Johann Jebsen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 20.853 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 5.450 tons |
| Born | 21 Apr, 1916 | Pellworm |
| Died | 23 Sep, 1944 | Indian Ocean, Strait of Malacca |
|
|
Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-565 | 10 Apr, 1941 | - | 17 Mar, 1942 | 4 patrols (176 days) |
| U-859 | 8 Jul, 1943 | - | 23 Sep, 1944 (+) | 1 patrol (169 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-565 | 19 Jun, 1941 | Kiel | 23 Jun, 1941 | Trondheim | 5 days | |
| 2. | U-565 | 8 Jul, 1941 | Trondheim | 6 Aug, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 3. | U-565 | 1 Sep, 1941 | Brest | 7 Oct, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 37 days |
| 4. | U-565 | 3 Nov, 1941 | Lorient | 25 Dec, 1941 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 53 days |
| 5. | U-565 | 21 Jan, 1942 | La Spezia | 17 Mar, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 56 days |
| 6. | U-859 | 4 Apr, 1944 | Kiel | 6 Apr, 1944 | Marviken | 3 days | |
| 7. | U-859 | 8 Apr, 1944 | Marviken | 23 Sep, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 169 days |
| 5 patrols, 345 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Johann Jebsen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 11 Mar, 1942 | U-565 | HMS Naiad (93) | 5.450 |  | br | ||
| 26 Apr, 1944 | U-859 | Colin | 6.255 |  | pa | SC-157 | |
| 28 Aug, 1944 | U-859 | John Barry | 7.176 |  | am | ||
| 1 Sep, 1944 | U-859 | Troilus | 7.422 | | br | ||
| 26.303 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.