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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.
Vorwärts (English : "Forwards") was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 25 August to 26 September 1942, in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. They attacked several convoys, principally Convoy ON 127, sailing from Liverpool to New York, and sank fifteen ships for a total of 79,331 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged nine (81,141 GRT).
Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II (496 P) W. Wolfpacks of 1940 (2 P) Wolfpacks of 1941 (4 P) ... Wolfpack (naval tactic) List of wolfpacks of World War ...
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 the first essay by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War in its wolfpack tactic against allied convoys. Its operations were in October 1939, during the earliest stage of the Atlantic campaign. The name "Hartmann" was unofficial, taken from that of its commander, Werner Hartmann. Unlike later packs which had ...
Hai (English : "Shark") was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 3 to 21 July 1942 in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. They attacked the Liverpool to Freetown, Sierra Leone convoy OS-33, sinking eight ships for a total of 61,125 gross register tons (GRT). [1]