Karl-Heinrich Jenisch
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 29)
| Successes 6 ships sunk for a total of 7,344 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 3,633 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1,475 tons |
| Born | 20 Apr 1910 | Gerdauen, East Prussia | |
| Died | 27 Mar 1940 | (29) | Skagerrak |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-22 | 4 Oct 1939 | 27 Mar 1940 (+) | 5 patrols (58 days) |
Personal information
Missing in action.
Patrol info for Karl-Heinrich Jenisch
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-22 | 15 Nov 1939 | Kiel | 24 Nov 1939 | Kiel | Patrol 1, | 10 days | |
| 2. | U-22 | 13 Dec 1939 | Kiel | 24 Dec 1939 | Kiel | Patrol 2, | 12 days | |
| 3. | U-22 | 15 Jan 1940 | Kiel | 24 Jan 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 3, | 10 days | |
| 4. | U-22 | 8 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 25 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 4, | 18 days | |
| 5. | U-22 | 20 Mar 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 27 Mar 1940 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 8 days | |
| 5 patrols, 58 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Karl-Heinrich Jenisch
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 1939 | U-22 | Wigmore | 345 |  | br | IFC | |
| 20 Dec 1939 | U-22 | Mars [Mine] | 1,877 |  | sw | ||
| 23 Dec 1939 | U-22 | HMS Dolphin [Mine] | 3,099 | | br | ||
| 25 Dec 1939 | U-22 | HMS Loch Doon [Mine] | 534 | | br | ||
| 28 Dec 1939 | U-22 |  | Hanne [Mine] | 1,080 |  | da | |
| 21 Jan 1940 | U-22 | | Ferryhill [Mine] | 1,086 | | br | |
| 21 Jan 1940 | U-22 | | HMS Exmouth (H 02) | 1,475 | | br | |
| 21 Jan 1940 | U-22 | | Tekla | 1,469 | | da | |
| 28 Jan 1940 | U-22 | Eston [Mine] | 1,487 | | br | FN-81 | |
| 12,452 | |||||||
9 ships sunk (12,452 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.