Wolfpack Ungestüm

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]

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

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

References

Notes

1. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wolfpack Ungestüm". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
2. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Hunger". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Paul-Karl Loeser". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
4. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Siegfried Strelow (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
5. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinz-Konrad Fenn". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
6. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans-Martin Scheibe". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
7. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Walter von Steinaecker". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
8. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans-Peter Hinsch". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
9. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
10. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Höltring". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
11. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
12. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ralph Kapitzky". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
13. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hermann Schröder". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
14. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinrich Hasenschar". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

Bibliography

• Edwards, Bernard (1996). Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War. Cassell Military Classics. pp. 134, 136, 139. ISBN 0-304-35203-9.
• Blair, Clay (1997). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942-45. Hachette UK.