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Hans Jenisch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
17 ships sunk for a total of 110.139 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 14.749 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 8.000 tons

Born	19 Oct, 1913	Gerdauen, East Prussia
Died	29 Apr, 1982

Oberleutnant zur See Hans Jenisch

Ranks

1 Jul, 1934	Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1936	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1936	Leutnant zur See
1 Jun, 1938	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov, 1940	Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-32

12 Feb, 1940

30 Oct, 1940

6 patrols (114 days)

Personal information

Oberleutnant zur See Hans Jenisch on board

Hans Jenisch joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1933 and after a year on the cruiser Deutschland transferred to the U-boat force in May 1937. After training he became the first watch officer on U-32 in January 1938. Two years later he took over this U-boat as commander.

During his six patrols he sank 18 ships, including the 42,348 ton Empress of Britain, (see Biggest U-boat victims) which was damaged by German bombs. When U-32 was sunk on 30 October, 1940 northwest of Ireland by two British destroyers, Jenisch was taken prisoner. He then spent six and a half years in British captivity before returning to Germany in June 1947.

In 1956 he joined the Bundesmarine, holding mainly staff positions but also commanding the frigate Hipper for a few months. He retired in 1972 as Kapitän zur See.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-32	26 Feb, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	23 Mar, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	27 days
2.	U-32	27 Apr, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	5 May, 1940	Trondheim		9 days
3.	U-32	8 May, 1940	Trondheim	14 May, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	7 days
4.	U-32	3 Jun, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	1 Jul, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	29 days
5.	U-32	15 Aug, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	8 Sep, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	25 days
6.	U-32	18 Sep, 1940	Lorient	6 Oct, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	19 days
7.	U-32	24 Oct, 1940	Lorient	30 Oct, 1940		Patrol	7 days

Ships hit by Hans Jenisch

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
2 Mar, 1940	U-32	Lagaholm	2.818		sw
18 Jun, 1940	U-32	Altair	1.522		nw
18 Jun, 1940	U-32	Faro-Ons	108		sp
18 Jun, 1940	U-32	Sálvora	108		sp
19 Jun, 1940	U-32	Labud	5.334		yu
22 Jun, 1940	U-32	Eli Knudsen	9.026		nw	HX-49
30 Aug, 1940	U-32	Chelsea	4.804		br	HX-66A
30 Aug, 1940	U-32	Mill Hill	4.318		br	HX-66A
30 Aug, 1940	U-32	Norne	3.971		nw	HX-66A
1 Sep, 1940	U-32	HMS Fiji (58)	8.000		br	Menace	damaged
22 Sep, 1940	U-32	Collegian	7.886		br	HX-72	damaged
25 Sep, 1940	U-32	Mabriton	6.694		br	OB-216
26 Sep, 1940	U-32	Corrientes	6.863		br	OB-217	damaged
26 Sep, 1940	U-32	Darcoila	4.084		br	OB-217
26 Sep, 1940	U-32	Tancred	6.094		nw	OB-217
28 Sep, 1940	U-32	Empire Ocelot	5.759		br	OB-218
29 Sep, 1940	U-32	Bassa	5.267		br
1 Oct, 1940	U-32	Haulerwijk	3.278		nl
2 Oct, 1940	U-32	Kayeson	4.606		br
28 Oct, 1940	U-32	Empress of Britain	42.348		br
			132.888
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.