title: Wolfpack Brandenburg
text: # Wolfpack Brandenburg
  
  Brandenburg was the name given to a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in 1941 from 15 September 1941 to 2 October 1941
  
  ## Brandenburg
  
  The group was responsible for sinking 10 merchant ships (54,593 gross register tons (GRT)) and 1 warship (925 tons).
  
  ### Raiding history
  
  | Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Nationality | Tons | Convoy | Fate |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 September 1941 | U-94 | Empire Eland | United Kingdom | 5,613 | ON 14 | Sunk |
  | 15 September 1941 | U-94 | Newbury | United Kingdom | 5,102 | ON 14 | Sunk |
  | 15 September 1941 | U-94 | Pegasus | Greece | 5,762 | ON 14 | Sunk |
  | 19 September 1941 | U-372 | Baron Pentland | United Kingdom | 3,410 | SC 42 | Sunk |
  | 19 September 1941 | U-74 | HMCS Lévis | Royal Canadian Navy | 925 | SC 44 | Sunk |
  | 20 September 1941 | U-552 | Barbro | Norway | 6,325 | SC 44 | Sunk |
  | 20 September 1941 | U-74 | Empire Burton | United Kingdom | 6,966 | SC 44 | Sunk |
  | 20 September 1941 | U-552 | Pink Star | Panama | 4,150 | SC 44 | Sunk |
  | 20 September 1941 | U-552 | T. J. Williams | United Kingdom | 8,212 | SC 44 | Sunk |
  | 22 September 1941 | U-562 | Erna III | United Kingdom | 1,590 | ON 16 | Sunk |
  | 2 October 1941 | U-562 | Empire Wave | United Kingdom | 7,463 | ON 19 | Sunk |
  
  ### U-boats
  
  | U-boat | Commander | From | To |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | U-69 | Wilhelm Zahn | 15 September 1941 | 24 September 1941 |
  | U-74 | Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat | 15 September 1941 | 20 September 1941 |
  | U-94 | Otto Ites | 15 September 1941 | 29 September 1941 |
  | U-372 | Heinz-Joachim Neumann | 15 September 1941 | 1 October 1941 |
  | U-373 | Paul-Karl Loeser | 15 September 1941 | 24 September 1941 |
  | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | 15 September 1941 | 1 October 1941 |
  | U-552 | Erich Topp | 15 September 1941 | 26 September 1941 |
  | U-562 | Horst Hamm | 15 September 1941 | 2 October 1941 |
  | U-564 | Reinhard Suhren | 16 September 1941 | 19 September 1941 |
  | U-572 | Heinz Hirsacker | 15 September 1941 | 1 October 1941 |
  | U-575 | Günther Heydemann | 15 September 1941 | 26 September 1941 |
  