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Herbert Kuppisch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
15 ships sunk for a total of 73.707 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 8.401 GRT

Born	10 Dec, 1909	Hamburg
Died	27 Aug, 1943	Middle Atlantic (Sargasso Sea)

Kaptlt. Herbert Kuppisch

Ranks

1 Jan, 1934	Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep, 1935	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1936	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1937	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov, 1939	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

5 Dec, 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
4 May, 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class
4 May, 1940	U-boat War Badge 1939
14 May, 1941	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-58	4 Feb, 1939	-	30 Jun, 1940	8 patrols (130 days)
U-94	10 Aug, 1940	-	29 Aug, 1941	5 patrols (178 days)
U-516	24 Jun, 1943	-	30 Jun, 1943	No war patrols
U-847	1 Jul, 1943	-	27 Aug, 1943 (+)	1 patrol (30 days)

Personal information

Kptlt. Kuppisch after a patrol.

Herbert Kuppisch began his naval career in 1933. He was one of those few officers who spent their entire careers in the U-boat force. He commanded U-58 and U-94 very successfully, and then spent over a year on the staff of BdU op.

In December 1942 he transferred for six months to the High Command of the Kriegsmarine (OKM), and then returned to patrol status in July 1943, taking command of the Type IXD2 boat U-847.

On her first patrol U-847 supported a few U-boats after the loss of two Milk Cows. On 27 August, 1943 she was sunk with all hands by aircraft from the US escort carrier USS Card.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-58	25 Aug, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	9 Sep, 1939	Kiel	Patrol	16 days
2.	U-58	23 Oct, 1939	Kiel	10 Nov, 1939	Kiel	Patrol	19 days
3.	U-58	29 Nov, 1939	Kiel	5 Dec, 1939	Kiel	Patrol	7 days
4.	U-58	27 Dec, 1939	Kiel	8 Jan, 1940	Kiel	Patrol	13 days
5.	U-58	20 Jan, 1940	Kiel	25 Jan, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	6 days
6.	U-58	27 Jan, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	8 Feb, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	13 days
7.	U-58	31 Mar, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	3 May, 1940	Kiel	Patrol	34 days
8.	U-58	27 May, 1940	Kiel	17 Jun, 1940	Kiel	Patrol	22 days
9.	U-94	20 Nov, 1940	Kiel	31 Dec, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	42 days
10.	U-94	9 Jan, 1941	Lorient	19 Feb, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	42 days
11.	U-94	29 Mar, 1941	Lorient	18 Apr, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	21 days
12.	U-94	29 Apr, 1941	Lorient	4 Jun, 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol	37 days
13.	U-94	12 Jul, 1941	St. Nazaire	16 Aug, 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol	36 days
14.	U-847	6 Jul, 1943	Kiel	20 Jul, 1943	Bergen		15 days
15.	U-847	29 Jul, 1943	Bergen	27 Aug, 1943	Sunk	Patrol	30 days

Ships hit by Herbert Kuppisch

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
1 Jan, 1940	U-58	Lars Magnus Trozelli	1.951		sw
3 Jan, 1940	U-58	Svartön	2.475		sw	HN-6
3 Feb, 1940	U-58	Reet	815		es
1 Jun, 1940	U-58	HMS Astronomer	8.401		br
2 Dec, 1940	U-94	Stirlingshire	6.022		br	HX-90
2 Dec, 1940	U-94	Wilhelmina	6.725		br	HX-90
11 Dec, 1940	U-94	Empire Statesman	5.306		br	SLS-56

20 Jan, 1941	U-94	Florian	3.174		br
29 Jan, 1941	U-94	West Wales	4.353		br	SC-19
30 Jan, 1941	U-94	Rushpool	5.125		br	SC-19
4 Apr, 1941	U-94	Harbledown	5.414		br	SC-26
6 Apr, 1941	U-94	Lincoln Ellsworth	5.580		nw
7 May, 1941	U-94	Eastern Star	5.658		nw	OB-318
7 May, 1941	U-94	Ixion	10.263		br	OB-318
20 May, 1941	U-94	John P. Pedersen	6.128		nw	HX-126
20 May, 1941	U-94	Norman Monarch	4.718		br	HX-126
			82.108
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.