Wolfpacks

Ritter (Knight)

This wolfpack operated from 14 Feb 1943 to 26 Feb 1943.

Notes:

U-boats involved with this Wolfpack were:

U-boatCommanderFromToNotes
U-332Eberhard Hüttemann14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 
U-377Otto Köhler14 Feb 194320 Feb 1943 
U-454Burckhard Hackländer14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 
U-468Klemens Schamong14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 
U-529Georg-Werner Fraatz14 Feb 194312 Feb 1943U-boat was lost
U-603Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 
U-623Hermann Schröder14 Feb 194321 Feb 1943U-boat was lost
U-628Heinrich Hasenschar14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 
U-653Gerhard Feiler14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 
U-753Alfred Manhardt von Mannstein14 Feb 194326 Feb 1943 

Daily positions of Wolfpack Ritter

Resource id #39

ms = 55.03N27.15W,54.09N27.15W,54.09N28.45W,54.09N31.45W,55.57N33.15W,55.03N34.45W,53.15N30.15W,49.26N29.08W,48.45N30.15W,46.57N34.45W,46.03N36.15W,49.39N39.15W,49.39N39.15W,56.51N27.24W,55.57N30.15W,55.57N31.45W,55.57N33.15W,57.45N34.36W,56.51N34.36W,55.57N30.15W,55.03N31.45W,55.03N33.15W,55.03N36.15W,54.09N37.45W,53.15N39.15W,53.15N40.45W,51.27N31.45W,51.27N31.45W,52.21N30.15W,54.09N30.15W,55.03N31.45W,55.03N31.45W,53.15N30.15W,50.33N28.45W,47.51N31.45W,46.57N36.15W,46.57N34.45W,45.09N33.15W,45.09N33.15W,56.51N27.24W,56.51N31.00W,55.57N31.45W,55.57N33.15W,57.45N34.36W,57.45N36.24W,56.51N32.48W,53.15N31.45W,48.45N31.45W,46.57N34.45W,45.09N39.15W,45.09N43.45W,43.21N48.15W,50.33N21.15W,51.27N22.45W,53.15N25.45W,55.03N28.45W,55.03N28.45W,55.03N31.45W,53.15N30.15W,49.26N29.08W,47.51N31.45W,47.00N36.20W,45.09N39.15W,45.09N43.45W,44.15N46.45W,55.57N27.15W,55.03N28.45W,55.03N30.15W,54.09N31.45W,52.21N28.45W,52.21N28.45W,49.39N31.45W,48.68N29.15W,55.57N27.15W,55.03N28.45W,55.03N30.15W,55.03N31.45W,56.51N34.36W,55.57N34.45W,55.03N30.15W,51.27N30.15W,46.57N31.45W,46.48N36.18W,45.12N39.17W,45.10N43.23W,45.09N43.45W,55.57N28.45W,55.57N30.15W,55.03N30.15W,55.57N33.15W,56.51N34.36W,56.51N36.24W,55.03N31.45W,52.21N31.45W,47.51N30.15W,46.57N36.15W,46.02N39.20W,45.09N43.45W,44.15N48.15W,55.03N27.15W,54.09N28.45W,54.09N30.15W,55.03N31.45W,55.57N33.15W,55.03N33.15W,54.09N30.15W,50.33N28.45W,48N31.24W,47.51N31.45W,47.51N34.45W,48.45N39.15W,48.45N39.15W


Map provided by our Daily Positions of U-boats project.

Ships hit by this Wolfpack

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
21 Feb 1943U-332Eberhard Hüttemann Stigstad (d.)5,964nwON-166
21 Feb 1943U-603Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann Stigstad5,964nwON-166
22 Feb 1943U-753Alfred Manhardt von Mannstein N.T. Nielsen-Alonso9,348nwON-166
23 Feb 1943U-628Heinrich Hasenschar Glittre (d.)6,409nwON-166
23 Feb 1943U-603Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann Glittre6,409nwON-166
23 Feb 1943U-628Heinrich Hasenschar Winkler (d.)6,907paON-166
24 Feb 1943U-628Heinrich Hasenschar Ingria4,391nwON-166
24 Feb 1943U-653Gerhard Feiler Madoera (d.)9,382nlON-166
25 Feb 1943U-628Heinrich Hasenschar Manchester Merchant7,264brON-166
 62,038

5 ships sunk (33,376 tons) and 4 ships damaged (28,662 tons).

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(d.) means the ship was damaged.




Auf Feindfahrt mit U-170 und Ritterkreuzträger Rudolf Mühlbauer
Lange, Ulrich


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Auf Feindfahrt mit U-170 und Ritterkreuzträger Rudolf Mühlbauer. Lange, Ulrich, 2002.
K. und K. Korvettenkapitän George Ritter von Trapp. Schomaekers, Günter, 1964.
Mit Schwertern und Brillanten. Fraschka, Günter, 1958. (transl.)
Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes der U-Boot-Waffe. Kurowski, Franz, 1987. (transl.)
Ubootsgeist. Ritter, Paul, 1935.

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