Wolfpacks

Specht

This wolfpack operated from 27 Apr 1943 to 4 May 1943.

Notes: Gruppe first formed with 17 boats on 22 Apr to intercept convoy SC-127 but without success. The pack is then regrouped with 20 boats on 27 Apr in order to attack HX-235. On 4 May most of the boats go to gruppe Fink to attack ONS-5.

U-boats involved with this Wolfpack were:

U-boatCommanderFromToNotes
U-92Adolf Oelrich27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-108Ralf-Reimar Wolfram27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-125Ulrich Folkers27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-168Helmuth Pich27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-226Rolf Borchers27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-260Hubertus Purkhold27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-264Hartwig Looks27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-270Paul-Friedrich Otto27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-358Rolf Manke27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-438Heinrich Heinsohn27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-514Hans-Jürgen Auffermann27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-584Joachim Deecke27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-614Wolfgang Sträter27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-628Heinrich Hasenschar27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-630Werner Winkler27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-662Heinz-Eberhard Müller27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-706Alexander von Zitzewitz27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-707Günter Gretschel27 Apr 19434 May 1943 
U-732Claus-Peter Carlsen27 Apr 19434 May 1943 

Daily positions of Wolfpack Specht

Resource id #48

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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
4 May 1943U-125Ulrich Folkers Lorient4,737brONS-5
 4,737

1 ship sunk (4,737 tons).


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