Wolfpack Leuthen

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Leuthen was the given name to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1943 from 15 to 24 September 1943[1]

Service history

Leuthen was formed in September 1943 and was established to renew the attack on the North Atlantic route. Following the defeats of May 1943, and the devastating losses incurred by the U-boat Arm (U-Bootwaffe, UBW) then, Admiral Dönitz had withdrawn from attacks on the North Atlantic route while awaiting tactical and technical improvements. By September 1943 these were ready.

Leuthen operated against convoys ONS 18 and ON 202, which were travelling together; U-boats from Leuthen sank 6 ships of Template:GRT and 3 escorts in this battle, but lost 3 boats ( U-229, U-338, and U-341) destroyed, and 3 forced to return with damage, in attacks by aircraft and surface vessels.

Leuthen was disbanded after this assault, at the end of September; of the remaining 15 boats, 3 returned to base and 12 formed the core of a new patrol line, code-named Rossbach.

Raiding History

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Nationality Tons Convoy Fate
20 September 1943 Template:GS Horst Hepp Frederick Douglass File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 ON 202 Damaged
20 September 1943 Template:GS Otto Ferro Frederick Douglass File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 ON 202 Sunk
20 September 1943 Template:GS Rudolf Bahr Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Template:Navy/core 1,190 ON 202 Sunk
20 September 1943 Template:GS Paul-Friedrich Otto Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Template:Navy/core 1,370 ON 202 Total loss
20 September 1943 Template:GS Horst Hepp Theodore Dwight Weld File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 ON 202 Sunk
21 September 1943 Template:GS Oskar Curio Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Template:Navy/core 925 ON 202 Sunk
23 September 1943 Template:GS Horst Hepp Fort Jemseg File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7,134 ON 202 Sunk
23 September 1943 Template:GS Herbert Engel Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Template:Navy/core 1,370 ON 202 Sunk
23 September 1943 Template:GS Oskar Curio James Gordon Bennett File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 ON 202 Damaged
23 September 1943 Template:GS Horst Hepp Oregon Express File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3,642 ON 202 Sunk
23 September 1943 Template:GS Horst Hepp Skjelbred File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5,096 ON 202 Sunk
23 September 1943 Template:GS Oskar Curio Steel Voyager File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 6,198 ON 202 Sunk

U-boats

U-boat Commander From To Notes
Template:GS Robert Schetelig 15 September 1943 23 September 1943 Destroyed; depth-charge, gunfire and ramming by HMS Keppel
Template:GS Horst Hepp[2] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 Returned to base
Template:GS Hubertus Purkhold[3] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Paul-Friedrich Otto[4] 15 September 1943 23 September 1943 Returned to base
Template:GS Helmut Bork[5] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Rudolf Bahr[6] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Manfred Kinzel[7] 15 September 1943 20 September 1943 Destroyed; Liberator F/120Sqdn, HMCS Drumheller
Template:GS Dietrich Epp[8] 15 September 1943 19 September 1943 Destroyed; depth-charge by Liberator A/10Sqdn RCAF
Template:GS Gerhard Kluth[9] 15 September 1943 22 September 1943 Returned to base
Template:GS Erich Mäder[10] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Fritz Albrecht[11] 15 September 1943 21 September 1943 Returned to base
Template:GS Siegfried von Forstner[12] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Wolfgang Poeschel[13] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 Returned to base; destroyed en route 4 October 1943
Template:GS Joachim Deecke[14] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Rudolf Baltz[15] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Horst Rendtel[16] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Otto Ferro[17] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Herbert Engel[18] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Werner Techand[19] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Helmut Manseck[20] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach
Template:GS Oskar Curio[21] 15 September 1943 24 September 1943 to group Rossbach

The name

The name "Leuthen" was a reference to the battle of Leuthen fought by Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War.

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