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Wolfpack Prien

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209:. He refers to them in this as group "Prien". However Blair (another U-boat historian), describes this second wave, of nine U-boats, as a series of individual patrols; mentioning a group of five set as a U-boat trap for ships evacuating troops from Norway, and describing Rosing's pack in detail, he doesn't refer to a "group Prien" at all. Showell lists the seven U-boats mentioned by Rohwer, but calls them a "wolfpack". The online source U-boat.net follows Showell, but gives the dates of operation as 12 to 17 June. As only two boats made contact with HX 47, and they didn't form a pack to make their assault, the term "wolfpack" is a misnomer (and isn't used by most reliable sources at all). 38: 608: 521: 479: 653: 566: 1286: 335:. After the shelling, the U-boat dived and struck the ship with a torpedo, but the ship did not sink due to her load of timber. Liebe decided to break off the attack on the damaged vessel because the convoy HX 47 came in sight. 288:, Outer Hebrides. The hit didn't sink her, so just 10 hours later a second torpedo hit just aft of the funnel and caused the ship to sink by the stern. Seven crew members were killed. The survivors were picked up by 161:
With the end of the Norwegian campaign in May 1940, the UBW returned to attacking Britain's commerce. A further attempt to make the pack attack viable was made in June 1940 with the dispatch of
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to use the tactic had been unsuccessful. Thereafter the UBW stuck to conventional patrols and solo attacks until diverted from the trade offensive to the
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At the beginning of June, a second wave of U-boats was dispatched to operate against Allied shipping. Rohwer, the U-boat historian, lists seven U-boats (
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struck the stern of the armed merchant cruiser with one torpedo on 13 June 1940, approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of
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was struck by a torpedo near the engine room, killing nearly all the engine crew. The ship finally sank in
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and sank after two hours about 70 nautical miles (130 km) south-southwest of
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Rohwer states this was "a single operation", not part of a pack attack
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of convoy HX 47, about 60 nautical miles (110 km) W of the
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of five U-boats, against a high-value convoy, US 3, off
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in shallow waters. The survivors were picked up by HMS
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is the name given in some sources to a formation of
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GĂĽnther Prien
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Battle of the Atlantic
World War II
Kapitänleutnant
GĂĽnther Prien
U-47
U-boat Arm
pack attack
war on commerce
First World War
its first attempts
invasion of Norway
Rosing's group
Cape Finisterre
German Naval Intelligence
convoy HX 47
Halifax
Liverpool
Southwest Approaches
armed merchant cruiser
Skye
Bay of Biscay
gross register tons
Barra
HMS Highlander

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