Wolfpack West
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| Wolfpack West | |
|---|---|
| Active | 8 May - 20 June 1941 |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Kriegsmarine |
| Size | 23 submarines |
| Engagements | Convoy OB 317 Convoy OB 318 Convoy OB 322 Convoy OB 327 Convoy OB 328 Convoy OB 329 Convoy OB 330 Convoy SC 30 Convoy HX 126 Convoy HX 128 |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Gerhard Bigalk Engelbert Endrass Robert Gysae Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat Wilhelm Kleinschmidt Claus Korth Herbert Kuppisch Fritz-Julius Lemp Wolfgang Lüth Ernst Mengersen Adalbert Schnee Klaus Scholtz Heinrich Schonder Herbert Schultze Robert Gysae Karl Thurmann Helmut Rosenbaum Herbert Wohlfarth Robert-Richard Zapp |
Military unit
West was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 8 May 1941 to 20 June 1941.[1]
This wolfpack was responsible for sinking 33 ships (191,414 gross register tons (GRT)) and damaging a further four ships (33,448 GRT), making it one of the most successful wolfpacks of World War II.
Raiding Summary
[edit ]U-Boats
[edit ]Of the 23 U-boat commanders, 19 were either, or went on to become, recipients of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross.
U-boat
Commander
From
To
Notes
U-43
Wolfgang Lüth
17 May 1941
16 June 1941
U-46
Engelbert Endrass
19 May 1941
6 June 1941
U-48
Herbert Schultze
2 June 1941
8 June 1941
U-66
Robert-Richard Zapp
24 May 1941
5 June 1941
U-73
Helmut Rosenbaum
31 May 1941
16 June 1941
U-74
Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat
13 May 1941
22 May 1941
U-75
Helmuth Ringelmann
2 June 1941
20 June 1941
U-77
Heinrich Schonder
6 June 1941
20 June 1941
U-93
Claus Korth
8 May 1941
26 May 1941
U-94
Herbert Kuppisch
8 May 1941
29 May 1941
U-97
Udo Heilmann
8 May 1941
27 May 1941
U-98
Robert Gysae
8 May 1941
27 May 1941
U-101
Ernst Mengersen
2 June 1941
20 June 1941
U-108
Klaus Scholtz
2 June 1941
20 June 1941
U-109
Hans-Georg Fischer
13 May 1941
23 May 1941
U-110
Fritz-Julius Lemp
9 May 1941
9 May 1941
U-boat was lost
U-111
Wilhelm Kleinschmidt
13 May 1941
5 June 1941
U-201
Adalbert Schnee
8 May 1941
13 May 1941
U-204
Walter Kell
5 June 1941
16 June 1941
U-553
Karl Thurmann
13 June 1941
20 June 1941
U-556
Herbert Wohlfarth
10 May 1941
20 May 1941
U-557
Ottokar Arnold Paulssen
25 May 1941
20 June 1941
U-751
Gerhard Bigalk
16 June 1941
20 June 1941
References
[edit ]- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wolfpack West". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 21 October 2014.