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 , , and . He sank 204 ships for a total of
Service The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships and damaging a further three merchant ships .
Raiding Summary DateU-boatNameNationalityTonnage(GRT)ConvoyFate3 August 1942G.S. Walden10,627ON 115Damaged3 August 1942Lochkatrine9,419ON 115Sunk4 August 1942Belgian Soldier7,167ON 115Sunk5 August 1942Spar3,616SC 94Sunk8 August 1942Anneberg2,537SC 94Sunk8 August 1942Kaimoku6,367SC 94Sunk8 August 1942Kelso3,956SC 94Sunk8 August 1942Mount Kassion7,914SC 94Sunk8 August 1942Trehata4,817SC 94Sunk9 August 1942Radchurch3,701SC 94Sunk10 August 1942Cape Race3,807SC 94Sunk10 August 1942Condylis4,439SC 94Damaged10 August 1942Empire Reindeer6,259SC 94Sunk10 August 1942Oregon6,008SC 94Damaged
U-boats U-boatCommanderFromToNotesHardo Rodler von Roithberg3 August 19427 August 1942Reiner Dierksen5 August 194211 August 1942Rudolf Lemcke3 August 19426 August 1942U-boat was lostOdo Loewe7 August 194211 August 1942Paul-Hugo Kettner3 August 19428 August 1942U-boat was lostBurckhard Hackländer3 August 194211 August 1942Erich Topp3 August 19424 August 1942Gerd Kelbling3 August 194211 August 1942Jürgen Quaet-Faslem6 August 19429 August 1942Eberhard Bopst3 August 194211 August 1942Herbert-Viktor Schütze7 August 194211 August 1942Ernst Mengersen3 August 194210 August 1942Götz Baur6 August 194211 August 1942Horst Wilhelm Kessler3 August 194211 August 1942
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