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.

Name

The group was named after Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949) German U-boat commander in WW I on U-6, UB-10, UB-18 and UC-65. He sank 204 ships for a total of 243,424 gross register tons (GRT)

Service

The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships 59,560 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging a further three merchant ships 21,074 gross register tons (GRT).

Raiding Summary

DateU-boatNameNationalityTonnage (GRT)ConvoyFate
3 August 1942U-552G.S. WaldenUnited Kingdom10,627ON 115Damaged
3 August 1942U-552LochkatrineUnited Kingdom9,419ON 115Sunk
4 August 1942U-607Belgian SoldierBelgium7,167ON 115Sunk
5 August 1942U-593SparNetherlands3,616SC 94Sunk
8 August 1942U-379AnnebergUnited Kingdom2,537SC 94Sunk
8 August 1942U-379KaimokuUnited States6,367SC 94Sunk
8 August 1942U-176KelsoUnited Kingdom3,956SC 94Sunk
8 August 1942U-176Mount KassionGreece7,914SC 94Sunk
8 August 1942U-176TrehataUnited Kingdom4,817SC 94Sunk
9 August 1942U-176RadchurchUnited Kingdom3,701SC 94Sunk
10 August 1942U-660Cape RaceUnited Kingdom3,807SC 94Sunk
10 August 1942U-660CondylisGreece4,439SC 94Damaged
10 August 1942U-660Empire ReindeerUnited Kingdom6,259SC 94Sunk
10 August 1942U-660OregonUnited Kingdom6,008SC 94Damaged

U-boats

U-boatCommanderFromToNotes
U-71Hardo Rodler von Roithberg3 August 19427 August 1942
U-176Reiner Dierksen5 August 194211 August 1942
U-210Rudolf Lemcke3 August 19426 August 1942U-boat was lost
U-256Odo Loewe7 August 194211 August 1942
U-379Paul-Hugo Kettner3 August 19428 August 1942U-boat was lost
U-454Burckhard Hackländer3 August 194211 August 1942
U-552Erich Topp3 August 19424 August 1942
U-593Gerd Kelbling3 August 194211 August 1942
U-595Jürgen Quaet-Faslem6 August 19429 August 1942
U-597Eberhard Bopst3 August 194211 August 1942
U-605Herbert-Viktor Schütze7 August 194211 August 1942
U-607Ernst Mengersen3 August 194210 August 1942
U-660Götz Baur6 August 194211 August 1942
U-704Horst Wilhelm Kessler3 August 194211 August 1942

Bibliography

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

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