Wolfpack Wolf

Wolf was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 13 July to 1 August 1942, attacking Convoy ON 115 in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. They sank two ships sunk totalling Template:GRT and damaged another (Template:GRT).

U-Boats & Commanders

The wolfpack comprised eleven U-boats, namely

U-Boat	Commander	From	To	Notes
Template:GS	Hans-Joachim Schwantke	13 Jul 1942	30 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Hardo Rodler von Roithberg	13 Jul 1942	30 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Walter Schug	13 Jul 1942	31 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Hans-Jürgen Oldörp	13 Jul 1942	24 Jul 1942	Depth-charged and sunk by Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (I81)
Template:GS	Paul-Hugo Kettner	13 Jul 1942	1 Aug 1942
Template:GS	Burckhard Hackländer	13 Jul 1942	30 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Wolf-Harro Stiebler	26 Jul 1942	1 Aug 1942
Template:GS	Erich Topp	13 Jul 1942	30 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Eberhard Bopst	13 Jul 1942	30 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Ernst Mengersen	25 Jul 1942	30 Jul 1942
Template:GS	Horst Wilhelm Kessler	13 Jul 1942	31 Jul 1942

Ships hit by this wolfpack

Broompark

U-552 struck again at 04:09 hours on 25 July, hitting the 5,136-ton British merchant ship Broompark. The ship was taken in tow by the tug , but sank on 28 July about SW of St. Johns. The master and three men were lost, while 38 men and 7 gunners were picked up by HMCS Brandon.

Empire Rainbow

At 07.57 hours on 26 July the 6,942-ton British merchant ship Empire Rainbow was hit and damaged by a torpedo fired by Template:GS about E of Cape Race. Later, at 08.11, the ship was hit again, this time by a torpedo fired by Template:GS, which sank her. The entire crew; Master, 38 men and 8 gunners were picked up by and .