Joachim Preuss

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 12,379 GRT
2 warships sunk, total tonnage 1,850 tons
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,630 tons

Born	30 May 1914		Bremen
Died	11 May 1985	(70)	Bremen, Germany

Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
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 Dec 1940		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-10	Jan, 1940	9 Jun 1940	3 patrols (31 days)
U-568	1 May 1941	28 May 1942	5 patrols (151 days)

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

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	28 May 1942	Sunk	Patrol 8,	8 days
8 patrols, 182 days at sea

Ships hit by Joachim Preuss

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
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 We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.