Wolfpack West


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.
This wolfpack was responsible for sinking 33 ships and damaging a further four ships, making it one of the most successful wolfpacks of World War II.

Raiding Summary

DateU-boatName of shipNationalityTonsConvoyComments
8 May 1941RamilliesUnited Kingdom|civilGS|U-110|1940|2

U-Boats

Of the 23 U-boat commanders, 19 were either, or went on to become, recipients of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross.
U-boatCommanderFromToNotes
Wolfgang Lüth17 May 194116 June 1941
Engelbert Endrass19 May 19416 June 1941
Herbert Schultze2 June 19418 June 1941
Robert-Richard Zapp24 May 19415 June 1941
Helmut Rosenbaum31 May 194116 June 1941
Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat13 May 194122 May 1941
Helmuth Ringelmann2 June 194120 June 1941
Heinrich Schonder6 June 194120 June 1941
Claus Korth8 May 194126 May 1941
Herbert Kuppisch8 May 194129 May 1941
Udo Heilmann8 May 194127 May 1941
Robert Gysae8 May 194127 May 1941
Ernst Mengersen2 June 194120 June 1941
Klaus Scholtz2 June 194120 June 1941
Hans-Georg Fischer13 May 194123 May 1941
Fritz-Julius Lemp9 May 19419 May 1941U-boat was lost
Wilhelm Kleinschmidt13 May 19415 June 1941
Adalbert Schnee8 May 194113 May 1941
Walter Kell5 June 194116 June 1941
Karl Thurmann13 June 194120 June 1941
Herbert Wohlfarth10 May 194120 May 1941
Ottokar Arnold Paulssen25 May 194120 June 1941
Gerhard Bigalk16 June 194120 June 1941