Wolf pack Delphin II | |
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Active | 26 December 1942 - 14 February 1943 |
Country | Germany |
Branch | Kriegsmarine |
Size | 17 submarines |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Joachim Berger Ulrich Folkers Harald Gelhaus Günther Heydemann Günther Krech Helmut Möhlmann Günther Seibicke, |
Delphin II (Dolphin) was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, from 26 December 1942 to 14 February 1943. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The group was responsible for sinking 10 merchant ships and damaging one ship; 2 of the pack's U-boats were sunk.
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Nationality | Tons | Convoy | Fate |
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8 January 1943 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | Albert L. Ellsworth | Norway | 8,309 | TM-1 | Sunk |
8 January 1943 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | Oltenia II | United Kingdom | 6,394 | TM-1 | Sunk |
9 January 1943 | U-522 | Herbert Schneider | Minister Wedel | Norway | 6,833 | TM-1 | Sunk |
9 January 1943 | U-522 | Herbert Schneider | Norvik | Panama | 10,034 | TM-1 | Sunk |
9 January 1943 | U-442 | Hans-Joachim Hesse | Empire Lytton | United Kingdom | 9,807 | TM-1 | Sunk |
9 January 1943 | U-511 | Fritz Schneewind | William Wilberforce | United Kingdom | 5,004 | Sunk | |
11 January 1943 | U-522 | Herbert Schneider | British Dominion | United Kingdom | 6,983 | TM-1 | Damaged |
11 January 1943 | U-620 | Heinz Stein | British Dominion | United Kingdom | 6,983 | TM-1 | Sunk |
25 January 1943 | U-575 | Günther Heydemann | City of Flint | United States | 4,963 | UGS-4 | Sunk |
27 January 1943 | U-442 | Hans-Joachim Hesse | Julia Ward Howe | United States | 7,176 | UGS-4 | Sunk |
27 January 1943 | U-514 | Hans-Jürgen Auffermann | Charles C. Pinckney | United States | 7,177 | UGS-4 | Sunk |
U-boat | Commander | From | To | Comment |
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U-87 | Kapitänleutnant Joachim Berger [6] | 20 January 1943 | 9 February 1943 | |
U-107 | Kapitänleutnant Harald Gelhaus [7] | 11 February 1943 | 14 February 1943 | |
U-125 | Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Folkers [8] | 5 January 1943 | 13 February 1943 | |
U-202 | Kapitänleutnant Günter Poser [9] | 20 January 1943 | 9 February 1943 | |
U-258 | Oberleutnant zur See Leopold Koch [10] | 23 January 1943 | 9 February 1943 | |
U-268 | Kapitänleutnant Hartwig Looks [11] | 23 January 1943 | 9 February 1943 | |
U-381 | Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf von Pückler und Limpurg [12] | 26 December 1942 | 14 February 1943 | |
U-436 | Korvettenkapitän Günther Seibicke [13] | 26 December 1942 | 12 February 1943 | |
U-442 | Fregattenkapitän Hans-Joachim Hesse [14] | 26 December 1942 | 12 February 1943 | U-boat was sunk |
U-463 | Korvettenkapitän Leo Wolfbauer [15] | 11 January 1943 | 14 January 1943 | |
U-511 | Kapitänleutnant Fritz Schneewind [16] | 3 January 1943 | 14 February 1943 | |
U-514 | Kapitänleutnant Hans-Jürgen Auffermann [17] | 5 January 1943 | 9 February 1943 | |
U-522 | Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schneider [18] | 3 January 1943 | 14 February 1943 | |
U-558 | Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech [19] | 24 January 1943 | 14 February 1943 | |
U-571 | Korvettenkapitän Helmut Möhlmann [20] | 26 December 1942 | 19 January 1943 | |
U-575 | Kapitänleutnant Günther Heydemann [21] | 26 December 1942 | 14 February 1943 | |
U-620 | Kapitänleutnant Heinz Stein [22] | 26 December 1942 | 13 February 1943 | U-boat was sunk |