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Wolfpack Ungestüm

{{infobox military unit

|unit_name= Wolfpack Ungestüm

|dates= 11 December 1942 - 30 December 1942

|country= {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch= Kriegsmarine

|role=

|size= 13 submarines

|command_structure=

|battles=

|commander1=

|commander1_label=

|commander2=

|commander2_label=

|commander3=

|commander3_label=

|notable_commanders=Siegfried Strelow

}}

Ungestüm (Vehemence) was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 11 December 1942 to 30 December 1942.{{Cite web

|url = http://www.uboat.net/ops/wolfpacks/67.html

|title = Wolfpack Ungestüm

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate= 22 November 2014

}}

Ungestüm

The group was responsible for sinking nine merchant ships {{GRT|33,130|disp=long}} and damaging one merchant ship {{GRT|5,701}}.

=Raiding History=

class="wikitable"
Date

! U-boat

! Name of ship

! GRT

! Nationality

! Convoy

! Fate

align="right" |21 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-591

2}}

|align="left" |Montreal City

|align="right" |3,066

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="left" |ON-152

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |28 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-591

2}}

|align="left" |Norse King

|align="right" |5,701

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right" |29 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-435

2}}

|align="left" |Empire Shackleton

|align="right" |7,068

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |29 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-628

2}}

|align="left" |Lynton Grange

|align="right" |5,029

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |29 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-435

2}}

|align="left" |Norse King

|align="right" |5,701

|align="left" |{{flag|Norway}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |29 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-336

2}}

|align="left" |President Francqui

|align="right" |4,919

|align="left" |{{flag|Belgium}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |29 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-591

2}}

|align="left" |Zarian

|align="right" |4,871

|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |30 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-435

2}}

|align="left" |{{HMS|Fidelity|D57|6}}

|align="right" |2,456

|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |30 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-435

2}}

|align="left" |HMS LCV-752

|align="right" |10

|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" |Sunk while being transported

align="right" |30 December 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-435

2}}

|align="left" |HMS LCV-754

|align="right" |10

|align="left" |{{navy|United Kingdom}}

|align="left" |ONS-154

|align="left" | Sunk while being transported

colspan=4 align="right" |38,831

|

|

|

=U-boats=

class="wikitable"
U-boat

! Commander

! From

! To

align="center"|{{GS|U-3362}}

|align="left" |Hans Hunger{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/527.html

|title=Hans Hunger

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |30 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-3732}}

|align="left" |Paul-Karl Loeser{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/744.html

|title=Paul-Karl Loeser

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |15 December 1942

|align="right" |26 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4352}}

|align="left" |Siegfried Strelow{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/strelow.html

|title=Siegfried Strelow (Knight's Cross)

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |30 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4452}}

|align="left" |Heinz-Konrad Fenn{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/275.html

|title=Heinz-Konrad Fenn

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |15 December 1942

|align="right" |25 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4552}}

|align="left" |Hans-Martin Scheibe{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1072.html

|title=Hans-Martin Scheibe

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |30 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-5242}}

|align="left" |Walter von Steinaecker{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1221.html

|title=Walter von Steinaecker

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |23 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-5692}}

|align="left" |Hans-Peter Hinsch{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/492.html

|title=Hans-Peter Hinsch

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |22 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-5912}}

|align="left" |Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1398.html

|title=Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |30 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-6042}}

|align="left" |Horst Höltring{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/498.html

|title=Horst Höltring

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |22 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-6102}}

|align="left" |Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/319.html

|title=Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |13 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-6152}}

|align="left" |Ralph Kapitzky{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/581.html

|title=Ralph Kapitzky

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |30 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-6232}}

|align="left" |Hermann Schröder{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1132.html

|title=Hermann Schröder

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |13 December 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-6282}}

|align="left" |Heinrich Hasenschar{{cite web

|url= http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/428.html

|title=Heinrich Hasenschar

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net

|accessdate=22 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |11 December 1942

|align="right" |30 December 1942

References

;Notes

{{Reflist}}

;Bibliography

  • {{cite book

| last = Edwards

| first = Bernard

| title = Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War

| year = 1996

| pages = 134, 136, 139

| isbn = 0-304-35203-9

| publisher = Cassell Military Classics

| ref = {{sfnRef|Edwards}}

}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Blair

| first = Clay

| title = Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942-45

| year = 1997

| publisher = Hachette UK

| ref = {{sfnRef|Blair}}

}}

{{Uboat}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ungestum}}

Category:Wolfpacks of 1942