Wolfpack Steinbrinck Explained

Unit Name:	Wolfpack Steinbrinck
Dates:	3–11 August 1942
Branch:	Kriegsmarine
Size:	14 submarines
Battles:	Convoy ON 115 Convoy SC 94
Notable Commanders:	Gerd Kelbling Ernst Mengersen Erich Topp

Steinbrinck was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 3 August 1942 to 11 August 1942.^[1]

Name

The group was named after Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949) German U-boat commander in WW I on,, and . He sank 204 ships for a total of

Service

The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships and damaging a further three merchant ships .

Raiding Summary

Date	U-boat	Name	Nationality	Tonnage(GRT)	Convoy	Fate
3 August 1942		G.S. Walden	United Kingdom	10,627	ON 115	Damaged
3 August 1942		Lochkatrine	United Kingdom	9,419	ON 115	Sunk
4 August 1942		Belgian Soldier	Belgium	7,167	ON 115	Sunk
5 August 1942		Spar	Netherlands	3,616	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942		Anneberg	United Kingdom	2,537	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942		Kaimoku	United States	6,367	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942		Kelso	United Kingdom	3,956	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942		Mount Kassion	Greece	7,914	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942		Trehata	United Kingdom	4,817	SC 94	Sunk
9 August 1942		Radchurch	United Kingdom	3,701	SC 94	Sunk
10 August 1942		Cape Race	United Kingdom	3,807	SC 94	Sunk
10 August 1942		Condylis	Greece	4,439	SC 94	Damaged
10 August 1942		Empire Reindeer	United Kingdom	6,259	SC 94	Sunk
10 August 1942		Oregon	United Kingdom	6,008	SC 94	Damaged

U-boats

U-boat	Commander	From	To	Notes
	Hardo Rodler von Roithberg^[2]	3 August 1942	7 August 1942
	Reiner Dierksen^[3]	5 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Rudolf Lemcke^[4]	3 August 1942	6 August 1942	U-boat was lost
	Odo Loewe^[5]	7 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Paul-Hugo Kettner^[6]	3 August 1942	8 August 1942	U-boat was lost
	Burckhard Hackländer^[7]	3 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Erich Topp^[8]	3 August 1942	4 August 1942
	Gerd Kelbling^[9]	3 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Jürgen Quaet-Faslem^[10]	6 August 1942	9 August 1942
	Eberhard Bopst^[11]	3 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Herbert-Viktor Schütze^[12]	7 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Ernst Mengersen^[13]	3 August 1942	10 August 1942
	Götz Baur^[14]	6 August 1942	11 August 1942
	Horst Wilhelm Kessler^[15]	3 August 1942	11 August 1942

Bibliography

• Book: Edwards , Bernard . Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War . 1996 . 0-304-35203-9 . 89, 91, 92, 95, 100 . Cassell Military Classics . .

References

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wolfpack Steinbrinck . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
2. Web site: Hardo Rodler von Roithberg . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
3. Web site: Reiner Dierksen . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
4. Web site: Rudolf Lemcke . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
5. Web site: Odo Loewe . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
6. Web site: Paul-Hugo Kettner . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
7. Web site: Burckhard Hackländer . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
8. Web site: Erich Topp (Knight's Cross) . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
9. Web site: Gerd Kelbling (Knight's Cross) . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
10. Web site: Jürgen Quaet-Faslem . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
11. Web site: Eberhard Bopst . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
12. Web site: Herbert-Viktor Schütze . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
13. Web site: Ernst Mengersen (Knight's Cross) . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
14. Web site: Götz Baur . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.
15. Web site: Horst Wilhelm Kessler . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 22 October 2014.