| Born | 30 May, 1905 | Berlin-Schöneberg |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-20 | 1 Feb, 1936 | - | 30 Sep, 1937 | No war patrols |
| UA | 1 Nov, 1940 | - | 14 Feb, 1942 | 5 patrols (193 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | UA | 25 Feb, 1941 | Kiel | 18 Mar, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 22 days |
| 2. | UA | 14 Apr, 1941 | Lorient | 26 Apr, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 13 days |
| 3. | UA | 3 May, 1941 | Lorient | 30 Jul, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 89 days |
| 4. | UA | 7 Oct, 1941 | Lorient | 9 Oct, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 5. | UA | 21 Oct, 1941 | Lorient | 25 Dec, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 66 days |
| 5 patrols, 193 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans Eckermann
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 8 Mar, 1941 | UA | Dunaff Head | 5.258 |  | br | OB-293 | |
| 5.258 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Books dealing with this subject include: Raider 16, Hoyt, Edwin, 1988 (transl.) |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.