Wolfpack Endrass

Endrass was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from 12 to 17 June 1942 in attacking Convoy HG 84 that comprised 23 Allied ships. The group's name commemorated the U-boat commander Engelbert Endrass, who was killed in action in December 1941.

U-boats, commanders and dates

• , Walter Flachsenberg, 12–16 June
• , Horst Uphoff, 12–17 June
• , Dietrich Lohmann, 12–17 June
• , Ernst Vogelsang, 12–17 June
• , Rudolf Schendel, 12–17 June
• , Werner-Karl Schulz, 12–17 June
• , Erich Topp, 12–17 June
• , Helmut Möhlmann, 12–17 June
• , Günther Heydemann, 12–17 June

Ships hit by this Wolfpack

Five ships of Convoy HG 84, assembled at Gibraltar for passage to Liverpool, were sunk, all by the U-boat U-552 in the early hours of 15 June.

Etrib, Pelayo & Slemdal

The first attack came at 00:59, about west of Corunna, Spain, when U-552 fired torpedoes at the convoy and hit and sank the 1,943-ton British merchant ship Etrib, the 1,346-ton British merchant ship Pelayo, and the 7,374-ton Norwegian tanker Slemdal.

City of Oxford and Thurso

U-552 struck again at 04:34, firing three torpedoes at the convoy. Two British merchant ships, the 2,759-ton and the 2,436-ton were hit and sunk.

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