Hans Jenisch

Hans Jenisch (19 October 1913 – 29 April 1982) was a Kapitänleutnant in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during the Second World War and a Kapitän zur See in West Germany's Bundesmarine. He commanded a Type VIIA U-boat, sinking seventeen ships on seven patrols, for a total of of Allied shipping. Career Jenisch joined the navy, then named Reichsmarine, in 1933, and after serving in the cruiser transferred to the U-boat arm in 1937. He served as 1WO (second-in-command) of under Werner Lott, before taking command of the U-boat in February 1940. Jenisch, on his first war patrol as commander of U-32, sunk the Lagaholm on 2 March 1940. On 18 June, during his fourth war patrol, he sunk the Altair, and the two Spanish trawlers Nuevo Ons and the Sálvora. The following day, he sunk the Labud. He then sunk the Eli Knudsen on 22 June. In total, Jenisch on his fourth war patrol was credited with the destruction of of shipping. On 31 August 1940, sailed for the African Atlantic coast to take part in Operation Menace (the Battle of Dakar) but before she could join the task force, Fiji was damaged by a torpedo from the U-32 on 1 September and had to return to Britain for repairs, which lasted for the next six months.