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The wolfpack was a convoy attack tactic employed in the Second World War.It was used principally by the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic, and by the submarines of the United States Navy in the Pacific War.
The Sylt wolfpack's boats were divided, together with those of the Amrum and Föhr wolfpacks, into the six elements of the Rügen wolfpack. Rügen 1: 23 Dec 1943 7 Jan 1944 8 1 1 0 Part of a seven-part wolfpack operation in the Atlantic Ocean vs convoy ON.217. Comprised U-364, U-545, U-547, U-741, U-744, U-762, U-972 and U-981. Rügen 2: 23 Dec ...
Seewolf was formed in March 1945 [5] in an effort to re-establish the U-boat offensive in American waters; it was the last wolfpack of the Atlantic campaign. Seven of the nine boats that sailed to the Americas were in Seewolf; a further two sailed independently.
The Siegfried boats had fuel problems, so a refuelling group was established north of the Azores, of three tankers and a flak boat as escort. Siegfried was deployed to intercept east-bound convoys in mid-Atlantic, planning to attack while travelling towards the refuelling group and home bases in France.
The first wolfpack code-named Hecht, comprising three U-boats, operated east of Iceland from 27 January to 4 February 1942. [1] During this period one Allied convoy passed through Hecht's patrol area, Arctic convoy PQ 9/10, comprising ten merchant ships bound for the Soviet Union.
Hartmann’s wolfpack was a formation of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II, a "wolfpack" of U-boats that operated during the early stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. Background [ edit ]
The first, Schill 1, of eight U-boats, was the southernmost rake, running in a line to the west of Lisbon. The second, Schill 2, of nine U-boats, was aligned west of Cape Finisterre in Spain, while the third, Schill 3, also of nine U-boats, was 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of this, roughly along the 45th parallel.
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.