| Born | 6 Jun, 1916 | Beuthen, Upper Silesia |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-30 | Apr, 1941 | - | 22 Apr, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-14 | 20 May, 1941 | - | 9 Feb, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-260 | 14 Mar, 1942 | - | Apr, 1944 | 5 patrols (324 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-260 | 10 Sep, 1942 | Kiel | 15 Nov, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 67 days |
| 2. | U-260 | 14 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | 3 Feb, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 52 days |
| 3. | U-260 | 12 Mar, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 22 May, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 72 days |
| 4. | U-260 | 25 Aug, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 24 Oct, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 61 days |
| 5. | U-260 | 18 Dec, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 27 Feb, 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 72 days |
| 5 patrols, 324 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hubertus Purkhold
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Dec, 1942 | U-260 | Empire Wagtail | 4.893 |  | br | ONS-154 | |
| 4.893 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.