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's name commemorated the U-boat commander Engelbert Endrass, who was killed in action in December 1941. Ships hit by this Wolfpack. 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. Etrib, Pelayo & Slemdal. The first attack came at 00:59, about west of Corunna, Spain, when "U-552" fired torpedoes at the  convoy and hit and sank the 1,943-ton British merchant ship "Etrib", the 1,346-ton British merchant ship "Pelayo", and the 7,374-ton Norwegian tanker "Slemdal". Section::::"City of Oxford" and "Thurso". "U-552" struck again at 04:34, firing three torpedoes at the convoy. Two British merchant ships, the 2,759-ton and the 2,436-ton were hit and sunk.