Zieten was the name given to two wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 during the Second World War, the first, larger and more successful was from 6 to 22 January 1942, the second, smaller from 23 to 29 March 1942.
It was named after Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699–1786), a German cavalry officer at the time of Frederick the Great.
Zieten 1 The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships and damaging a further three merchant ships .
Raiding History
Date U-boat Name of ship Nationality GRT Convoy Fate6 January 1942Baron Erskine3,657SC-62Sunk15 January 1942Catalina632Sunk15 January 1942Dayrose4,113Sunk15 January 1942Diala8,106ON 52Damaged16 January 1942Toorak8,627ON 52Damaged17 January 1942Nyholt8,087ON 52Sunk17 January 1942Octavian1,345Sunk18 January 1942Dimitrios G. Thermiotis4,271SC-63Sunk18 January 1942Frances Salman2,609Sunk21 January 1942Belize2,153Sunk21 January 1942North Gaspe888Damaged22 January 1942Innerøy8,260Sunk22 January 1942Vassilios A. Polemis3,429ON 53Sunk22 January 1942William Hansen1,344SunkTotal: 57,521
U-boats U-boat Commander From ToHorst Uphoff13 January 194222 January 1942Walter Schug7 January 194222 January 1942Joachim Berger6 January 194217 January 1942Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius6 January 194220 January 1942Rolf Mützelburg7 January 194222 January 1942Peter-Erich Cremer17 January 194222 January 1942Erich Topp6 January 194219 January 1942Karl Thurmann6 January 194222 January 1942Werner Schulte15 January 194222 January 1942Ludwig Forster6 January 194222 January 1942Horst Degen6 January 194222 January 1942Hans Oestermann6 January 194222 January 1942
Zieten 2 The group had no success and lost one U-boat.
U-boats U-boat Commander From ToHeinrich Brodda23 March 194229 March 1942Friedrich-Karl Marks23 March 194229 March 1942Alfred Hoschatt23 March 194229 March 1942Adolf Dumrese23 March 194224 March 1942
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