Wolfpack Zieten

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Wolfpack Zieten 1
Active6–22 January 1942
CountryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Branch Kriegsmarine
Size12 submarines
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Peter-Erich Cremer
Rolf Mützelburg
Erich Topp
Karl Thurmann
Wolfpack Ziethen 2
Active23–29 March 1942
CountryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Branch Kriegsmarine
Size4 submarines

Zieten was the name given to two wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 during the Second World War, the first, larger and more successful was from 6 to 22 January 1942, the second, smaller from 23 to 29 March 1942. [1] [2]

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It was named after Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699–1786), a German cavalry officer at the time of Frederick the Great.

Zieten 1

The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships 39,900  gross register tons  (GRT) and damaging a further three merchant ships 17,621  GRT.

Raiding History

DateU-boatName of shipNationalityGRTConvoyFate
6 January 1942 U-701 Baron Erskine Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,657SC-62Sunk
15 January 1942 U-203 Catalina Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 632Sunk
15 January 1942 U-552 Dayrose Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,113Sunk
15 January 1942 U-553 Diala Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8,106ON 52Damaged
16 January 1942 U-86 Toorak Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8,627ON 52Damaged
17 January 1942 U-87 Nyholt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8,087ON 52Sunk
17 January 1942 U-203 Octavian Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,345Sunk
18 January 1942 U-86 Dimitrios G. Thermiotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4,271SC-63Sunk
18 January 1942 U-552 Frances Salman Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 2,609Sunk
21 January 1942 U-754 Belize Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2,153Sunk
21 January 1942 U-203 North Gaspe Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 888Damaged
22 January 1942 U-553 Innerøy Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8,260Sunk
22 January 1942 U-333 Vassilios A. Polemis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3,429ON 53Sunk
22 January 1942 U-754 William Hansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,344Sunk
Total:57,521

U-boats

U-boatCommanderFromTo
U-84 Horst Uphoff [3] 13 January 194222 January 1942
U-86 Walter Schug [4] 7 January 194222 January 1942
U-87 Joachim Berger [5] 6 January 194217 January 1942
U-135 Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius [6] 6 January 194220 January 1942
U-203 Rolf Mützelburg [7] 7 January 194222 January 1942
U-333 Peter-Erich Cremer [8] 17 January 194222 January 1942
U-552 Erich Topp [9] 6 January 194219 January 1942
U-553 Karl Thurmann [10] 6 January 194222 January 1942
U-582 Werner Schulte [11] 15 January 194222 January 1942
U-654 Ludwig Forster [12] 6 January 194222 January 1942
U-701 Horst Degen [13] 6 January 194222 January 1942
U-754 Hans Oestermann [14] 6 January 194222 January 1942

Zieten 2

The group had no success and lost one U-boat.

U-boats

U-boatCommanderFromTo
U-209 Heinrich Brodda [15] 23 March 194229 March 1942
U-376 Friedrich-Karl Marks [16] 23 March 194229 March 1942
U-378 Alfred Hoschatt [17] 23 March 194229 March 1942
U-655 Adolf Dumrese [18] 23 March 194224 March 1942

References

Notes
  1. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wolfpack Ziethen 1". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wolfpack Ziethen 2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Uphoff". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Walter Schug". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Joachim Berger". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Rolf Mützelburg (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Peter-Erich Cremer (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Erich Topp (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  10. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Karl Thurmann (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  11. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Werner Schulte". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  12. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ludwig Forster". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  13. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Degen". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  14. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Oestermann". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  15. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinrich Brodda". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  16. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Friedrich-Karl Marks". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  17. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Alfred Hoschatt". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  18. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Adolf Dumrese". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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