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Wolfpack Veilchen

{{One source|date=November 2014}}

{{infobox military unit

|unit_name=Wolfpack Veilchen

|dates=20 October 1942 -
7 November 1942

|country={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Kriegsmarine

|role=

|size=13 submarines

|command_structure=

|battles=Convoy SC 107

|commander1=

|commander1_label=

|commander2=

|commander2_label=

|commander3=

|commander3_label=

|notable_commanders=Siegfried von Forstner
Helmut Möhlmann

}}

Veilchen (Violet) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 20 October 1942 to 7 November 1942.

{{Cite web

|url =http://www.uboat.net/ops/wolfpacks/55.html

|title =Wolfpack Veilchen - Wolfpacks - U-boat Operations - uboat.net

|publisher =uboat.net

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

Service

The group was responsible for sinking eight merchant ships {{GRT|43,935|disp=long}} and damaging a further two merchant ships {{GRT|12,955|disp=long}}.

=Raiding History=

class="wikitable"
Date

|U-boat

|Name of ship

|Nationality

|Tons

|Convoy

|Fate

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-402

2}}

|align="left" |Dalcroy

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

|align="right" |4,558

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-402

2}}

|align="left" |Empire Antelope

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

|align="right" |4,945

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-402

2}}

|align="left" |Empire Leopard

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

|align="right" |5,676

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-402

2}}

|align="left" |Empire Sunrise

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

|align="right" |7,459

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-84|1941|2}}

|align="left" |Empire Sunrise

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

|align="right" |7,459

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-438

2}}

|align="left" |Hartington

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

|align="right" |5,496

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Damaged

align="right" |2 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-402

2}}

|align="left" |Rinos

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

|align="right" |4,649

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |3 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-89|1941|2}}

|align="left" |Jeypore

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

|align="right" |5,318

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |4 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-89|1941|2}}

|align="left" |Daleby

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

|align="right" |4,640

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

align="right" |4 November 1942

|align="center"|{{GS|U-442

2}}

|align="left" |Hatimura

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

|align="right" |6,690

|align="left" |SC 107

|align="left" |Sunk

colspan=4 align="right"|Total:

|align="right" |56,890

|colspan=2|

=U-boats=

class="wikitable"
width="50px" |U-boat

| width="300px"|Commander

| width="140px"|From

| width="140px"|To

align="center"|{{GS|U-71|1940|2}}

|align="left" |Hardo Rodler von Roithberg{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1015.html

|title=Hardo Rodler von Roithberg

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |7 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-84|1941|2}}

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

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1295.html

|title=Horst Uphoff

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |5 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-89|1941|2}}

|align="left" |Dietrich Lohmann{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/747.html

|title=Dietrich Lohmann

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |5 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-132|1941|2}}

|align="left" |Ernst Vogelsang{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1306.html

|title=Ernst Vogelsang

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |3 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-3812}}

|align="left" |Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf Pückler und Limpurg{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/949.html

|title=Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf Pückler und Limpurg

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |5 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4022}}

|align="left" |Siegfried von Forstner{{cite web

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

|title=Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner (Knight's Cross)

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |5 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4372}}

|align="left" |Werner-Karl Schulz{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1162.html

|title=Werner-Karl Schulz

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |27 October 1942

|align="right" |4 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4382}}

|align="left" |Rudolf Franzius{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/313.html

|title=Rudolf Franzius

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |5 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4422}}

|align="left" |Hans-Joachim Hesse{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1015.html

|title=Hans-Joachim Hesse

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |27 October 1942

|align="right" |4 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-4542}}

|align="left" |Burckhard Hackländer{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/398.html

|title=Burckhard Hackländer

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |7 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-5712}}

|align="left" |Helmut Möhlmann{{cite web

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

|title=Helmut Möhlmann (Knight's Cross)

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |7 November 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-6582}}

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

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1190.html

|title=Hans Senkel

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |30 October 1942

align="center"|{{GS|U-7042}}

|align="left" |Horst Wilhelm Kessler{{cite web

|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/598.html

|title=Horst Wilhelm Kessler

|last=Helgason

|first=Guðmundur

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

|accessdate=10 November 2014

}}

|align="right" |20 October 1942

|align="right" |7 November 1942

Bibliography

  • {{cite book

| last = Edwards

| first = Bernard

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

| year = 1996

| isbn = 0-304-35203-9

| pages = 144

| publisher = Cassell Military Classics

| ref = {{sfnRef|Edwards}}

}}

References

;Notes

{{Reflist}}

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Category:Wolfpacks of 1942