Wolfpacks

Coronel 3

This Wolfpack operated from 14 Dec 1943 to 17 Dec 1943.

Notes: Chilean town, south of Valparaiso
(Here the Sea Battle of Coronel took place in November 1914, where the German Far East Squadron commanded by Vize-Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee sank the British cruisers HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.)

U-boats involved with this Wolfpack were:

U-boatCommanderFromToNotesMap
U-107Volker Simmermacher14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 A
U-415Kurt Neide14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 B
U-541Kurt Petersen14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 C
U-543Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 D
U-618Kurt Baberg14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 E
U-645Otto Ferro14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943U-boat was lostF
U-667Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 G
U-801Hans-Joachim Brans14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 H
U-962Ernst Liesberg14 Dec 194317 Dec 1943 I
9 boats.

Daily positions of Wolfpack Coronel 3


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