U-289
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 12 Sep, 1942 | Bremer Vulkan, 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
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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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |