Rolf-Heinrich Hopman

Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)

Successes
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 11,841 GRT
3 warships sunk, total tonnage 361 tons (lost aboard transport ships)

Born	26 Mar 1906		Kiel
Died	1 Nov 1943	(37)	Central North Atlantic

Ranks

1 Apr 1926		Offiziersanwärter
26 Oct 1926		Seekadett
1 Apr 1928		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jun 1930		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1930		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1932		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1936		Kapitänleutnant
1 Nov 1940		Korvettenkapitän
1 Nov 1943		Fregattenkapitän

Decorations

		Narvik Shield
		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939
5 Jan 1944		German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-405	17 Sep 1941	1 Nov 1943 (+)	8 patrols (218 days)

Patrol info for Rolf-Heinrich Hopman

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-405	26 Feb 1942	Kiel	5 Mar 1942	Trondheim		8 days
2.	U-405	7 Mar 1942	Trondheim	22 Mar 1942	Trondheim	Patrol 1,	16 days
3.	U-405	26 Apr 1942	Trondheim	10 May 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 2,	15 days
4.	U-405	12 May 1942	Skjomenfjord	15 May 1942	Bergen		4 days
5.	U-405	20 May 1942	Bergen	22 May 1942	Kiel		3 days
6.	U-405	16 Jul 1942	Kiel	16 Aug 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 3,	32 days
7.	U-405	26 Aug 1942	Skjomenfjord	20 Sep 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 4,	26 days
8.	U-405	22 Sep 1942	Skjomenfjord	24 Sep 1942	Bergen		3 days
9.	U-405	7 Nov 1942	Bergen	9 Nov 1942	Skjomenfjord		3 days
10.	U-405	11 Nov 1942	Skjomenfjord	15 Dec 1942	Bergen	Patrol 5,	35 days
11.	U-405	7 Feb 1943	Bergen	23 Mar 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 6,	45 days
12.	U-405	2 May 1943	St. Nazaire	21 May 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 7,	20 days
13.	U-405	29 Aug 1943	St. Nazaire	31 Aug 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	3 days
14.	U-405	25 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	27 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	3 days
15.	U-405	10 Oct 1943	St. Nazaire	1 Nov 1943	Sunk	Patrol 8,	23 days
8 patrols, 218 days at sea

Ships hit by Rolf-Heinrich Hopman

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
28 Feb 1943	U-405	RPT-1 [Trans.]	35	sj	HX-227
28 Feb 1943	U-405	RPT-3 [Trans.]	35	sj	HX-227
28 Feb 1943	U-405	Wade Hampton	7,176	am	HX-227
9 Mar 1943	U-405	Bonneville	4,665	nw	SC-121
9 Mar 1943	U-405	HMS LCT-2341 [Trans.]	291	br	SC-121
			12,202
5 ships sunk (12,202 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. [Trans.] indicates the vessel was lost while being transported on another 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.