The Men - U-boat Commanders

Rudolf Hoffmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  28 Apr 1917 Kolberg
Died  31 Dec 1993(76)


Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 May 1937Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-8 17 May 1942 15 Mar 1943   No war patrols 
U-845 3 Jul 1943 7 Oct 1943   No war patrols 

Ships hit by Rudolf Hoffmann

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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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders