Joachim Preuss
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 12,379 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 1,850 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 1,630 tons |
| Born | 30 May 1914 | Bremen | |
| Died | 11 May 1985 | (70) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-10 | Jan, 1940 | 9 Jun 1940 | 3 patrols (31 days) |
| U-568 | 1 May 1941 | 29 May 1942 | 5 patrols (152 days) |
Patrol info for Joachim Preuss
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-10 | 28 Jan 1940 | Kiel | 31 Jan 1940 | Helgoland | Patrol 1, | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-10 | 5 Feb 1940 | Helgoland | 5 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 1 days | |
| 3. | U-10 | 14 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 20 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 2, | 7 days | |
| 4. | U-10 | 3 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 21 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 3, | 19 days | |
| 5. | U-10 | 22 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 23 Apr 1940 | Kiel | 2 days | ||
| 6. | U-568 | 3 Aug 1941 | Trondheim | 10 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 39 days | |
| 7. | U-568 | 9 Oct 1941 | St. Nazaire | 7 Nov 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 5, | 30 days | |
| 8. | U-568 | 4 Dec 1941 | St. Nazaire | 17 Jan 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 6, | 45 days | |
| 9. | U-568 | 2 Mar 1942 | La Spezia | 30 Mar 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 7, | 29 days | |
| 10. | U-568 | 21 May 1942 | La Spezia | 29 May 1942 | Sunk | Patrol 8, | 9 days | |
| 8 patrols, 183 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Joachim Preuss
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 17 Feb 1940 | U-10 | Kvernaas | 1,819 |  | nw | ||
| 18 Feb 1940 | U-10 |  | Ameland | 4,537 |  | nl | |
| 12 Aug 1941 | U-568 | HMS Picotee (K 63) | 925 |  | br | ON-4 | |
| 16 Oct 1941 | U-568 | Empire Heron | 6,023 | | br | SC-48 | |
| 17 Oct 1941 | U-568 | | USS Kearny (DD 432) (d.) | 1,630 |  | am | SC-48 |
| 24 Dec 1941 | U-568 | HMS Salvia (K 97) | 925 | | br | TA-5 | |
| 15,859 | |||||||
5 ships sunk (14,229 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,630 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.