Rudolf Hinz

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,313 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 980 tons

Born	22 Feb 1920		Berlin-Neukölln
Died	1 Dec 1955	(35)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Sep 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
26 Mar 1945		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1004	Jan, 1945	9 May 1945	1 patrol (53 days)

Patrol info for Rudolf Hinz

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-1004	2 Jan 1945	Bergen	11 Jan 1945	Bergen		10 days
2.	U-1004	27 Jan 1945	Bergen	20 Mar 1945	Bergen	Patrol 1,	53 days

Ships hit by Rudolf Hinz

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
22 Feb 1945	U-1004	Alexander Kennedy	1,313	br	BTC-76
22 Feb 1945	U-1004	HMCS Trentonian (K 368)	980	ca	BTC-76
			2,293
2 ships sunk (2,293 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.