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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 U-436 Günther Seibicke Albert L. Ellsworth  Norway 8,309 TM-1 Sunk
8 January 1943 U-436 Günther Seibicke Oltenia II  United Kingdom 6,394 TM-1 Sunk
9 January 1943 U-522 Herbert Schneider Minister Wedel  Norway 6,833 TM-1 Sunk
9 January 1943 U-522 Herbert Schneider Norvik  Panama 10,034 TM-1 Sunk
9 January 1943 U-442 Hans-Joachim Hesse Empire Lytton  United Kingdom 9,807 TM-1 Sunk
9 January 1943 U-511 Fritz Schneewind William Wilberforce  United Kingdom 5,004 Sunk
11 January 1943 U-522 Herbert Schneider British Dominion  United Kingdom 6,983 TM-1 Damaged
11 January 1943 U-620 Heinz Stein British Dominion  United Kingdom 6,983 TM-1 Sunk
25 January 1943 U-575 Günther Heydemann City of Flint  United States 4,963 UGS-4 Sunk
27 January 1943 U-442 Hans-Joachim Hesse Julia Ward Howe  United States 7,176 UGS-4 Sunk
27 January 1943 U-514 Hans-Jürgen Auffermann Charles C. Pinckney  United States 7,177 UGS-4 Sunk

U-boats involved

U-boat Commander From To Comment
U-87 Kapitänleutnant Joachim Berger[6] 20 January 1943 9 February 1943
U-107 Kapitänleutnant Harald Gelhaus[7] 11 February 1943 14 February 1943
U-125 Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Folkers[8] 5 January 1943 13 February 1943
U-202 Kapitänleutnant Günter Poser[9] 20 January 1943 9 February 1943
U-258 Oberleutnant zur See Leopold Koch[10] 23 January 1943 9 February 1943
U-268 Kapitänleutnant Hartwig Looks[11] 23 January 1943 9 February 1943
U-381 Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf von Pückler und Limpurg[12] 26 December 1942 14 February 1943
U-436 Korvettenkapitän Günther Seibicke[13] 26 December 1942 12 February 1943
U-442 Fregattenkapitän Hans-Joachim Hesse[14] 26 December 1942 12 February 1943 U-boat was sunk
U-463 Korvettenkapitän Leo Wolfbauer[15] 11 January 1943 14 January 1943
U-511 Kapitänleutnant Fritz Schneewind[16] 3 January 1943 14 February 1943
U-514 Kapitänleutnant Hans-Jürgen Auffermann[17] 5 January 1943 9 February 1943
U-522 Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schneider[18] 3 January 1943 14 February 1943
U-558 Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech[19] 24 January 1943 14 February 1943
U-571 Korvettenkapitän Helmut Möhlmann[20] 26 December 1942 19 January 1943
U-575 Kapitänleutnant Günther Heydemann[21] 26 December 1942 14 February 1943
U-620 Kapitänleutnant Heinz Stein[22] 26 December 1942 13 February 1943 U-boat was sunk

References

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