Hecht (English: "Pike") was the name of two "wolfpacks" of German U-boats that operated during World War II. The first wolfpack code-named Hecht, comprising...
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May by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3. The convoy was discovered by Wolfpack Hecht on 11 May; seven ships were sunk before the U-boats lost contact with...
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American armored battalion that led the invasion 5:09 4. "Wolfpack" Brodén Wolfpack Hecht's attack on Convoy ON 92 5:55 5. "Counterstrike" Brodén, Sundström...
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Bury left Liverpool as part of Convoy ON 92 which was attacked by Wolfpack Hecht on 11 May 1942. She collected 178 survivors from three different ships...
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The wolfpack was a convoy attack tactic employed in the Second World War. It was used principally by the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle...
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German submarine U-124 (1940) (section Wolfpacks)
was back to the mid-Atlantic for the boat's ninth patrol, as part of Wolfpack Hecht, beginning on 4 May 1942. Four ships from Convoy ON 92 were sunk on...
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German submarine U-406 (section Wolfpacks)
merchant ships for a total of 13,285 GRT. U-406 took part in eleven wolfpacks: Hecht (8 May – 18 June 1942) Blücher (14 – 28 August 1942) Iltis (6 – 23...
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Seewolf was the name of three separate wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The first U-boat group...
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convoy SC 107. On 1 November the convoy was intercepted by the German wolfpack "Hecht" and until the end of the battle on 6 November, 13 merchant ships were...
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Seehund (section XXVIIA (Hecht))
based on inspection of the British boats, designated Type XXVIIA and named Hecht ("Pike"). Like the British X class boats, the Type XXVIIA was designed to...
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