Hans-Peter Hinsch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 13,394 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,090 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 4,458 GRT

Born	30 Jul 1914		Hamburg
Died	12 Apr 1967	(52)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
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)

Hans-Peter Hinsch died in Washington, D.C. as a Fregattenkapitän of the Bundesmarine (post-war German navy) (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Hans-Peter Hinsch

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-4	16 Mar 1940	Kiel	29 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	14 days
2.	U-4	4 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	14 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	11 days
3.	U-140	20 Nov 1940	Kiel	17 Dec 1940	Bergen	Patrol 3,	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 4,	42 days
6.	U-569	12 Oct 1941	St. Nazaire	12 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 5,	32 days
7.	U-569	10 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	23 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 6,	14 days
8.	U-569	26 Feb 1942	St. Nazaire	2 Apr 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 7,	36 days
9.	U-569	4 May 1942	La Pallice	28 Jun 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 8,	56 days
10.	U-569	4 Aug 1942	La Pallice	8 Oct 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 9,	66 days
11.	U-569	25 Nov 1942	La Pallice	28 Dec 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 10,	34 days
10 patrols, 333 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Peter Hinsch

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
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	Penang	2,019	fi
8 Dec 1940	U-140	Ashcrest	5,652	br	SC-13

8 Mar 1942	U-569	Hengist	984	br
11 Jun 1942	U-569	Pontypridd (d.)	4,458	br	ONS-100
			18,942
5 ships sunk (14,484 tons) and 1 ship damaged (4,458 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.