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

U-boat Commands

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

Patrol info for Rudolf Hoffmann

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.