Hecht (English: "Pike") was the name of two "wolfpacks" of German U-boats that operated during World War II.
The first wolfpack code-named Hecht, comprising three U-boats, operated east of Iceland from 27 January to 4 February 1942.
During this period Hecht successfully attacked three west-bound convoys, and sank 14 ships for a total of 62,709 gross register tons (GRT).
The Master, 38 crew and seven Royal Air Force personnel from Empire Dell were rescued before she sank.
One crew member was lost while the master, 34 crewmen and six gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship Bury.
She turned out to be the 320-ton neutral Portuguese fishing boat Maria da Gloria, and only 8 from her crew of 44 survived.
[17] 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.
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 HMCS Chambly.
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.