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'''Endrass''' was a "[[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]" of German [[U-boat]]s that operated from 12 to 17 June 1942 in attacking [[Convoy HG 84]] that comprised 23 Allied ships. The group's name commemorated the U-boat commander [[Engelbert Endrass]], who was killed in action in December 1941.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/ops/wolfpacks/33.html
 |title=Wolfpack Endrass
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=27 January 2010
}}</ref>

==U-boats, commanders and dates==
* {{GS|U-71|1940|2}}, Walter Flachsenberg, 12–16 June
* {{GS|U-84|1941|2}}, Horst Uphoff, 12–17 June
* {{GS|U-89|1941|2}}, Dietrich Lohmann, 12–17 June	 
* {{GS|U-132|1941|2}}, [[Ernst Vogelsang]], 12–17 June 
* {{GS|U-134|1941|2}}, Rudolf Schendel, 12–17 June
* {{GS|U-437||2}}, Werner-Karl Schulz, 12–17 June
* {{GS|U-552||2}}, [[Erich Topp]], 12–17 June
* {{GS|U-571||2}}, [[Helmut Möhlmann]], 12–17 June
* {{GS|U-575||2}}, [[Günther Heydemann]], 12–17 June

==Ships hit by this Wolfpack==
Five ships of [[Convoy HG 84]], assembled at [[Gibraltar]] for passage to [[Liverpool]], were sunk, all by the U-boat ''U-552'' in the early hours of 15 June.

===Etrib, Pelayo & Slemdal===
The first attack came at 00:59, about {{convert|700|km|nmi}} west of [[A Coruña|Corunna]], [[Spain]], when ''U-552'' fired torpedoes at the convoy and hit and sank the 1,943-ton British merchant ship ''Etrib'',<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1805.html
 |title=Etrib (Steam merchant)
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=27 January 2010
}}</ref> the 1,346-ton British merchant ship ''Pelayo'',<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1804.html
 |title=Pelayo (Motor merchant)
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=27 January 2010
}}</ref> and the 7,374-ton Norwegian [[tank ship|tanker]] ''Slemdal''.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1811.html
 |title=Slemdal (Motor tanker)
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=27 January 2010
}}</ref>

===''City of Oxford'' and ''Thurso''===
''U-552'' struck again at 04:34, firing three torpedoes at the convoy. Two British merchant ships, the 2,759-ton {{SS|City of Oxford||2}}<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1808.html
 |title=City of Oxford (Steam merchant)
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=27 January 2010
}}</ref> and the 2,436-ton {{SS|Thurso||2}}<ref>{{Cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1806.html
 |title=Thurso (Steam merchant)
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=27 January 2010
}}</ref> were hit and sunk.

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