In what year was the man under whose command the 1st U-boat Flotilla was founded born?
1st U-boat Flotilla The 1st U-boat flotilla (German "1. Unterseebootsflottille") also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of "Fregattenkapitän" Karl Dönitz, it was named in honor of "Kapitänleutnant" Otto Weddigen. Weddigen, a U-boat commander during World War I, died on 18 March 1915 after his submarine "U-29" was rammed by the British battleship HMS "Dreadnought" in the North Sea.
Hans Jenisch Hans Jenisch (19 October 1913 – 29 April 1982) was a "Kapitänleutnant" in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II and a "Kapitän zur See" in West Germany's "Bundesmarine". He commanded the Type VIIA U-boat "U-32" , sinking seventeen ships on seven patrols, for a total of  gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping, to become the 26th highest scoring U-Boat ace of World War II.