Hermann Hoffmann
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 27 Apr, 1921 | Hannover |
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Hermann Hoffmann
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| 1 Oct, 1943 | Oberleutnant zur See |
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U-boat Commands
| U-172 | 1 Nov, 1943 | - | 13 Dec, 1943 | 1 patrol (22 days) |
Personal information
Note:
On 21 April, 2003 uboat.net corrected the mistake found for this officer where he was said to have died on 1 Nov, 1982. He is very much alive on this day as it turns out.
What happened in this case was that another U-boat man (also born in 1921) by the same name, Hermann Hoffmann, but of a lower rank (unknown to us at this time) passed away on Nov 1, 1982. Thus the confusion was born and reported in the newsletter of the VdU (Verband Deutscher U-Bootfahrer) and many, many years later ended up on uboat.net as well.
The other man was born on 24 Oct, 1921, about 6 months after the former commander of U-172 was born. We regret the confusion this may have caused.
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
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U-172
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22 Nov, 1943 | Lorient | 13 Dec, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 22 days |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
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