Wolfpack Steinbrinck
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2014) |
| Wolfpack Steinbrinck | |
|---|---|
| Active | 3–11 August 1942 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Kriegsmarine |
| Size | 14 submarines |
| Engagements | Convoy ON 115 Convoy SC 94 |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Gerd Kelbling Ernst Mengersen Erich Topp |
Steinbrinck was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 3 August 1942 to 11 August 1942.[1]
Name
[edit]The group was named after Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949) German U-boat commander in WW I on U-6, UB-10, UB-18 and UC-65. He sank 204 ships for a total of 243,424 gross register tons (GRT)
Service
[edit]The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships 59,560 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging a further three merchant ships 21,074 gross register tons (GRT).
Raiding Summary
[edit]| Date | U-boat | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Convoy | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1942 | U-552 | G.S. Walden |  United Kingdom
|
10,627 | ON 115 | Damaged |
| 3 August 1942 | U-552 | Lochkatrine | United Kingdom
|
9,419 | ON 115 | Sunk |
| 4 August 1942 | U-607 | Belgian Soldier |  Belgium
|
7,167 | ON 115 | Sunk |
| 5 August 1942 | U-593 | Spar |  Netherlands
|
3,616 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 8 August 1942 | U-379 | Anneberg | United Kingdom
|
2,537 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 8 August 1942 | U-379 | Kaimoku |  United States
|
6,367 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 8 August 1942 | U-176 | Kelso | United Kingdom
|
3,956 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 8 August 1942 | U-176 | Mount Kassion |  Greece
|
7,914 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 8 August 1942 | U-176 | Trehata | United Kingdom
|
4,817 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 9 August 1942 | U-176 | Radchurch | United Kingdom
|
3,701 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 10 August 1942 | U-660 | Cape Race | United Kingdom
|
3,807 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 10 August 1942 | U-660 | Condylis | Greece
|
4,439 | SC 94 | Damaged |
| 10 August 1942 | U-660 | Empire Reindeer | United Kingdom
|
6,259 | SC 94 | Sunk |
| 10 August 1942 | U-660 | Oregon | United Kingdom
|
6,008 | SC 94 | Damaged |
U-boats
[edit]| U-boat | Commander | From | To | Notes |
| U-71 | Hardo Rodler von Roithberg[2] | 3 August 1942 | 7 August 1942 | |
| U-176 | Reiner Dierksen[3] | 5 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-210 | Rudolf Lemcke[4] | 3 August 1942 | 6 August 1942 | U-boat was lost |
| U-256 | Odo Loewe[5] | 7 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-379 | Paul-Hugo Kettner[6] | 3 August 1942 | 8 August 1942 | U-boat was lost |
| U-454 | Burckhard Hackländer[7] | 3 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-552 | Erich Topp[8] | 3 August 1942 | 4 August 1942 | |
| U-593 | Gerd Kelbling[9] | 3 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-595 | Jürgen Quaet-Faslem[10] | 6 August 1942 | 9 August 1942 | |
| U-597 | Eberhard Bopst[11] | 3 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-605 | Herbert-Viktor Schütze[12] | 7 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-607 | Ernst Mengersen[13] | 3 August 1942 | 10 August 1942 | |
| U-660 | Götz Baur[14] | 6 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 | |
| U-704 | Horst Wilhelm Kessler[15] | 3 August 1942 | 11 August 1942 |
Bibliography
[edit]- Edwards, Bernard (1996). Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War. Cassell Military Classics. pp. 89, 91, 92, 95, 100. ISBN 0-304-35203-9.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wolfpack Steinbrinck". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hardo Rodler von Roithberg". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Reiner Dierksen". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Rudolf Lemcke". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Odo Loewe". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Paul-Hugo Kettner". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Burckhard Hackländer". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Erich Topp (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Gerd Kelbling (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Jürgen Quaet-Faslem". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Eberhard Bopst". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Herbert-Viktor Schütze". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ernst Mengersen (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Götz Baur". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Wilhelm Kessler". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.