 Wolfpack Endrass

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 was named after the U-boat commander Engelbert Endrass, who had been killed in action in December 1941.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.