Joachim Preuss
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 12.379 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 1.850 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 1.630 tons |
| Born | 30 May, 1914 | Bremen |
| Died | 11 May, 1985 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-10 | Jan, 1940 | - | 9 Jun, 1940 | 3 patrols (37 days) |
| U-568 | 1 May, 1941 | - | 29 May, 1942 | 5 patrols (152 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-10 | 28 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | 5 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 2. | U-10 | 14 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 20 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 3. | U-10 | 3 Apr, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 23 Apr, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 21 days |
| 4. | U-568 | 3 Aug, 1941 | Trondheim | 10 Sep, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 39 days |
| 5. | U-568 | 9 Oct, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 7 Nov, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 6. | U-568 | 4 Dec, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 17 Jan, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 45 days |
| 7. | U-568 | 2 Mar, 1942 | La Spezia | 30 Mar, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 29 days |
| 8. | U-568 | 21 May, 1942 | La Spezia | 29 May, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 8 patrols, 189 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Joachim Preuss
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 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) | 1.630 |  | am | SC-48 | damaged |
| 24 Dec, 1941 | U-568 | HMS Salvia (K 97) | 925 | | br | TA-5 | |
| 15.859 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.