Hecht (Pike) was the name of two wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during World War II. The first operated during the 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 62,709 gross register tons (GRT).
A second wolfpack also code-named Hecht (comprising U-352, U-435 and U-455) operated east of Iceland from 27 January to 4 February 1942.
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To their own shore came the world war
Gleaves and Ingham leading the Bury west
Took the short way in, the long route back
Convoy 92
Bury, Gleaves and Ingham leading
Tankers to the west
And upon the north Atlantic
Lies the silence of the seas
On a quietest night, in the darkest hour
The Kriegsmarine appear
Above the surface it seems quiet and calm
Deep down below the Wolfpack lurks
To their own shore came the world war
Gleaves and Ingham leading the Bury west
In their own track came the Wolfpack
Gleaves led the conwoy into the hornets nest
At the crack of dawn the second day
Bury stands in flames
Half the convoy sunk or disabled
Heading back to shore
But below the north Atlantic
On the bottom of the sea
On the second night, in the darkest hour
The Kriegsmarine returns
The wolfpack surface for a second time
To make the convoy face it’s fate
To their own shore came the world war
Gleaves and Ingham leading the Bury west
In their own track came the Wolfpack
Gleaves led the conwoy into the hornets nest
Under fire, under water
May 42, when Bury did fail the test
To their own shore came the world war
Gleaves and the Ingham leading them into death
569 makes the contact and lead them
U-94 scores a kill in the dark
124 sinking 4 in 2 approaches
406 suffers failure on launch
569 makes the contact and lead them
U-94 scores a kill in the dark
124 sinking 4 in 2 approaches
406 suffers failure on launch again
In their own track came the Wolfpack
Gleaves led the conwoy into the hornets nest
To their own shore came the world war
Gleaves and Ingham leading the Bury west
In their own track came the Wolfpack
Gleaves led the conwoy into the hornets nest
Under fire, under water
May 42, when Bury did fail the test
To their own shore came the world war
Gleaves and the Ingham leading them into death
Don’t know what’s waiting down below
The Wolfpack lurks, awaiting you
To follow, to bleed
It’s time for you to return, they decide
Oh no! Oh no!
The Wolfpack’s waiting for them
Too calm, you’ll see!
Below the surface, waits for you!