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Steinbrinck was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 3 August 1942 to 11 August 1942.
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Name
The group was named after Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949) German U-boat commander in WW I on SM U-6 (Germany), UB-10, UB-18 and UC-65. He sank 204 ships for a total of 243,424 gross register tons (GRT)
Service
The group was responsible for sinking eleven merchant ships 59,560 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging a further three merchant ships 21,074 gross register tons (GRT).
References
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