Hans-Peter Hinsch
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 13.394 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.090 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 4.458 GRT |
| Born | 30 Jul, 1914 | Hamburg |
| Died | 12 Apr, 1967 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-4 | 17 Jan, 1940 | - | 7 Jun, 1940 | 2 patrols (25 days) |
| U-140 | 7 Aug, 1940 | - | 6 Apr, 1941 | 1 patrol (28 days) |
| U-569 | 8 May, 1941 | - | 6 Feb, 1943 | 7 patrols (280 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-4 | 16 Mar, 1940 | Kiel | 29 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 2. | U-4 | 4 Apr, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 14 Apr, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 11 days |
| 3. | U-140 | 20 Nov, 1940 | Kiel | 17 Dec, 1940 | Bergen | Patrol, | 28 days |
| 4. | U-140 | 19 Dec, 1940 | Bergen | 20 Dec, 1940 | Kiel | 2 days | |
| 5. | U-569 | 11 Aug, 1941 | Trondheim | 21 Sep, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 42 days |
| 6. | U-569 | 12 Oct, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 12 Nov, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 7. | U-569 | 10 Dec, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 23 Dec, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 8. | U-569 | 26 Feb, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 2 Apr, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 36 days |
| 9. | U-569 | 4 May, 1942 | La Pallice | 28 Jun, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 56 days |
| 10. | U-569 | 4 Aug, 1942 | La Pallice | 8 Oct, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 66 days |
| 11. | U-569 | 25 Nov, 1942 | La Pallice | 28 Dec, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 34 days |
| 10 patrols, 333 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Peter Hinsch
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 10 Apr, 1940 | U-4 | HMS Thistle (N 24) | 1.090 |  | br | ||
| 3 Dec, 1940 | U-140 | Victoria City | 4.739 | | br | HX-90 | |
| 8 Dec, 1940 | U-140 | Ashcrest | 5.652 | | br | SC-13 | |
| 8 Dec, 1940 | U-140 | Penang | 2.019 |  | fi | ||
| 8 Mar, 1942 | U-569 | Hengist | 984 | | br | ||
| 11 Jun, 1942 | U-569 | Pontypridd | 4.458 | | br | ONS-100 | damaged |
| 18.942 | |||||||
* 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.