Hans Jenisch

Hans Jenisch
Born(1913-10-19)19 October 1913
Gerdauen, East Prussia
(now Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
Died29 April 1982(1982-04-29) (aged 68)
Kronshagen near Kiel
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany (1956-1972)
Service / branch Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
Years of service1933–45
1956–72
RankKapitänleutnant (Kriegsmarine)
Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
Unit
CommandsU-32
Hipper
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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 U-32, a Type VIIA U-boat, sinking seventeen ships on seven patrols, for a total of 110,139 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping.


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