Hans Jenisch

Infobox Military Person
name=Hans Jenisch
born=birth date|1913|10|19|df=y
died=dda|1982|4|29|1913|10|19|df=y
placeofbirth=Gerdauen, East Prussia
placeofdeath=Kronshagen near Kiel


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1933–1945, 1956–1972
rank=Kapitänleutnant (Kriegsmarine)
Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
commands=U 32
unit=
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Commander Hans Jenisch (19 October 1913 – 29 April 1982) was a "Kapitänleutnant" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with the U 32, sinking seventeen ships on four patrols, for a total of 110.139 tons of Allied shipping including the already crippled "Empress of Britain".

Empress of Britain

On 26 October 1940 the "Empress of Britain" was spotted by a German Focke-Wulf C 200 Condor long-range bomber, commanded by "Oberleutnant" Bernhard Jope. Jope's bomber strafed the Empress three times and hit her twice with 250 kg bombs causing severe damage to the ship. Jenisch had been informed of the location of the damged vessel and intercepted her on the evening of 27 October. Jenisch fired three torpedoes, hitting her twice. The "Empress of Britain" sank at 2.05 AM on 28 October 1940. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.

Awards

* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (7 October 1940)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz. "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1995. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External link
* [http://www.uboat.net/men/jenisch.htm uboat.net]