Wolfpack Delphin II explained

Unit Name:	Wolf pack Delphin II
Country:	Germany
Branch:	Kriegsmarine
Size:	17 submarines
Notable Commanders:	Joachim Berger Ulrich Folkers Harald Gelhaus Günther Heydemann Günther Krech Helmut Möhlmann Günther Seibicke,

Delphin II (Dolphin) was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, from 26 December 1942 to 14 February 1943.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

The group was responsible for sinking 10 merchant ships and damaging one ship; 2 of the pack's U-boats were sunk.

Raiding history

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Nationality	Tons	Convoy	Fate
8 January 1943		Günther Seibicke	Albert L. Ellsworth	Norway	8,309	TM-1	Sunk
8 January 1943		Günther Seibicke	Oltenia II	United Kingdom	6,394	TM-1	Sunk
9 January 1943		Herbert Schneider	Minister Wedel	Norway	6,833	TM-1	Sunk
9 January 1943		Herbert Schneider	Norvik	Panama	10,034	TM-1	Sunk
9 January 1943		Hans-Joachim Hesse	Empire Lytton	United Kingdom	9,807	TM-1	Sunk
9 January 1943		Fritz Schneewind	William Wilberforce	United Kingdom	5,004		Sunk
11 January 1943		Herbert Schneider	British Dominion	United Kingdom	6,983	TM-1	Damaged
11 January 1943		Heinz Stein	British Dominion	United Kingdom	6,983	TM-1	Sunk
25 January 1943		Günther Heydemann		United States	4,963	UGS-4	Sunk
27 January 1943		Hans-Joachim Hesse	Julia Ward Howe	United States	7,176	UGS-4	Sunk
27 January 1943		Hans-Jürgen Auffermann	Charles C. Pinckney	United States	7,177	UGS-4	Sunk

U-boats involved

U-boat	Commander	From	To	Comment
	Kapitänleutnant Joachim Berger^[6]	20 January 1943	9 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Harald Gelhaus^[7]	11 February 1943	14 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Folkers^[8]	5 January 1943	13 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Günter Poser^[9]	20 January 1943	9 February 1943
	Oberleutnant zur See Leopold Koch^[10]	23 January 1943	9 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Hartwig Looks^[11]	23 January 1943	9 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf von Pückler und Limpurg^[12]	26 December 1942	14 February 1943
	Korvettenkapitän Günther Seibicke^[13]	26 December 1942	12 February 1943
	Fregattenkapitän Hans-Joachim Hesse^[14]	26 December 1942	12 February 1943	U-boat was sunk
	Korvettenkapitän Leo Wolfbauer^[15]	11 January 1943	14 January 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Fritz Schneewind^[16]	3 January 1943	14 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Hans-Jürgen Auffermann^[17]	5 January 1943	9 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schneider^[18]	3 January 1943	14 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech^[19]	24 January 1943	14 February 1943
	Korvettenkapitän Helmut Möhlmann^[20]	26 December 1942	19 January 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Günther Heydemann^[21]	26 December 1942	14 February 1943
	Kapitänleutnant Heinz Stein^[22]	26 December 1942	13 February 1943	U-boat was sunk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wolfpack Delphin II . uboat.net . 18 Feb 2020.
2. Web site: Delphin (ii) . Codenames.info . 18 Feb 2020.
3. Book: Donald A. . Bertke . Don . Kindell . Gordon . Smith . Bertke Publications . 2015 . 978-1-937470-13-5 . World War II Sea War:Volume 8 Guadalcanal Secured.
4. Book: Bernard . Edwards . CPI UK . 2004 . 1-84415-035-6 . Twilight of the U-Boats.
5. Book: Jak . Mallmann Showell . Ian Allan Ltd . 1973 . 0-7110-0379-3 . U-Boats Under the Swastika.
6. Web site: Joachim Berger. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
7. Web site: Harald Gelhaus. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
8. Web site: Ulrich Folkers. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
9. Web site: Günter Poser. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
10. Web site: Leopold Koch. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
11. Web site: Hartwig Looks. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
12. Web site: Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf von Pückler und Limpurg. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
13. Web site: Günther Seibicke. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
14. Web site: Hans-Joachim Hesse. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
15. Web site: Leo Wolfbauer. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
16. Web site: Fritz Schneewind. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
17. Web site: Hans-Jürgen Auffermann. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
18. Web site: Herbert Schneider. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
19. Web site: Günther Krech. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
20. Web site: Helmut Möhlmann. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
21. Web site: Günther Heydemann. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.
22. Web site: Heinz Stein. u-boat.net. 18 February 2020.