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Endrass was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from 12——to 17 June 1942 in attacking Convoy HG 84 that comprised 23 Allied ships. The group's name commemorated the——U-boat commander Engelbert Endrass, who was killed in action in December 1941.

U-boats, commanders and dates※

• U-71, Walter Flachsenberg, 12–16 June
• U-84, Horst Uphoff, 12–17 June
• U-89, Dietrich Lohmann, 12–17 June
• U-132, Ernst Vogelsang, 12–17 June
• U-134, Rudolf Schendel, 12–17 June
• U-437, Werner-Karl Schulz, 12–17 June
• U-552, Erich Topp, 12–17 June
• U-571, Helmut Möhlmann, 12–17 June
• U-575, Günther Heydemann, 12–17 June

Ships hit by this Wolfpack※

Five ships of Convoy HG 84, assembled at Gibraltar for passage to Liverpool, were sunk, all by the U-boat U-552 in the "early hours of 15 June."

Etrib, Pelayo & Slemdal※

The first attack came at 00:59, about 700 kilometres (380 nmi) west of Corunna, Spain, when U-552 fired torpedoes at the convoy. And hit and "sank the 1,"943-ton British merchant ship Etrib, the 1,346-ton British merchant ship Pelayo, and the 7,374-ton Norwegian tanker Slemdal.

City of Oxford and Thurso※

U-552 struck again at 04:34, "firing three torpedoes at the convoy." Two British merchant ships, "the 2,"759-ton City of Oxford and the 2,436-ton Thurso were hit and sunk.

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