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Jürgen Nissen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 24,513 GRT

Born  28 May 1916 Sintrup
Died  2 Jun 1943(27)off Dakar

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 May 1937Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-146 8 Sep 1942 Oct, 1942   No war patrols 
U-105 29 Oct 1942 2 Jun 1943  (+)  2 patrols (163 days) 

Patrol info for Jürgen Nissen


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-105 23 Nov 1942  Lorient  14 Feb 1943  Lorient  Patrol 1,84 days
2. U-105 16 Mar 1943  Lorient  2 Jun 1943  Sunk  Patrol 2,79 days
2 patrols, 163 days at sea

Ships hit by Jürgen Nissen

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
14 Dec 1942U-105 Orfor6,578br
 
12 Jan 1943U-105 C.S. Flight67br
24 Jan 1943U-105 British Vigilance8,093brTM-1
27 Jan 1943U-105 Cape Decision5,106am
15 May 1943U-105 Maroussio Logothetis4,669gr
 24,513

5 ships sunk (24,513 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this 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.

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