Wolfpacks

Meise

This wolfpack operated from 20 Apr 1943 to 27 Apr 1943.

Notes: Already on 11 April this group had been formed with 7 boats and until the 20th 13 more boats joined the pack.

U-boats involved with this Wolfpack were:

U-boatCommanderFromToNotes
U-84Horst Uphoff20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-108Ralf-Reimar Wolfram20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-134Hans-Günther Brosin20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-191Helmut Fiehn20 Apr 194323 Apr 1943U-boat was lost
U-203Hermann Kottmann20 Apr 194325 Apr 1943U-boat was lost
U-257Heinz Rahe20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-258Wilhelm von Mässenhausen20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-267Otto Tinschert20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-306Claus von Trotha20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-381Graf Wilhelm-Heinrich Pückler und Limpurg20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-404Otto von Bülow20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-413Gustav Poel20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-415Kurt Neide20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-438Heinrich Heinsohn20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-552Klaus Popp20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-571Helmut Möhlmann20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-598Gottfried Holtorf20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-610Walter von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-613Helmut Köppe20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-631Jürgen Krüger20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 
U-706Alexander von Zitzewitz20 Apr 194327 Apr 1943 

Daily positions of Wolfpack Meise

Resource id #50

ms = 49.39N40.45W,48.45N39.15W,47.51N37.45W,47.51N39.15W,49.39N36.15W,50.33N33.15W,49.39N31.45W,48.45N28.45W,50.33N40.45W,55.03N40.45W,56.51N40.00W,58.39N34.36W,55.57N37.45W,55.03N37.45W,55.03N36.15W,55.03N36.15W,53.15N46.45W,56.51N49.00W,57.45N41.48W,55.57N37.45W,52.21N31.45W,50.33N25.45W,48.45N21.15W,46.03N19.45W,52.21N42.15W,56.07N44.26W,56.51N45.24W,56.45N34.25W,53.15N46.45W,56.51N47.12W,54.09N46.45W,55.03N46.45W,54.09N45.15W,55.05N42.25W,50.33N40.45W,48.45N37.45W,48.45N37.45W,48.45N39.15W,49.39N36.15W,50.33N34.45W,51.27N34.45W,50.33N31.45W,50.33N40.45W,54.09N40.45W,57.45N40.00W,58.39N36.24W,60.27N31.00W,58.39N24.42W,58.39N29.12W,58.39N31.00W,53.15N45.15W,55.57N46.45W,57.45N43.36W,57.45N38.12W,59.33N31.00W,59.33N25.36W,56.51N27.24W,55.03N28.45W,53.15N46.45W,56.51N47.12W,57.30N42.50W,59.05N35.40W,60.27N31.00W,59.33N23.48W,57.45N27.24W,55.03N30.15W,51.27N42.15W,55.03N42.15W,56.51N41.48W,57.45N36.24W,57.45N36.24W,57.45N32.48W,58.39N32.48W,58.39N32.48W,51.27N42.15W,50.33N40.45W,49.39N36.15W,48.45N39.15W,51.27N37.45W,54.09N39.15W,53.15N37.45W,51.27N34.45W,52.21N43.45W,55.46N45.14W,57.45N41.48W,58.39N36.24W,59.33N31.00W,59.33N25.36W,58.39N23.48W,57.45N27.24W,52.21N45.15W,55.46N45.14W,54.09N45.15W,54.09N45.15W,52.21N52.45W,50.33N34.45W,49.39N30.15W,49.39N25.45W,52.21N43.45W,55.57N43.45W,55.03N45.15W,53.15N45.15W,54.09N43.45W,55.03N42.15W,55.03N42.15W,55.03N46.45W,53.15N45.15W,55.57N46.45W,57.45N41.48W,58.39N36.24W,59.33N31.00W,59.33N27.24W,58.39N31.00W,58.39N31.00W,51.27N42.15W,55.03N42.15W,56.51N43.36W,54.09N37.45W,51.27N34.45W,50.33N33.15W,49.39N28.45W,47.51N34.45W,52.21N43.45W,55.57N43.45W,57.45N41.48W,58.39N36.24W,60.27N31.00W,58.39N25.36W,57.45N29.12W,55.57N30.15W,50.33N40.45W,54.09N42.15W,57.45N41.48W,58.39N36.24W,59.33N31.00W,59.33N27.24W,56.51N29.12W,54.09N30.15W,51.27N42.15W,55.03N42.15W,55.03N45.15W,53.15N40.45W,51.27N37.45W,50.33N33.15W,49.39N28.45W,47.51N25.45W,53.15N46.45W,55.57N46.45W,56.51N41.48W,57.45N34.36W,59.33N31.00W,59.33N25.36W,58.39N27.24W,55.57N28.45W,52.21N45.15W,55.57N45.15W,54.09N46.45W,53.15N46.45W,54.09N43.45W,54.09N42.15W,54.09N42.15W,53.15N43.45W


Map provided by our Daily Positions of U-boats project.

Ships hit by this Wolfpack

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
21 Apr 1943U-415Kurt Neide Ashantian4,917brONS-3
21 Apr 1943U-191Helmut Fiehn Scebeli3,025nwON-178
21 Apr 1943U-415Kurt Neide Wanstead (d.)5,486brONS-3
21 Apr 1943U-413Gustav Poel Wanstead5,486brONS-3
22 Apr 1943U-306Claus von Trotha Amerika10,218brHX-234
23 Apr 1943U-306Claus von Trotha Silvermaple (d.)5,313brHX-234
 34,445

4 ships sunk (23,646 tons) and 2 ships damaged (10,799 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


Return to Wolfpacks main page