Wolfpack Ungestüm

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

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]

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.