Johann Jebsen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)


Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 20,853 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 5,450 tons

Born  21 Apr 1916 Pellworm
Died  23 Sep 1944(28)Indian Ocean, Strait of Malacca


Ranks

5 Apr 1935Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1936Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1934Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1942Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

19 Sep 1944German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-565 10 Apr 1941 17 Mar 1942   4 patrols (176 days) 
U-859 8 Jul 1943 23 Sep 1944  (+)  1 patrol (169 days) 

Patrol info for Johann Jebsen


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-565 19 Jun 1941  Kiel  23 Jun 1941  Trondheim   5 days
2. U-565 8 Jul 1941  Trondheim  6 Aug 1941  Brest  Patrol 1,30 days
3. U-565 1 Sep 1941  Brest  7 Oct 1941  Lorient  Patrol 2,37 days
4. U-565 3 Nov 1941  Lorient  25 Dec 1941  La Spezia  Patrol 3,53 days
5. U-565 21 Jan 1942  La Spezia  17 Mar 1942  La Spezia  Patrol 4,56 days
6. U-859 4 Apr 1944  Kiel  6 Apr 1944  Marviken   3 days
7. U-859 8 Apr 1944  Marviken  23 Sep 1944  Sunk  Patrol 5,169 days
5 patrols, 345 days at sea

Ships hit by Johann Jebsen

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
11 Mar 1942U-565 HMS Naiad (93)5,450br
 
26 Apr 1944U-859 Colin6,255paSC-157
28 Aug 1944U-859 John Barry7,176am
1 Sep 1944U-859 Troilus7,422br
 26,303

4 ships sunk (26,303 tons).

Legend
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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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