Karl-Heinrich Jenisch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 29)

Successes
6 ships sunk, total tonnage 7,344 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk, total tonnage 3,633 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,475 tons

Born	20 Apr 1910		Gerdauen, East Prussia
Died	27 Mar 1940	(29)	Skagerrak

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Ranks

1 Apr 1929		Offiziersanwärter
10 Oct 1929		Seekadett
1 Jan 1931		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1933		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1933		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1935		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1938		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-22	4 Oct 1939	27 Mar 1940 (+)	5 patrols (58 days)

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		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 (FY 127) [Mine]	534	br
28 Dec 1939	U-22	Hanne [Mine]	1,080	da

21 Jan 1940	U-22	HMS Exmouth (H 02)	1,475	br
21 Jan 1940	U-22	Tekla	1,469	da
21 Jan 1940	U-22	Ferryhill [Mine]	1,086	br
28 Jan 1940	U-22	Eston [Mine]	1,487	br	FN-81
			12,452
9 ships sunk (12,452 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

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.