Veilchen (Violet) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 20 October 1942 to 7 November 1942.
Service The group was responsible for sinking eight merchant ships and damaging a further two merchant ships .
Raiding History
DateU-boatName of shipNationalityTonsConvoyFate2 November 1942Dalcroy4,558SC 107Sunk2 November 1942Empire Antelope4,945SC 107Sunk2 November 1942Empire Leopard5,676SC 107Sunk2 November 1942Empire Sunrise7,459SC 107Damaged2 November 1942Empire Sunrise7,459SC 107Sunk2 November 1942Hartington5,496SC 107Damaged2 November 1942Rinos4,649SC 107Sunk3 November 1942Jeypore5,318SC 107Sunk4 November 1942Daleby4,640SC 107Sunk4 November 1942Hatimura6,690SC 107SunkTotal:56,890
U-boats U-boatCommanderFromToHardo Rodler von Roithberg20 October 19427 November 1942Horst Uphoff20 October 19425 November 1942Dietrich Lohmann20 October 19425 November 1942Ernst Vogelsang20 October 19423 November 1942Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf Pückler und Limpurg20 October 19425 November 1942Siegfried von Forstner20 October 19425 November 1942Werner-Karl Schulz27 October 19424 November 1942Rudolf Franzius20 October 19425 November 1942Hans-Joachim Hesse27 October 19424 November 1942Burckhard Hackländer20 October 19427 November 1942Helmut Möhlmann20 October 19427 November 1942Hans Senkel20 October 194230 October 1942Horst Wilhelm Kessler20 October 19427 November 1942
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