Wolf pack Hecht Hecht ( English : " Pike " ) was a " wolfpack " of German U - boat s that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 8 May to 18 June 1942 . They primarily attacked the Liverpool to Halifax convoys ONS - 92 and ONS - 100 , and sank 14 ships for a total of . It should not to be confused with another wolf pack also code - named " Hecht " ( comprising , , and ) that operated east of Iceland from 27 January to 4 February 1942 . The wolf pack was the theme of the song " Wolfpack " by Swedish power metal band Sabaton . Ships hit by this Wolfpack . From convoy ONS - 92 . Empire Dell & Llanover . Around 02 : 00 on 12 May 1942 , " U - 124 " fired three torpedoes and hit the 7 , 065 ton British CAM ship and the 4 , 959 ton British collier " Llanover " . The Master , 38 crew and seven RAF personnel from the " Empire Dell " were rescued before she sank . Two crew members were lost . The badly damaged " Llanover " was scuttled by . Her crew of 46 ; Master , 39 men , and 6 gunners were rescued . Cocle . At 03 : 40 on 12 May the 5 , 630 ton Panamanian merchant ship " Cocle " was torpedoed and sunk by " U - 94 " . Only 38 survivors from her crew of 42 were picked up by the British rescue ship " Bury " . Cristales & Mount Parnes . At 03 : 55 on 12 May " U - 124 " attacked again , firing two torpedoes and hitting the 5 , 389 ton British merchant ship " Cristales " and the 4 , 371 ton Greek merchant ship " Mount Parnes " . The crew of " Cristales " abandoned ship , and all 65 , plus 7 gunners and 10 passengers were rescued , while their ship was later sunk by gunfire by . After her 33 crew abandoned ship , the " Mount Parnes " was also scuttled by an escort vessel . Batna . At 03 : 51 on 13 May , the 4 , 399 ton British collier " Batna " was torpedoed and sunk by " U - 94 " . One crew member was lost while the Master , 34 crewmen and six gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship " Bury " . Tolken . At 06 : 18 on 13 May , the 4 , 471 ton Swedish merchant ship " Tolken " was hit by a single torpedo from " U - 94 " . The U - boat was driven off by the convoy escorts , but returned at 09 : 30 . Approaching the damaged ship on the surface , the U - boat was shot by the ship ' s machine guns . At 10 : 20 the U - boat attacked again with torpedoes . The first failed to explode , but the second five minutes later hit and sank the ship . There were no losses amongst the ship ' s crew of 34 , and all were picked up by the British rescue ship " Bury " . Maria da Gloria . At 22 : 10 on 5 June " U - 94 " shelled an unmarked sailing ship . The ship stopped after being hit by two rounds , the U - boat ceased fire , and the crew abandoned ship . Then at 22 : 50 the schooner was sunk by U - boat ' s gunfire . She turned out to be the 320 - ton neutral Portuguese fishing boat " Maria da Gloria " , and only 8 from her crew of 44 survived . From convoy ONS - 100 . FFL Mimosa . At 04 : 10 on 9 June , the Free French Navy Flower class corvette " Mimosa " ( J6254 ) was hit by one of two torpedoes fired by " U - 124 " , and sank immediately after the boilers exploded . The commander , 58 French sailors and 6 British sailors , were lost . The four survivors were picked up by . Empire Clough & Ramsay . At 03 : 40 hours on 10 June , " U - 94 " fired three torpedoes at a group of three ships from the convoy , and hit and sank two British merchant ships ; the 6 , 147 ton " Empire Clough " , and the 4 , 855 ton " Ramsay " . Pontypridd . At 14 : 46 on 11 June , the 4 , 458 ton British merchant ship " Pontypridd " was hit by two torpedoes fired by " U - 569 " , seriously damaging her . At 16 : 06 , " U - 94 " fired the coup de grâce at the straggling ship , which sank an hour later . Two crew members were lost , and the Master was taken prisoner by " U - 569 " , and was confined to the Milag Nord POW camp , while 42 crewmen and three gunners were later picked up by . Dartford . At 06 : 12 on 12 June the 4 , 093 ton British merchant ship " Dartford " was torpedoed and sunk by " U - 124 " south of Cape Race . The Master , 25 crewmen and four gunners were lost , while 14 crewmen and three gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship " Gothland " . Seattle Spirit . At about 06 . 20 on 18 June , " U - 124 " fired two spreads of two torpedoes at three ships of Convoy ONS - 102 , en route from Murmansk to New York . One torpedo struck the 5 , 627 ton American merchant ship " Seattle Spirit " , causing flooding and a boiler explosion which killed one officer and two men below . The remaining 9 officers , 28 men , 11 armed guards ( the ship was armed with a gun , four . 50 caliber and four . 30 caliber machine gun s ) and 7 passengers abandoned ship in lifeboats . They were picked up by the corvette , and the " Seattle Spirit " was shelled and sunk at 20 : 30 by the " Agassiz " after it was determined she could not be salvaged . References .