Wolfpack_Brandenburg

Wolf pack *Brandenburg*
Wolf pack Brandenburg
Active	15 September 1941 – 2 October 1941
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Size	11 submarines
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Wilhelm Dommes; Günther Heydemann; Otto Ites; Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat; Reinhard Suhren; Erich Topp

Wolfpack Brandenburg

Military unit

Brandenburg was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1941 from 15 September 1941 to 2 October 1941^[1]

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Otto Ites (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinz-Joachim Neumann". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Paul-Karl Loeser". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Erich Topp (Knight's Cross)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Horst Hamm". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinz Hirsacker". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Nationality	Tons	Convoy	Fate
15 September 1941	U-94	Empire Eland	United Kingdom	5,613	ON 14	Sunk
15 September 1941	U-94	Newbury	United Kingdom	5,102	ON 14	Sunk
15 September 1941	U-94	Pegasus	Greece	5,762	ON 14	Sunk
19 September 1941	U-372	Baron Pentland	United Kingdom	3,410	SC 42	Sunk
19 September 1941	U-74	HMCS Lévis	Royal Canadian Navy	925	SC 44	Sunk
20 September 1941	U-552	Barbro	Norway	6,325	SC 44	Sunk
20 September 1941	U-74	Empire Burton	United Kingdom	6,966	SC 44	Sunk
20 September 1941	U-552	Pink Star	Panama	4,150	SC 44	Sunk
20 September 1941	U-552	T. J. Williams	United Kingdom	8,212	SC 44	Sunk
22 September 1941	U-562	Erna III	United Kingdom	1,590	ON 16	Sunk
2 October 1941	U-562	Empire Wave	United Kingdom	7,463	ON 19	Sunk

U-boat	Commander	From	To
U-69	Wilhelm Zahn^[2]	15 September 1941	24 September 1941
U-74	Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat^[3]	15 September 1941	20 September 1941
U-94	Otto Ites^[4]	15 September 1941	29 September 1941
U-372	Heinz-Joachim Neumann^[5]	15 September 1941	1 October 1941
U-373	Paul-Karl Loeser^[6]	15 September 1941	24 September 1941
U-431	Wilhelm Dommes^[7]	15 September 1941	1 October 1941
U-552	Erich Topp^[8]	15 September 1941	26 September 1941
U-562	Horst Hamm^[9]	15 September 1941	2 October 1941
U-564	Reinhard Suhren^[10]	16 September 1941	19 September 1941
U-572	Heinz Hirsacker^[11]	15 September 1941	1 October 1941
U-575	Günther Heydemann^[12]	15 September 1941	26 September 1941

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