Wolf pack Breslau | |
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Active | 2 October 1941 - 29 October 1941 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Kriegsmarine |
Size | 6 submarines |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Klaus Bargsten Hans-Werner Kraus Reinhard Suhren |
Breslau was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1943 from 2 October 1941 to 29 October 1941. [1]
The wolfpack was a mass-attack tactic against convoys used by German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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The group was responsible for sinking 7 merchant ships (21,578 gross register tons (GRT)), 2 warships (2,795 tons) and 1 warship damaged (6,746 tons).
Gross register tonnage or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 m3). Gross register tonnage uses the total permanently enclosed capacity of the vessel as its basis for volume. Typically this is used for dockage fees, canal transit fees, and similar purposes where it is appropriate to charge based on the size of the entire vessel.
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nationality | Convoy | Fate |
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12 October 1941 | U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus | Corte Real | ![]() | 2,044 | Sunk | |
14 October 1941 | U-204 | Walter Kell | Aingeru Guardakoa | ![]() | 97 | Sunk | |
14 October 1941 | U-206 | Herbert Opitz | HMS Fleur de Lys | ![]() | 925 | OG-75 | Sunk |
19 October 1941 | U-206 | Herbert Opitz | Baron Kelvin | ![]() | 3,081 | Sunk | |
19 October 1941 | U-204 | Walter Kell | Inverlee | ![]() | 9,158 | Sunk | |
24 October 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | Alhama | ![]() | 1,352 | HG-75 | Sunk |
24 October 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | Ariosto | ![]() | 2,176 | HG-75 | Sunk |
24 October 1941 | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | Carsbreck | ![]() | 3,670 | HG-75 | Sunk |
24 October 1941 | U-563 | Klaus Bargsten | HMS Cossack | ![]() | 1,870 | HG-75 | Sunk |
26 October 1941 | U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus | HMS Ariguani | ![]() | 6,746 | HG-75 | Damaged |
U-boat | Commander | From | To |
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U-71 | Walter Flachsenberg [2] | 2 October 1941 | 29 October 1941 |
U-83 | Hans-Werner Kraus [3] | 2 October 1941 | 29 October 1941 |
U-204 | Walter Kell [4] | 5 October 1941 | 19 October 1941 |
U-206 | Herbert Opitz [5] | 2 October 1941 | 23 October 1941 |
U-563 | Klaus Bargsten [6] | 4 October 1941 | 29 October 1941 |
U-564 | Reinhard Suhren [7] | 2 October 1941 | 29 October 1941 |
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