Wolfpack Ungestüm

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Wolfpack Ungestüm
Active 11 December 1942 - 30 December 1942
Country  Nazi Germany
Branch Kriegsmarine
Size 13 submarines
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Siegfried Strelow

Ungestüm (Vehemence) was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 11 December 1942 to 30 December 1942.[1]

Ungestüm

The group was responsible for sinking nine merchant ships 33,130 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging one merchant ship 5,701 GRT.

Raiding History

Date U-boat Name of ship GRT Nationality Convoy Fate
21 December 1942 U-591 Montreal City 3,066  United Kingdom ON-152 Sunk
28 December 1942 U-591 Norse King 5,701  Norway ONS-154 Damaged
29 December 1942 U-435 Empire Shackleton 7,068  United Kingdom ONS-154 Sunk
29 December 1942 U-628 Lynton Grange 5,029  United Kingdom ONS-154 Sunk
29 December 1942 U-435 Norse King 5,701  Norway ONS-154 Sunk
29 December 1942 U-336 President Francqui 4,919  Belgium ONS-154 Sunk
29 December 1942 U-591 Zarian 4,871  United Kingdom ONS-154 Sunk
30 December 1942 U-435 HMS Fidelity 2,456  Royal Navy ONS-154 Sunk
30 December 1942 U-435 HMS LCV-752 10  Royal Navy ONS-154 Sunk while being transported
30 December 1942 U-435 HMS LCV-754 10  Royal Navy ONS-154 Sunk while being transported
38,831

U-boats

U-boat Commander From To
U-336 Hans Hunger[2] 11 December 1942 30 December 1942
U-373 Paul-Karl Loeser[3] 15 December 1942 26 December 1942
U-435 Siegfried Strelow [4] 11 December 1942 30 December 1942
U-445 Heinz-Konrad Fenn[5] 15 December 1942 25 December 1942
U-455 Hans-Martin Scheibe[6] 11 December 1942 30 December 1942
U-524 Walter von Steinaecker[7] 11 December 1942 23 December 1942
U-569 Hans-Peter Hinsch[8] 11 December 1942 22 December 1942
U-591 Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche[9] 11 December 1942 30 December 1942
U-604 Horst Höltring[10] 11 December 1942 22 December 1942
U-610 Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen[11] 11 December 1942 13 December 1942
U-615 Ralph Kapitzky[12] 11 December 1942 30 December 1942
U-623 Hermann Schröder[13] 11 December 1942 13 December 1942
U-628 Heinrich Hasenschar[14] 11 December 1942 30 December 1942

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