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{{infobox military unit |unit_name= Wolfpack West |dates= 8 May - 20 June 1941 |country= {{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch= Kriegsmarine |role= |size= 23 submarines |command_structure= |battles=Convoy OB 317 Convoy OB 318 Convoy OB 322 Convoy OB 327 Convoy OB 328 Convoy OB 329 Convoy OB 330 Convoy SC 30 Convoy HX 126 Convoy HX 128 |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders=Gerhard Bigalk Engelbert Endrass Robert Gysae Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat Wilhelm Kleinschmidt Claus Korth Herbert Kuppisch Fritz-Julius Lemp Wolfgang Lüth Ernst Mengersen Adalbert Schnee Klaus Scholtz Heinrich Schonder Herbert Schultze Robert Gysae Karl Thurmann Helmut Rosenbaum Herbert Wohlfarth Robert-Richard Zapp }}West was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 8 May 1941 to 20 June 1941.[1]This wolfpack was responsible for sinking 33 ships ({{GRT|191,414|disp=long}}) and damaging a further four ships ({{GRT|33,448}}), making it one of the most successful wolfpacks of World War II. Raiding SummaryDate | U-boat | Name of ship | Nationality | Tons | Convoy | Comments | 8 May 1941 | {{GS|U-97|1940|2}} | Ramillies | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,553 | OB 317 | Sunk | 9 May 1941 | {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} | Bengore Head | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 2,609 | OB 318 | Sunk | 9 May 1941 | {{GS|U-201 | 2} | Empire Cloud | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,969 | OB 318 | Damaged | 9 May 1941 | {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} | Esmond | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,976 | OB 318 | Sunk | 9 May 1941 | {{GS|U-201 | 2} | Gregalia | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,802 | OB 318 | Sunk | 10 May 1941 | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | Aelybryn | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,986 | OB 318 | Damaged | 10 May 1941 | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | Empire Caribou | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,861 | OB 318 | Sunk | 10 May 1941 | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | Gand | {{flag|Belgium}} | 5,086 | OB 318 | Sunk | 13 May 1941 | {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} | {{HMS|Salopian|F94|6}} | {{navy|United Kingdom}} | 10,549 | SC 30 | Sunk | 13 May 1941 | {{GS|U-111|1940|2}} | Somersby | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,170 | SC 30 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | British Security | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 8,470 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | Cockaponset | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,995 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | Darlington Court | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,974 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} | Harpagus | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,173 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} | John P. Pedersen | {{flag|Norway}} | 6,128 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} | Norman Monarch | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,718 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} | Rothermere | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,356 | HX 126 | Sunk | 20 May 1941 | {{GS|U-111|1940|2}} | San Felix | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 13,037 | OB 322 | Damaged | 21 May 1941 | {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} | Elusa | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 6,235 | HX 126 | Sunk | 21 May 1941 | {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} | Marconi | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 7,402 | OB 322 | Sunk | 22 May 1941 | {{GS|U-111|1940|2}} | Barnby | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,813 | HX 126 | Sunk | 29 May 1941 | {{GS|U-557 | 2} | Empire Storm | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 7,290 | HX 128 | Sunk | 2 June 1941 | {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} | Michael E. | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 7,628 | OB 327 | Sunk | 3 June 1941 | {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} | Eibergen | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 4,801 | OB 327 | Sunk | 3 June 1941 | {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} | Inversuir | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 9,456 | OB 327 | Damaged | 3 June 1941 | {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} | Inversuir | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 9,456 | OB 327 | Sunk | 4 June 1941 | {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} | Trecarrell | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,271 | OB 327 | Sunk | 5 June 1941 | {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} | Wellfield | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 6,054 | OB 328 | Sunk | 6 June 1941 | {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} | Tregarthen | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,201 | OB 329 | Sunk | 6 June 1941 | {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} | Yselhaven | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 4,802 | OB 328 | Sunk | 8 June 1941 | {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} | Baron Nairn | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 3,164 | OB 328 | Sunk | 8 June 1941 | {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} | Dirphys | {{flag|Greece}} | 4,240 | | Sunk | 8 June 1941 | {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} | Pendrecht | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 10,746 | OB 329 | Sunk | 9 June 1941 | {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} | Trevarrack | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 5,270 | OB 329 | Sunk | 10 June 1941 | {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} | Christian Krohg | {{flag|Norway}} | 1,992 | OB 329 | Sunk | 10 June 1941 | {{GS|U-204 | 2} | Mercier | {{flag|Belgium}} | 7,886 | OB 330 | Sunk | 13 June 1941 | {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} | Tresillian | {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} | 4,743 | OB 330 | Sunk |
U-BoatsOf the 23 U-boat commanders, 19 were either, or went on to become, recipients of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. U-boat | Commander | From | To | Notes | {{GS|U-43|1939|2}} | Wolfgang Lüth | 17 May 1941 | 16 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} | Engelbert Endrass | 19 May 1941 | 6 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} | Herbert Schultze | 2 June 1941 | 8 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-66|1940|2}} | Robert-Richard Zapp | 24 May 1941 | 5 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-73|1940|2}} | Helmut Rosenbaum | 31 May 1941 | 16 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-74|1940|2}} | Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat | 13 May 1941 | 22 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-75|1940|2}} | Helmuth Ringelmann | 2 June 1941 | 20 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-77|1940|2}} | Heinrich Schonder | 6 June 1941 | 20 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-93|1940|2}} | Claus Korth | 8 May 1941 | 26 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-94|1940|2}} | Herbert Kuppisch | 8 May 1941 | 29 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-97|1940|2}} | Udo Heilmann | 8 May 1941 | 27 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-98|1940|2}} | Robert Gysae | 8 May 1941 | 27 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} | Ernst Mengersen | 2 June 1941 | 20 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-108|1940|2}} | Klaus Scholtz | 2 June 1941 | 20 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-109|1940|2}} | Hans-Georg Fischer | 13 May 1941 | 23 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-110|1940|2}} | Fritz-Julius Lemp | 9 May 1941 | 9 May 1941 | U-boat was lost | {{GS|U-111|1940|2}} | Wilhelm Kleinschmidt | 13 May 1941 | 5 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-201 | 2} | Adalbert Schnee | 8 May 1941 | 13 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-204 | 2} | Walter Kell | 5 June 1941 | 16 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-553 | 2} | Karl Thurmann | 13 June 1941 | 20 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-556 | 2} | Herbert Wohlfarth | 10 May 1941 | 20 May 1941 | | {{GS|U-557 | 2} | Ottokar Arnold Paulssen | 25 May 1941 | 20 June 1941 | | {{GS|U-751 | 2} | Gerhard Bigalk | 16 June 1941 | 20 June 1941 | |
References1. ^{{Cite web |url = http://www.uboat.net/ops/wolfpacks/3.html |title = Wolfpack West |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |accessdate= 21 October 2014}}
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