Hans Hornkohl

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 2,265 tons

Born

7 Apr 1917

Hamburg, Altona

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 Apr 1943		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-566	25 Jan 1943	24 Oct 1943	4 patrols (119 days)
U-1007	18 Jan 1944	9 Jul 1944	1 patrol (18 days)
U-3509	Aug, 1944	Nov, 1944	No war patrols
U-3512	27 Nov 1944	8 Apr 1945	No war patrols
U-2502	9 Apr 1945	12 Apr 1945	No war patrols
U-3041	27 Apr 1945	9 May 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info for Hans Hornkohl

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-566	6 Feb 1943	Brest	25 Mar 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	48 days
2.	U-566	24 Apr 1943	Brest	28 Apr 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	5 days
3.	U-566	5 Jul 1943	Brest	1 Sep 1943	Brest	Patrol 3,	59 days
4.	U-566	18 Oct 1943	Brest	24 Oct 1943	Sunk	Patrol 4,	7 days
5.	U-1007	31 May 1944	Kiel	1 Jun 1944	Flekkefjord		2 days
6.	U-1007	10 Jun 1944	Flekkefjord	27 Jun 1944	Marviken	Patrol 5,	18 days
7.	U-1007	7 Jul 1944	Kristiansand	9 Jul 1944	Kiel		3 days
5 patrols, 137 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans Hornkohl

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
5 Aug 1943	U-566	USS Plymouth (PG 57)	2,265	am
	2,265
1 ship sunk (2,265 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

5 Aug 1943

U-566

USS Plymouth (PG 57)

2,265

1 ship sunk (2,265 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.