German submarine U-289

German submarine U-289 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The submarine was laid down on 12 September 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 54. She was launched on 25 May 1943 and commissioned on 10 July under the command of Kapitänleutnant Alexander Hellwig.

She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was sunk by a British destroyer in May 1944.

Service history
U-289 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from July 1943 to March 1944 and operationally with the 3rd flotilla from 1 April. She was reassigned to the 13th flotilla in early May 1944.

1st patrol
The boat's initial foray, which was preceded by a short voyage from Kiel to Bergen in Norway, began with her departure from the Nordic port on 19 April 1944 and finished at Narvik on 6 May.

2nd patrol and loss
She departed Narvik on 12 May 1944. On the 31st she was sunk by depth charges dropped by the British destroyer HMS Milne northeast of Jan Mayen Island.

Fifty-one men died; there were no survivors.