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Wolfpack Steinbrinck
Active	3–11 August 1942
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Size	14 submarines
Engagements	Convoy ON 115 Convoy SC 94
Commanders
Notable commanders	Gerd Kelbling Ernst Mengersen Erich Topp

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

Date	U-boat	Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Convoy	Fate
3 August 1942	U-552	G.S. Walden	United Kingdom	10,627	ON 115	Damaged
3 August 1942	U-552	Lochkatrine	United Kingdom	9,419	ON 115	Sunk
4 August 1942	U-607	Belgian Soldier	Belgium	7,167	ON 115	Sunk
5 August 1942	U-593	Spar	Netherlands	3,616	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942	U-379	Anneberg	United Kingdom	2,537	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942	U-379	Kaimoku	United States	6,367	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942	U-176	Kelso	United Kingdom	3,956	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942	U-176	Mount Kassion	Greece	7,914	SC 94	Sunk
8 August 1942	U-176	Trehata	United Kingdom	4,817	SC 94	Sunk
9 August 1942	U-176	Radchurch	United Kingdom	3,701	SC 94	Sunk
10 August 1942	U-660	Cape Race	United Kingdom	3,807	SC 94	Sunk
10 August 1942	U-660	Condylis	Greece	4,439	SC 94	Damaged
10 August 1942	U-660	Empire Reindeer	United Kingdom	6,259	SC 94	Sunk
10 August 1942	U-660	Oregon	United Kingdom	6,008	SC 94	Damaged

U-boats

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.

References

Notes

1. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wolfpack Steinbrinck". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
2. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hardo Rodler von Roithberg". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Reiner Dierksen". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
4. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Rudolf Lemcke". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
5. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Odo Loewe". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
6. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Paul-Hugo Kettner". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
7. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Burckhard Hackländer". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
8. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Erich Topp (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
9. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Gerd Kelbling (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
10. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Jürgen Quaet-Faslem". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
11. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Eberhard Bopst". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
12. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Herbert-Viktor Schütze". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
13. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ernst Mengersen (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
14. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Götz Baur". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
15. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Wilhelm Kessler". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

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