U-289
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 12 Sep 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 54) | ||
| Launched | 25 May 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 10 Jul 1943 | Kptlt. Alexander Hellwig | ||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 10 Jul 1943 - 31 Mar 1944 8. Flottille (training) 1 Apr 1944 - 1 May 1944 3. Flottille (front boat) 1 May 1944 - 31 May 1944 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 31 May, 1944 in the Barents Sea south-west of Bear Island, Norway, in position 73.32N, 00.28E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Milne. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||
General notes on this boat
25 Apr 1944. On 25 April, 1944 this boat landed espionage agents Sverrir Matthiasson and Magnus Guðbjörnsson in Iceland.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-289 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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