 Jul, 1941 | Kirkenes | 5 days | |
| 4. | U-451 | 30 Jul, 1941 | Kirkenes | 12 Aug, 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 5. | U-451 | 19 Aug, 1941 | Kirkenes | 12 Sep, 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol, | 25 days |
| 6. | U-451 | 16 Sep, 1941 | Kirkenes | 26 Sep, 1941 | Kiel | 11 days | |
| 7. | U-451 | 25 Nov, 1941 | Kiel | 12 Dec, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 18 days |
| 8. | U-451 | 15 Dec, 1941 | Lorient | 21 Dec, 1941 | Sunk | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 4 patrols, 64 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Eberhard Hoffmann
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 10 Aug, 1941 | U-451 | Zhemchug (No 27) | 550 |  | sj | ||
| 550 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Books dealing with this subject include: Trial of Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender (The Peleus Trial), Cameron, John (editor), 1948  Unterseeboot U 196, Mielke, Otto, 1956 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.